As the 54th Eredivisie ended on 2 May 2010, PSV ended in third, eight points behind the champions, after a shaky end as Ajax climbed up the table to swipe second while Twente won with one point over Ajax.

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They went back up to the Eredivisie in 1988 / 1989 season.

In the event of a team winning both the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruijff Shield will be contested between that team and the runner up in the national league.

However, in 2003 / 04 he became their key player in midfield, and ended up scoring 17 goals in 100 Eredivisie games.

Smolarek grew up in the Netherlands, where his father played in the Eredivisie and later worked as a coach.

The professional era commenced with the first Eredivisie season in 1954 / 1955.

A remarkable achievement, since AZ is financially not a big club and it does not have a similar fanbase like their Eredivisie rivals: AZ's home ground in the 2005 – 06 season, the Alkmaarderhout, had a spectator capacity of 8, 390.

sc Heerenveen managed to do the same in 2008 – 09, though their away victory at Feyenoord was a KNVB Cup match ( Heerenveen had drawn 2 – 2 at De Kuip in the Eredivisie match ).

This culminated in a period of success for the club, which won the Eredivisie title in the 1989 – 90 season for the first time in five years.

In the 1989 – 90 season, the club struggled to remain in the Eredivisie, but eventually managed to avoid relegation.

Feyenoord is currently playing in the Eredivisie, while Sparta was relegated to the second tier after the 2009 – 10 season.

Two years later Excelsior also relegated from the Eredivisie in the season 2011 – 12.

On 13 February 2012, it was announced that Van Basten would become the manager of Eredivisie club Heerenveen in the 2012 – 13 season.

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In the 2010 – 11 season Excelsior made a flying start in the Eredivisie, gaining ten points in its first five matches, including a home victory in the Rotterdam derby against Feyenoord ( 3 – 2 ).

When Excelsior promoted to the Eredivisie after the season 2009 – 10, the club decided to replace the grass surface with artificial turf.

Sparta returned to the Eredivisie for the 2005 – 06 season.

On 23 August 2008, PSV won the Johan Cruijff schaal ( Dutch Super Cup ) 2 – 0, the goals scored by Danko Lazović and Dirk Marcellis against Feyenoord, PSV being the winner of the Eredivisie and Feyenoord won the KNVB Cup.

PSV's first Eredivisie match under the supervision of Cocu and his new staff was the 5 – 1 win against SC Heerenveen on 18 March 2012.

PSV once again ended the Eredivisie season in third place, failing to qualify for the 2012 – 13 Champions League.

In 2008 – 2009 AZ won the Eredivisie, the Dutch football league, and became the Dutch champions for 2008 – 2009 football season.

In the season 2008 – 2009, VVV-Venlo won the Eerste Divisie ( Eerste Divisie ) and was promoted to the highest Dutch professional football league: the Eredivisie.

After a long spell in the country's second tier of league football, ADO Den Haag played four seasons in the Eredivisie then were relegated again in the 2006 – 07 season.

However, after finishing 6th in the 2007 – 08 season, they went on to win the play-offs, meaning promotion back to the Eredivisie for 2008 – 09.

The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest football league in the Netherlands.

They play in the Eredivisie ( the top division in the Netherlands ).

For example, in the Netherlands, only one club is automatically relegated from its top level, the Eredivisie, each season, with the winner of the second-flight being promoted.

Playoffs are also part of the promotion and relegation structure between the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie, the two highest football leagues in the Netherlands.

The city is also known for its local association football club Heracles Almelo, who plays in the Eredivisie, the highest football league in the Netherlands.

Between 1996 and 2002, Dudek was a member of Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Eredivisie league in the Netherlands, where he won the 1998-99 Dutch League Championship and the 1999 – 2000 Dutch Super Cup.

Using the same engine with only minor retouches, FIFA 95 introduced club teams to the series within eight national leagues: Brazil, Germany's Fußball-Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, France's Ligue 1, Netherlands ' Eredivisie and USA.

Sportclub Heerenveen (; Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean ) is a Dutch football club currently playing in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.

Two years later he signed for PSV, where he became the Netherlands ' Young Player of the Year and won an Eredivisie title.

Vitesse ( French for speed ) has enjoyed some success in Eredivisie and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands football, namely PSV, Feyenoord, and Ajax.

In 2008 en 2009 it was used in The Netherlands in the Eredivisie Live campaign, for promoting the Dutch football league on television.

FC Groningen () is a football club from Groningen in the Netherlands and plays its games in the Dutch highest football league, called the Eredivisie.

The Eredivisie (; ) is the highest football league in the Netherlands.

His achievements include winning the European treble ( Eredivisie, Dutch Cup and European Cup ) with PSV Eindhoven ; managing the Netherlands and taking them to the semi-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup ; leading South Korea to a fourth place finish in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the first and only Asian team to reach the semi-final stages ; leading Australia to their best ever finish in the 2006 FIFA World Cup ; leading Russia to the semi-finals of Euro 2008, Russia's best performance since the breakup of the Soviet Union ; and leading Chelsea to an FA Cup win against Everton in 2009.

He spent four years in the Netherlands, making near 130 Eredivisie appearances and scoring 23 goals.

Cruyff scored his only goal for the Netherlands during the final stages, on 13 June, in a 2 – 0 win against Switzerland at Villa Park, and was one of six Dutch footballers to be selected for the Dutch national team while never having played in the Eredivisie, the other capped players being Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Rob Reekers, Willi Lippens, Wim Hofkens and Jeffrey Bruma.

On 3 February 2007, he played his first Eredivisie match for Willem II against Heracles Almelo On 3 June 2010, he left the Netherlands and signed a two-year contract with Hertha BSC.

Aviata gloves are worn in Major League Soccer by Josh Saunders of Los Angeles Galaxy, the Belgian Jupiler Pro League, La Liga, Eredivisie in the Netherlands, the Premier League, and many more leagues all over the world.

VVV-Venlo (, VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging ) is a football club from Venlo in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eredivisie.

VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk in the promotion / relegation play-offs of the season 2006-2007.

On May 25, 2009, Fukufuji was signed by the Destil Trappers of the Eredivisie, the top league in the Netherlands.

Aged 18, he was brought over to the Netherlands in January 2001 but did not make his Eredivisie début until 24 February 2002 – in a 1 – 0 victory over NAC Breda.

He moved to the neighbouring Netherlands in the following off-season and joined Roda JC, scoring in double digits in two consecutive Eredivisie seasons, including a career-best 15 in 2004 – 05.