1971–72 Eredivisie

16th season of the Eredivisie a football season ice hockey 1971–72 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season Eredivisie 1971–72 AFC Ajax (15th title) FC Groningen FC Den Bosch Vitesse Arnhem FC Volendam Vitesse Arnhem European Cup Ajax Cup Winners' Cup FC Den Haag UEFA Cup Feyenoord FC Twente Netherlands Johan Cruijff AFC Ajax 25 goals EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers 812 2.65 1970–71 1972–73 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1971–72 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. FC Twente, finishing in third place, set an Eredivisie record-low for goals conceded with just 13 goals against. League standings main WDL QR y 2 AJA AFC Ajax FEY Feijenoord TWE FC Twente SPA Sparta Rotterdam DHA FC Den Haag UTR FC Utrecht NEC NEC PSV PSV Eindhoven GOA Go Ahead Eagles MVV MVV Maastricht TEL Telstar GRO FC Groningen NAC NAC DWS DWS EXC SBV Excelsior DBO FC Den Bosch VOL FC Volendam VIT Vitesse Arnhem 30 3 1 104 20 26 3 5 73 24 17 14 3 50 13 18 10 6 73 38 17 10 7 59 33 15 10 9 56 42 15 8 11 43 43 13 10 11 47 32 13 8 13 48 49 10 10 14 36 47 9 11 14 39 52 8 12 14 37 55 9 9 16 39 58 7 6 21 28 54 4 12 18 18 53 6 8 20 24 70 5 7 22 16 55 5 7 22 22 74 green1 Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup EC yellow1 Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup UC UC blue1 Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup ECWC black1 Merged with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam to form FC Amsterdam MERGE red1 Relegation to Eerste Divisie R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AJA DBO DWS EXC FEY GOA GRO DHA MVV NAC NEC PSV SPA TEL TWE UTR VIT VOL Ajax 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 7–0 1–0 8–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–0 12–1 2–0 FC Den Bosch '67 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–5 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 3–2 1–1 0–7 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 DWS 0–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–4 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 Excelsior 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 Feijenoord 1–5 5–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 Go Ahead 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–4 1–1 5–1 3–0 FC Groningen 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 FC Den Haag 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 5–0 3–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 4–0 MVV 0–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 NAC 2–5 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 N.E.C. 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 PSV 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 Sparta 1–1 0–0 3–1 5–1 3–5 3–1 3–3 5–2 3–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 4–1 Telstar 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 FC Twente '65 0–2 7–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 FC Utrecht 2–3 6–3 1–0 6–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 Vitesse 1–3 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–6 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 Volendam 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 0–0 3–1 0–0 complete rsssf.com Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened72.htm 2026-07-09 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk No. Club Average Change Highest 1 Feijenoord 44,412 -7,1% 65,000 2 AFC Ajax 20,059 -20,0% 31,500 3 FC Utrecht 14,500 -12,4% 25,000 4 FC Twente 14,147 -7,9% 25,000 5 PSV 13,824 -15,6% 22,000 6 FC Den Bosch 12,324 45,6% 24,000 7 NEC 12,118 -0,2% 30,000 8 FC Den Haag 12,029 -25,5% 28,500 9 Sparta 11,029 -21,2% 31,000 10 Go Ahead Eagles 10,853 -11,7% 26,000 11 Vitesse 10,500 88,8% 20,000 12 FC Groningen 9,088 -14,3% 17,500 13 NAC 8,618 -7,0% 22,000 14 MVV Maastricht 7,971 1,3% 24,000 15 SC Telstar 7,324 -7,4% 20,000 16 SBV Excelsior 6,882 -3,3% 24,000 17 AFC DWS 6,618 -19,4% 30,000 18 FC Volendam 6,147 -12,9% 13,000 See also 1971–72 Eerste Divisie 1971–72 KNVB Cup References Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons nl RSSSF Category:Eredivisie seasons Netherlands 1