| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 August 2018 – 15 May 2019 |
| Champions | Ajax (34th title) |
| Relegated | NAC Breda De Graafschap Excelsior |
| Champions League | Ajax PSV Eindhoven |
| Europa League | Feyenoord AZ FC Utrecht |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 1,061 (3.47 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Luuk de Jong Dušan Tadić (28 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Ajax 8–0De Graafschap (16 December 2018) |
| Biggest away win | ADO Den Haag 0–7PSV Eindhoven (15 September 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Heracles Almelo 4–5Excelsior (12 May 2019) |
| Longest winning run | 13 matches PSV Eindhoven |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches PSV Eindhoven |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches Excelsior NAC Breda |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Excelsior |
| Highest attendance | 53,720 |
| Lowest attendance | 3,811 |
| Total attendance | 5,509,186 |
| Average attendance | 18,004 |
2019–20 → | |
The2018–19 Eredivisie was the 63rd season of theEredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month.PSV were the defending champions.Emmen,De Graafschap andFortuna Sittard joined as the promoted clubs from the2017–18 Eerste Divisie. They replacedSparta Rotterdam,Twente andRoda JC who were relegated to the2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the2017–18 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (FC Emmen andDe Graafschap) and the2017–18 Eerste Divisie runners-up (Fortuna Sittard).FC Emmen will play in theEredivisie for the first time in their history.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | Erreà | Cars Jeans | ||
| Ajax | Adidas | Ziggo | ||
| AZ | Under Armour | AFAS Software | ||
| De Graafschap | Nike | Flexfactory | ||
| Emmen | Beltona | Noordlease | ||
| Excelsior | Quick | DSW Zorgverzekeraar | ||
| Feyenoord | Adidas | Qurrent | ||
| Fortuna Sittard | Masita | Sparr Finance | ||
| Groningen | Puma | Payt | ||
| Heerenveen | Jako | GroenLeven | ||
| Heracles | Acerbis | Asito | ||
| NAC Breda | Legea | CM Payments | ||
| PEC Zwolle | Craft | Molecaten | ||
| PSV | Umbro | Energiedirect.nl | ||
| Utrecht | Hummel | Zorg van de zaak | ||
| Vitesse | Macron | Droomparken | ||
| VVV-Venlo | Masita | Seacon Logistics | ||
| Willem II | Robey | Destil |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior | End of contract | 1 July 2018[1] | Pre-season | 1 July 2018[2] | ||
| Fortuna Sittard | End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| Groningen | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| Heerenveen | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| Heracles Almelo | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| NAC Breda | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| PSV | Signed byFenerbahçe | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| Vitesse | End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| Willem II | End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| FC Utrecht | Sacked | 4 September 2018 | 11th | 12 September 2018 | ||
| PEC Zwolle | Sacked | 19 December 2018 | 15th | 28 December 2018 | ||
| NAC Breda | Resigned | 18 March 2019 | 18th | 25 March 2019 | ||
| Excelsior | Resigned | 4 April 2019[3] | 15th | 4 April 2019 | ||
| Heerenveen | Sacked | 10 April 2019[4] | 10th | 10 April 2019 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax(C) | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 32 | +87 | 86 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 83 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropean competition play-offs[b] |
| 6 | Utrecht(O) | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | |
| 7 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 48 | |
| 8 | Groningen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 45 | |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 45 | |
| 10 | Willem II | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 72 | −14 | 44 | |
| 11 | Heerenveen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 41 | |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 41 | |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 39 | |
| 14 | Emmen | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 72 | −31 | 38 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 34 | |
| 16 | Excelsior(R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 33 | Qualification for theRelegation play-offs[c] |
| 17 | De Graafschap(R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 29 | |
| 18 | NAC Breda(R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 74 | −45 | 23 | Relegation toEerste Divisie |
| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZ | EMM | EXC | FEY | FOR | GRA | GRO | HEE | HER | NAC | PEC | PSV | UTR | VIT | VVV | WIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–2 | |
| Ajax | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
| AZ | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Emmen | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Excelsior | 2–4 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Feyenoord | 0–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | |
| Fortuna Sittard | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | |
| De Graafschap | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Groningen | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
| Heerenveen | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
| Heracles Almelo | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | |
| NAC Breda | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| PEC Zwolle | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | |
| Utrecht | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vitesse | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| VVV-Venlo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Willem II | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0.82 | |
| Ajax | 34 | 11 | 0.82 | |||
| 3 | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0.61 | |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0.57 | |
| ADO Den Haag | 33 | 6 | 0.52 | |||
| 6 | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0.64 | |
| Ajax | 28 | 1 | 0.57 | |||
| Ajax | 29 | 0 | 0.55 | |||
| Heerenveen | 31 | 5 | 0.52 | |||
| Heerenveen | 34 | 0 | 0.47 |
Source: nos.nl[6]
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Assists | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 29 | 13 | 0.45 | |
| Ajax | 34 | 0.38 | |||
| 3 | Feyenoord | 33 | 12 | 0.36 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 33 | 0.36 | |||
| ADO Den Haag | 33 | 0.36 | |||
| 6 | Vitesse | 31 | 10 | 0.32 | |
| Heracles Almelo | 33 | 0.3 | |||
| Ajax | 34 | 0.29 | |||
| 9 | Heerenveen | 17 | 9 | 0.53 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 0.26 |
Source: nos.nl[7]
Player with the most yellow cards:11[8]
Players with the most red cards:2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2019.
| Award | Player | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season | Ajax | [19] | |
| Talent of the Season | PSV |
| Team of the Season[19] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Four teams played for a spot in the2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Heracles Almelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| FC Utrecht | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| FC Utrecht* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Vitesse | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| FC Groningen | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Vitesse | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the2019–20 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | Second round | Third round | ||||||||||||||
| NEC | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| RKC Waalwijk* | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| FC Den Bosch | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| TOP Oss | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| SC Cambuur | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| SC Cambuur | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[20] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 17 | 52,961 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 17 | 41,771 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 34,071 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 18,841 |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 17 | 18,743 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 17 | 18,262 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 17 | 17,744 |
| 8 | AZ | 17 | 15,133 |
| 9 | Vitesse | 17 | 15,065 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 13,478 |
| 11 | Willem II | 17 | 12,998 |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 12,561 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 17 | 12,321 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 17 | 10,992 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 9,100 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 17 | 8,262 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 6,828 |
| 18 | Excelsior | 17 | 4,214 |