| Competition: | Eerste Divisie |
| Season: | 2021 – 2022 |
| Dates: | 6 August 2021 – 6 May 2022 |
| Winners: | FC Emmen |
| Promoted: | FC Emmen FC Volendam Excelsior |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 1165 |
| League Topscorer: | Thijs Dallinga |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Longest Wins: | 8 matches FC Eindhoven ADO Den Haag |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 26 matches FC Volendam |
| Longest Winless: | 15 matches TOP Oss |
| Longest Losses: | 7 matches TOP Oss MVV Maastricht |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
| Updated: | 6 May 2022 |
The 2021–22 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.
It began on 6 August 2021, and ended with the promotion/relegation playoffs on 29 May 2022.[1]
On 1 August 2020, the KNVB detailed on its website in what scenarios will the reserve teams in the league be relegated from the Eerste Divisie.[2]
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 | |
| Almere City FC | Almere | Yanmar Stadion | 4,501 | |
| FC Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | Stadion De Vliert | 8,713 | |
| FC Dordrecht | Dordrecht | Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion | 4,235 | |
| FC Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Jan Louwers Stadion | 4,600 | |
| FC Emmen | Emmen | De Oude Meerdijk | 8,600 | |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 | |
| De Graafschap | Doetinchem | Stadion De Vijverberg | 12,600 | |
| Helmond Sport | Helmond | SolarUnie Stadion | 12,600 | |
| Jong Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 2,050 | |
| Jong AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Trainingscomplex | 200 | |
| Jong PSV | Eindhoven | PSV Campus De Herdgang | 2,500 | |
| Jong FC Utrecht | Utrecht | Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch | 550 | |
| MVV Maastricht | Maastricht | Stadion De Geusselt | 10,000 | |
| NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 | |
| Roda JC Kerkrade | Kerkrade | Parkstad Limburg Stadion | 19,979 | |
| Telstar | Velsen | Rabobank IJmond Stadion | 3,060 | |
| TOP Oss | Oss | Frans Heesenstadion | 4,560 | |
| FC Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 7,384 | |
| VVV-Venlo | Venlo | Covebo Stadion - De Koel | 8,000 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Shirt sponsor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | data-sort-value="Franken, Giovanni" | Giovanni Franken | data-sort-value="Kemper, Boy" | Boy Kemper | Cars Jeans | |
| Almere City FC | data-sort-value="Pastoor, Alex" | Alex Pastoor | data-sort-value="Receveur, Tim" | Tim Receveur | SenS Online Solutions | |
| FC Den Bosch | data-sort-value="Gier, Jack" | data-sort-value="Steen, Wouter" | Wouter van der Steen | Timmermans Infra | ||
| FC Dordrecht | data-sort-value="Santoni, Michele" |  Michele Santoni | data-sort-value="Schuurman, Jari" | Jari Schuurman | Keukenwarenhuis.nl | |
| FC Eindhoven | data-sort-value="Penders, Rob" | Rob Penders | data-sort-value="Amevor, Mawoune" | Mawouna Amevor | VDL Groep | |
| FC Emmen | data-sort-value="Lukkien, Dick" | Dick Lukkien | data-sort-value="Veldmate, Jeroen" | Jeroen Veldmate | EasyToys | |
| Excelsior | data-sort-value="Dijkhuizen, Marinus" | Marinus Dijkhuizen | data-sort-value="El Yaakoubi, Redouan" | Redouan El Yaakoubi | DSW Zorgverzekeraar | |
| De Graafschap | data-sort-value="Vreman, Jan" | Jan Vreman (a.i.) | data-sort-value="Pavert, Ted" | Ted van de Pavert | AgriBioSource | |
| Helmond Sport | data-sort-value="Winnen, Sven" |  Sven Winnen | data-sort-value="Meer, Robin" | Robin van der Meer | Vescom | |
| Jong Ajax | data-sort-value="Heitinga, John" | data-sort-value="Regeer, Youri" | Youri Regeer | Ziggo | ||
| Jong AZ | data-sort-value="Martens, Maarten" | data-sort-value="Jacobs, Joey" | Joey Jacobs | AFAS Software | ||
| Jong PSV | data-sort-value="Nistelrooy, Ruud" | Ruud van Nistelrooy | data-sort-value="Sambo, Shurandy" | Shurandy Sambo | Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven | |
| Jong FC Utrecht | data-sort-value="Kalezić, Darije" |  Darije Kalezić | data-sort-value="Venema, Nick" | Nick Venema | T-Mobile | |
| MVV Maastricht | data-sort-value="Wels, Klaas" | Klaas Wels | data-sort-value="Blummel, Sven" | Sven Blummel | SuperGame | |
| NAC Breda | data-sort-value="Graaf, Edwin" | Edwin de Graaf | data-sort-value="Olij, Nick" | Nick Olij | OK tankstations | |
| Roda JC Kerkrade | data-sort-value="Streppel, Jurgen" | Jurgen Streppel | data-sort-value="Jensen, Richard" |  Richard Jensen | Flow Traders Foundation | |
| Telstar | data-sort-value="Jonker, Andries" | Andries Jonker | data-sort-value="Plet, Glynor" | Glynor Plet | BUKO | |
| TOP Oss | data-sort-value="Peeters, Bob" | Bob Peeters | data-sort-value="Stuy van den Herik, Rick" | Rick Stuy van den Herik | Hendriks Bouw en Ontwikkeling | |
| FC Volendam | data-sort-value="Jonk, Wim" | Wim Jonk | data-sort-value="Mirani, Damon" | Damon Mirani | HSB | |
| VVV-Venlo | data-sort-value="Luhukay, Jos" | Jos Luhukay | data-sort-value="Da Graca, Kristopher" |  Kristopher Da Graca | Seacon |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacked | 19 May 2021 | align=center rowspan="11" | Pre season | align=center rowspan="2" | 1 July 2021 | ||||
| Mutual consent | 21 May 2021 | ||||||||
| Resigned | 19 June 2021 | 14 July 2021 | |||||||
| End of interim spell | align=center rowspan="8" | 30 June 2021 | align=center rowspan="8" | 1 July 2021 | |||||
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| Ab Plugboer | End of interim spell | ||||||||
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| Mutual consent | 23 November 2021 | 18th | Tim Bakens (a.i.) | 23 November 2021 | [3] | ||||
| Tim Bakens (a.i.) | End of interim spell | 19 December 2021 | 19th | 19 December 2021 | [4] | ||||
| Sacked | 14 February 2022 | 19th | 14 February 2022 | [5] | |||||
| 28 February 2022 | 6th | 28 February 2022 | [6] | ||||||
| 16 March 2022 | 9th | Jan Vreman (a.i.) | 16 March 2022 | [7] [8] |
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
The seeds are assigned based on the final ranking after the regular season. The best ranked team will get the highest seed (lowest number). Eredivisie teams are considered to be better ranked than eerste divisie teams.
In the second leg, if a match is leveled at the end of the normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
Seven teams, six from the Eerste Divisie and one from the Eredivisie, will play for a spot in the 2022–23 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams will play in the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. The highest seeded team or the team from the Eredivisie will always host the second leg.
| Team | Rank | seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 7 |
