2014–15 Eerste Divisie

March 202659th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 2014–15 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler LeagueJupiler League http://www.jupilerleague.nl/ jupilerleague.nl 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20091004172645/http://www.jupilerleague.nl/ 4 October 2009 dead 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. 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 Netherlands 450 right Location of teams in the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie Netherlands 51.77730 5.93263 90 Achilles '29 Netherlands 52.314787 4.930999 90 Jong Ajax left Netherlands 52.37109 5.21811 90 Almere City Netherlands 51.701667 5.329722 90       Den Bosch bottom Netherlands 51.44166 5.46756 90 FC EindhovenJong PSV left Netherlands 52.78110 6.90176 90 FC Emmen left Netherlands 50.99827 5.86333 90 Fortuna right Netherlands 51.965530 6.289840 90 De Graafschap top Netherlands 51.47974 5.65528 90 Helmond Sport right Netherlands 50.84725 5.69281 90 MVV left Netherlands 51.822480 5.837100 90 N.E.C. top Netherlands 51.76331 5.51611 90 Oss top Netherlands 51.686944 5.088611 90 RKC left Netherlands 50.857088 6.005873 90 Roda JC Netherlands 51.92167 4.48111 90 Sparta left Netherlands 52.46187 4.60791 90 Telstar left Netherlands 52.252505 6.807919 90 Jong Twente Netherlands 52.49445 5.07318 90 Volendam right Netherlands 51.351986 6.179803 90 VVV-Venlo Club Location Venue CapacityAchilles '29GroesbeekSportpark De Heikant4,500Jong AjaxAmsterdamSportpark De Toekomst4,000Almere CityAlmereMitsubishi Forklift Stadion3,000Den Bosch's-HertogenboschDe Vliert9,000EindhovenEindhovenJan Louwers Stadion4,600EmmenEmmenUnivé Stadion8,600Fortuna SittardSittardTrendwork Arena12,500De GraafschapDoetinchemDe Vijverberg12,600Helmond SportHelmondStadion De Braak4,100MVVMaastrichtDe Geusselt10,000NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert12,500OssOssHeesen Yachts Stadion4,700Jong PSVEindhovenPhilips Stadion35,000RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion7,508Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion18,936Sparta RotterdamRotterdamHet Kasteel11,026TelstarVelsenTATA Steel Stadion3,625Jong FC TwenteEnschedeDe Grolsch Veste30,014VolendamVolendamKras Stadion6,260VVV-VenloVenloDe Koel8,000 Personnel and kits Club Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors Achilles '29 NED François Gesthuizen Klupp Van Helden Relatiegeschenken Jong Ajax NED Jaap Stam Adidas Ziggo Almere City NED Fred Grim Adidas Van Wijnen Den Bosch NED Ruud Kaiser Macron Van Wanrooij Eindhoven NED Jean-Paul de Jong Joma VDL Groep Emmen NED Joop Gall Masita Sunoil Biodiesel Fortuna Sittard NED Peter van Vossen Macron Fitland De Graafschap NED Jan Vreman Quick ATAG Helmond Sport NED Jan van Dijk Masita Vescom MVV NED Ron Elsen Masita Drink Water NEC NED Ruud Brood Patrick Scholten Awater Oss NED Willy Boessen Masita Clubmobiel Jong PSV Bosnia Darije Kalezić Nike Philips RKC Waalwijk NED Martin Koopman Hummel Mandemakers Keukens Roda JC NED René Trost Robey Various* Sparta Rotterdam NED Gert Kruys Robey Axidus Telstar NED Michel Vonk Hummel Various* Jong FC Twente NED Jan Zoutman Nike XXImo Volendam NED Hans de Koning Jako VintyKids.com VVV-Venlo NED 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 main football 8 May 2015 SoccerwayJupiler League https://int.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/eerste-divisie/20142015/regular-season/r25485/ soccerway.com Soccerway 21 December 2014 Ere PO2 PO2 PO2 PO2 PO1 PO1 PO1 PO1 NEC EIN RJC EMM VOL GRA VVV SPA OSS ALM MVV AJX TWE PSV TEL BOS HEL ACH FOR RKC 8 9 21 44 78 12 11 15 64 67 Youth teams cannot be promoted and cannot participate in the promotion play-offs. 13 9 16 64 63 NEC 10 9 19 46 61 26 2 10 70 39 NEC 19 10 9 88 57 7 8 23 30 72 18 7 13 73 48 OP 10 8 20 52 85 14 6 18 51 70 33 2 3 107 32 CP 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. 17 5 16 73 67 NEC 11 13 14 50 56 AJX 21 6 11 69 58 OP 7 8 23 39 82 16 10 12 72 46 12 6 20 53 68 12 11 15 49 64 AJX 18 8 12 83 68 16 12 10 48 43 Achilles '29 Jong Ajax Almere City Den Bosch Eindhoven Emmen Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap Helmond Sport MVV N.E.C. Oss Jong PSV Roda JC Kerkrade RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam Telstar Jong FC Twente Volendam VVV-Venlo 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Promotion or qualification green1 Promotion to the Eredivisie yellow1 Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round PO1 yellow2 Qualification to promotion play-offs First round 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. Winners by period First period (Weeks 1–9): N.E.C.http://www.jupilerleague.nl/nieuws/816-eerste-bronzen-stier-naar-nijmegen JupilerLeague.nl nl 3 October 2014 3 October 2014 Eerste Bronzen Stier naar Nijmegen https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071058/http://www.jupilerleague.nl/nieuws/816-eerste-bronzen-stier-naar-nijmegen 2014-10-06 dead Second period (Weeks 10–18): Almere CityAlmere City pakt tweede periodetitel http://www.omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/119296/almere-almere-city-pakt-tweede-periodetitel Omroep Flevoland 21 December 2014 nl 12 December 2014 Third period (Weeks 19-27): Oss Fourth period (Weeks 28-38): Eindhoven Attendances # Club Average 1 Roda 10,711 2 NEC 9,577 3 Sparta 5,823 4 De Graafschap 4,927 5 VVV 4,300 6 MVV 4,233 7 Emmen 3,889 8 Volendam 3,876 9 Den Bosch 3,252 10 Eindhoven 2,914 11 RKC 2,840 12 Fortuna 2,568 13 Helmond 2,046 14 Telstar 1,942 15 Achilles 1,804 16 Oss 1,728 17 Almere 1,074 18 Jong PSV 653 19 Jong Ajax 599 20 Jong Twente 231Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened15.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk October 10, 2026 References External links http://www.jupilerleague.nl/ nl Category:Eerste Divisie seasons Netherlands 2 2