# 1985–86 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1985–86 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 100 | 22 | +78 | 60 | Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 120 | 35 | +85 | 52 | Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 44 | Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | FC Groningen | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 40 | Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Roda JC | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 39 | |
| 6 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 37 | |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 37 | |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | AZ '67 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 34 | |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 33 | |
| 11 | HFC Haarlem | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 32 | |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 32 | |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 27 | |
| 14 | FC Twente | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 69 | −33 | 27 | |
| 15 | SBV Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 25 | |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 24 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 17 | NEC | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 23 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | SC Heracles | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 99 | −73 | 12 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | DBO | EXC | FEY | FSI | GAE | GRO | HFC | HER | MVV | NEC | PSV | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VVV |
| Ajax | | 8–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 9–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 |
| AZ '67 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Excelsior | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Feyenoord | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| FC Groningen | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 |
| FC Haarlem | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 |
| SC Heracles '74 | 1–8 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–8 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| MVV | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| N.E.C. | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| PSV | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 8–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Roda JC | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–4 | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| FC Twente | 1–8 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| FC Utrecht | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 |
| VVV | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |