2006–07 Eredivisie

a football season other sports 2006–07 Eredivisie (basketball) and 2006–07 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season 51st season of the Eredivisie 2006–07 Eredivisie PSV(20th title) 18 August 2006 – 29 April 2007 Excelsior ADO Den HaagRKC Waalwijk Champions League PSVAjax UEFA Cup FC GroningenAZSC HeerenveenFC Twente Intertoto Cup Utrecht Afonso Alves (34 goals) AZ 8–1 NAC (2006-10-07) PSV 1–5 Ajax (2006-08-19) AZ 8–1 NAC (2006-10-07) 18,078 2005–06 2007–08 Netherlands 400 right Locations of the 2006–07 Eredivisie teams Netherlands 52.056082 4.290225 ADO right Netherlands 52.371 4.897 Ajax top Netherlands 52.63 4.75 AZ top Netherlands 53.216667 6.55 Groningen top Netherlands 52.9565 5.9274 Heerenveen top Netherlands 52.35 6.666667 Heracles left Netherlands 51.566667 4.8 NAC left Netherlands 51.833333 5.866667 NEC left Netherlands 51.4381 5.4752 PSV right Netherlands 51.686589 5.089110 RKC top Netherlands 50.857088 6.005873 Roda JC top Netherlands 51.916667 4.5 Rotterdam bottom Netherlands 52.22 6.896389 Twente left Netherlands 52.093333 5.119444 Utrecht top Netherlands 51.983333 5.916667 Vitesse top Netherlands 51.55 5.116667 Willem II right Netherlands TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 51.1 3.5 Rotterdam teams Excelsior Feyenoord Sparta right Netherlands Rotterdam Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs right 350 Netherlands Rotterdam 51.916944 4.520556 Excelsior 85 top Netherlands Rotterdam 51.893894 4.523253 Feyenoord 85 bottom Netherlands Rotterdam 51.919485 4.433619 Sparta 85 left The 2006–07 Eredivisie season began on August 18, 2006. The season saw PSV Eindhoven quickly building a gap with the other teams. After 20 matches, the club was 11 points ahead of AZ and 12 points ahead of Ajax. The lead quickly dissipated in the 13 matches that followed. A draw of PSV at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round saw AZ and Ajax catching up. The three clubs were all on 72 points from 33 matches, with the AZ on top due to goal difference. Ajax were second, PSV were third. AZ suffered a shock defeat at league minnows Excelsior Rotterdam in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0–2 against Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5–1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years. Promoted team This team was promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season: Excelsior (Eerste Divisie champions) Relegated teams The following teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season: ADO Den Haag RKC Waalwijk Promoted teams The following teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season: De Graafschap VVV-Venlo League table main WDL 5 QR PSV PSV AJX Ajax AZ AZ TWE Twente HEE Heerenveen RJC Roda JC FEY Feyenoord GRO Groningen UTR Utrecht NEC NEC NAC NAC Breda VIT Vitesse Arnhem SPA Sparta Rotterdam HER Heracles Almelo WIL Willem II EXC Excelsior RKC RKC Waalwijk ADO ADO Den Haag 23 6 5 75 25 C 23 6 5 84 35 21 9 4 83 31 19 9 6 67 37 16 7 11 60 43 15 9 10 47 36 15 8 11 56 66 15 6 13 54 54 13 9 12 41 44 12 8 14 36 44 12 7 15 43 54 10 8 16 50 55 10 7 17 40 66 7 11 16 32 64 8 7 19 31 64 8 6 20 43 65 6 9 19 33 60 R 3 8 23 40 72 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage UCL green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff CL3 CL3 CL3 CL3 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff UCP UCP UCP UCP yellow1 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff ICP ICP ICP ICP red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP RP red1 Relegation to Eerste Divisie R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey ADO AJX AZ EXC FEY GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL ADO Den Haag 1–2 1–3 2–2 3–3 1–3 2–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 Ajax 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–0 AZ 2–2 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 8–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 5–1 1–0 2–0 Excelsior 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–3 0–2 3–1 6–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 Feyenoord 3–1 0–4 3–2 1–0 0–4 4–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 FC Groningen 2–5 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 4–1 SC Heerenveen 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 5–1 4–2 5–1 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–0 Heracles Almelo 4–3 0–3 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 NAC Breda 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 NEC 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 PSV 2–1 1–5 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 7–0 2–0 5–0 5–1 4–0 RKC Waalwijk 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 Roda JC 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 7–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 FC Twente 3–1 1–4 3–0 4–1 3–0 7–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 FC Utrecht 2–0 2–3 0–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 Vitesse 2–2 4–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–3 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 Willem II 2–1 0–2 0–4 2–1 3–5 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 The match was suspended for crowd trouble 4 minutes into the second half, while FC Groningen were leading 0-3. The remaining minutes were played three days later. The match was suspended after 63 minutes, after ADO supporters had invaded the pitch. The Royal Dutch Football Association decided ten days later that the game would not be finished, making the score at the time of the suspension the final score. complete Play-offs For UEFA competitions For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets Matches A and B Match E 5 SC Heerenveen 1 2 Ajax 4 4 FC Twente 1 3 AZ 3 A Ajax 4 B AZ 2 Ajax have qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. AZ, FC Twente and Heerenveen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket Matches C and D Match G 9 FC Utrecht (advances on away goals) 1 6 Roda JC 1 8 FC Groningen 3 7 Feyenoord 2 C FC Utrecht 1 D FC Groningen 4 FC Groningen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. FC Utrecht faced Vitesse (the team winning match J) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007. For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket Matches H and I Match J 13 Sparta Rotterdam 2 10 NEC 3 12 Vitesse 4 11 NAC Breda 2 H NEC 0 I Vitesse 3 Vitesse faced FC Utrecht (the team losing match G) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007. For the Intertoto Cup ticket Match K G FC Utrecht 2 (a) J Vitesse 2 FC Utrecht have qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007. Relegation playoffs Round 1 Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3FC Zwolle 1-2 FC Dordrecht 0-1 1-1 Not playedBV Veendam 5-3 Go Ahead Eagles 5-1 0-2 Not played All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. Round 2 Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3FC Dordrecht 2-5 RKC Waalwijk 2-0 0-2 0-3FC Den Bosch 2-3 VVV-Venlo 1-2 1-0 0-1FC Volendam 3-6 RBC Roosendaal 3-5 0-1 Not playedBV Veendam 0-4 Excelsior 0-1 0-3 Not played All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. Round 3 Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3VVV-Venlo 5-1 RKC Waalwijk 2-0 0-1 3-0RBC Roosendaal 1-2 Excelsior 1-1 0-1 Not played All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. The winners of matches G and H will play in the Eredivisie 2007/2008 Top scorers Pos. Player Club Goals1. BRA Afonso Alves SC Heerenveen 342. SUI Blaise Nkufo FC Twente 22 NED Danny Koevermans AZ 224. PER Jefferson Farfán PSV 21 NED Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 216. SRB Danko Lazović Vitesse 197. NED Wesley Sneijder Ajax 188. SWE Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu FC Twente 159. GEO Shota Arveladze AZ 1410. NOR Erik Nevland FC Groningen 13 Awards Dutch Footballer of the Year Individual awards Dutch Footballer of the Year: Afonso Alves (SC Heerenveen)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Eredivisie 2006–07 Eredivisie Wikipedia 1 August 2026August 2026 Johan Cruyff Talent of the Year: Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven)https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0257-0de6d97541fd-84dcf56544f6-1000--afonso-alves-takes-dutch-accolade/ Afonso Alves takes Dutch accolade UEFA 15 May 2007 1 August 2026 Top scorer: Afonso Alves (SC Heerenveen) – 34 goalsAugust 2026 Team of the Year The following players were selected in the Voetbal International Team of the Year for the 2006–07 Eredivisie season. Team of the Yearhttps://www.vi.nl/nieuws/brazili-oppermachtig-vis-elftal-van-het-jaar Brazilië oppermachtig VI's Elftal van het Jaar Voetbal International nl 16 May 2007 1 August 2026 Goalkeeper Brazil Heurelho Gomes(PSV) Defenders Netherlands Jan Kromkamp(PSV) Brazil Alex(PSV) Netherlands Joris Mathijsen(AZ) Netherlands Tim de Cler(AZ) Midfielders Netherlands Phillip Cocu(PSV) Netherlands Ibrahim Afellay(PSV)Netherlands Wesley Sneijder(Ajax) Forwards Peru Jefferson Farfán(PSV) Brazil Afonso Alves(Heerenveen)Netherlands Danny Koevermans(AZ) Stadiums Team Stadium Capacity Ajax Amsterdam ArenA 51,628 Feyenoord Feijenoord Stadion 51,177 PSV Philips Stadion 35,119 Vitesse Gelredome 26,600 Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,000 Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426 Groningen Euroborg 19,814 Roda JC Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979 AZ DSB Stadion 17,023 NAC Rat Verlegh Stadion 17,064 Willem II Willem II Stadion 14,637 Twente Arke Stadion 13,740 NEC Stadion de Goffert 12,470 ADO Zuiderpark Stadion 10,500 Sparta Sparta Stadion / Het Kasteel 11,026 Heracles Polman Stadion 8,500 RKC Mandemakers Stadion 7,500 Excelsior Stadion Woudestein 3,527 Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendanceHistorical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened07.htm - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AFC Ajax 17 48,610 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Feyenoord 17 40,912 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PSV 17 33,656 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count sc Heerenveen 17 25,471 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Vitesse 17 20,179 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Utrecht 17 20,005 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Groningen 17 19,182 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count AZ 17 15,980 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count NAC Breda 17 14,876 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Roda JC 17 14,399 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Twente 17 13,163 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Willem II 17 12,527 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count NEC 17 12,015 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sparta Rotterdam 17 9,950 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Heracles Almelo 17 8,419 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count ADO Den Haag 17 7,001 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count RKC Waalwijk 17 5,841 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Excelsior 17 3,212 - } See also 2006–07 KNVB Cup 2006–07 Eerste Divisie References External links Eredivisie.nl - Official website Eredivisie nl KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB en nl Eredivisie on rsssf.com en Category:Eredivisie seasons Netherlands 1