2014–15 Eerste Divisie

The 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-ninth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2014 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2015 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2014–15 Eredivisie.

Eerste Divisie
Season2014–15

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. Willem II were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2013–14 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie Roda JC Kerkrade, whereas Dordrecht and Excelsior won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing NEC and RKC Waalwijk who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie
Club Location Venue Capacity
Achilles '29 Groesbeek Sportpark De Heikant 4,500
Jong Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst 4,000
Almere City Almere Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion 3,000
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch De Vliert 9,000
Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 4,600
Emmen Emmen Univé Stadion 8,600
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Trendwork Arena 12,500
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
Helmond Sport Helmond Stadion De Braak 4,100
MVV Maastricht De Geusselt 10,000
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
Oss Oss Heesen Yachts Stadion 4,700
Jong PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,508
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 18,936
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,026
Telstar Velsen TATA Steel Stadion 3,625
Jong FC Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,014
Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 6,260
VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 8,000

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Achilles '29 Netherlands François Gesthuizen Klupp Van Helden Relatiegeschenken
Jong Ajax Netherlands Jaap Stam Adidas Ziggo
Almere City Netherlands Fred Grim Adidas Van Wijnen
Den Bosch Netherlands Ruud Kaiser Macron Van Wanrooij
Eindhoven Netherlands Jean-Paul de Jong Joma VDL Groep
Emmen Netherlands Joop Gall Masita Sunoil Biodiesel
Fortuna Sittard Netherlands Peter van Vossen Macron Fitland
De Graafschap Netherlands Jan Vreman Quick ATAG
Helmond Sport Netherlands Jan van Dijk Masita Vescom
MVV Netherlands Ron Elsen Masita Drink Water
NEC Netherlands Ruud Brood Patrick Scholten Awater
Oss Netherlands Willy Boessen Masita Clubmobiel
Jong PSV Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić Nike Philips
RKC Waalwijk Netherlands Martin Koopman Hummel Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC Netherlands René Trost Robey Various*
Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands Gert Kruys Robey Axidus
Telstar Netherlands Michel Vonk Hummel Various*
Jong FC Twente Netherlands Jan Zoutman Nike XXImo
Volendam Netherlands Hans de Koning Jako VintyKids.com
VVV-Venlo Netherlands Maurice Steijn Masita Seacon Logistics
  • Roda JC and Telstar are using match-day sponsorship system, so they have different sponsor every time they play.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 N.E.C.[lower-alpha 1] (C, P) 38 33 2 3 107 32 +75 101 Promotion to the Eredivisie
2 Eindhoven[lower-alpha 1] 38 26 2 10 70 39 +31 80 Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round[lower-alpha 2]
3 Roda JC Kerkrade (O, P) 38 21 6 11 69 58 +11 69
4 Emmen 38 19 10 9 88 57 +31 67
5 Volendam 38 18 8 12 83 68 +15 62
6 De Graafschap (O, P) 38 18 7 13 73 48 +25 61 Qualification to promotion play-offs First round[lower-alpha 2]
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 12 10 48 43 +5 60
8 Sparta Rotterdam 38 16 10 12 72 46 +26 58
9 Oss[lower-alpha 1] 38 17 5 16 73 67 +6 56 Qualification to promotion play-offs First round[lower-alpha 2]
10 Almere City[lower-alpha 1] 38 13 9 16 64 63 +1 48
11 MVV 38 14 6 18 51 70 −19 48
12 Jong Ajax[lower-alpha 3] 38 12 11 15 64 67 −3 47
13 Jong FC Twente[lower-alpha 3] 38 12 11 15 49 64 −15 47
14 Jong PSV[lower-alpha 3] 38 11 13 14 50 56 −6 46
15 Telstar 38 12 6 20 53 68 −15 42
16 Den Bosch 38 10 9 19 46 61 −15 39
17 Helmond Sport 38 10 8 20 52 85 −33 38
18 Achilles '29 38 8 9 21 44 78 −34 33
19 Fortuna Sittard 38 7 8 23 30 72 −42 29
20 RKC Waalwijk 38 7 8 23 39 82 −43 29
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2015. Source: Soccerway[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. N.E.C. won the first period and was league leader over the other three periods as well. Almere City, FC Oss and FC Eindhoven won the second, third and fourth period titles respectively, because they were league runners-up during those periods.
  2. Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie. The season is subdivided into periods consisting of games 1–9, 10–18, 19–27 and 28–36. The top finisher in each period (that has not won a previous period) is a period winner and qualifies for the promotion play-offs first round even if they finish the season outside of the top nine.
  3. Youth teams cannot be promoted and cannot participate in the promotion play-offs.

Winners by period

References
  1. "Jupiler League". jupilerleague.nl. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. "Jupiler League". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. "Eerste Bronzen Stier naar Nijmegen" (in Dutch). JupilerLeague.nl. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. "Almere City pakt tweede periodetitel" (in Dutch). Omroep Flevoland. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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