1997–98 in Dutch football explained

The 1997/1998 season in Dutch football was the 42nd season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam won the double, claiming the title and the Dutch National Cup.

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		89	34	29	2	3	112	22	+90
2	PSV	72	34	21	9	4	95	44	+51
3	Vitesse Arnhem	70	34	21	7	6	85	48	+37
4	Feyenoord	61	34	18	7	9	62	40	+22
5	Willem II	55	34	17	4	13	66	58	+8
6	SC Heerenveen	55	34	16	7	11	56	59	bgcolor="CCFFCC"	-3
7	Fortuna Sittard	48	34	14	6	14	51	53	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
8	NEC	44	34	14	2	18	40	57	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-17
9	FC Twente	43	34	11	10	13	41	42	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
10	FC Utrecht	43	34	13	4	17	56	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
11	De Graafschap	42	34	11	9	14	45	49	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
12	NAC	42	34	12	6	16	41	49	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
13	Sparta	41	34	10	11	13	50	59	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-9
14	Roda JC	38	34	10	8	16	44	45	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
15	MVV	32	34	9	5	20	35	75	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-40
16	RKC	31	34	8	7	19	48	71	bgcolor="ccccff"	-23
17	FC Groningen	31	34	7	10	17	42	65	bgcolor="ccccff"	-23
18	FC Volendam	21	34	5	6	23	33	102	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-79

Champions League : Ajax and PSVUEFA Cup: Vitesse, Feyenoord and Willem IICup Winners Cup: SC HeerenveenPromotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC and FC GroningenRelegated: FC Volendam

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

• 1997 - Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)
• 1998  - 1999 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

• 1997 - Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)
• 1998 - Edwin van der Sar (Ajax Amsterdam)

Ajax Winning Squad 1997-'98

Goal

• Fred Grim
• Edwin van der Sar

Defence

• Danny Blind
• Frank de Boer
• Tim de Cler
• Mariano Juan
• Mario Melchiot
• Kofi Mensah
• Sunday Oliseh
• Tom Sier

• Raphael Supusepa
• Ole Tobiasen

Midfield

• Ronald de Boer
• Dani
• Dean Gorré
• Richard Knopper
• Jari Litmanen
• Martijn Reuser
• Andrzej Rudy
• Richard Witschge

Attack

• Shota Arveladze
• Tijani Babangida
• Andrey Demchenko
• Peter Hoekstra
• Michael Laudrup
• Benni McCarthy
• Andy van der Meyde
• Gerald Sibon

Management

• Morten Olsen (Coach)
• Heini Otto (Assistant)
• Bobby Haarms (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		72	34	21	9	4	81	31	+50
2	Cambuur Leeuwarden	65	34	20	5	9	66	43	+23
3	FC Emmen	61	34	18	7	9	64	45	+19
4	FC Den Bosch	60	34	17	9	8	60	42	+18
5	ADO Den Haag	58	34	17	7	10	69	43	+26
6	FC Zwolle	54	34	14	12	8	58	42	+16
7	TOP Oss	52	34	16	4	14	59	50	+9
8	FC Eindhoven	51	34	16	3	15	50	52	bgcolor="CCFFCC"	-2
9	Go Ahead Eagles	49	34	15	4	15	70	55	+15
10	Helmond Sport	47	34	12	11	11	46	45	+1
11	VVV-Venlo	47	34	12	11	11	45	46	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
12	BV Veendam	45	34	11	12	11	51	55	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
13	SC Telstar	40	34	11	7	16	43	60	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-17
14	SC Heracles	32	34	8	8	18	51	77	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-26
15	HFC Haarlem	31	34	8	7	19	43	85	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-42
16	Excelsior Rotterdam	30	34	8	6	20	39	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-25
13	Dordrecht '90	30	34	6	12	16	37	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-27
18	RBC Roosendaal	22	34	4	10	20	33	66	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-33

Promoted : AZ AlkmaarPromotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Cambuur, Emmen, Den Bosch, ADO Den Haag, Zwolle and Eindhoven

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		14	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10
2	FC Eindhoven	6	6	1	3	2	8	11	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
3	ADO Den Haag	5	6	0	5	1	5	8	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
4	FC Emmen	4	6	0	4	2	11	15	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		14	6	4	2	0	15	8	+7
2	FC Zwolle	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
3	FC Groningen	5	6	1	2	3	9	12	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-3
4	FC Den Bosch	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3

Stayed / Promoted : RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur LeeuwardenRelegated: FC Groningen

KNVB Cup

• The third place match was necessary to determine the Dutch Cup Winners Cup entrant, since both finalists (Ajax and PSV) were qualified for the Champions League.

Final

References

• RSSSF Archive