1965–66 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1965–66 season was contested by 16 teams. Ajax won the championship. Only one team relegated this year, because next year, the number of participants would be 18 again.

Eredivisie
Season1965–66
ChampionsAFC Ajax (11th title)
Promoted
RelegatedHeracles
European CupAFC Ajax
Cup Winners' CupSparta Rotterdam
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Goals scored779
Average goals/game3.24
Top goalscorerNetherlands Willy van der Kuijlen (PSV Eindhoven); Netherlands Piet Kruiver (Feijenoord) - 23 goals [1]

Teams

A total of 16 teams are taking part in the league.

Location of teams in Eredivisie 1968–69
Club Location
ADO Den Haag The Hague
AFC Ajax Amsterdam
DOS Utrecht
DWS Amsterdam
Elinkwijk Utrecht
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Fortuna '54 Sittard
Go Ahead Deventer
GVAV Groningen
Heracles Almelo Almelo
MVV Maastricht
PSV Eindhoven Eindhoven
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam
Telstar IJmuiden
FC Twente Enschede
Willem II Tilburg

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax 30 24 4 2 79 25 +54 52 Qualified for 1966–67 European Cup
2 Feijenoord 30 21 3 6 65 30 +35 45
3 ADO 30 15 9 6 72 37 +35 39
4 DWS 30 15 6 9 48 30 +18 36 Qualified for 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Go Ahead 30 14 8 8 49 33 +16 36
6 GVAV 30 12 7 11 43 43 0 31
7 Sparta Rotterdam 30 12 5 13 53 51 +2 29 Qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup.
8 PSV Eindhoven 30 10 8 12 57 53 +4 28
9 Fortuna '54 30 9 8 13 36 54 −18 26
10 Willem II 30 11 3 16 42 59 −17 25
11 FC Twente 30 9 6 15 43 61 −18 24
12 DOS 30 9 6 15 48 72 −24 24 Qualified for 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
13 Telstar 30 8 6 16 39 52 −13 22
14 Elinkwijk 30 7 8 15 37 64 −27 22
15 MVV Maastricht 30 6 9 15 36 56 −20 21
16 Heracles 30 5 10 15 32 59 −27 20 Relegated to Eerste Divisie
Source: rsssf.com

Results
Home \ Away ADO AJA DOS DWA ELI FEY F54 GOA GVA HER MVV PSV SPA TEL TWE WIL
ADO 2–3 4–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 1–3 2–2 4–2 4–1 4–0
Ajax 5–1 2–1 2–1 7–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 6–2 3–1 3–1
DOS 0–7 1–2 2–3 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–5 3–2 3–2 2–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–2
DWS 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Elinkwijk 1–1 3–3 6–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–3 2–1 0–1
Feijenoord 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 5–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 6–1
Fortuna '54 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 4–3 2–1 1–3 1–0
Go Ahead 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–2
GVAV 1–1 0–2 5–3 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 0–2 4–1
Heracles 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–3
MVV 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 3–2 3–1
PSV 3–5 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 5–2
Sparta 0–4 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 6–0 7–2 1–1 1–0 3–4 0–1
Telstar 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3
FC Twente 0–0 0–2 5–1 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–7 0–4 1–1 6–1
Willem II 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–1 2–3 3–4 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 4–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
  1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
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