# 2017–18 Eredivisie

The 2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month. Feyenoord were the defending champions from the previous season. On 15 April 2018, PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3–0 at the Philips Stadion.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2016–17 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (Roda JC and NAC Breda) and the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions (VVV-Venlo).

### Stadiums and locations

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | Johan Cruyff Arena | 54,033 |
| AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 17,023 |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | De Kuip | 51,177 |
| Groningen | Groningen | Noordlease Stadion | 22,550 |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 26,100 |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 12,080 |
| NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 12,500 |
| PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 36,500 |
| Roda JC | Kerkrade | Parkstad Limburg Stadion | 19,979 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel | 11,026 |
| Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 |
| Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 |
| Vitesse | Arnhem | GelreDome | 25,500 |
| VVV-Venlo | Venlo | Seacon Stadion – De Koel | 8,000 |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,500 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| ADO Den Haag | Alfons Groenendijk | Aaron Meijers | Erreà | Basic-Fit Fitness |
| Ajax | Erik ten Hag | Joël Veltman | Adidas | Ziggo |
| AZ | John van den Brom | Ron Vlaar | Under Armour | AFAS Software |
| Excelsior | Mitchell van der Gaag | Ryan Koolwijk | Quick | DSW Zorgverzekeraar |
| Feyenoord | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Karim El Ahmadi | Adidas | Qurrent |
| Groningen | Ernest Faber | Sergio Padt | Puma | Essent |
| Heerenveen | Jurgen Streppel | Stijn Schaars | Jako | GroenLeven |
| Heracles | John Stegeman | Joey Pelupessy | Acerbis | Asito |
| NAC Breda | Stijn Vreven | Pablo Marí | Legea | CM Payments |
| PEC Zwolle | John van 't Schip | Bram van Polen | Craft | Molecaten |
| PSV | Phillip Cocu | Marco van Ginkel | Umbro | Energiedirect.nl |
| Roda JC | Robert Molenaar | Ard van Peppen | Masita | MASCOT Workwear |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Dick Advocaat | Michel Breuer | Robey | Axidus |
| Twente | Marino Pusic | Stefan Thesker | Sondico | Pure Energie |
| Utrecht | Jean-Paul de Jong | Willem Janssen | Hummel | Zorg van de zaak |
| Vitesse | Edward Sturing | Guram Kashia | Macron | Truphone |
| VVV-Venlo | Maurice Steijn | Danny Post | Masita | Seacon Logistics |
| Willem II | Reinier Robbemond | Jordens Peters | Robey | Tricorp |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| PEC Zwolle | Ron Jans | End of contract | 1 July 2017 | Pre-season | John van 't Schip | 1 July 2017 |
| Roda JC Kerkrade | Rick Plum | End of interim spell | 1 July 2017 | Pre-season | Robert Molenaar | 1 July 2017 |
| Ajax | Peter Bosz | Signed by Borussia Dortmund | 1 July 2017 | Pre-season | Marcel Keizer | 1 July 2017 |
| Twente | René Hake | Sacked | 18 October 2017 | 15th | Gertjan Verbeek | 30 October 2017 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Alex Pastoor | Sacked | 17 December 2017 | 17th | Dick Advocaat | 25 December 2017 |
| Ajax | Marcel Keizer | Sacked | 21 December 2017 | 2nd | Erik ten Hag | 1 January 2018 |
| FC Utrecht | Erik ten Hag | Signed by Ajax | 1 January 2018 | 6th | Jean-Paul de Jong | 4 January 2018 |
| Willem II | Erwin van de Looi | Resigned | 8 March 2018 | 15th | Reinier Robbemond (caretaker) | 8 March 2018 |
| FC Twente | Gertjan Verbeek | Sacked | 26 March 2018 | 18th | Marino Pusic | 26 March 2018 |
| Vitesse | Henk Fraser | Sacked | 11 April 2018 | 7th | Edward Sturing | 11 April 2018 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 71 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Vitesse (O) | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 49 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 47 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 46 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 44 | |
| 10 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 42 | |
| 11 | Excelsior | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 40 | |
| 12 | Groningen | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 38 | |
| 13 | Willem II | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 | |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 34 | |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 34 | |
| 16 | Roda JC Kerkrade (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 75 | −41 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | Twente (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 24 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.
* ↑ Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie. The remaining eight teams play in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
* ↑ Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZ | EXC | FEY | GRO | HEE | HER | NAC | PEC | PSV | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | VVV | WIL |
| ADO Den Haag | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Ajax | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| AZ | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Excelsior | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Feyenoord | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Groningen | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Heerenveen | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Heracles Almelo | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| NAC Breda | 0–1 | 0–8 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| PEC Zwolle | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Roda JC Kerkrade | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Twente | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Utrecht | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Vitesse | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| VVV-Venlo | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–3 |
| Willem II | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Average |
| 1 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | AZ | 33 | 21 | 4 | 0.64 |
| 2 | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 19 | 0 | 0.56 |
| 3 | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | 31 | 18 | 0 | 0.58 |
| 3 | Wout Weghorst | AZ | 31 | 18 | 2 | 0.58 |
| 5 | Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0.59 |
| 6 | Fran Sol | Willem II | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Bryan Linssen | Vitesse | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0.45 |
| 8 | Marco van Ginkel | PSV Eindhoven | 28 | 14 | 9 | 0.5 |
| 8 | Tim Matavž | Vitesse | 30 | 14 | 2 | 0.47 |
| 8 | David Neres | Ajax | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0.44 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: nos.nl (reliable) (in Dutch), Soccerway (unreliable)

### Hat-tricks

| Round | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away |
| 6 | Jürgen Locadia | PSV Eindhoven | 15', 49', 68', 85' (p) | 24 September 2017 | Utrecht | 1–7 Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine | PSV Eindhoven |
| 12 | Donny van de Beek | Ajax | 18', 27', 75' | 18 November 2017 | NAC Breda | 0–8 Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine | Ajax |
| 13 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Willem II | 62', 74', 90+2' | 25 November 2017 | VVV-Venlo | 3–3 Archived 2020-11-24 at the Wayback Machine | Willem II |
| 13 | Justin Kluivert | Ajax | 45', 60', 85' | 26 November 2017 | Ajax | 5–1 Archived 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine | Roda JC Kerkrade |
| 18 | Lennart Thy | VVV-Venlo | 17', 54', 76' | 24 December 2017 | VVV-Venlo | 3–1 Archived 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine | Heracles Almelo |
| 21 | Luuk de Jong | PSV Eindhoven | 45+3', 65', 72' | 3 February 2018 | PSV Eindhoven | 4–0 Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine | PEC Zwolle |
| 27 | Fran Sol | Willem II | 59', 70' (p), 90' (p) | 10 March 2018 | Willem II | 5–0 Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine | PSV Eindhoven |
| 32 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | AZ | 12', 45+2', 53' | 18 April 2018 | AZ | 4–3 Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine | Vitesse |
| 34 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | AZ | 13', 52', 88' | 6 May 2018 | AZ | 6–0 Archived 2020-11-22 at the Wayback Machine | PEC Zwolle |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Assists | Average |
| 1 | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | 34 | 15 | 0.44 |
| 2 | Brandley Kuwas | Heracles Almelo | 30 | 13 | 0.43 |
| 3 | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | 31 | 12 | 0.39 |
| 3 | David Neres | Ajax | 32 | 12 | 0.38 |
| 3 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | AZ | 33 | 12 | 0.36 |
| 6 | Abdenasser El Khayati | ADO Den Haag | 32 | 11 | 0.34 |
| 7 | Jens Toornstra | Feyenoord | 32 | 10 | 0.31 |
| 8 | Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven | 29 | 9 | 0.31 |
| 9 | Zakaria Labyad | Utrecht | 29 | 8 | 0.28 |
| 9 | Mason Mount | Vitesse | 29 | 8 | 0.28 |
| 9 | Steven Bergwijn | PSV Eindhoven | 32 | 8 | 0.25 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: nos.nl (reliable) (in Dutch), Soccerway (unreliable)

### Discipline

* Most yellow cards: 11
** Thomas Lam (Twente)
* Most red cards: 2
** Adil Auassar (Roda JC)
** Wilfried Kanon (ADO Den Haag)
** Hirving Lozano (PSV)

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Talent of the Month | Talent of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Player | Club | Player | Club | Reference |
| August | Hirving Lozano | PSV | Denzel Dumfries | Heerenveen | |
| September | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | Angeliño | NAC Breda | |
| October | Gastón Pereiro | PSV | David Neres | Ajax | |
| November | Zakaria Labyad | Utrecht | Donny van de Beek | Ajax | |
| December | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | Angeliño | NAC Breda | |
| January | Jonas Svensson | AZ | Mason Mount | Vitesse | |
| February | Steven Bergwijn | PSV | Angeliño | NAC Breda | |
| March | Santiago Arias | PSV | Kostas Tsimikas | Willem II | |
| April | David Neres | Ajax | Angeliño | NAC Breda | |

## Play-offs
### European competition

Four teams will play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| ADO Den Haag | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Vitesse | 5 | 2 | 7 | | | | |
| Vitesse | 5 | 2 | 7 | Vitesse | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | Utrecht | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 5 | Utrecht | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Utrecht (a) | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

### Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, will play for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams will play in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| | | | | Emmen | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | | | NEC | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | Emmen* | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FC Dordrecht (p) | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cambuur | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Cambuur | 4 | 1 | 5 | FC Dordrecht | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| MVV | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Almere City | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Almere City | 3 | 3 | 6 | Almere City | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Roda JC | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Almere City | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | De Graafschap* | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | Telstar | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.