# 1956–57 Eredivisie

The 1956–57 season of the Eredivisie was the first edition of a national professional men's football team competition in the Netherlands. It was contested by 18 teams, and Ajax won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 49 | Qualified for 1957–58 European Cup |
| 2 | Fortuna '54 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 45 | Winners of the 1956–57 KNVB Cup |
| 3 | SC Enschede | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 81 | 47 | +34 | 41 | |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 40 | |
| 5 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 93 | 71 | +22 | 39 | |
| 6 | Feijenoord | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 79 | 58 | +21 | 39 | |
| 7 | VVV '03 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 38 | |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 36 | |
| 9 | NAC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 36 | |
| 10 | DOS | 34 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 79 | 75 | +4 | 35 | |
| 11 | Rapid JC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 33 | |
| 12 | NOAD | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 31 | |
| 13 | BVC Amsterdam | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 30 | |
| 14 | GVAV | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 28 | |
| 15 | BVV | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 70 | 76 | −6 | 26 | |
| 16 | Elinkwijk | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 52 | 87 | −35 | 24 | |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 59 | 79 | −20 | 22 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | FC Eindhoven | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 39 | 83 | −44 | 20 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJX | AMS | BVV | DOS | EIN | ELI | FEI | FOR | GVA | MVV | NAC | NOA | PSV | RJC | ENS | SPA | VVV | WIL |
| Ajax | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Amsterdam | 1–5 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–6 |
| BVV | 3–1 | 5–2 | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 |
| DOS | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–8 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Eindhoven | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Elinkwijk | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–2 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Feijenoord | 7–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Fortuna '54 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 3–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| GVAV | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–3 |
| MVV | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| NAC | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| NOAD | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| PSV | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 7–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | | 4–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Rapid JC | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| SC Enschede | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Sparta | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| VVV '03 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| Willem II | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 6–3 | |