1997–98 Eredivisie

42nd season of the Eredivisie a football season ice hockey 1997–98 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season Eredivisie 1997–98 19 August 1997 – 10 May 1998 Ajax (27th title) MVV FC GroningenFC Volendam Champions League AjaxPSV Cup Winners' Cup SC Heerenveen UEFA Cup Vitesse ArnhemFeyenoordWillem II Intertoto Cup Fortuna SittardFC Twente Greece Nikos Machlas (34 goals)EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers 1002 3.27 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. League standings main WDL League table 5 QR AJX Ajax PSV PSV VIT Vitesse Arnhem FEY Feyenoord WIL Willem II HEE SC Heerenveen FOR Fortuna Sittard NEC NEC TWE FC Twente FCU FC Utrecht GRA De Graafschap NAC NAC SPA Sparta ROD Roda JC MVV MVV RKC RKC Waalwijk GRO FC Groningen VOL FC Volendam Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. SC Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match, would play in the Cup Winners' Cup. AJX AJX 29 2 3 112 22 C 21 9 4 95 44 21 7 6 85 48 18 7 9 62 40 17 4 13 66 58 16 7 11 56 59 14 6 14 51 53 14 2 18 40 57 11 10 13 41 42 13 4 17 56 64 11 9 14 45 49 12 6 16 41 49 10 11 13 50 59 10 8 16 44 45 9 5 20 35 75 8 7 19 48 71 7 10 17 42 65 R 5 6 23 33 102 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CL green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC orange1 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 orange2 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red2 Qualification to Relegation play-offs RP RP red1 Relegation to Eerste Divisie R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR AJA FEY FOR GRA GRO HEE MVV NAC NEC PSV RKC ROD SPA TWE UTR VIT VOL WIL Ajax 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 7–2 7–0 1–0 3–0 3–4 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 5–0 6–1 6–1 Feyenoord 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 5–0 4–2 Fortuna Sittard 0–5 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–7 3–0 2–1 De Graafschap 1–8 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 Groningen 2–4 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 Heerenveen 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–3 MVV 0–3 0–3 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 4–1 1–0 NAC 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–2 NEC 1–4 3–2 2–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–3 PSV 1–1 3–3 3–2 0–0 6–2 3–1 5–0 5–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 4–1 3–2 10–0 3–0 RKC 1–5 3–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 Roda 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam 0–5 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 5–0 4–1 Twente 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 Utrecht 1–7 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–4 6–1 1–3 2–4 0–1 6–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–3 4–1 2–2 Vitesse 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 5–1 4–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 6–0 3–1 Volendam 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–5 3–1 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–6 3–4 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 Willem II 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–2 2–4 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 5–2 complete Promotion/relegation play-offs In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie. main WDL Q y Group 1 RKC RKC Waalwijk EIN FC Eindhoven ADO ADO Den Haag EMM FC Emmen 4 2 0 15 5 1 3 2 8 11 0 5 1 5 8 0 4 2 11 15 #FFF000 Remain in Eredivisie ERE inherit Remain in Eerste Divisie EER EER EER complete rsssf.com main WDL PR y Group 2 CAM Cambuur Leeuwarden ZWO FC Zwolle GRO FC Groningen DEN FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 15 8 2 2 2 8 9 1 2 3 9 12 1 2 3 7 10 #90EE90 Promotion to Eredivisie P #ffcccc Relegation to Eerste Divisie R complete rsssf.com Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened98.htm 2026-06-27 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk No. Club Average Change Highest 1 AFC Ajax 47,315 4,8% 50,499 2 PSV 27,721 -1,3% 29,500 3 Feyenoord 25,350 -5,7% 43,100 4 SBV Vitesse 13,787 92,7% 26,500 5 sc Heerenveen 13,574 2,6% 14,300 6 FC Groningen 12,848 2,3% 16,300 7 NAC Breda 12,702 2,6% 16,100 8 FC Utrecht 11,771 13,7% 14,000 9 Willem II 10,112 20,7% 14,500 10 FC Twente 8,447 10,8% 13,500 11 De Graafschap 8,035 -4,3% 10,500 12 Roda JC 7,366 -0,3% 11,570 13 MVV Maastricht 6,096 30,1% 10,000 14 Fortuna Sittard 5,976 16,5% 11,500 15 Sparta Rotterdam 5,409 14,4% 11,000 16 NEC 5,125 10,4% 13,500 17 RKC Waalwijk 4,401 3,1% 6,100 18 FC Volendam 3,818 -4,9% 6,667 See also 1997–98 Eerste Divisie 1997–98 KNVB Cup References Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons nl RSSSF Category:Eredivisie seasons Netherlands 1