# 2009–10 Eredivisie

The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 54th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions VVV-Venlo and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.
The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010. FC Twente won their first ever Eredivisie title.
As of 2025, this is the last time that none of the big three Dutch teams have won the title.

## Overview
### Teams and stadia

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Den Haag Stadion | 15,000 |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | Amsterdam ArenA | 51,715 |
| AZ | Alkmaar | AZ Stadion | 17,023 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | Stadion Feijenoord | 51,177 |
| Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,329 |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 26,000 |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 8,500 |
| NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 |
| NEC | Nijmegen | Stadion de Goffert | 12,470 |
| PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 35,119 |
| RKC | Waalwijk | Mandemakers Stadion | 7,500 |
| Roda JC | Kerkrade | Parkstad Limburg Stadion | 19,979 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 11,026 |
| Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 |
| Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 24,426 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | Arnhem | Gelredome | 25,000 |
| VVV-Venlo | Venlo | De Koel | 7,500 |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,637 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Club | Manager | Kit maker | Shirt sponsor |
| ADO Den Haag | Raymond Atteveld | Hummel | Fit For Free |
| Ajax | Martin Jol | Adidas | Aegon |
| AZ | Dick Advocaat | Quick | BUKO |
| Feyenoord | Mario Been | Puma | ASR Verzekeringen |
| Groningen | Ron Jans | Klupp | Noord Lease |
| Heerenveen | Jan Everse | Jako | Univé |
| Heracles Almelo | Gertjan Verbeek | Jako | Ten Cate |
| NAC Breda | Robert Maaskant | Klupp | Sunweb Vakanties |
| NEC | Wiljan Vloet | Nike | Curaçao |
| PSV | Fred Rutten | Nike | Philips |
| RKC | Ruud Brood | Nike | Mandemakers Keukens |
| Roda JC | Harm Van Veldhoven | Diadora | Aevitae |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Frans Adelaar | Patrick | Graydon |
| Twente | Steve McClaren | Diadora | Arke |
| Utrecht | Ton du Chatinier | Kappa | Phanos |
| Vitesse Arnhem | Theo Bos | Klupp | AfAB |
| VVV-Venlo | Jan van Dijk | Erima | Seacon Logistics |
| Willem II | Arno Pijpers | Masita | Destil |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Ajax | Marco van Basten | Resigned | Pre-season | Martin Jol | 25 May 2009 |
| AZ | Louis van Gaal | Signed by Bayern Munich | Pre-season | Ronald Koeman | 17 May 2009 |
| AZ | Ronald Koeman | Sacked | 5 December 2009 | Dick Advocaat | 8 December 2009 |
| Heerenveen | Trond Sollied | Sacked | 1 September 2009 | Jan de Jonge | 2 September 2009 |
| Heerenveen | Jan de Jonge | Resigned | | Jan Everse | |
| Heracles Almelo | Gert Heerkes | Resigned | Pre-season | Gertjan Verbeek | 8 June 2009 |
| NEC | Mario Been | Signed by Feyenoord | Pre-season | Dwight Lodeweges | 9 April 2009 |
| NEC | Dwight Lodeweges | Resigned | 27 October 2009 | Wiljan Vloet | 14 November 2009 |
| PSV | Dwight Lodeweges | Signed by NEC | Pre-season | Fred Rutten | 17 April 2009 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Foeke Booy | Signed by Utrecht | Pre-season | Frans Adelaar | 15 May 2009 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Frans Adelaar | Sacked | | Aad de Mos | |
| ADO Den Haag | Raymond Atteveld | Sacked | | Maurice Steijn | 30 March 2010 |
| Willem II | Alfons Groenendijk | Sacked | | Arno Pijpers | 27 February 2010 |
| Willem II | Arno Pijpers | Resigned | | Theo de Jong | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Twente (C) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 106 | 20 | +86 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 78 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Heracles | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 56 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 53 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Groningen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 49 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Roda JC | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 47 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 46 | |
| 11 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 37 | |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 35 | |
| 13 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 33 | |
| 14 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 32 | |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 30 | |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 26 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Willem II (O) | 34 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 70 | −34 | 23 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk (R) | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 15 | Relegation to the Eerste Divisie |

## Results

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

## Goalscorers

Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)

### Top scorers

| Pos. | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Luis Suárez | Ajax | 35 |
| 2 | Bryan Ruiz | Twente | 24 |
| 3 | Mads Junker | Roda JC | 21 |
| 4 | Mounir El Hamdaoui | AZ | 20 |
| 5 | Marko Pantelić | Ajax | 16 |
| 6 | Bas Dost | Heracles | 14 |
| 6 | Everton | Heracles | 14 |
| 6 | Balázs Dzsudzsák | PSV | 14 |
| 9 | Tim Matavž | Groningen | 13 |
| 9 | Ola Toivonen | PSV | 13 |
| 11 | 2 players | 2 players | 12 |
| 13 | 4 players | 4 players | 11 |
| 17 | 4 players | 4 players | 10 |
| 21 | 2 players | 2 players | 9 |
| 23 | 4 players | 4 players | 8 |
| 27 | 10 players | 10 players | 7 |
| 37 | 10 players | 10 players | 6 |
| 47 | 14 players | 14 players | 5 |
| 60 | 23 players | 23 players | 4 |
| 84 | 22 players | 22 players | 3 |
| 106 | 50 players | 50 players | 2 |
| 156 | 71 players | 71 players | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 23 |
| Total: | Total: | Total: | 892 |
| Games: | Games: | Games: | 306 |
| Average: | Average: | Average: | 2.92 |

### Other scorers
#### 12 goals

* Jeremain Lens (AZ)
* Blaise Nkufo (Twente)

#### 11 goals

* Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord)
* Gerald Sibon (Heerenveen)
* Otman Bakkal (PSV)
* Danny Koevermans (PSV)

#### 10 goals

* Siem de Jong (Ajax)
* Erik Falkenburg (Sparta)
* Rydell Poepon (Sparta)
* Miroslav Stoch (Twente)

#### 9 goals

* Matthew Amoah (NAC)
* Sandro Calabro (VVV)

#### 8 goals

* Willie Overtoom (Heracles)
* Bjorn Vleminckx (NEC)
* Willem Janssen (Roda JC)
* Jacob Mulenga (Utrecht)

#### 7 goals

* Wesley Verhoek (ADO)
* Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax)
* Roy Makaay (Feyenoord)
* Michal Papadopulos (Heerenveen)
* Anthony Lurling (NAC)
* Derk Boerrigter (RKC)
* Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht)
* Santi Kolk (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Lasse Nilsson (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Frank Demouge (Willem II)

#### 6 goals

* Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax)
* Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax)
* Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen)
* Andreas Granqvist (Groningen)
* Edwin de Graaf (NAC)
* Kees Kwakman (NAC)
* Charlison Benschop (RKC)
* Dries Mertens (Utrecht)
* Keisuke Honda (VVV)
* Saïd Boutahar (Willem II)

#### 5 goals

* Urby Emanuelson (Ajax)
* Brett Holman (AZ)
* Maarten Martens (AZ)
* Sekou Cissé (Feyenoord)
* Koen van de Laak (Groningen)
* Nicklas Pedersen (Groningen)
* Viktor Elm (Heerenveen)
* Darl Douglas (Heracles)
* Saidi Ntibazonkiza (NEC)
* Danko Lazović (PSV)
* Boldizsár Bodor (Roda JC)
* Kenneth Perez (Twente)
* Héctor Moreno (AZ)
* Christophe Grégoire (Willem II)

#### 4 goals

* Danny Buijs (ADO)
* Bogdan Milić (ADO)
* Karim Soltani (ADO)
* Darío Cvitanich (Ajax)
* Mousa Dembélé (AZ)
* Andwélé Slory (Feyenoord)
* Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord)
* Georginio Wijnaldum (Feyenoord)
* Roy Beerens (Heerenveen)
* Hernán Losada (Heerenveen)
* Leonardo Santiago (NAC)
* Ramon Zomer (NEC)
* Ibrahim Afellay (PSV)
* Fred Benson (RKC)
* Benjamin De Ceulaer (RKC)
* Morten Skoubo (Roda JC)
* Jacob Lensky (Utrecht)
* Claudemir (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Onur Kaya (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Adil Auassar (VVV)
* Ruud Boymans (VVV)
* Stefan Nijland (Willem II)
* Sergio Zijler (Willem II)

#### 3 goals

* Ricky van den Bergh (ADO)
* Ismaïl Aissati (Ajax)
* Jan Vertonghen (Ajax)
* Rasmus Elm (AZ)
* André Bahia (Feyenoord)
* Jonathan de Guzmán (Feyenoord)
* Oluwafemi Ajilore (Groningen)
* Michel Breuer (Heerenveen)
* Paulo Henrique (Heerenveen)
* Samuel Armenteros (Heracles)
* Marko Vejinović (Heracles)
* Erton Fejzullahu (NEC)
* John Goossens (NEC)
* Nordin Amrabat (PSV)
* Jonathan Reis (PSV)
* Fouad Idabdelhay (RKC)
* Anouar Hadouir (Roda JC)
* Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (Roda JC)
* Dalibor Stevanovič (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Ahmed Ahahaoui (VVV)
* Gonzalo García (VVV)
* Ruben Schaken (VVV)

#### 2 goals

* Timothy Derijck (ADO)
* Csaba Horváth (ADO)
* Kees Luijckx (ADO)
* Toby Alderweireld (Ajax)
* Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax)
* Mitchell Donald (Ajax – 1/Willem II – 1)
* Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax)
* Graziano Pellè (AZ)
* Luigi Bruins (Feyenoord)
* Leroy Fer (Feyenoord)
* Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord)
* Leandro Bacuna (Groningen)
* Danny Holla (Groningen)
* Goran Lovre (Groningen)
* Morten Nordstrand (Groningen)
* Fredrik Stenman (Groningen)
* Birger Maertens (Heracles)
* Sebastiaan Steur (Heracles)
* Donny Gorter (NAC)
* Patrick Zwaanswijk (NAC)
* Youssef El Akchaoui (NEC)
* Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
* Patrick Pothuizen (NEC)
* Arkadiusz Radomski (NEC)
* Orlando Engelaar (PSV)
* Zakaria Labyad (PSV)
* Stanislav Manolev (PSV)
* Davy De Fauw (Roda JC)
* Marcel de Jong (Roda JC)
* Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC)
* Jan-Paul Saeijs (Roda JC)
* Edouard Duplan (Sparta)
* Joshua John (Sparta)
* Kevin Strootman (Sparta)
* Douglas (Twente)
* Luuk de Jong (Twente)
* Nicky Kuiper (Twente)
* Sander Keller (Utrecht)
* Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht)
* Jan Wuytens (Utrecht)
* Alexander Büttner (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Serginho Greene (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Sinan Kaloğlu (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Wiljan Pluim (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Ken Leemans (VVV)
* Ferry de Regt (VVV)
* Bart Biemans (Willem II)
* Gerson Sheotahul (Willem II)
* Arjan Swinkels (Willem II)

#### 1 goal

* Santy Hulst (ADO)
* Lex Immers (ADO)
* Christian Kum (ADO)
* Andres Oper (ADO)
* Charlton Vicento (ADO)
* Eyong Enoh (Ajax)
* Rasmus Lindgren (Ajax)
* Jonathas (AZ)
* Niklas Moisander (AZ)
* Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ)
* Simon Poulsen (AZ)
* David Mendes da Silva (AZ)
* Pontus Wernbloom (AZ)
* Stefan Babović (Feyenoord)
* Diego Biseswar (Feyenoord)
* Kevin Hofland (Feyenoord)
* Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord)
* Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen)
* Filip Đuričić (Heerenveen)
* Samir Fazli (Heerenveen)
* Christian Grindheim (Heerenveen)
* Goran Popov (Heerenveen)
* Mika Väyrynen (Heerenveen)
* Paweł Wojciechowski (Heerenveen)
* Mark-Jan Fledderus (Heracles)
* Antoine van der Linden (Heracles)
* Mark Looms (Heracles)
* Ellery Cairo (NAC)
* Kurt Elshot (NAC)
* Csaba Feher (NAC)
* Robbert Schilder (NAC)
* Ferne Snoyl (NAC)
* Lorenzo Davids (NEC)
* Bas Sibum (NEC)
* Rick ten Voorde (NEC)
* Francisco Rodríguez (PSV)
* Jagoš Vuković (PSV)
* Kemy Agustien (RKC)
* Ruud Berger (RKC)
* Dustley Mulder (RKC)
* Hans Mulder (RKC)
* Arnaud Sutchuin (Roda JC)
* Ruud Vormer (Roda JC)
* Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)
* Darko Bodul (Sparta)
* Sander van Gessel (Sparta)
* Milano Koenders (Sparta)
* Wout Brama (Twente)
* Theo Janssen (Twente)
* Ronnie Stam (Twente)
* Dwight Tiendalli (Twente)
* Cheick Tioté (Twente)
* Peter Wisgerhof (Twente)
* Nana Asare (Utrecht)
* Tim Cornelisse (Utrecht)
* Erixon Danso (Utrecht)
* Francis Dickoh (Utrecht)
* Gregoor van Dijk (Utrecht)
* Gianluca Nijholt (Utrecht)
* Alje Schut (Utrecht)
* Kevin Vandenbergh (Utrecht)
* Nicky Hofs (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Kevin Van Dessel (VVV)
* Frank van Kouwen (VVV)
* Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
* Michael Timisela (VVV)
* Michael Uchebo (VVV)
* Alex Nkume (VVV)
* Jan-Arie van der Heijden (Willem II)
* Marlon Pereira (Willem II)

#### Own goals

* Scored for ADO (5): Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord); Gibril Sankoh (Groningen); Antoine van der Linden (Heracles); Mark Looms (Heracles); Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
* Scored for Ajax (2): Hans Mulder (RKC); Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Scored for AZ (4): Martin Lejsal (Heerenveen); Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC); Peter Wisgerhof (Twente – 2 goals)
* Scored for Feyenoord (3): Pontus Wernbloom (AZ); Toni Varela (RKC); Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
* Scored for NAC (1): Niels Wellenberg (NEC)
* Scored for NEC (1): Christiaan Kum (ADO)
* Scored for RKC (2): Marko Pantelić (Ajax); Calvin Jong-a-Pin (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Scored for Roda JC (2): Jurgen Colin (RKC); Frank van der Struijk (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Scored for Vitesse Arnhem (1): Dustley Mulder (RKC)
* Scored for VVV (1): Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
* Scored for Willem II (1): Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)

## Play-offs
### European competition

The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Roda JC | 3–2 | Heracles Almelo | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| FC Utrecht | 5–1 | FC Groningen | 3–1 | 2–0 |

#### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Roda JC | 1–6 | FC Utrecht | 0–2 | 1–4 |

### Relegation

The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

#### Round 1

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Eindhoven | 4–2 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Helmond Sport | 3–3 (p. 5–4) | FC Den Bosch | 1–2 | 2–1 |

#### Round 2

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Eindhoven | 2–3 | Willem II | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2–1 | SC Cambuur | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| FC Zwolle | 3–5 | Excelsior | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Helmond Sport | 2–3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2–1 | 0–2 |

#### Round 3

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 1–3(aet) | Willem II | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Excelsior | 1–1(ag) | Sparta Rotterdam | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

## Attendances

Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2009-10 edition of the Eredivisie.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 17 | 48,681 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 17 | 43,882 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 33,471 |
| 4 | sc Heerenveen | 17 | 25,691 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 17 | 23,641 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 17 | 21,828 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 21,199 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 17 | 16,980 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 17 | 16,567 |
| 10 | AZ | 17 | 16,503 |
| 11 | Roda JC | 17 | 14,749 |
| 12 | Willem II | 17 | 12,821 |
| 13 | NEC | 17 | 12,379 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 11,720 |
| 15 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 10,155 |
| 16 | Heracles Almelo | 17 | 8,457 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 7,465 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 6,388 |