The 2011–12 Eredivisie is the 56th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and ended in June with the last matches of the European competition and relegation playoffs. AFC Ajax had the highest average attendance, around 49,000.

Teams A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league, the best 15 teams from the 2010–11 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2010–11 Eerste Divisie champions.

Club Location Venue CapacityADO Den HaagThe HagueKyocera Stadion15,000AFC AjaxAmsterdamAmsterdam ArenA52,342AZAlkmaarAFAS Stadion17,000ExcelsiorRotterdamStadion Woudestein3,531FeyenoordRotterdamDe Kuip51,577De GraafschapDoetinchemDe Vijverberg12,600FC GroningenGroningenEuroborg22,580SC HeerenveenHeerenveenAbe Lenstra Stadion26,800Heracles AlmeloAlmeloPolman Stadion8,500NAC BredaBredaRat Verlegh Stadion19,000NECNijmegenStadion de Goffert12,470PSVEindhovenPhilips Stadion35,000RKC WaalwijkWaalwijkMandemakers Stadion7,500Roda JCKerkradeParkstad Limburg Stadion19,979FC TwenteEnschedeDe Grolsch Veste32,000FC UtrechtUtrechtStadion Galgenwaard24,426Vitesse ArnhemArnhemGelreDome25,000VVV-VenloVenloDe Koel8,000

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment N.E.C. Signed by Sparta Rotterdam 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 SBV Excelsior Signed by NEC 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 FC Utrecht Mutual consent 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 De Graafschap End of contract 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 VVV-Venlo End of interim spell 1 July 2011 Pre-season 15 June 2011 FC Twente Signed by Al-Shabab 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 SBV Vitesse End of contract 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 ADO Den Haag Signed by Vitesse 1 July 2011 Pre-season 1 July 2011 Feyenoord Resigned 13 July 2011 Pre-season 21 July 2011 FC Utrecht Resigned 18 October 2011 10th 18 October 2011 VVV-Venlo Resigned 6 December 2011 17th (joint caretakers) 8 December 2011 VVV-Venlo End of caretaker spell 24 December 2011 17th 24 December 2011 FC Twente Dismissed 3 January 2012 3rd 5 January 2012 De Graafschap Dismissed 19 February 2012 18th (caretaker) 20 February 2012 PSV Sacked 12 March 2012 4th (caretaker) 12 March 2012

League table

Results

Play-offs

European competition The teams placed sixth through ninth compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Teams on the left played the first leg at home.

Semi-finals The first legs were played on 10 May 2012, while the return legs were competed on 13 May 2012.

Finals The first leg was played on 17 May 2012, while the return leg was competed on 20 May 2012.

Relegation VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie. Teams on the left played the first leg at home.

Round 1 The first legs were played on 1 May 2012, while the return legs were competed on 5 May 2012.

Round 2 The first legs were played on 10 May 2012, with the return legs were competed on 13 May 2012.

Round 3

Top goalscorers Source: Eredivisie (official site) , Soccerway Pos.PlayerClubGoals1 Bas Dost Heerenveen322 Luuk de Jong Twente25 Sanharib Malki Roda254 Dries Mertens PSV215 John Guidetti Feyenoord206 Ola Toivonen PSV187 Jozy Altidore AZ Alkmaar158 Tim Matavž Groningen / PSV149 Siem de Jong Ajax1310 Glynor Plet Heracles / Twente12 Wilfried Bony Vitesse Arnhem12 Updated to games played on 6 May 2012 (end of competition)

Attendances

Source:

No. Club Average Change Highest 1 AFC Ajax 50,147 6,0% 52,316 2 Feyenoord 44,605 4,8% 51,777 3 PSV 33,376 -0,4% 35,000 4 FC Twente 27,707 16,4% 30,000 5 sc Heerenveen 25,306 -1,9% 26,100 6 FC Groningen 21,819 -0,4% 22,441 7 FC Utrecht 19,595 -2,4% 22,000 8 NAC Breda 17,686 -3,9% 19,000 9 SBV Vitesse 17,529 16,2% 23,549 10 AZ 16,365 0,1% 16,801 11 Roda JC 14,351 0,2% 18,400 12 NEC 12,158 -1,1% 12,500 13 ADO Den Haag 12,154 -7,7% 14,273 14 De Graafschap 12,038 0,6% 12,600 15 Heracles Almelo 8,453 -0,1% 8,500 16 VVV-Venlo 7,515 -0,7% 8,000 17 RKC Waalwijk 6,279 49,6% 7,850 18 SBV Excelsior 3,303 -0,5% 3,531

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