The 2013–14 Eredivisie was the 58th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first match of the season and ended on 18 May 2014 with the returns of the finals of the European competition and relegation playoffs.

Teams A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2012–13 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2012–13 Eerste Divisie champions.

Club Location Venue Capacity Average attendanceADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000 10,854Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam Arena 53,052 50,907AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023 15,574CambuurLeeuwardenCambuur Stadion 10,250 9,728Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,177 45,757Go Ahead EaglesDeventerAdelaarshorst 8,000 7,630Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,550 19,780Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100 22,781Heracles Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500 8,339NAC Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,005 17,915N.E.C. Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500 11,065Zwolle Zwolle IJsseldelta Stadion 12,500 12,042PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000 33,024RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,508 6,252Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 18,936 13,952Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,014 29,546Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750 16,938Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,000 18,989

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorADO Den Haag Henk Fraser Erreà Basic-Fit FitnessAjax Frank de Boer adidas AegonAZ Dick Advocaat Macron AFAS softwareCambuur Dwight Lodeweges Quick Bouwgroep Dijkstra DraismaFeyenoord Ronald Koeman Puma OpelGo Ahead Eagles Foeke Booy Hummel vinden.nlGroningen Erwin van de Looi Klupp EssentHeerenveen Marco van Basten Jako UnivéHeracles Jan de Jonge Erima TenCateNAC Nebojša Gudelj Patrick Into TelecomN.E.C. Anton Janssen Jako Scholten AwaterPEC Zwolle Ron Jans Patrick Kraanwater graagPSV Phillip Cocu Nike PhilipsRKC Waalwijk Erwin Koeman Hummel Mandemakers KeukensRoda JC Jon Dahl Tomasson Lotto ToverlandTwente Alfred Schreuder Michel Jansen (strawperson) Nike XXImoUtrecht Jan Wouters hummel HealthCityVitesse Peter Bosz Nike Youfone

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Zwolle End of contract 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 Groningen End of contract 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 Cambuur End of interim spell 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 PSV End of contract 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 Vitesse End of contract 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 Go Ahead Eagles Signed by Bayern Munich II 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 Heracles Almelo Signed by Vitesse 1 July 2013 Pre-season 1 July 2013 N.E.C. Sacked 19 August 2013 18th 27 August 2013 AZ Sacked 29 September 2013 8th 16 October 2013 Roda JC Sacked 15 December 2013 14th 26 December 2013 ADO Den Haag Sacked 5 February 2014 18th 5 February 2014 Cambuur Resigned 1 April 2014 11th (interim) 1 April 2014

League table

Results

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alfreð FinnbogasonHeerenveen292 Graziano PellèFeyenoord233 Aron JóhannssonAZ174 Dušan TadićTwente165 Luc CastaignosTwente14 Michael HigdonN.E.C.7 Jürgen LocadiaPSV138 Lex ImmersFeyenoord12 Memphis DepayPSV Jens ToornstraUtrecht

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists1 Dušan TadićTwente142 Alfreð FinnbogasonHeerenveen103 Jean-Paul BoëtiusFeyenoord9 Hakim ZiyechHeerenveen5 Lasse SchöneAjax8 Nick van der VeldenGroningen Youness MokhtarZwolle Quincy PromesTwente Lucas PiazonVitesse Arnhem

European competition The teams finishing fifth through eight play-off for a berth in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. Groningen won this berth after winning the four-team play-off.

Key: * = Play-off winners, a = Wins because of away goals rule, e = Wins after extra time in second leg, p = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Semi-final First leg

Second leg

Final First leg

Second leg

Eredivisie play-offs Ten teams played for two spots in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Four teams from the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie entered in the first round, another four and the teams ranked 16th and 17th in the 2013–14 Eredivisie entered in the second round. Both winners of the third round, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior, played in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.

Key: * = Play-off winners, a = Wins because of away goals rule, e = Wins after extra time in second leg, p = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

First round Match A

Match B

Second round Match C

Match D

Match E

Match F

Third round Match G

Match H

Attendances Source:

No. Club Average Change Highest 1 AFC Ajax 50,907 0,8% 52,671 2 Feyenoord 45,757 1,0% 51,577 3 PSV 33,024 -0,5% 34,500 4 FC Twente 29,546 0,3% 30,000 5 sc Heerenveen 22,781 -7,7% 26,100 6 FC Groningen 19,780 -6,2% 21,674 7 SBV Vitesse 18,989 3,1% 25,500 8 NAC Breda 17,915 3,4% 19,000 9 FC Utrecht 16,938 -3,3% 22,134 10 AZ 15,574 -4,4% 16,749 11 Roda JC 13,952 3,2% 18,058 12 PEC Zwolle 12,042 11,9% 12,500 13 NEC 11,065 -7,2% 12,400 14 ADO Den Haag 10,854 3,3% 14,756 15 SC Cambuur 9,728 67,6% 10,000 16 Heracles Almelo 8,339 -1,1% 8,500 17 Go Ahead Eagles 7,630 68,5% 8,011 18 RKC Waalwijk 6,252 1,2% 7,508

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