The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 54th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions VVV-Venlo and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.
The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010. FC Twente won their first ever Eredivisie title.
As of 2025, this is the last time that none of the big three Dutch teams have won the title.
Overview
Teams and stadia
Club Location Venue CapacityADO Den HaagThe HagueDen Haag Stadion15,000AjaxAmsterdamAmsterdam ArenA51,715AZAlkmaarAZ Stadion17,023FeyenoordRotterdamStadion Feijenoord51,177GroningenGroningenEuroborg22,329HeerenveenHeerenveenAbe Lenstra Stadion26,000Heracles AlmeloAlmeloPolman Stadion8,500NAC BredaBredaRat Verlegh Stadion19,000NECNijmegenStadion de Goffert12,470PSVEindhovenPhilips Stadion35,119RKCWaalwijkMandemakers Stadion7,500Roda JCKerkradeParkstad Limburg Stadion19,979Sparta RotterdamRotterdamHet Kasteel11,026TwenteEnschedeDe Grolsch Veste30,205UtrechtUtrechtStadion Galgenwaard24,426Vitesse ArnhemArnhemGelredome25,000VVV-VenloVenloDe Koel7,500Willem IITilburgKoning Willem II Stadion14,637
Personnel and sponsoring
Club Manager Kit maker Shirt sponsorADO Den Haag Raymond AtteveldHummelFit For FreeAjax Martin JolAdidasAegonAZ Dick AdvocaatQuickBUKOFeyenoord Mario BeenPumaASR VerzekeringenGroningen Ron JansKluppNoord LeaseHeerenveen Jan EverseJakoUnivéHeracles Almelo Gertjan VerbeekJakoTen CateNAC Breda Robert MaaskantKluppSunweb VakantiesNEC Wiljan VloetNikeCuraçaoPSV Fred RuttenNikePhilipsRKC Ruud BroodNikeMandemakers KeukensRoda JC Harm Van VeldhovenDiadoraAevitaeSparta Rotterdam Frans AdelaarPatrickGraydonTwente Steve McClarenDiadoraArkeUtrecht Ton du ChatinierKappaPhanosVitesse Arnhem Theo BosKluppAfABVVV-Venlo Jan van DijkErimaSeacon LogisticsWillem II Arno PijpersMasitaDestil
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Ajax Marco van Basten Resigned Pre-season Martin Jol 25 May 2009 AZ Louis van Gaal Signed by Bayern Munich Pre-season Ronald Koeman 17 May 2009 AZ Ronald Koeman Sacked 5 December 2009 Dick Advocaat 8 December 2009 Heerenveen Trond Sollied Sacked 1 September 2009 Jan de Jonge 2 September 2009 Heerenveen Jan de Jonge Resigned Jan Everse Heracles Almelo Gert Heerkes Resigned Pre-season Gertjan Verbeek 8 June 2009 NEC Mario Been Signed by Feyenoord Pre-season Dwight Lodeweges 9 April 2009 NEC Dwight Lodeweges Resigned 27 October 2009 Wiljan Vloet 14 November 2009 PSV Dwight Lodeweges Signed by NEC Pre-season Fred Rutten 17 April 2009 Sparta Rotterdam Foeke Booy Signed by Utrecht Pre-season Frans Adelaar 15 May 2009 Sparta Rotterdam Frans Adelaar Sacked Aad de Mos ADO Den Haag Raymond Atteveld Sacked Maurice Steijn 30 March 2010 Willem II Alfons Groenendijk Sacked Arno Pijpers 27 February 2010Willem II Arno Pijpers Resigned Theo de Jong
League table
Results
Goalscorers Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, , Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site)
Top scorers Pos.PlayerClubGoals1 Luis Suárez Ajax352 Bryan Ruiz Twente243 Mads Junker Roda JC214 Mounir El Hamdaoui AZ205 Marko Pantelić Ajax166 Bas Dost Heracles14 Everton Heracles Balázs Dzsudzsák PSV9 Tim Matavž Groningen13 Ola Toivonen PSV112 players12134 players11174 players10212 players9234 players82710 players73710 players64714 players56023 players48422 players310650 players215671 players1Own goals23Total: 892Games: 306Average:
Other scorers 12 goals
Jeremain Lens (AZ) Blaise Nkufo (Twente)
11 goals
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord) Gerald Sibon (Heerenveen) Otman Bakkal (PSV) Danny Koevermans (PSV)
10 goals
Siem de Jong (Ajax) Erik Falkenburg (Sparta) Rydell Poepon (Sparta) Miroslav Stoch (Twente)
9 goals
Matthew Amoah (NAC) Sandro Calabro (VVV)
8 goals
Willie Overtoom (Heracles) Bjorn Vleminckx (NEC) Willem Janssen (Roda JC) Jacob Mulenga (Utrecht)
7 goals
Wesley Verhoek (ADO) Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax) Roy Makaay (Feyenoord) Michal Papadopulos (Heerenveen) Anthony Lurling (NAC) Derk Boerrigter (RKC) Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht) Santi Kolk (Vitesse Arnhem) Lasse Nilsson (Vitesse Arnhem) Frank Demouge (Willem II)
6 goals
Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax) Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax) Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen) Andreas Granqvist (Groningen) Edwin de Graaf (NAC) Kees Kwakman (NAC) Charlison Benschop (RKC) Dries Mertens (Utrecht) Keisuke Honda (VVV) Saïd Boutahar (Willem II)
5 goals
Urby Emanuelson (Ajax) Brett Holman (AZ) Maarten Martens (AZ) Sekou Cissé (Feyenoord) Koen van de Laak (Groningen) Nicklas Pedersen (Groningen) Viktor Elm (Heerenveen) Darl Douglas (Heracles) Saidi Ntibazonkiza (NEC) Danko Lazović (PSV) Boldizsár Bodor (Roda JC) Kenneth Perez (Twente) Héctor Moreno (AZ) Christophe Grégoire (Willem II)
4 goals
Danny Buijs (ADO) Bogdan Milić (ADO) Karim Soltani (ADO) Darío Cvitanich (Ajax) Mousa Dembélé (AZ) Andwélé Slory (Feyenoord) Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord) Georginio Wijnaldum (Feyenoord) Roy Beerens (Heerenveen) Hernán Losada (Heerenveen) Leonardo Santiago (NAC) Ramon Zomer (NEC) Ibrahim Afellay (PSV) Fred Benson (RKC) Benjamin De Ceulaer (RKC) Morten Skoubo (Roda JC) Jacob Lensky (Utrecht) Claudemir (Vitesse Arnhem) Onur Kaya (Vitesse Arnhem) Adil Auassar (VVV) Ruud Boymans (VVV) Stefan Nijland (Willem II) Sergio Zijler (Willem II)
3 goals
Ricky van den Bergh (ADO) Ismaïl Aissati (Ajax) Jan Vertonghen (Ajax) Rasmus Elm (AZ) André Bahia (Feyenoord) Jonathan de Guzmán (Feyenoord) Oluwafemi Ajilore (Groningen) Michel Breuer (Heerenveen) Paulo Henrique (Heerenveen) Samuel Armenteros (Heracles) Marko Vejinović (Heracles) Erton Fejzullahu (NEC) John Goossens (NEC) Nordin Amrabat (PSV) Jonathan Reis (PSV) Fouad Idabdelhay (RKC) Anouar Hadouir (Roda JC) Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (Roda JC) Dalibor Stevanovič (Vitesse Arnhem) Ahmed Ahahaoui (VVV) Gonzalo García (VVV) Ruben Schaken (VVV)
2 goals
Timothy Derijck (ADO) Csaba Horváth (ADO) Kees Luijckx (ADO) Toby Alderweireld (Ajax) Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax) Mitchell Donald (Ajax – 1/Willem II – 1) Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax) Graziano Pellè (AZ) Luigi Bruins (Feyenoord) Leroy Fer (Feyenoord) Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord) Leandro Bacuna (Groningen) Danny Holla (Groningen) Goran Lovre (Groningen) Morten Nordstrand (Groningen) Fredrik Stenman (Groningen) Birger Maertens (Heracles) Sebastiaan Steur (Heracles) Donny Gorter (NAC) Patrick Zwaanswijk (NAC) Youssef El Akchaoui (NEC) Bram Nuytinck (NEC) Patrick Pothuizen (NEC) Arkadiusz Radomski (NEC) Orlando Engelaar (PSV) Zakaria Labyad (PSV) Stanislav Manolev (PSV) Davy De Fauw (Roda JC) Marcel de Jong (Roda JC) Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC) Jan-Paul Saeijs (Roda JC) Edouard Duplan (Sparta) Joshua John (Sparta) Kevin Strootman (Sparta) Douglas (Twente) Luuk de Jong (Twente) Nicky Kuiper (Twente) Sander Keller (Utrecht) Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht) Jan Wuytens (Utrecht) Alexander Büttner (Vitesse Arnhem) Serginho Greene (Vitesse Arnhem) Sinan Kaloğlu (Vitesse Arnhem) Wiljan Pluim (Vitesse Arnhem) Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem) Ken Leemans (VVV) Ferry de Regt (VVV) Bart Biemans (Willem II) Gerson Sheotahul (Willem II) Arjan Swinkels (Willem II)
1 goal
Santy Hulst (ADO) Lex Immers (ADO) Christian Kum (ADO) Andres Oper (ADO) Charlton Vicento (ADO) Eyong Enoh (Ajax) Rasmus Lindgren (Ajax) Jonathas (AZ) Niklas Moisander (AZ) Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ) Simon Poulsen (AZ) David Mendes da Silva (AZ) Pontus Wernbloom (AZ) Stefan Babović (Feyenoord) Diego Biseswar (Feyenoord) Kevin Hofland (Feyenoord) Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord) Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen) Filip Đuričić (Heerenveen) Samir Fazli (Heerenveen) Christian Grindheim (Heerenveen) Goran Popov (Heerenveen) Mika Väyrynen (Heerenveen) Paweł Wojciechowski (Heerenveen) Mark-Jan Fledderus (Heracles) Antoine van der Linden (Heracles) Mark Looms (Heracles) Ellery Cairo (NAC) Kurt Elshot (NAC) Csaba Feher (NAC) Robbert Schilder (NAC) Ferne Snoyl (NAC) Lorenzo Davids (NEC) Bas Sibum (NEC) Rick ten Voorde (NEC) Francisco Rodríguez (PSV) Jagoš Vuković (PSV) Kemy Agustien (RKC) Ruud Berger (RKC) Dustley Mulder (RKC) Hans Mulder (RKC) Arnaud Sutchuin (Roda JC) Ruud Vormer (Roda JC) Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta) Darko Bodul (Sparta) Sander van Gessel (Sparta) Milano Koenders (Sparta) Wout Brama (Twente) Theo Janssen (Twente) Ronnie Stam (Twente) Dwight Tiendalli (Twente) Cheick Tioté (Twente) Peter Wisgerhof (Twente) Nana Asare (Utrecht) Tim Cornelisse (Utrecht) Erixon Danso (Utrecht) Francis Dickoh (Utrecht) Gregoor van Dijk (Utrecht) Gianluca Nijholt (Utrecht) Alje Schut (Utrecht) Kevin Vandenbergh (Utrecht) Nicky Hofs (Vitesse Arnhem) Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem) Kevin Van Dessel (VVV) Frank van Kouwen (VVV) Patrick Paauwe (VVV) Michael Timisela (VVV) Michael Uchebo (VVV) Alex Nkume (VVV) Jan-Arie van der Heijden (Willem II) Marlon Pereira (Willem II)
Own goals Scored for ADO (5): Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord); Gibril Sankoh (Groningen); Antoine van der Linden (Heracles); Mark Looms (Heracles); Bram Nuytinck (NEC) Scored for Ajax (2): Hans Mulder (RKC); Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem) Scored for AZ (4): Martin Lejsal (Heerenveen); Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC); Peter Wisgerhof (Twente – 2 goals) Scored for Feyenoord (3): Pontus Wernbloom (AZ); Toni Varela (RKC); Patrick Paauwe (VVV) Scored for NAC (1): Niels Wellenberg (NEC) Scored for NEC (1): Christiaan Kum (ADO) Scored for RKC (2): Marko Pantelić (Ajax); Calvin Jong-a-Pin (Vitesse Arnhem) Scored for Roda JC (2): Jurgen Colin (RKC); Frank van der Struijk (Vitesse Arnhem) Scored for Vitesse Arnhem (1): Dustley Mulder (RKC) Scored for VVV (1): Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem) Scored for Willem II (1): Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)
Play-offs
European competition The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.
Semi-finals
Final
Relegation The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie. Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club Golden Shoe (Player of the Year) Luis Suárez Ajax Silver Shoe Dries Mertens Utrecht Bronze Shoe Demy de Zeeuw Ajax Talent of the Year Gregory van der Wiel Ajax Golden Card (Referee of the Year) Roelof Luinge KNVB Team of the Year Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax) Defence Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax) Douglas (FC Twente) Jan Vertonghen (Ajax) Urby Emanuelson (Ajax) Midfield Theo Janssen (FC Twente) Wout Brama (FC Twente) Ibrahim Afellay (PSV) Forwards Bryan Ruiz (FC Twente) Luis Suárez (Ajax) Balázs Dzsudzsák (PSV)
Attendances
Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2009-10 edition of the Eredivisie.
References