| Competition: | Eredivisie |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Winners: | Ajax (34th title) |
| Relegated: | NAC Breda De Graafschap Excelsior |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Ajax PSV Eindhoven |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Feyenoord AZ FC Utrecht |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 1061 |
| Longest Wins: | 13 matches PSV Eindhoven |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches PSV Eindhoven |
| Longest Winless: | 10 matches Excelsior NAC Breda |
| Longest Losses: | 7 matches Excelsior |
| League Topscorer: | Luuk de Jong Dušan Tadić (28 goals each) |
| Highest Attendance: | 53,720 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,811 |
| Attendance: | 5,509,186 |
| Average Attendance: | 18,004 |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 Eredivisie was the 63rd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month. PSV were the defending champions. Emmen, De Graafschap and Fortuna Sittard joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie. They replaced Sparta Rotterdam, Twente and Roda JC who were relegated to the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2017–18 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (FC Emmen and De Graafschap) and the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie runners-up (Fortuna Sittard). FC Emmen will play in the Eredivisie for the first time in their history.
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 | |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | Johan Cruyff Arena | 54,990 | |
| AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 17,023 | |
| De Graafschap | Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12,600 | |
| Emmen | Emmen | De Oude Meerdijk | 8,600 | |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 | |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | De Kuip | 51,177 | |
| Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Fortuna Sittard Stadion | 10,300 | |
| Groningen | Groningen | Noordlease Stadion | 22,550 | |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 27,224 | |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 12,080 | |
| NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 | |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 14,000 | |
| PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 36,500 | |
| Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 | |
| Vitesse | Arnhem | GelreDome | 21,248 | |
| VVV-Venlo | Venlo | Seacon Stadion – De Koel | 8,000 | |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,500 |
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 | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | 1 July 2018[1] | Pre-season | 1 July 2018[2] | ||||
| End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||||
| End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||||
| End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||||
| End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||||
 | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | ||||
| 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | ||||||
| End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 |  | 1 July 2018 | ||||
| End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | 1 July 2018 | |||||
| Sacked | 4 September 2018 | 11th | 12 September 2018 | ||||
| Sacked | 19 December 2018 | 15th | 28 December 2018 | ||||
| Resigned | 18 March 2019 | 18th | 25 March 2019 | ||||
| Resigned | 4 April 2019 [3] | 15th | 4 April 2019 | ||||
| Sacked | 10 April 2019 [4] | 10th | Johnny Jansen (caretaker) | 10 April 2019 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luuk de Jong | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 28 | 0 | |
 Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 34 | 11 | |||
| 3 |  Adrián Dalmau | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 19 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | 17 | 4 | |
| Abdenasser El Khayati | ADO Den Haag | 33 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Robin van Persie | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 0 | |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Ajax | 28 | 1 | |||
 Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | 29 | 0 | |||
| Sam Lammers | Heerenveen | 31 | 5 | |||
| Michel Vlap | Heerenveen | 34 | 0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Assists | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | 29 | 13 | |
| Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 34 | |||
| 3 | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | 33 | 12 | |
| Steven Bergwijn | PSV Eindhoven | 33 | |||
| Abdenasser El Khayati | ADO Den Haag | 33 | |||
| 6 |  Martin Ødegaard | Vitesse | 31 | 10 | |
| Brandley Kuwas | Heracles Almelo | 33 | |||
| Donny van de Beek | Ajax | 34 | |||
| 9 | Arbër Zeneli | Heerenveen | 17 | 9 | |
| Angeliño | PSV Eindhoven | 34 |
Player with the most yellow cards: 11[7]
Players with the most red cards: 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2019.
| Month | Player of the Month | Talent of the Month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
| August | Robin van Persie | Feyenoord | Steven Bergwijn | PSV | [8] | |
| September |  Kristoffer Peterson | Heracles | Angeliño | PSV | [9] | |
| October | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | Michel Vlap | Heerenveen | [10] | |
| November |  Nicolás Tagliafico | Ajax | Noussair Mazraoui | Ajax | [11] | |
| December | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Steven Bergwijn | PSV | [12] | |
| January | Patrick Joosten | VVV-Venlo | Sam Lammers | Heerenveen | [13] | |
| February | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Lazaros Lamprou | Fortuna Sittard | [14] | |
| March | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | Alexander Isak | Willem II | [15] | |
| April | Martin Ødegaard | Vitesse | Tyrell Malacia | Feyenoord | [16] | |
| May |  Elías Már Ómarsson | Excelsior | Martin Ødegaard | Vitesse | [17] | |
| Award | Player | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | [18] |
| Talent of the Season | Angeliño | PSV |
| Team of the Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper |  André Onana (Ajax) | |||||
| Defence | Denzel Dumfries (PSV) | Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax) | Daley Blind (Ajax) | Angeliño (PSV) | ||
| Midfield | Martin Ødegaard (Vitesse) | Lasse Schöne (Ajax) | Frenkie de Jong (Ajax) | |||
| Attack | Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) | Luuk de Jong (PSV) | Dušan Tadić (Ajax) | |||
| Bench | Marco Bizot (AZ) Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax) Nick Viergever (PSV) Abdenasser El Khayati (ADO Den Haag) Thulani Serero (Vitesse) Younes Namli (PEC Zwolle) Adrián Dalmau (Heracles)Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Steven Bergwijn (PSV) | |||||
Four teams played for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second 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.
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.
