# 2018–19 Eredivisie (women)

The 2018–19 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the ninth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The season took place from 7 September 2018 to 3 May 2019 with nine teams. Twente won the league championship, its third Eredivisie title, after trailing PSV at the end of the regular season. Twente clinched its tile by defeating PSV in its penultimate match.

## Teams

The number of teams and specific teams was unchanged from the previous season, the first time the Eredivisie had such stability.
| Team | City / Town | Venue(s) | Capacity |
| Achilles '29 | Groesbeek | Sportpark De Heikant [nl] | 4,500 |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg | 1,500 |
| AFC Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 2,000 |
| VV Alkmaar | Alkmaar | Sportpark AFC '34 [nl] | 3,625 |
| Excelsior/Barendrecht | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 |
| Excelsior/Barendrecht | Rotterdam | Sportpark De Bongerd (Barendrecht) | 2,100 |
| sc Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Sportpark Skoatterwâld [nl] | 3,000 |
| sc Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 027,224 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Sportcomplex De Herdgang | 2,500 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | Sportpark 't Wilbert (Hengelo) | 2,000 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 12,500 |
Source: Soccerway, Football Reference

## Format

The league's split-schedule format remained the same as the previous season. In the regular season, all nine teams played one another twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 16 matches each. Following those matches, the top five teams qualified for a championship play-offs and the bottom four teams for the placement group. Championship play-off teams played each twice, for a total of 8 matches each, while placement group teams played each other three times, for a total of 9 matches each. Points accumulated in the regular season were halved and added to the points of the playoff stage rounds. There was no relegation nor promotion, and the champion qualified to the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 11 | +43 | 40 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 2 | Twente | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 36 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 3 | Ajax | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 31 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 28 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 5 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 20 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 6 | Alkmaar | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 20 | Qualification to Placement play-off |
| 7 | Heerenveen | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 19 | Qualification to Placement play-off |
| 8 | Excelsior/Barendrecht | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 7 | Qualification to Placement play-off |
| 9 | Achilles '29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 82 | −72 | 6 | Qualification to Placement play-off |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACH | ADO | AJA | ALK | EXC | HEE | PEC | PSV | TWE |
| Achilles '29 | | 1–9 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 1–9 | 0–8 |
| ADO Den Haag | 6–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Ajax | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Alkmaar | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Excelsior/Barendrecht | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Heerenveen | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 |
| PEC Zwolle | 10–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| PSV | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | | 3–3 |
| Twente | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |

## Play-offs
### Championship

The top five teams were set after matchday 16. Points from the regular season were halved.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | SP | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Twente (C) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 18 | 35 | 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League |
| 2 | Ajax | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | 32 | |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 20 | 31 | |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 14 | 21 | |
| 5 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 10 | 12 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | PEC | PSV | TWE |
| ADO Den Haag | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Ajax | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| PEC Zwolle | 3–3 | 0–4 | | 2–3 | 1–5 |
| PSV | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–3 |
| Twente | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |

### Placement

The bottom four teams were set after matchday 16. Points from the regular season were halved.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | SP | Pts |
| 1 | Heerenveen | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 8 | +32 | 10 | 33 |
| 2 | Alkmaar | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Excelsior/Barendrecht | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Achilles '29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 46 | −38 | 3 | 4 |

#### Results
##### 1st and 2nd third

| Home \ Away | ACH | ALK | EXC | HEE |
| Achilles '29 | | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2–6 |
| Alkmaar | 5–2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Excelsior/Barendrecht | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–4 |
| Heerenveen | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |

##### 3rd third

| Home \ Away | ACH | ALK | EXC | HEE |
| Achilles '29 | | 1–4 | | |
| Alkmaar | | | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Excelsior/Barendrecht | 5–0 | | | |
| Heerenveen | 12–0 | | 3–1 | |

## Top Scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tiny Hoekstra | sc Heerenveen | 27 |
| 2 | Joëlle Smits | FC Twente | 25 |
| 3 | Katja Snoeijs | PSV | 20 |
| 4 | Babiche Root | PEC Zwolle | 18 |
| 4 | Renate Jansen | FC Twente | 18 |
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