# 2021–22 Eredivisie (women)

The 2021–22 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the twelfth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. Defending champions Twente won the league title for the third time in a row. The season saw Feyenoord entering the league, which expanded to nine teams. Feyenoord's final home game of the season, against AFC Ajax, attracted 14,618 fans, more than four times any other match in the season.
Twente's Fenna Kalma, the top goal scorer for the season, was named the Women's Eredivisie Player of the Year. Her teammate Wieke Kaptein was named Talent of the Year.

## Format

The league changed its format, dropped the split-season scheduling used for several years. All nine teams played each teams three times. Because of the odd number of teams, one team had a bye each round. The league stated that the change was to increase the number of games each team played and reduce the gap between the Eredivisie and top foreign women's leagues. The top two teams qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

## Teams

Four years after creating its women's program, Feyenoord joined the league, expanding the league to nine teams.
| Team | City / Town | Venue(s) | Capacity |
| ADO Den Haag | Den Haag | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 |
| ADO Den Haag | Den Haag | Sportpark Prinses Irene | 03,000 |
| AFC Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 05,000 |
| VV Alkmaar | Alkmaar | Sportpark AFC '34 [nl] | 02,500 |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 04,500 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | Sportcomplex Varkenoord | 02,500 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | De Kuip | 47,500 |
| SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Sportpark Skoatterwâld [nl] | 03,000 |
| SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 027,224 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 14,000 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | Sportpark Be Quick '28 [nl] | 03,000 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Sportcomplex De Herdgang | 02,500 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | Sportpark Het Diekman [nl] | 04,000 |
Source: Soccerway, Football Reference

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Twente (C) | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 26 | +69 | 60 | UEFA Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ajax | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 54 | UEFA Champions League first qualifying round |
| 3 | PSV | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 43 | |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 39 | |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 35 | |
| 6 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 28 | |
| 7 | Heerenveen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 18 | |
| 8 | Alkmaar | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 17 | |
| 9 | Excelsior | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 83 | −55 | 11 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | ALK | EXC | FEY | HEE | PEC | PSV | TWE | ADO | AJA | ALK | EXC | FEY | HEE | PEC | PSV | TWE |
| ADO Den Haag | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | | | | 2–0 | | 1–3 |
| Ajax | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | | | 2–0 | | | | 7–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Alkmaar | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | | | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | |
| Excelsior | 0–5 | 1–7 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–9 | 3–4 | 2–8 | | | | | 1–2 | | 0–5 |
| Feyenoord | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–4 | | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | | |
| Heerenveen | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | | | | |
| PEC Zwolle | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | | | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| PSV | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | |
| Twente | 4–4 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | | | | 7–0 | | 6–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Avg. |
| 1. | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 24 | 33 | 03 | 1.38 |
| 2. | Romée Leuchter | Ajax | 24 | 25 | 03 | 1.04 |
| 3. | Renate Jansen | Twente | 23 | 17 | 00 | 0.74 |
| 4. | Kayleigh van Dooren | Twente | 24 | 13 | 00 | 0.54 |
| 5. | Jaimy Ravensbergen | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 11 | 00 | 0.46 |
| 6. | Sanne Koopman [nl] | VV Alkmaar | 23 | 10 | 00 | 0.43 |
| 6. | Chasity Grant | Ajax | 24 | 10 | 00 | 0.42 |
| 6. | Desiree van Lunteren | PSV | 24 | 10 | 05 | 0.42 |
| 9. | Liz Rijsbergen | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 08 | 00 | 0.35 |
| 10. | Nikita Tromp | Ajax | 16 | 07 | 00 | 0.44 |
| 10. | Anna-Lena Stolze | Twente | 22 | 07 | 00 | 0.32 |
| 10. | Chimera Ripa [nl] | Heerenveen | 22 | 07 | 00 | 0.32 |
| 10. | Sabrine Ellouzi | Excelsior | 23 | 07 | 02 | 0.3 |
Source: Soccerway

### Hat-tricks(+)

| Rnd. | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away |
| 5 | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 3', 34', 50', 78' | 1 Oct 2021 | Twente | 7 – 1 | Excelsior |
| 7 | Jaimy Ravensbergen | ADO Den Haag | 4', 41', 78' | 17 Oct 2021 | ADO Den Haag | 4 – 4 | Twente |
| 8 | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 31', 38', 69', 76' | 29 Oct 2021 | Twente | 8 – 0 | Heerenveen |
| 8 | Renate Jansen | Twente | 7', 26', 55' | 29 Oct 2021 | Twente | 8 – 0 | Heerenveen |
| 14 | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 50', 72', 85' | 19 Dec 2021 | Excelsior | 1 – 9 | Twente |
| 20 | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 49', 90', 90+3' | 13 Mar 2022 | Twente | 6 – 0 | Feyenoord |
| 21 | Jannette van Belen | ADO Den Haag | 24', 26', 61' | 25 Mar 2022 | Heerenveen | 0 – 4 | ADO Den Haag |
| 23 | Romée Leuchter | Ajax | 6', 34', 55', 90' | 24 Apr 2022 | Excelsior | 2 – 8 | Ajax |