| Competition: | Eredivisie |
| Season: | 2014–15 |
| Winners: | PSV (22nd title) |
| Relegated: | NAC Breda Go Ahead Eagles FC Dordrecht |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | PSV Ajax |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | AZ Groningen Go Ahead Eagles Vitesse |
| Biggest Home Win: | PSV 6–1 NAC Breda (16 August 2014) Vitesse Arnhem 6–1 ADO Den Haag (3 October 2014) Heracles 6–1 NAC Breda (4 October 2014) Ajax 5–0 Willem II (6 December 2014) PSV 5–0 Go Ahead Eagles (20 December 2014) Utrecht 6–1 Dordrecht (15 February 2015) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Excelsior 0–5 PEC Zwolle (30 November 2014) Twente 0–5 PSV (4 April 2015) |
| Highest Scoring: | NAC Breda 4–5 Groningen (17 May 2015) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 942 |
| Longest Wins: | 10 games[1] PSV |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 17 games PSV |
| Longest Winless: | 17 games Dordrecht |
| Longest Losses: | 9 games Dordrecht |
| League Topscorer: | Memphis Depay (22 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 52,472 Ajax 0–0 Feyenoord (25 January 2015) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,149 Excelsior 3–1 Heracles (30 August 2014) |
| Attendance: | 5,727,077 |
| Average Attendance: | 18,715 |
| Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
| Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
The 2014–15 Eredivisie season was the 59th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. On 18 April 2015, PSV were confirmed as champions of the season, thus ending the four-year reign of Ajax.
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2013–14 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie champions.
There are three teams that played in the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie that were promoted to the Eredivisie for the 2014–15 season. Willem II returned to the Eredivisie after just one season by winning its first Eerste Divisie title in 49 years. Meanwhile, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior navigated to the promotion/relegation playoffs to reach the Eredivisie, with both clubs having received byes after finishing second and third in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht swept both legs against VVV-Venlo 5–2 on aggregate in the second round before facing another Eerste Divisie club for a spot in the Eredivisie (after Sparta Rotterdam sent NEC Nijmegen into relegation). FC Dordrecht won 5–3 on aggregate to return to the Eredivisie for the first time in 19 years.[2]
Excelsior returned after two seasons in the Eerste Divisie by first overcoming FC Den Bosch 5–2 on aggregate before relegating RKC Waalwijk from the league by winning 4–2 on aggregate.[3]
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Kyocera Stadion | 15,000 | |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | Amsterdam ArenA | 53,052 | |
| AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 17,023 | |
| Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Cambuur Stadion | 10,250 | |
| Dordrecht | Dordrecht | GN Bouw Stadion | 4,088 | |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Stadion Woudestein | 3,531 | |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | De Kuip | 51,177 | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | Adelaarshorst | 8,000 | |
| Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,550 | |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 26,100 | |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 8,500 | |
| NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 | |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | IJsseldelta Stadion | 12,500 | |
| PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 36,000 | |
| Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 | |
| Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 | |
| Vitesse Arnhem | Arnhem | GelreDome | 25,000 | |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,637 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | Henk Fräser | Erreà | Basic-Fit Fitness | |
| Ajax | Frank de Boer | adidas | Ziggo | |
| AZ | John van den Brom | Macron | AFAS software | |
| Cambuur | Henk de Jong | Quick | Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma | |
| Dordrecht | Jan Everse | Macron | Riwal | |
| Excelsior | Marinus Dijkhuizen | Masita | DSW Zorgverzekeraar | |
| Feyenoord | Fred Rutten | adidas | Opel | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Dennis Demmers | hummel | Drukwerkdeal.nl | |
| Groningen | Erwin van de Looi | Masita | Essent | |
| Heerenveen | Dwight Lodeweges | Jako | Univé | |
| Heracles Almelo | John Stegeman | Erima | TenCate | |
| NAC Breda | Robert Maaskant | Umbro | Into Telecom | |
| PEC Zwolle | Ron Jans | Patrick | Compello | |
| PSV | Phillip Cocu | Nike | Philips | |
| Twente | Alfred Schreuder | Nike | XXImo | |
| Utrecht | Rob Alflen | hummel | HealthCity | |
| Vitesse | Peter Bosz | Macron | Truphone | |
| Willem II | Jurgen Streppel | Robey | Tricorp |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | 1 July 2014[4] | Pre-season | 1 July 2014[5] | ||||
| End of contract | 1 July 2014[6] | 1 July 2014[7] | |||||
| End of contract | 1 July 2014[8] | 1 July 2014[9] | |||||
| Mutual consent | 1 July 2014[10] | 1 July 2014[11] | |||||
| End of contract | 1 July 2014[12] | 1 July 2014[13] | |||||
| Sacked | 31 August 2014[14] | 18th | 17 September 2014[15] | ||||
| Mutual consent | 16 September 2014[16] | 12th | 29 September 2014[17] | ||||
 | Sacked | 13 October 2014[18] | 15th | (interim) | 14 October 2014[19] | ||
| Sacked | 2 January 2015 | 17th | 3 January 2015 | ||||
| Sacked | 19 February 2015[20] | 18th | (interim) | 10 March 2015 | |||
| Sacked | 22 March 2015[21] | 17th | (interim) | 22 March 2015 | |||
| Sacked | 17 May 2015[22] | 4th | 17 May 2015 |
Four teams played for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie.Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.
