2008–09 Eerste Divisie

53rd season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 2008–09 VVV-Venlo VVV-VenloRKC Waalwijk 2007–08 2009–10 Netherlands 300 right Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2008-09 Netherlands 52.24 5.97 AGOVV left Netherlands 53.2 5.79 Cambuur Netherlands 51.72 5.28 Den Bosch Netherlands 51.83 4.56 Dordrecht left Netherlands 51.4381 5.4752 Eindhoven left Netherlands 52.80 7.00 Emmen left Netherlands 51.921667 4.481111 Excelsior left Netherlands 51.04 5.81 Fortuna Sittard Netherlands 52.32 6.14 Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands 52.37 4.65 Haarlem left Netherlands 51.47 5.55 Helmond Sport Netherlands 50.88 5.70 MVV left Netherlands 52.43 5.22 Omniworld Netherlands 51.56 4.47 RBC left Netherlands 51.75 4.95 RKC left Netherlands 52.47 4.6 Telstar left Netherlands 51.80 5.50 TOP Oss Netherlands 53.12 6.85 Veendam Netherlands 51.40 6.116667 VVV-Venlo Netherlands 52.55 6.116667 Zwolle Eerste Divisie 2008–09 began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion playoffs. Sixteen clubs remained in the Eerste Divisie, whilst Excelsior and VVV-Venlo were relegated from the 2007–08 Eredivisie. VVV-Venlo won the league title and were promoted to the Eredivisie, the highest tier of football in the Netherlands, while eight other teams competed in a playoff with two Eredivisie sides for two Eredivisie places. Standings main WDL PQ VVV VVV-Venlo RKC RKC Waalwijk CAM Cambuur ZWO Zwolle EXC Excelsior MVV MVV GAE Go Ahead Eagles DOR Dordrecht DBO Den Bosch HEL Helmond Sport AGO AGOVV HAA Haarlem EMM Emmen OSS Oss FOR Fortuna Sittard RBC RBC Roosendaal TEL Telstar EIN Eindhoven VEE Veendam OMN Omniworld 25 5 8 86 38 C,P 18 17 3 68 31 P 20 9 9 68 49 18 9 11 58 49 16 13 9 53 43 16 12 10 60 42 14 14 10 41 41 15 10 13 51 39 15 8 15 59 51 14 11 13 50 48 15 7 16 60 67 15 5 18 43 56 13 8 17 48 68 11 9 18 50 63 11 9 18 42 59 11 7 20 43 55 9 12 17 42 56 9 14 15 59 80 -3 10 9 19 46 67 -3 8 6 24 40 65 3 points deducted EIN green1 Promotion to the Eredivisie P yellow1 Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round PP2 PP2 PP2 PP2 yellow2 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round PP1 PP1 PP1 PP1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Period winners The competition is divided into six periods (nl periode) of six matches each. The winner of each period (nl periodekampioen) qualifies for the playoffs at the end of the season. If the winner of a period has already won a prior period in the season, the second placed team in the period is awarded the playoff slot. If the second placed team has also won a prior period, no winner is called, and the playoff slot is decided by league standing at the end of the season. Best Top Ranking Teams Excelsior, Telstar, FC Zwolle, TOP Oss and Dordrecht were awarded play-off spot as their performance in the six periods, along with RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur, the two best placed team in Eerste Divisie who did not get a play-off spot via period route. As VVV-Venlo, one of the period winners, promoted as Eerste Divisie champions, MVV replaced them as the best placed team who did not qualify for play-off. main WDL Period winners (Periodekampioenen) 120 Period Winning team EXC Excelsior VVV VVV-Venlo TEL Telstar ZWO FC Zwolle OSS TOP Oss DOR Dordrecht 5 0 1 12 4 6 0 0 17 3 4 1 1 13 7 5 0 1 13 11 4 1 1 13 7 6 0 0 15 3 complete Results main FBR grey AGO CAM DBO DOR EIN EMM EXC FOR GAE HAA HEL MVV OMN RBC RKC TEL OSS VEE VVV ZWO AGOVV 0–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–5 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 Cambuur 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 6–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 Den Bosch 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–5 3–4 Dordrecht 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 4–0 Eindhoven 3–3 3–3 1–7 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 Emmen 2–3 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–4 3–2 2–4 1–0 Excelsior 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–5 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–2 Fortuna Sittard 2–4 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 Go Ahead Eagles 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 Haarlem 1–0 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–4 3–1 Helmond Sport 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 MVV 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 Omniworld 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–5 3–3 RBC Roosendaal 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–3 RKC Waalwijk 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 5–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 Telstar 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 Oss 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–3 4–2 3–1 Veendam 2–1 0–3 2–4 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 VVV-Venlo 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 Zwolle 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 complete www.nos.nl Top scorers GoalsPlayerTeam 25NED Sandro CalabroVVV-Venlo 20BEL Gunther ThiebautMVV 18NED Serhat KoçFC EindhovenNED Glynor PletTelstar 17NED Sjoerd ArsRBC Roosendaal 16JPN Keisuke HondaVVV-Venlo 14NED Jeremy BokilaAGOVV ApeldoornNED Ruud ter HeideSC Cambuur 13NED Marc HöcherHelmond SportBEL Dries MertensAGOVV ApeldoornNED Fred BensonRKC WaalwijkNED Roy StroeveFC EmmenNED Adnan BarakatFC Den BoschNED Koen van der BiezenGo Ahead Eagles / FC Den Bosch 12NED Samir El GaaouiriVVV-VenloNED Karim FachtaliTOP OssNED Ruud BergerRKC WaalwijkCPV Cecilio LopesFC Dordrecht Playoffs Please note that the following teams: Roda JC & De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie. Round 1 Telstar 0–1 MVV 0–0 0–1 TOP Oss 0–3 Dordrecht 0–2 0–1 |} Round 2 (best of 3) MVV 4–5 De Graafschap 2–3 2–2 not played Excelsior 2–3 RKC Waalwijk 1–2 1–1 not played FC Zwolle 3–6 Cambuur 2–1 1–3 0-2 Dordrecht 1–2 Roda JC 1–1 0–1 not played |} Round 3 (best of 3) RKC Waalwijk 4–2 De Graafschap 2–0 1–2 1–0 Cambuur 3–3 (p. 1–3) Roda JC 0–0 1–1 2–2 (aet) |} The 2 winners of Round 3 will play in Eredivisie 2009–10. Overview Club Location Current manager 2008–09 season managersAGOVV ApeldoornApeldoornNetherlands John van den BromSC CambuurLeeuwardenNetherlands Stanley MenzoNetherlands Jurrie KoolhofFC Den Bosch's-HertogenboschVacantNetherlands Theo BosFC DordrechtDordrechtNetherlands Gert KruysFC EindhovenEindhovenBelgium Marc BrysFC EmmenEmmenNetherlands Paul KrabbeNetherlands Gerry HamstraExcelsiorRotterdamNetherlands Ton LokhoffFortuna SittardSittardNetherlands Roger ReijnersGo Ahead EaglesDeventerNetherlands Andries UlderinkHFC HaarlemHaarlemNetherlands Jan ZoutmanHelmond SportHelmondNetherlands Jurgen StreppelMVVMaastrichtTurkey Fuat ÇapaFC OmniworldAlmereNetherlands Henk WismanNetherlands Peter BoeveRBC RoosendaalRoosendaalNetherlands Rini CoolenNetherlands Rob MeppelinkRKC WaalwijkWaalwijkNetherlands Ruud BroodTelstarVelsenNetherlands Edward MetgodTOP OssOssNetherlands Hans de KoningBV VeendamVeendamNetherlands Joop GallVVV-VenloVenloNetherlands Jan van DijkFC ZwolleZwolleNetherlands Marco RoelofsenNetherlands Jan Everse Attendances # Club Average 1 Cambuur 7,887 2 VVV 6,035 3 MVV 5,903 4 Zwolle 5,290 5 Go Ahead 4,180 6 Den Bosch 4,150 7 RKC 3,949 8 Helmond 3,214 9 Veendam 3,076 10 Fortuna 3,042 11 Emmen 3,027 12 RBC 2,731 13 Dordrecht 2,390 14 AGOVV 2,377 15 Oss 2,120 16 Excelsior 2,096 17 Haarlem 1,927 18 Eindhoven 1,712 19 Omniworld 1,381 20 Telstar 1,251Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened09.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk October 5, 2026 See also 2008–09 Eredivisie 2008–09 KNVB Cup References External links JupilerLeague.nl - Official website Eerste Divisie nl Category:Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth