Competition: | Eerste Divisie |
Season: | 2008–09 |
Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
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.
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.
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.
Goals | Player | Team |
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25 | Sandro Calabro | VVV-Venlo |
20 | Gunther Thiebaut | MVV |
18 | Serhat Koç | FC Eindhoven |
Glynor Plet | Telstar | |
17 | Sjoerd Ars | RBC Roosendaal |
16 | Keisuke Honda | VVV-Venlo |
14 | Jeremy Bokila | AGOVV Apeldoorn |
Ruud ter Heide | SC Cambuur | |
13 | Marc Höcher | Helmond Sport |
Dries Mertens | AGOVV Apeldoorn | |
Fred Benson | RKC Waalwijk | |
Roy Stroeve | FC Emmen | |
Adnan Barakat | FC Den Bosch | |
Koen van der Biezen | Go Ahead Eagles / FC Den Bosch | |
12 | Samir El Gaaouiri | VVV-Venlo |
Karim Fachtali | TOP Oss | |
Ruud Berger | RKC Waalwijk | |
Cecilio Lopes | FC Dordrecht | |
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.
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The 2 winners of Round 3 will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.
Club | Location | Current manager | 2008–09 season managers | |
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AGOVV Apeldoorn | Apeldoorn | John van den Brom | ||
SC Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Stanley Menzo | Jurrie Koolhof | |
FC Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | Vacant | Theo Bos | |
FC Dordrecht | Dordrecht | Gert Kruys | ||
FC Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Marc Brys | ||
FC Emmen | Emmen | Paul Krabbe | Gerry Hamstra | |
Excelsior | Rotterdam | Ton Lokhoff | ||
Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Roger Reijners | ||
Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | Andries Ulderink | ||
HFC Haarlem | Haarlem | Jan Zoutman | ||
Helmond Sport | Helmond | Jurgen Streppel | ||
MVV | Maastricht | Fuat Çapa | ||
FC Omniworld | Almere | Henk Wisman | Peter Boeve | |
RBC Roosendaal | Roosendaal | Rini Coolen | Rob Meppelink | |
RKC Waalwijk | Waalwijk | Ruud Brood | ||
Telstar | Velsen | Edward Metgod | ||
TOP Oss | Oss | Hans de Koning | ||
BV Veendam | Veendam | Joop Gall | ||
VVV-Venlo | Venlo | Jan van Dijk | ||
FC Zwolle | Zwolle | Marco Roelofsen | Jan Everse |