Netherlands 2007/08

Final Table:

 1.PSV (Eindhoven)              34 21  9  4  65-24  72  Champions
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 2.Ajax (Amsterdam)             34 20  9  5  94-45  69  CL Playoff
 3.NAC Breda                    34 19  6  9  48-40  63  CL Playoff
 4.FC Twente (Enschede)         34 17 11  6  52-32  62  CL Playoff
 5.SC Heerenveen                34 18  6 10  88-48  60  CL Playoff
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 6.Feyenoord (Rotterdam)        34 18  6 10  64-41  60  Cup/UEFA Cup Playoff
 7.FC Groningen                 34 15  6 13  53-54  51  UEFA Cup Playoff
 8.NEC (Nijmegen)               34 14  7 13  49-50  49  UEFA Cup Playoff
 9.Roda JC (Kerkrade)           34 12 11 11  55-55  47  Cup/UEFA Cup Playoff
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10.FC Utrecht                   34 13  7 14  59-55  46  UEFA Cup Playoff
11.AZ (Alkmaar)                 34 11 10 13  48-53  43
12.Vitesse (Arnhem)             34 12  7 15  46-55  43
13.Sparta Rotterdam             34  9  7 18  52-76  34
14.Heracles Almelo              34  8  8 18  34-64  32
15.Willem II (Tilburg)          34  8  7 19  40-49  31
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16.De Graafschap (Doetinchem)   34  7  9 18  33-64  30  Relegation Playoff
17.VVV-Venlo                    34  7  8 19  44-76  29  Relegation Playoff
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18.Excelsior (Rotterdam)        34  7  6 21  32-75  27  Relegated

CL Qualifying Playoff

Semifinals

First Legs
[Apr 29]
Twente          3-0 NAC
[May 1]
Heerenveen      1-2 Ajax

Second Legs
[May 3]
NAC             1-5 Twente
[May 5]
Ajax            3-1 Heerenveen

Third Place Playoff

Final

First Leg [May 8]
Heerenveen      2-0 NAC

Second Leg [May 12]
NAC             2-2 Heerenveen

NB: Heerenveen qualify for UEFA Cup; NAC play off on May 15 and 18
    against winners UEFA Cup playoff for last UEFA Cup place

Final

First Leg [May 10]
Twente          2-1 Ajax

Second Leg [May 18]
Ajax            0-0 Twente

NB: Twente to CL qualifying, Ajax to UEFA Cup


UEFA Cup/UIC Playoff

First Leg [May 15]
NEC             6-0 NAC

Second Leg [May 18]
NAC             0-1 NEC

NB: NEC obtain last UEFA Cup place; NAC to UI Cup


UEFA Cup Playoff

Semifinals

First Legs [May 1]
Utrecht         2-2 Groningen
Roda JC         0-1 NEC

Second Legs [May 4]
Groningen       3-1 Utrecht
NEC             2-0 Roda JC

Final

First Leg [May 8]
NEC             1-0 Groningen

Second Leg [May 11]
Groningen       1-3 NEC

NB: NEC play off May 15 and 18 against fourth placed team
    of CL Qualifying Playoff for last UEFA Cup place


NB: UIC playoff cancelled as 10th placed team admitted to UEFA
    Cup playoff due to the cup final being played by Feyenoord
    (6th) and Roda JC (9th)

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

First Round

First Legs [Apr 22]
Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 ADO Den Haag
TOP Oss         2-2 Helmond Sport

Second Legs [Apr 26]
ADO Den Haag    3-0 Go Ahead Eagles     [agg 4-1]
Helmond Sport   3-0 TOP Oss             [agg 5-2]

Second Round (best-of-3)

First Legs [May 1]
ADO Den Haag    1-0 VVV-Venlo
MVV             1-0 RKC Waalwijk
Zwolle          0-1 Den Bosch
Helmond Sport   2-3 De Graafschap

Second Legs [May 4]
VVV-Venlo       1-0 ADO Den Haag          [8-9 pen]
RKC Waalwijk    2-0 MVV
Den Bosch       1-2 Zwolle
De Graafschap   3-1 Helmond Sport

Third Legs [May 7]
ADO Den Haag    2-0 VVV-Venlo
RKC Waalwijk    4-0 MVV
Zwolle          1-0 Den Bosch

NB: VVV-Venlo relegated

Third Round (best-of-3)

First Legs [May 11]
ADO Den Haag    1-1 RKC Waalwijk
Zwolle          1-3 De Graafschap

Second Legs [May 15]
RKC Waalwijk    2-2 ADO Den Haag
De Graafschap   0-0 Zwolle

Third Legs [May 18]
ADO Den Haag    2-1 RKC Waalwijk

NB: ADO Den Haag promoted


2006/07



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