Soccer Betting - Eredivisie League Netherlands
History - Facts - Teams - Winners
The Eredivisie (Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands.
The top division is made of 18 clubs. Each club plays every other club twice during the season. Similar to many other leagues in continental Europe, the Eredivisie takes a month-long winter break, covering the Christmas and New Year's holiday season. At the end of each season, the last placed club is relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie, with the champion of the Eerste Divisie automatically promoted to the Eredivisie.
The club with the most wins is Ajax Amsterdam 29 in total. PSV Eindhoven is next with 19, and Feyenoord Rotterdam follows with 14. Since 1965, these three giants have won all but one title.
The playoffs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and four high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie.
From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie, which changed to KPN Telecompetitie in 1999 and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From the 2005-06 season onwards, the league will be sponsored by the Sponsorloterij lottery, but for legal reasons, its name cannot be attached to the league.
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