# 2004–05 Eredivisie

The 2004–05 season of the Eredivisie started on August 13, 2004 and ended on May 22, 2005. The title was won by PSV. FC Den Bosch and De Graafschap were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season.

## Promoted teams

* FC Den Bosch (Eerste Divisie champion)
* De Graafschap (6th, promoted through playoffs)

## Relegated at the end of the season

* De Graafschap (17th, relegated through playoffs)
* FC Den Bosch (18th)

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV (C) | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 87 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 90 | 51 | +39 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Heerenveen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Twente | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 54 | |
| 7 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 54 | |
| 8 | Roda JC | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 47 | |
| 10 | Willem II | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 11 | Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 44 | |
| 12 | Groningen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 40 | |
| 13 | NEC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 37 | |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 36 | |
| 15 | NAC Breda | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 35 | |
| 16 | RBC Roosendaal | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | De Graafschap (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 78 | −46 | 19 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | Den Bosch (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 75 | −52 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* 1 2 PSV also won the 2004–05 KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists Willem II could play in the UEFA Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZA | GRA | DBO | GRO | TWE | UTR | FEY | NAC | NEC | PSV | RBC | RKC | RJC | HEE | VIT | WIL |
| ADO Den Haag | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Ajax | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| AZ | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| De Graafschap | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–7 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Den Bosch | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| FC Groningen | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Twente | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| FC Utrecht | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Feyenoord | 6–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 |
| NAC Breda | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| NEC | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| RBC Roosendaal | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| RKC Waalwijk | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Roda JC | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 |
| SC Heerenveen | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 |
| Willem II | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | RBC Roosendaal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Qualified for 2005–06 Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Stormvogels Telstar | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Qualified for 2005–06 Eredivisie |
| 2 | Helmond Sport | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | Relegated to 2005–06 Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | FC Zwolle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | |

## Top scorers

| Pos. | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord | 29 |
| 2. | Salomon Kalou | Feyenoord | 20 |
| 3. | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | PSV | 19 |
| 4. | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | SC Heerenveen | 16 |
| 4. | Erik Nevland | FC Groningen | 16 |
| 4. | Blaise Nkufo | FC Twente | 16 |
| 7. | Arouna Koné | Roda JC | 15 |
| 8. | Mark van Bommel | PSV | 14 |
| 9. | Matthew Amoah | Vitesse Arnhem | 13 |
| 9. | Ali Boussaboun | NAC Breda | 13 |
| 9. | Kenneth Perez | AZ | 13 |
| 12. | Rick Hoogendorp | RKC Waalwijk | 12 |
| 12. | Geert den Ouden | ADO Den Haag | 12 |
| 14. | Jason Čulina | FC Twente | 11 |
| 14. | Georgios Samaras | SC Heerenveen | 11 |
| 14. | Sérgio | Roda JC | 11 |

### Awards
#### Dutch Footballer of the Year

* 2004-05 — Mark van Bommel (PSV)