# 1965–66 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1965–66 season was contested by 16 teams. Ajax won the championship. Only one team was relegated this season, because in the next, the number of participants would be 18 again.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams are taking part in the league.
| Club | Location |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague |
| AFC Ajax | Amsterdam |
| DOS | Utrecht |
| DWS | Amsterdam |
| Elinkwijk | Utrecht |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam |
| Fortuna '54 | Sittard |
| Go Ahead | Deventer |
| GVAV | Groningen |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo |
| MVV | Maastricht |
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| Telstar | IJmuiden |
| FC Twente | Enschede |
| Willem II | Tilburg |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 52 | Qualified for 1966–67 European Cup |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 30 | +35 | 45 | |
| 3 | ADO | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 39 | |
| 4 | DWS | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 36 | Qualified for 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Go Ahead | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 36 | |
| 6 | GVAV | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 29 | Qualified for 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Fortuna '54 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 26 | |
| 10 | Willem II | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 25 | |
| 11 | FC Twente | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 24 | |
| 12 | DOS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 24 | Qualified for 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 13 | Telstar | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 22 | |
| 14 | Elinkwijk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 22 | |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 21 | |
| 16 | Heracles | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 20 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | DOS | DWA | ELI | FEY | F54 | GOA | GVA | HER | MVV | PSV | SPA | TEL | TWE | WIL |
| ADO | | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Ajax | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| DOS | 0–7 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| DWS | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Elinkwijk | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Feijenoord | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 |
| Fortuna '54 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Go Ahead | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| GVAV | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Heracles | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| MVV | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| PSV | 3–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
| Sparta | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| Telstar | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| FC Twente | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | 6–1 |
| Willem II | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |