The 2016–17 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-first season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2016 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2017 with the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2016–17 Eredivisie. The fixtures were announced on 14 June 2016.

Teams A total of 20 teams are taking part in the league. 2015–16 Eerste Divisie champion Sparta Rotterdam gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by Cambuur, that finished last in the 2015–16 Eredivisie. Go Ahead Eagles won the post-season playoff, and are replaced in the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie by De Graafschap. Achilles '29 was relegated, and Jong FC Utrecht joined the league.

Club Location Venue CapacityAchilles '29GroesbeekSportpark De Heikant4,500Jong AjaxAmsterdamSportpark De Toekomst4,000Almere CityAlmereYanmar Stadion3,000Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion10,500De GraafschapDoetinchemDe Vijverberg12,600Den Bosch's-HertogenboschDe Vliert9,000DordrechtDordrechtGN Bouw Stadion 4,088EindhovenEindhovenJan Louwers Stadion4,600EmmenEmmenDe JENS Vesting8,600Fortuna SittardSittardFortuna Sittard Stadion12,500Helmond SportHelmondLavans Stadion4,100MVVMaastrichtDe Geusselt10,000NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000OssOssFrans Heesenstadion4,700Jong PSVEindhovenDe Herdgang2,500RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion7,508TelstarVelsenRabobank IJmond Stadion3,625Jong FC UtrechtUtrechtSportcomplex Zoudenbalch450VolendamVolendamKras Stadion6,260VVV-VenloVenloSeacon Stadion – De Koel8,000

Personnel and kits Club Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors Achilles '29 Eric Meijers Klupp Van Helden Relatiegeschenken Jong Ajax Marcel Keizer Adidas Ziggo Almere City Jack de Gier Adidas Van Wijnen Cambuur Rob Maas Nike Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma De Graafschap Henk de Jong Nike ATAG Den Bosch Wiljan Vloet Macron Van Wanrooij Dordrecht Gérard de Nooijer Macron Riwal Hoogwerkers Eindhoven Ricardo Moniz Joma VDL Groep Emmen Gert Heerkes Robey Q&S Gartendeco Fortuna Sittard Ben van Dael Givova Fitland Helmond Sport Remond Strijbosch Hummel Vescom MVV Ron Elsen Masita Drink Water NAC Stijn Vreven Legea cm. Payments Oss François Gesthuizen Erima NGSN Jong PSV Pascal Jansen Umbro Philips RKC Waalwijk Peter van den Berg Hummel Mandemakers Keukens Telstar Michel Vonk Hummel MPM Oil Jong FC Utrecht Robin Pronk Hummel Zorg van de Zaak Volendam Robert Molenaar Jako HSB VVV-Venlo Maurice Steijn Masita Seacon Logistics

Standings

Period Tables Period 1

Period 2

Period 3

Period 4

Results

Promotion/relegation play-offs Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie The numbers 16 and 17 from the 2016–17 Eredivisie, 4 (substitute) period winners of the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie, as well as the 4 otherwise highest ranked teams of the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie, making a total of 10 teams, decide in a 3-round knockout system which 2 teams will play next season in the 2017–18 Eredivisie. The remaining 8 teams will play next season in the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie. Reserves teams are excluded from participating.

Qualified Teams Club Qualification NEC 16th in the Eredivisie Roda JC 17th in the Eredivisie NAC Breda 5th in the Eerste Divisie (First and Third Period won by the league champions) Helmond Sport Winner of the Second Period in the Eerste Divisie Volendam 6th in the Eerste Divisie (First and Third Period won by the league champions) Cambuur Winner of the Fourth Period in the Eerste Divisie MVV 7th in the Eerste Divisie Almere City 8th in the Eerste Divisie Emmen 9th in the Eerste Divisie RKC Waalwijk 10th in the Eerste Divisie

Results

* Succeeded to remain in the Eredivisie ** Promoted to the Eredivisie

First round Match A

Match B

Second round Match C

Match D

Match E

Match F

Final round Match G

Match H

Number of teams by provinces Number of teams Province Team(s)7Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, NAC Breda, Oss, Jong PSV and RKC Waalwijk3Fortuna Sittard, MVV and VVV-VenloJong Ajax, Telstar and Volendam2Achilles '29 and De Graafschap1EmmenAlmere CityCambuurDordrechtJong FC Utrecht

Attendances

A29ALMCAMBOSDOREINEMMFORGRAHELJAJJPSJUTMVVNACOSSRKCTELVOLVVVTotalAverageAchilles '29 1.333 1.185 1.235 2.322 1.243 1.220 800 2.320 1.000 2.133 1.943 1.220 1.262 2.919 1.430 1.533 1.432 1.220 1.640 29.390 1.547Almere City FC 1.530 1.807 1.357 1.430 1.359 1.589 1.486 2.130 1.576 1.839 1.662 2.388 1.546 1.953 1.964 1.837 2.150 1.538 2.276 33.417 1.759SC Cambuur 6.872 7.032 7.368 7.197 8.388 7.735 7.133 7.206 8.083 8.321 7.042 7.084 7.511 7.258 7.021 9.142 7.610 7.250 7.420 142.673 7.509FC Den Bosch 1.589 2.373 2.479 3.687 2.741 2.268 2.173 2.953 3.567 3.579 2.987 2.572 2.782 3.494 2.641 3.452 2.296 2.573 2.058 52.264 2.751FC Dordrecht 1.434 1.983 1.742 1.238 1.156 1.525 1.135 1.638 1.641 1.425 1.303 1.133 1.123 2.106 1.952 1.684 1.226 2.492 1.109 29.045 1.529FC Eindhoven 1.960 2.423 2.645 3.513 3.076 2.413 2.871 2.836 3.620 3.125 3.156 2.338 1.865 3.055 2.826 2.833 2.018 1.703 3.496 51.772 2.725FC Emmen 2.468 3.450 3.710 3.423 3.644 3.014 2.113 2.630 3.244 3.150 2.580 3.608 2.115 2.850 2.280 2.740 3.212 2.630 2.866 55.727 2.933Fortuna Sittard 1.541 1.806 1.837 1.120 1.776 1.143 1.721 1.512 1.623 1.549 1.680 1.734 4.780 1.290 1.875 2.440 1.444 1.560 2.450 34.881 1.836De Graafschap 10.033 8.364 8.064 8.416 8.304 7.463 8.324 11.312 0 De Graafschap was forced to play the home match of 21 October 2016 against Helmond Sport in an empty stadion. Reason for this was misconduct of the supporters of De Graafschap in the 2015–16 play-off match against Go Ahead Eagles. 10.043 9.311 8.514 10.623 9.124 8.602 10.110 8.714 8.394 8.230 161.945 8.523Helmond Sport 1.621 1.533 1.331 1.471 1.873 3.195 1.516 2.382 1.011 2.491 2.578 1.028 2.013 2.211 1.231 1.812 1.286 2.562 2.397 35.542 1.871Jong Ajax 528 772 616 462 500 744 1.098 653 2.068 500 2.152 675 514 1.721 848 650 683 1.007 1.183 17.374 914Jong PSV 363 463 419 600 475 650 350 250 543 604 1.634 700 549 641 550 407 520 491 950 11.159 587Jong FC Utrecht 500 741 791 881 1.181 654 387 891 829 874 1.423 503 556 1.612 604 1.019 915 770 771 15.902 836MVV Maastricht 4.031 3.997 4.427 5.504 4.754 4.681 4.370 7.004 4.821 4.188 4.767 4.290 3.782 4.977 4.013 4.402 4.380 5.012 4.704 88.104 4.637NAC Breda 12.335 13.211 14.285 12.058 11.456 13.821 12.065 14.070 14.016 10.435 15.054 14.865 12.285 12.556 13.148 13.826 12.283 13.805 16.753 252.327 13.280FC Oss 2.221 1.975 921 2.889 2.012 1.915 1.759 1.996 2.278 1.900 3.004 2.756 3.267 1.087 2.009 2.066 1.989 1.512 2.225 39.781 2.094RKC Waalwijk 2.250 1.540 1.800 2.900 2.267 2.100 2.268 1.738 2.100 1.996 2.450 2.275 1.444 1.407 3.442 2.131 2.100 2.756 3.089 42.053 2.213Telstar 1.499 1.903 1.563 2.222 1.701 1.963 1.263 1.763 2.363 1.299 2.963 2.323 1.444 2.017 2.601 1.850 1.001 2.275 1.663 35.676 1.878FC Volendam 4.301 3.525 5.269 4.075 4.248 4.155 2.871 4.094 4.475 4.446 6.345 4.058 2.952 3.295 3.657 4.207 5.066 2.718 4.582 78.339 4.123VVV-Venlo 4.411 5.183 4.422 4.612 4.227 4.722 7.803 6.123 5.105 5.011 6.379 4.277 3.813 8.000 6.634 3.911 4.239 4.621 4.356 97.849 5.150Totaal 61.487 63.607 59.313 65.344 66.130 65.107 62.545 69.987 62.834 55.607 81.674 71.741 61.981 65.601 63.554 63.084 70.259 61.597 63.906 69.862 1.306.220 3.437

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