The 2021–22 Eredivisie was the 66th season of Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 14 August 2021 and concluded on 15 May 2022.
Ajax became the champions in round 33, beating Heerenveen 5–0 in their own Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam on 11 May 2022.
Teams Cambuur (promoted after a five-year absence), Go Ahead Eagles and NEC (both promoted after a four-year absence) were promoted from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie. ADO Den Haag (relegated after thirteen years in the top flight), VVV-Venlo (relegated after four years in the top flight) and Emmen (relegated after three years in the top flight) have been relegated to 2021–22 Eerste Divisie.
Stadiums and locations Club Location Venue Capacity 2020–21position Ajax Amsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena 55,500 AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 19,478 Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,500 Feyenoord Rotterdam De Kuip 47,500 Fortuna Sittard Sittard Fortuna Sittard Stadion 10,300 Go Ahead Eagles Deventer De Adelaarshorst 10,000 Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,550 Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 27,224 Heracles Almelo Almelo Erve Asito 12,080 NEC Nijmegen Goffertstadion 12,500 PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK stadion 14,000 PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 36,500 RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,500 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Spartastadion Het Kasteel 11,000 Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205 Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750 Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 21,248 Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500
Number of teams by province Number of teams Province Team(s)4Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo, PEC Zwolle, Twente3PSV, RKC Waalwijk, Willem II2Cambuur, HeerenveenNEC, VitesseAjax, AZFeyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam1GroningenFortuna SittardUtrecht
Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main Sponsor Ajax Erik ten Hag Dušan Tadić Adidas Ziggo AZ Pascal Jansen Owen Wijndal Nike AFAS Software Cambuur Dennis Haar (interim) Erik Schouten Craft Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma Feyenoord Arne Slot Jens Toornstra Adidas EuroParcs Fortuna Sittard Sjors Ultee Ben Rienstra Masita Hurkmans Groep Go Ahead Eagles Kees van Wonderen Bas Kuipers Stanno Jumper De diersuper Groningen Danny Buijs Mo El Hankouri Robey Office Centre Heerenveen Ole Tobiasen (interim) Erwin Mulder Jako Ausnutria Heracles Almelo Frank Wormuth Janis Blaswich Acerbis Asito NEC Nijmegen Rogier Meijer Rens van Eijden Legea KlokGroep PEC Zwolle Dick Schreuder Bram van Polen Craft VDK Groep PSV Roger Schmidt Marco van Ginkel Puma Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven RKC Waalwijk Joseph Oosting Melle Meulensteen Stanno Willy Naessens Sparta Rotterdam Maurice Steijn Adil Auassar Robey D&S Groep Twente Ron Jans Wout Brama Meyba Pure Energie Utrecht Rick Kruys (interim) Willem Janssen Nike T-Mobile Vitesse Thomas Letsch Danilho Doekhi Nike eToro Willem II Kevin Hofland Pol Llonch Robey DESTIL
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Feyenoord Dick Advocaat End of contract 30 June 2021 Pre season Arne Slot 1 July 2021 PEC Zwolle Bert Konterman End of interim spell Art Langeler Willem II Željko Petrović End of contract Fred Grim RKC Waalwijk Fred Grim Signed by Willem II Joseph Oosting PEC Zwolle Art Langeler Resigned 16 November 2021 18th Dick Schreuder 18 November 2021 Heerenveen Johnny Jansen Sacked 24 January 2022 10th Ole Tobiasen (interim) 27 January 2022 Willem II Fred Grim 8 March 2022 15th Denny Landzaat (interim) 8 March 2022 Denny Landzaat End of interim spell 14 March 2022 16th Kevin Hofland 14 March 2022 Utrecht René Hake Sacked 22 March 2022 7th Rick Kruys (interim) 22 March 2022 Cambuur Henk de Jong Illness replacement 29 March 2022 9th Dennis Haar (interim) 30 March 2022 Sparta Rotterdam Henk Fraser Resigned 24 April 2022 18th Maurice Steijn 26 April 2022 Heracles Almelo Frank Wormuth Sacked 16 May 2022 16th René Kolmschot (interim) 16 May 2022
Standings League table
Results Fixtures and results
Results by round
European play-offs The European play-offs were contested by the four highest ranked teams which were not yet qualified for any European tournament. The matches were played on a home-and-away basis, from 18 to 29 May. The winner received a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Qualified teams
Team Rank Seed AZ 5 1 Vitesse 6 2 Utrecht 7 3 Heerenveen 8 4
Bracket
Semi-finals First legs
Second legs
Final First leg
Second leg
Promotion/relegation play-offs The seeds were assigned based on the final ranking after the regular season. The best ranked team got the highest seed (lowest number). Eredivisie teams were considered to be better ranked than Eerste Divisie teams.
If a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
Seven teams, six from the Eerste Divisie and one from the Eredivisie, played for a spot in the 2022–23 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams played in the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. The highest seeded team or the team from the Eredivisie always host the second leg.
Qualified teams Team Rank Seed Heracles Almelo 16 1 FC Eindhoven 3 2 ADO Den Haag 4 3 Roda JC Kerkrade 5 4 Excelsior 6 5 NAC Breda 8 6 De Graafschap 9 7
Bracket
First round First legs
Second legs
Semi-finals First legs
Second legs
Final First leg
Second leg
Statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sébastien HallerAjax212 Loïs OpendaVitesse183 Vangelis PavlidisAZ16 Ricky van WolfswinkelTwente5 Jesper KarlssonAZ15 Guus TilFeyenoord7 Jørgen Strand LarsenGroningen148 Bryan LinssenFeyenoord13 Dušan TadićAjax10 Zian FlemmingFortuna Sittard12 Cody GakpoPSV Eindhoven Luis SinisterraFeyenoord
Hat-tricks
Rnd Player Club Goals Date Home Score Away 11 Bart Ramselaar Utrecht 10', 25', 67' 31 October 2021 Utrecht 5–1 Willem II 22 Sébastien Haller Ajax 53', 85', 88' 13 February 2022 Ajax 5–0 Twente
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Dušan TadićAjax192 Cody GakpoPSV13 Jesper KarlssonAZ4 Steven BerghuisAjax11 Joey VeermanPSV6 Owen WijndalAZ107 Orkun KökçüFeyenoord98 Issa KallonCambuur8 Bryan LinssenFeyenoord Ricky van WolfswinkelTwente
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Remko PasveerAjax172 Lars UnnerstallTwente123 Mattijs BranderhorstNEC104 Justin BijlowFeyenoord95 Yanick van OschFortuna Sittard86 Joël DrommelPSV77 Kostas LamprouPEC Zwolle6 Maduka OkoyeSparta Rotterdam Timon WellenreutherWillem II10 Janis BlaswichHeracles Almelo5 Warner HahnGo Ahead Eagles Erwin MulderHeerenveen Maarten PaesUtrecht Markus SchubertVitesse Maarten StekelenburgAjax Etienne VaessenRKC Waalwijk
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 10 Matúš Bero (Vitesse) Adam Maher (Utrecht) Mark van der Maarel (Utrecht) Most red cards: 2 Joris Kramer (Go Ahead Eagles) Mike te Wierik (Groningen)
Club Most yellow cards: 65 Vitesse Most red cards: 6 Vitesse Willem II
Awards
Monthly awards Month Player of the Month Talent of the Month Team of the Month Player Club Player Club August Bruma PSV Ali Akman NEC Wellenreuther (Willem II); Mazraoui (Ajax), Janssen (Utrecht), Blind (Ajax); Seuntjens (Fortuna Sittard), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Bruma (PSV); Linssen (Feyenoord), Akman (NEC), Kramer (RKC Waalwijk), Tadić (Ajax) September Guus Til Feyenoord Jurriën Timber Ajax Wellenreuther (Willem II); Blind (Ajax), Martínez (Ajax), J. Timber (Ajax), Mazraoui (Ajax); Gakpo (PSV), Til (Feyenoord), Toornstra (Feyenoord); Tadić (Ajax), Boere (Cambuur), Seuntjens (Fortuna Sittard)OctoberLuuk BrouwersGo Ahead EaglesElayis TavşanNECPasveer (Ajax); Mazraoui (Ajax); J. Timber (Ajax); Bazoer (Vitesse); Wijndal (AZ); Sangaré (PSV); Brouwers (Go Ahead Eagles); Tavşan (NEC); Openda (Vitesse); Tadić (Ajax); Pavlidis (AZ)NovemberIbrahim SangaréPSVJurriën TimberAjaxUnnerstall (Twente); Mazraoui (Ajax), J. Timber (Ajax), Bakker (Heerenveen), Blind (Ajax); Sangaré (PSV), Bazoer (Vitesse); Linssen (Feyenoord), Tadić (Ajax), Bruma (PSV); Strand Larsen (Groningen)DecemberJesper KarlssonAZAntonyAjaxVindahl Jensen (AZ); Mwene (PSV), J. Timber (Ajax); Schuurs (Ajax), Blind (Ajax); Kökçü (Feyenoord), Sangaré (PSV); Antony (Ajax); Linssen (Feyenoord), Karlsson (AZ); Odgaard (RKC Waalwijk)JanuaryOrkun KökçüFeyenoordYukinari SugawaraAZStevens (Cambuur); Mazraoui (Ajax), Hilgers (Twente); Beukema (AZ), Wijndal (AZ); Aursnes (Feyenoord), Kökçü (Feyenoord); Sugawara (AZ); De la Torre (Heracles Almelo), Openda (Vitesse); Kramer (RKC Waalwijk)FebruaryOrkun KökçüFeyenoordDaishawn RedanPEC ZwolleVan Osch (Fortuna Sittard); Mauro Júnior (PSV), J. Timber (Ajax), Martínez (Ajax), Meijer (Groningen); J. Veerman (PSV), Berghuis (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord); Sinisterra (Feyenoord), Haller (Ajax), Redan (PEC Zwolle)MarchEran ZahaviPSVRyan GravenberchAjaxOkoye (Sparta Rotterdam); Brenet (Twente), Pröpper (Twente), Pleguezuelo (Twente), Max (PSV); De Leeuw (Groningen), Brouwers (Go Ahead Eagles), Gravenberch (Ajax), Karlsson (AZ); Zahavi (PSV), Haller (Ajax)AprilDavy KlaassenAjaxSydney van HooijdonkHeerenveenDe Keijzer (Utrecht); Dasa (Vitesse), Blind (Ajax), Mauro Júnior (PSV); J. Veerman (PSV), Klaassen (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord); Van Hooijdonk (Heerenveen), Van Wolfswinkel (Twente), Pavlidis (AZ), Sinisterra (Feyenoord)MayLoïs OpendaVitesseBrian BrobbeyAjaxMvogo (PSV Eindhoven); Van Rooij (NEC), Dammers (Willem II), El Karouani (NEC), Smal (Twente); Doan (PSV Eindhoven), Álvarez (Ajax); Thy (Sparta Rotterdam), Openda (Vitesse), Limnios (Twente); Brobbey (Ajax)
Annual awards Award Player Club Ref. Player of the Season Jurriën Timber Ajax Talent of the Season Goal of the Season Cyril Ngonge Groningen Team of the Season Goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall (FC Twente) Defenders Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax) Owen Wijndal (AZ) Jurriën Timber (Ajax) Midfielders Cody Gakpo (PSV) Orkun Kökçü (Feyenoord) Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax) Ibrahim Sangaré (PSV) Forwards Antony (Ajax) Sébastien Haller (Ajax) Luis Sinisterra (Feyenoord)
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