| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Jong Ajax (1st title) |
| Promoted | Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap FC Emmen |
| Relegated | No teams relegated.[1] |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,233 (3.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mart Lieder (30 goals) |
2018–19 → | |
The2017–18 Eerste Divisie, known asJupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-second season ofEerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2017 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2018 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the2017–18 Eredivisie.
A total of 20 teams took part in the league.2016–17 Eerste Divisie championsVVV-Venlo gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced byGo Ahead Eagles, who finished bottom in the2016–17 Eredivisie.NAC won thepost-season playoff, and were replaced byNEC. Also,Achilles '29 were relegated and replaced byTweede Divisie championsJong AZ who became the fifth reserve side to feature in the second tier of Dutch football.
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of the agreement was that no promotion/relegation would take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie this season.[1]
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jong Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 4,000 |
| Almere City | Almere | Yanmar Stadion | 3,000 |
| Jong AZ | Alkmaar | AZ's Trainingcomplex | 1,500 |
| Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Cambuur Stadion | 10,500 |
| De Graafschap | Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12,600 |
| Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | De Vliert | 9,000 |
| Dordrecht | Dordrecht | GN Bouw Stadion | 4,088 |
| FC Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Jan Louwers Stadion | 4,600 |
| Emmen | Emmen | De JENS Vesting | 8,600 |
| Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Fortuna Sittard Stadion | 10,300 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | Adelaarshorst | 10,400 |
| Helmond Sport | Helmond | Lavans Stadion | 4,100 |
| MVV | Maastricht | De Geusselt | 10,000 |
| NEC | Nijmegen | Stadion de Goffert | 12,500 |
| Oss | Oss | Frans Heesenstadion | 4,700 |
| Jong PSV | Eindhoven | De Herdgang | 2,500 |
| RKC Waalwijk | Waalwijk | Mandemakers Stadion | 7,508 |
| Telstar | Velsen | Rabobank IJmond Stadion | 3,625 |
| Jong FC Utrecht | Utrecht | variable | unknown |
| Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 6,260 |
| Club | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jong Ajax | Adidas | Ziggo | |
| Almere City | Adidas | Van Wijnen | |
| Jong AZ | Under Armour | AFAS | |
| Cambuur | Nike | Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma | |
| De Graafschap | Nike | flexfactory | |
| Den Bosch | Macron | Van Wanrooij | |
| Dordrecht | Macron | Riwal Hoogwerkers | |
| Eindhoven | Joma | VDL Groep | |
| Emmen | Robey [nl] | Q&S Gartendeco | |
| Fortuna Sittard | Givova | Fitland [nl] | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Hummel | Drukwerkdeal[2] | |
| Helmond Sport | Hummel | Vescom[3] | |
| MVV | Masita | Drink Water[4] | |
| NEC | Legea | Ouwehands Dierenpark[5] | |
| Oss | Erima | NGSN[6] | |
| Jong PSV | Umbro | Philips | |
| RKC Waalwijk | Hummel | Mandemakers Keukens [nl] | |
| Telstar | Hummel | MPM Oil[7] | |
| Jong FC Utrecht | Hummel | Zorg van de Zaak | |
| Volendam | Jako | HSB[8] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jong Ajax[a](C) | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 89 | 54 | +35 | 79 | |
| 2 | Fortuna Sittard[b](P) | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 81 | 41 | +40 | 78 | Promotion to theEredivisie |
| 3 | NEC[c] | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 74 | Qualification topromotion play-offs Second round |
| 4 | De Graafschap(O, P) | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 65 | |
| 5 | Jong PSV[a] | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 64 | |
| 6 | Telstar | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 61 | Qualification topromotion play-offs Second round |
| 7 | Emmen(O, P) | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 58 | |
| 8 | Cambuur | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 58 | Qualification topromotion play-offs First round |
| 9 | Almere City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 76 | −6 | 52 | |
| 10 | MVV | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 50 | |
| 11 | Den Bosch | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 47 | |
| 12 | Eindhoven | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 61 | 83 | −22 | 47 | |
| 13 | Dordrecht[d] | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 57 | 81 | −24 | 47 | Qualification topromotion play-offs First round |
| 14 | Volendam | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 59 | 67 | −8 | 46 | |
| 15 | Oss | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 46 | |
| 16 | Jong AZ[a] | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 57 | 70 | −13 | 46 | |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 37 | |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 37 | |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 36 | |
| 20 | Jong FC Utrecht[a](R) | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 27 | Relegation to theTweede Divisie |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 20 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 2 | NEC | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 20 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Telstar | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 18 | |
| 4 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 17 | |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 16 | |
| 6 | Den Bosch | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 15 | |
| 7 | De Graafschap | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | |
| 8 | Oss | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 13 | |
| 9 | Emmen | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | |
| 10 | MVV | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 11 | |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 11 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 12 | Eindhoven | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 10 | |
| 13 | Cambuur | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | |
| 14 | Dordrecht | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 10 | |
| 15 | Jong FC Utrecht | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 9 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 16 | Almere City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 7 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 6 | |
| 20 | Volendam | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 24 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Almere City | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 20 | |
| 3 | NEC | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 19 | Period 1 winner |
| 4 | Jong PSV | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 16 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Cambuur | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 16 | |
| 6 | Volendam | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 16 | |
| 7 | Eindhoven | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 16 | |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Telstar | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 14 | |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 13 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 11 | Emmen | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 13 | |
| 12 | Den Bosch | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 12 | |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 14 | De Graafschap | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 11 | |
| 15 | MVV | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 11 | |
| 16 | Oss | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 11 | |
| 17 | Dordrecht | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 9 | |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 19 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 3 | |
| 20 | Jong FC Utrecht | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dordrecht | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 21 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Emmen | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 20 | |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 19 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Telstar | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 17 | |
| 5 | Jong AZ | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 17 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 16 | |
| 7 | NEC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 16 | Period 1 winner |
| 8 | Volendam | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 16 | |
| 9 | Jong PSV | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 10 | MVV | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 13 | |
| 11 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 12 | |
| 12 | Cambuur | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 13 | Den Bosch | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | |
| 14 | Oss | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 10 | |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 10 | |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Period 2 winner |
| 17 | Almere City | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 9 | |
| 18 | Jong FC Utrecht | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 7 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 19 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 | |
| 20 | Eindhoven | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 25 | Period 2 winner |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 21 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Cambuur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 20 | |
| 4 | De Graafschap | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 20 | |
| 5 | Jong PSV | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 19 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Eindhoven | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 16 | |
| 7 | NEC | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 15 | Period 1 winner |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 13 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 9 | Almere City | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 13 | |
| 10 | MVV | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 11 | |
| 11 | Volendam | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 10 | |
| 12 | Telstar | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 10 | |
| 13 | Jong FC Utrecht | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 10 | Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 10 | |
| 15 | Emmen | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 9 | |
| 16 | Den Bosch | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 9 | |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 7 | |
| 18 | Oss | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 | |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 5 | |
| 20 | Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 4 | Period 3 winner |
| Home \ Away | ALM | CAM | DBO | DOR | EIN | EMM | FOR | GAE | GRA | HEL | JAJ | JAZ | JPS | JUT | MVV | NEC | OSS | RKC | TEL | VOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almere City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Cambuur | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Den Bosch | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Dordrecht | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| Eindhoven | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Emmen | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |
| Fortuna Sittard | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| De Graafschap | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Helmond Sport | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
| Jong Ajax | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | |
| Jong AZ | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–7 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Jong PSV | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | |
| Jong FC Utrecht | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| MVV | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| NEC | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Oss | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | |
| Telstar | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | |
| Volendam | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | avg. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eindhoven | 31 | 30 | 5 | 0.97 | |
| 2. | Telstar | 35 | 19 | 3 | 0.54 | |
| 3. | Jong Ajax | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0.62 | |
| MVV | 36 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| 5. | Emmen | 38 | 17 | 6 | 0.45 | |
| 6. | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 16 | 1 | 0.47 | |
| Almere City | 34 | 1 | 0.47 | |||
| De Graafschap | 38 | 0 | 0.42 | |||
| 9. | NEC | 25 | 15 | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Volendam | 33 | 0 | 0.45 | |||
| Oss | 35 | 3 | 0.43 | |||
| Fortuna Sittard | 37 | 5 | 0.41 | |||
| Den Bosch | 37 | 7 | 0.41 | |||
| Dordrecht | 38 | 4 | 0.39 |
Source: soccerway,[10] Jupiler League[11]
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NEC | 28 | 16 | 0.57 | |
| 2. | Fortuna Sittard | 37 | 15 | 0.41 | |
| 3. | Volendam | 35 | 14 | 0.4 | |
| De Graafschap | 38 | 0.37 | |||
| 5. | Jong Ajax | 18 | 11 | 0.61 | |
| NEC | 34 | 0.32 | |||
| Eindhoven | 38 | 0.29 | |||
| 8. | De Graafschap | 37 | 10 | 0.27 | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 37 | 0.27 | |||
| 10. | Almere City | 20 | 9 | 0.45 |
Source: Soccerway,[10] Jupiler League[11]
Ten teams, two from theEredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | Second round | Third round | ||||||||||||||
| Emmen | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| NEC | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Emmen* | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FC Dordrecht (p) | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Cambuur | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| FC Dordrecht | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| MVV | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Roda JC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Telstar | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.