# 2005–06 Eredivisie

The 2005–06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champion on April 9, 2006. The season was overshadowed by the death of FC Utrecht player David di Tommaso.

## Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:
* Heracles Almelo (First Division champion)
* Sparta Rotterdam (playoffs)

## Relegated teams

These team was relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:
* RBC Roosendaal

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV (C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 23 | +48 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | AZ | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 32 | +46 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 79 | 34 | +45 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |
| 4 | Ajax | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |
| 5 | Groningen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff |
| 6 | Utrecht | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League first round playoff |
| 7 | Heerenveen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League first round playoff |
| 8 | Roda JC | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League first round playoff |
| 9 | Twente | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 47 | Qualification to Europa League first round playoff |
| 10 | NEC | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff |
| 11 | Vitesse | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff |
| 12 | RKC | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff |
| 13 | Heracles | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff |
| 14 | Sparta | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 37 | |
| 15 | ADO | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 35 | |
| 16 | NAC | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 33 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 28 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 18 | RBC (R) | 34 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 90 | −68 | 9 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Ajax won the 2005–06 KNVB Cup

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJX | AZ | FEY | GRO | HEE | HER | NAC | NEC | PSV | RBC | RKC | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | WIL |
| ADO Den Haag | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ajax | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| AZ | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Feyenoord | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| Groningen | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Heerenveen | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 |
| Heracles | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| NAC Breda | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| N.E.C. | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| RBC Roosendaal | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| RKC Waalwijk | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Roda JC | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Twente | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Utrecht | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Willem II | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | |

## Topscorers

| Pos. | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Heerenveen / Ajax | 33 |
| 2. | Shota Arveladze | AZ | 22 |
| 2. | Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord | 22 |
| 4. | Jefferson Farfán | PSV Eindhoven | 21 |
| 5. | Salomon Kalou | Feyenoord | 15 |

## Awards
### Dutch Footballer of the Year

* 2005 / 2006 — Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord Rotterdam)

### Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

* 2005 — Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven)

## The 2005-06 Eredivisie play-offs

Prior to finishing on 4th place in the regular season, Ajax had already reached the KNVB Cup final. In this final, they faced and defeated Eredivisie champions PSV. Ajax would have qualified for the UEFA Cup via the cup even if they had lost the final. This had consequences for the play-off schedule. Games F and H were not played. The teams ranked 2 to 5 instead played for one Champions League qualifier ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets. The fourth and final UEFA Cup ticket went to the winner of matches C, D and G, between the teams who finished from 6th to 9th place in the regular season. The loser of match G played the winner of a play-off between positions 10 to 13 of the regular league for a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. All rounds were played in two legs, one home match and one away match, with away goals as the first tiebreaker.

### For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets
| Matches A and B | Matches A and B | Matches A and B | Match E | Match E | Match E |
| 5 | Groningen (advances on aggregate) | 4 | | | |
| 2 | AZ | 3 | | | |
| 2 | AZ | 3 | A | Groningen | 2 |
| | | | B | Ajax (advances on aggregate) | 3 |
| 4 | Ajax (advances on aggregate) | 7 | B | Ajax (advances on aggregate) | 3 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 2 | | | |
For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
| Matches C and D | Matches C and D | Matches C and D | Match G | Match G | Match G |
| 9 | Twente (advances on aggregate) | 5 | | | |
| 6 | Utrecht | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Utrecht | 1 | C | Twente | 0 |
| | | | D | Heerenveen (advances on aggregate) | 6 |
| 8 | Roda JC | 0 | D | Heerenveen (advances on aggregate) | 6 |
| 7 | Heerenveen (advances on aggregate) | 1 | | | |
For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
| Matches H and I | Matches H and I | Matches H and I | Match J | Match J | Match J |
| 13 | Heracles | 3 | | | |
| 10 | NEC (advances on aggregate) | 4 | | | |
| 10 | NEC (advances on aggregate) | 4 | I | Vitesse (advances on aggregate) | 2 |
| | | | H | NEC | 1 |
| 12 | RKC | 4 | H | NEC | 1 |
| 11 | Vitesse (advances on aggregate) | 6 | | | |
For the Intertoto Cup ticket
| Match K | Match K | Match K |
| G | Twente (advances on aggregate) | 3 |
| J | Vitesse | 1 |
Overview
| European Competition | Qualified Team(s) |
| Champions League third qualifying round | AFC Ajax |
| UEFA Cup | FC Groningen AZ Feyenoord sc Heerenveen |
| Intertoto Cup third round | FC Twente |

### For promotion and relegation

For two Eredivisie tickets Round 1
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Zwolle | 4–2 | HFC Haarlem | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| TOP Oss | 5–0 | AGOVV | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Round 2 (best of 3)
| Team 1 | Pts | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| TOP Oss | 2-5 | NAC | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 (aet) |
| De Graafschap | 4–1 | VVV | 1–1 | 4–2 | Not played |
| Helmond Sport | 3–6 | FC Volendam | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 (aet) |
| FC Zwolle | 0–6 | Willem II | 2–4 | 2–6 | Not played |
Round 3 (best of 3)
| Team 1 | Pts | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| De Graafschap | 0-6 | Willem II | 0–1 | 1–2 | Not played |
| FC Volendam | 1–4 | NAC | 1–2 | 0–0 | Not played |
NAC Breda and Willem II remained in the Eredivisie.