# 2011–12 Eerste Divisie

The 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-sixth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and ended in June 2012 with the nacompetitie, a promotion-and-relegation tournament also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2011–12 Eredivisie. The competition was won by FC Zwolle on 13 April 2012, after drawing FC Eindhoven 0–0 at home in their 32nd match of the season.
On 1 March 2012, the Dutch football federation confirmed that no team would be relegated from the league at the end of the season, after all the 2011–12 Topklasse teams had decided against being eligible for promotion to the Eerste Divisie.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league. Willem II were relegated as bottom-placed team in the 2010–11 Eredivisie, whereas FC Oss were promoted as 2010–11 Topklasse runners-up, as champions IJsselmeervogels opted to keep playing at amateur level instead. Following the disbandment and consequent exclusion of RBC Roosendaal in June 2011, last-placed 2010–11 Eerste Divisie club Almere City FC were readmitted in the league to fill the vacancy.
The season also saw the participation of the old BV Veendam under their new denomination of SC Veendam.
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| AGOVV Apeldoorn | Apeldoorn | Stadion Berg & Bos | 3,250 |
| Almere City FC | Almere | Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion | 3,000 |
| Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Cambuur Stadion | 10,250 |
| FC Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | De Vliert | 9,000 |
| FC Dordrecht | Dordrecht | GN Bouw Stadion | 4,100 |
| FC Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Jan Louwers Stadion | 4,600 |
| FC Emmen | Emmen | Univé Stadion | 8,600 |
| Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Wagner & Partners Stadion | 12,500 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | Adelaarshorst | 6,700 |
| Helmond Sport | Helmond | Stadion De Braak | 4,100 |
| MVV | Maastricht | De Geusselt | 11,026 |
| FC Oss | Oss | Heesen Yachts Stadion | 4,700 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 11,026 |
| Telstar | Velsen | TATA Steel Stadion | 3,625 |
| SC Veendam | Veendam | De Langeleegte | 5,290 |
| FC Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 6,260 |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,637 |
| FC Zwolle | Zwolle | FC Zwolle Stadion | 10,000 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| AGOVV Apeldoorn | Hans de Koning | Mutual consent | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Hans van Arum | 1 July 2011 |
| FC Dordrecht | Henny Lee | Signed by FC Utrecht | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Theo Bos | 1 July 2011 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Andries Ulderink | Signed by De Graafschap | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Joop Gall | 1 July 2011 |
| Helmond Sport | Jurgen Streppel | Signed by Willem II | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Hans de Koning | 1 July 2011 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Jos van Eck | End of interim spell | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Michel Vonk | 1 July 2011 |
| SC Veendam | Joop Gall | Signed by Go Ahead Eagles | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Gert Heerkes | 1 July 2011 |
| Willem II | John Feskens | End of interim spell | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Jurgen Streppel | 1 July 2011 |
| Fortuna Sittard | Wim Dusseldorp | Signed by VVV-Venlo | 28 December 2011 | 14th | Tiny Ruys | 29 December 2011 |
| FC Dordrecht | Theo Bos | Sick leave | 7 January 2012 | | Virgil Breetveld (interim) | 7 January 2012 |
| FC Volendam | Gert Kruys | Gardening leave | 6 March 2012 | 13th | Johan Steur (interim) | 6 March 2012 |
| FC Eindhoven | Ernest Faber | Hired by PSV Eindhoven | 14 March 2012 | 2nd | Erwin Koeman | 17 March 2012 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Joop Gall | Resigned | 24 March 2012 | 11th | Jimmy Calderwood (interim) | 30 March 2012 |
| AGOVV Apeldoorn | Hans van Arum | Removed from managerial duties | 26 April 2012 | 17th | Marco Heering (interim) | 26 April 2012 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Zwolle (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 72 | Promotion to 2012–13 Eredivisie |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round |
| 3 | Eindhoven | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round |
| 4 | Helmond Sport | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round |
| 5 | Willem II (P) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round |
| 6 | Den Bosch | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 7 | Cambuur | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 56 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 8 | MVV | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 51 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 50 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 10 | Dordrecht | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 50 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 48 | |
| 12 | Volendam | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 48 | |
| 13 | Almere City | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 40 | |
| 14 | Oss | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 76 | −20 | 35 | |
| 15 | Telstar | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 32 | |
| 16 | Veendam | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 67 | −25 | 22 | |
| 17 | AGOVV | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 36 | 94 | −58 | 19 | |
| 18 | Emmen | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 73 | −49 | 17 | |
* ↑ Emmen deducted six points due to financial irregularities.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AGO | ALM | CAM | DBO | DOR | EIN | EMM | FOR | GAE | HEL | MVV | OSS | SPA | TEL | VEE | VOL | WIL | ZWO |
| AGOVV | | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Almere City | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Cambuur | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Den Bosch | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Dordrecht | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Eindhoven | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Emmen | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Helmond Sport | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 3–1 |
| MVV | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Oss | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–5 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Telstar | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Veendam | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Volendam | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Willem II | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Zwolle | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 7–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |

## Playoffs

VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

### Round 1

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 1–3 | Den Bosch | 1−1 | 0–2 |
| MVV | 1–2 | Cambuur | 0−2 | 1–0 |

### Round 2

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Den Bosch | 1–1 | De Graafschap | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Willem II | 3–2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Helmond Sport | 3–0 | Eindhoven | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Cambuur | 3–4 | VVV-Venlo | 0–0 | 3–4 |

### Round 3

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Den Bosch | 1–2 | Willem II | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Helmond Sport | 3–4 | VVV-Venlo | 1–2 | 2–2 |

## Top goalscorers

Updated 27 January 2012

### 17 goals

* Jack Tuyp (FC Volendam)

### 12 goals

* Nassir Maachi (FC Zwolle)

### 11 goals

* Erik Bakker (SC Cambuur)
* Marcel van der Sloot (FC Oss)

### 10 goals

* Donny de Groot (Willem II)
* Anco Jansen (SC Veendam)

### 9 goals

* Christopher Bieber (FC Oss)
* Jeremy Bokila (Sparta Rotterdam)
* Cecilio Lopes (FC Dordrecht)
* Johan Plat (Telstar)
* Tom van Weert (FC Den Bosch)