# 1987–88 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1987–88 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 117 | 28 | +89 | 59 | Entered 1988–89 European Cup |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 50 | Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 41 | Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Willem II | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 38 | Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 38 | Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 36 | |
| 7 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 35 | |
| 9 | HFC Haarlem | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 34 | |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 33 | |
| 11 | FC Groningen (O) | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 32 | Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 32 | |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 29 | |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 29 | |
| 15 | Roda JC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 28 | Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| 16 | AZ | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 28 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 17 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 22 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | DS '79 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 41 | 100 | −59 | 12 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ PSV Eindhoven competed in the 1988–89 European Cup as defending champions.
* ↑ PSV also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. Therefore, beaten finalists Roda JC would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | DBO | DS | FEY | FSI | GRO | DHA | HFC | PEC | PSV | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VOL | VVV | WIL |
| Ajax | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 6–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| AZ | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| DS '79 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Feyenoord | 1–3 | 7–2 | 1–4 | 8–2 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| FC Groningen | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| FC Den Haag | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| FC Haarlem | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| PEC Zwolle '82 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| PSV | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 9–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Roda JC | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–5 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| FC Twente | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| FC Utrecht | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Volendam | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 3–3 | 1–5 |
| VVV | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Willem II | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |

## Play-offs

This year, play-offs were held for one UEFA-Cup spot.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Groningen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup. |
| 2 | Willem II | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | FC Twente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | |

## Attendances

PSV drew the highest average home attendance in the Dutch top-flight football league.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | PSV | 17 | 21,512 |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 17 | 10,830 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 17 | 9,855 |
| 4 | Willem II | 17 | 8,347 |
| 5 | VVV | 17 | 8,335 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 17 | 7,930 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 17 | 6,500 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5,491 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 5,197 |
| 10 | Roda JC | 17 | 5,088 |
| 11 | FC Den Haag | 17 | 4,886 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 4,853 |
| 13 | FC Volendam | 17 | 4,791 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 4,524 |
| 15 | AZ | 17 | 3,890 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 3,882 |
| 17 | HFC Haarlem | 17 | 2,729 |
| 18 | DS '79 | 17 | 2,282 |