The 1997/1998 season in Dutch football was the 42nd season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam won the double, claiming the title and the Dutch National Cup.
Johan Cruijff-schaal
Eredivisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Ajax 8934292311222+902PSV723421949544+513Vitesse Arnhem703421768548+374Feyenoord613418796240+225Willem II5534174136658+86SC Heerenveen5534167115659-3 7Fortuna Sittard 48 34 14 6 14 51 53 -2 8NEC 44 34 14 2 18 40 57 -17 9FC Twente 43 34 11 10 13 41 42 -1 10FC Utrecht 43 34 13 4 17 56 64 -8 11De Graafschap 42 34 11 9 14 45 49 -4 12NAC 42 34 12 6 16 41 49 -8 13Sparta 41 34 10 11 13 50 59 -9 14Roda JC 38 34 10 8 16 44 45 -1 15MVV 32 34 9 5 20 35 75 -4016RKC313487194871-2317FC Groningen3134710174265-2318FC Volendam2134562333102-79
Champions League : Ajax and PSV UEFA Cup: Vitesse, Feyenoord and Willem II Cup Winners Cup: SC Heerenveen Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC and FC Groningen Relegated: FC Volendam
Topscorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Nikos Machlas Vitesse Arnhem34 2Shota ArveladzeAjax Amsterdam 25 3Ronald HammingFortuna Sittard 20 4Dejan CurovicVitesse Arnhem 17 5Jari LitmanenAjax Amsterdam 16–Michael MolsFC Utrecht 16
Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year 1997 — Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven) 1998 – 1999 — Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 1997 — Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven) 1998 — Edwin van der Sar (Ajax Amsterdam)
Ajax Winning Squad 1997-'98
Goal Fred Grim Edwin van der Sar
Defence Danny Blind Frank de Boer Tim de Cler Mariano Juan Mario Melchiot Kofi Mensah Sunday Oliseh Tom Sier
Raphael Supusepa Ole Tobiasen
Midfield Ronald de Boer Dani Dean Gorré Richard Knopper Jari Litmanen Martijn Reuser Andrzej Rudy Richard Witschge
Attack Shota Arveladze Tijani Babangida Andrey Demchenko Peter Hoekstra Michael Laudrup Benni McCarthy Andy van der Meyde Gerald Sibon
Management Morten Olsen (Coach) Heini Otto (Assistant) Bobby Haarms (Assistant)
Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1AZ Alkmaar 723421948131+502Cambuur Leeuwarden653420596643+233FC Emmen613418796445+194FC Den Bosch603417986042+185ADO Den Haag5834177106943+266FC Zwolle5434141285842+16 7TOP Oss 52 34 16 4 14 59 50 +98FC Eindhoven5134163155052-2 9Go Ahead Eagles 49 34 15 4 15 70 55 +15 10Helmond Sport 47 34 12 11 11 46 45 +1 11VVV-Venlo 47 34 12 11 11 45 46 -1 12BV Veendam 45 34 11 12 11 51 55 -4 13SC Telstar 40 34 11 7 16 43 60 -17 14SC Heracles 32 34 8 8 18 51 77 -26 15HFC Haarlem 31 34 8 7 19 43 85 -42 16Excelsior Rotterdam 30 34 8 6 20 39 64 -25 13Dordrecht '90 30 34 6 12 16 37 64 -27 18RBC Roosendaal 22 34 4 10 20 33 66 -33
Promoted : AZ Alkmaar Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Cambuur, Emmen, Den Bosch, ADO Den Haag, Zwolle and Eindhoven
Promotion and relegation
Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1RKC Waalwijk 146420155+10 2FC Eindhoven 6 6 1 3 2 8 11 -3 3ADO Den Haag 5 6 0 5 1 5 8 -3 4FC Emmen 4 6 0 4 2 11 15 -4
Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Cambuur Leeuwarden 146420158+7 2FC Zwolle 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 -13FC Groningen56123912-3 4FC Den Bosch 5 6 1 2 3 7 10 -3
Stayed / Promoted : RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur Leeuwarden Relegated: FC Groningen
KNVB Cup
* The third place match was necessary to determine the Dutch Cup Winners Cup entrant, since both finalists (Ajax and PSV) were qualified for the Champions League.
Final
Dutch national team
References RSSSF Archive