2022–23 Eredivisie Explained

Competition:Eredivisie
Season:2022–23
Dates:5 August 2022 – 28 May 2023
Winners:Feyenoord (16th title)
Relegated:Groningen
Cambuur
Emmen
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Feyenoord
PSV Eindhoven
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Ajax
Continentalcup3:Europa Conference League
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:AZ
FC Twente
Biggest Home Win:






Biggest Away Win:






Highest Scoring:
Matches:306
Total Goals:935
League Topscorer:Anastasios Douvikas
Xavi Simons
Longest Wins:13 matches
Feyenoord
Longest Unbeaten:26 matches
Feyenoord
Longest Winless:11 matches
Volendam
Groningen
Longest Losses:9 matches
Cambuur
Attendance:5,121,730
Average Attendance:16,738
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24

The 2022–23 Eredivisie was the 67th season of the Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 5 August 2022 and concluded on 28 May 2023. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 20 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 6 January.[1]

Teams

FC Emmen (promoted after a one-year absence), FC Volendam (promoted after a thirteen-year absence) and Excelsior (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. Willem II (relegated after eight years in the top flight), PEC Zwolle (relegated after ten years in the top flight), and Heracles Almelo (relegated after seventeen years in the top flight) have been relegated to the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity2021–22
position
AjaxAmsterdamJohan Cruijff ArenA55,865
AZAlkmaarAFAS Stadion19,478
SC CambuurLeeuwardenCambuur Stadion10,500
FC EmmenEmmenDe Oude Meerdijk8,600
ExcelsiorRotterdamVan Donge & De Roo Stadion4,500
FeyenoordRotterdamDe Kuip47,500
Fortuna SittardSittardFortuna Sittard Stadion10,300
Go Ahead EaglesDeventerDe Adelaarshorst10,000
FC GroningenGroningenEuroborg22,550
SC HeerenveenHeerenveenAbe Lenstra Stadion27,224
NECNijmegenGoffertstadion12,500
PSV EindhovenEindhovenPhilips Stadion36,500
RKC WaalwijkWaalwijkMandemakers Stadion7,500
Sparta RotterdamRotterdamSpartastadion Het Kasteel11,000
FC TwenteEnschedeDe Grolsch Veste30,205
FC UtrechtUtrechtStadion Galgenwaard23,750
VitesseArnhemGelreDome21,248
FC VolendamVolendamKras Stadion7,384

Number of teams by province

Number of teamsProvinceTeam(s)
3Ajax, AZ, FC Volendam
Excelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam
2SC Cambuur, SC Heerenveen
NEC, Vitesse
PSV Eindhoven, RKC Waalwijk
Go Ahead Eagles, FC Twente
1FC Emmen
FC Groningen
Fortuna Sittard
FC Utrecht

Personnel and kits

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerMain shirt sponsor (chest)
Ajaxdata-sort-value="Sar, Edwin" Edwin van der Sardata-sort-value="Heitinga, John" John Heitinga (a.i.)data-sort-value="Tadić, Dušan" Dušan TadićAdidasZiggo
AZdata-sort-value="Neelissen, René" René Neelissendata-sort-value="Jansen, Pascal" Pascal Jansendata-sort-value="Clasie, Jordy" Jordy ClasieNikeKansino [2]
Cambuurdata-sort-value="Smid, Ype" Ype Smiddata-sort-value="Ultee, Sjors" data-sort-value="Bangura, Alex" Alex BanguraCraftBouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Emmendata-sort-value="Lubbers, Ronald" Ronald Lubbersdata-sort-value="Lukkien, Dick" Dick Lukkiendata-sort-value="Veldmate, Jeroen" Jeroen VeldmateHummelEasyToys
Excelsiordata-sort-value="Lange, Bob" Bob de Langedata-sort-value="Dijkhuizen, Marinus" Marinus Dijkhuizendata-sort-value="Gassel, Stijn" Stijn van GasselQuickDSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoorddata-sort-value="Bodegom, Toon" Toon van Bodegomdata-sort-value="Arne, Slot" Arne Slotdata-sort-value="Kökçü, Orkun " Orkun KökçüAdidas
Fortuna Sittarddata-sort-value="Gün, Özgür" Özgür Işıtan Gündata-sort-value="Velázquez, Julio" Julio Velázquezdata-sort-value="Yılmaz, Burak" Burak YılmazMasitaHurkmans Groep
Go Ahead Eaglesdata-sort-value="Dop, Jan" Jan Willem van Dopdata-sort-value="Hake, René" René Hakedata-sort-value="Deijl, Mats" Mats DeijlStanno Jumper De diersuper
Groningendata-sort-value="Mulder, Erik" Erik Mulderdata-sort-value="Ree, Dennis" Dennis van der Reedata-sort-value="Verrips, Michael" Michael VerripsOffice Centre
SC Heerenveendata-sort-value="Roozemond, Cees" Cees Roozemonddata-sort-value="Wonderen, Kees" Kees van Wonderendata-sort-value="Beek, Sven" Sven van BeekMacronAusnutria
NECdata-sort-value="Oijen, Ron" Ron van Oijendata-sort-value="Meijer, Rogier" data-sort-value="Schöne, Lasse" Lasse SchöneLegeaKlokGroep
data-sort-value="Wallen, Robert" Robert van der Wallendata-sort-value="Rutten, Fred" Fred Rutten (a.i.)data-sort-value="Jong, Luuk" Luuk de JongPumaMetropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
RKC Waalwijkdata-sort-value="Konijnenburg, Peter" Peter Konijnenburgdata-sort-value="Oosting, Joseph" Joseph Oostingdata-sort-value="Kramer, Michiel" Michiel KramerStannoWilly Naessens
Sparta Rotterdamdata-sort-value="Ruijs, Leo" Leo Ruijsdata-sort-value="Steijn, Maurice" Maurice Steijndata-sort-value="Auassar, Adil" Adil AuassarRobeyDe Goudse Verzekeringen
Twentedata-sort-value="Kraan, Paul" Paul van der Kraandata-sort-value="Jans, Ron" Ron Jansdata-sort-value="Brama, Wout" Wout BramaMeybaPure Energie
Utrechtdata-sort-value="Leyssius, Pieter" Pieter Leyssiusdata-sort-value="Silberbauer, Michael" Michael Silberbauerdata-sort-value="Viergever, Nick" Nick ViergeverNikeT-Mobile
Vitessedata-sort-value="Parren, Henk" Henk Parrendata-sort-value="Cocu, Philip Phillip Cocudata-sort-value="Bero, Matúš” Matúš BeroNikeeToro
Volendamdata-sort-value="Smit, Jan" Jan Smitdata-sort-value="Jonk, Wim" Wim Jonkdata-sort-value="Eiting, Carel" Carel EitingRobeyBet City

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
15 May 2022 Pre-season 1 July 2022
30 June 2022 René Hake
End of contract
End of interim spell Kees van Wonderen
End of contract Ruud van Nistelrooy
End of interim spell Henk Fraser
Sacked 22 August 2022 17th Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.) 22 August 2022
Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.) End of interim spell 9 September 2022 18th 9 September 2022
19 September 2022 14th 26 September 2022
Resigned for health reasons 20 October 2022 14th Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.) 20 October 2022
Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.) End of interim spell13 November 202217th 14 November 2022
Sacked 14 November 2022 15th 2 December 2022
Resigned 14 December 2022 7th Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.) 14 December 2022
Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.) End of interim spell 28 December 2022 7th 28 December 2022
Sacked 26 January 2023 5th John Heitinga (a.i.) 27 January 2023
Resigned 24 May 2023 2nd Fred Rutten (a.i.) 24 May 2023

Standings

League table

Results

Fixtures and results

Results by round

Play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[3]
1 Anastasios DouvikasUtrecht19
Xavi SimonsPSV Eindhoven
3 Sydney van HooijdonkSC Heerenveen16
4 Santiago GiménezFeyenoord15
5 Luuk de JongPSV Eindhoven14
6 Brian BrobbeyAjax13
7 Steven BergwijnAjax12
Václav ČernýTwente
Michiel KramerRKC Waalwijk
Vangelis PavlidisAZ
Ricardo PepiGroningen

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Eredivisie hat-tricks.

RndPlayerClubGoalsDateHomeScoreAway
2 Steven BergwijnAjax4', 45', 57'14 August 2022Ajax6–1Groningen
3 Sydney van HooijdonkSC Heerenveen5', 72', 77'20 August 2022Vitesse0–4SC Heerenveen
3 Cody GakpoPSV Eindhoven25' (p), 39', 51'31 August 2022PSV Eindhoven7–1Volendam
5 Anastasios DouvikasUtrecht71' (p), 77', 86'2 September 2022Fortuna Sittard3–4Utrecht
19 Anastasios DouvikasUtrecht12', 16', 65'28 January 2023AZ5–5Utrecht
Vangelis PavlidisAZ31', 34', 78'
30 Ole RomenyEmmen47', 75', 90+2'22 April 2023Heerenveen2–3Emmen
33 Million ManhoefVitesse4', 56', 74'21 May 2023Vitesse6–0Groningen

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Dušan TadićAjax17
2 Cody GakpoPSV Eindhoven12
3 Carel EitingVolendam11
Vito van CrooijSparta Rotterdam
5 Václav ČernýTwente10
6 Steven BerghuisAjax9
Mats SeuntjensRKC Waalwijk
Gijs SmalTwente
Oussama TannaneNEC
Joey VeermanPSV Eindhoven

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Lars UnnerstallTwente15
2 Nick OlijSparta Rotterdam13
3 Justin BijlowFeyenoord12
4 Vasilis BarkasUtrecht10
Walter BenítezPSV Eindhoven
6 Jasper CillessenNEC9
7 Jeffrey de LangeGo Ahead Eagles7
Andries NoppertSC Heerenveen
Ivor PandurFortuna Sittard
Gerónimo RulliAjax
Stijn van GasselExcelsior

Discipline

[4] [5]

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthPlayer of the MonthTalent of the MonthRefTeam of the Month
PlayerClubPlayerClub
AugustXavi SimonsPSV EindhovenBrian BrobbeyAjax[6] Noppert (SC Heerenveen); Smal (Twente), Trauner (Feyenoord), Van Ewijk (SC Heerenveen); J. Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Clasie (AZ), Simons (PSV Eindhoven); Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Bergwijn (Ajax), Brobbey (Ajax), Van Hooijdonk (SC Heerenveen).
SeptemberCody GakpoPSV EindhovenNathan Tjoe-A-OnExcelsior[7] Cillessen (NEC); Chatzidiakos (AZ), Blind (Ajax), Tjoe-A-On (Excelsior); Anita (RKC Waalwijk), Reijnders (AZ), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Kudus (Ajax); Odgaard (AZ), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Bergwijn (Ajax).
OctoberCody GakpoPSV EindhovenBrian BrobbeyAjax[8] Pandur (Fortuna Sittard); Veldmate (Emmen), Hancko (Feyenoord), Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam); Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam), Berghuis (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Köhlert (SC Heerenveen); Misidjan (Twente), Brobbey (Ajax), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven).
NovemberTaylor BoothUtrechtKenneth TaylorAjax[9] Virgínia (Cambuur); Van Ewijk (SC Heerenveen), Hancko (Feyenoord), Smal (Twente); Taylor (Ajax), Rommens (Go Ahead Eagles), Kökçü (Feyenoord), El Karouani (NEC); Szymański (Feyenoord), Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam), Booth (Utrecht).
JanuaryNick OlijSparta RotterdamXavi SimonsPSV Eindhoven[10] Olij (Sparta Rotterdam); Smal (Twente), Álvarez (Ajax), Arcus (Vitesse), Teze (PSV Eindhoven); Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Zerrouki (Twente), Klaassen (Ajax); Douvikas (Utrecht), Pavlidis (AZ), Adekanye (Go Ahead Eagles)
FebruarySteven BerghuisAjaxJohan BakayokoPSV Eindhoven[11] Cillessen (NEC); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Timber (Ajax), Álvarez (Ajax); Bakayoko (PSV Eindhoven), Berghuis (Ajax), Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Simons (PSV Eindhoven); Kudus (Ajax), Pepi (Groningen), Tadić (Ajax)
MarchXavi SimonsPSV EindhovenManfred UgaldeTwente[12] Stanković (Volendam); Sugawara (AZ), Geertruida (Feyenoord), Chatzidiakos (AZ), Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam); Kökçü (Feyenoord), Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Saito (Sparta Rotterdam); Van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam), Ugalde (Twente), Karlsson (AZ)
AprilLuuk de JongPSV EindhovenSantiago GiménezFeyenoord[13] Van Gassel (Excelsior); Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam), Mirani (Volendam), Sánchez (Ajax); Reijnders (AZ), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Til (PSV Eindhoven); Paixão (Feyenoord), De Jong (PSV Eindhoven), Kramer (RKC Waalwijk), Giménez (Feyenoord)
MayVáclav ČernýTwenteMillion ManhoefVitesse[14] Unnerstall (Twente); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Beukema (AZ), Hato (Ajax); Manhoef (Vitesse), Clasie (AZ), Vlap (Twente), Antonucci (Volendam); Černý (Twente), Douvikas (Utrecht), Simons (PSV Eindhoven)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 9 December 2021. Speeldagenkalender '22/'23: eredivisie stopt 13 november en hervat op 6 januari. 27 May 2022. ad.nl. nl-NL.
  2. Web site: Kansino nieuwe hoofdpartner van AZ. www.az.nl. 11 March 2023.
  3. Web site: NOS Sport - Voetbal - Uitslagen. NOS.nl.
  4. Web site: Dutch Eredivise Stats – Discipline. 17 February 2023. ohmyfootball.com.
  5. Web site: Eredivisie cards shown. 20 February 2023. www.turboscores.com.
  6. Web site: Xavi Simons named as Eredivisie Player of the Month August . 2022-11-09 . Eredivisie . 7 September 2022 . en.
  7. Web site: 30 September 2022 . Cody Gakpo named as Eredivisie Player Of The Month for September . 9 November 2022 . Eredivisie . en.
  8. Web site: 4 November 2022 . Cody Gakpo is the Eredivisie Player of the Month for the second month running . 9 November 2022 . Eredivisie . en.
  9. Web site: 30 November 2022 . Taylor Booth named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for November . 30 November 2022 . Eredivisie . en.
  10. Web site: Nick Olij named Eredivisie Player of the Month for January. 3 February 2023. 10 February 2023. Eredivisie. en.
  11. Web site: Steven Berghuis named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for February. 3 March 2023. 12 March 2023. Eredivisie. en.
  12. Web site: Sparta and AZ dominate Eredivisie team of the month in march. 31 March 2023. 8 April 2023. Eredivisie. en.
  13. Web site: Eight club represent the Eredivisie team of the Month April. 5 May 2023. 6 May 2023. Eredivisie. en.
  14. Web site: FC Twente main supplier in May's Eredivisie team of the Month April. 2 June 2023. 4 June 2023. Eredivisie. en.