The 2022–23 Eredivisie was the 67th season of the Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 5 August 2022 and concluded on 28 May 2023. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 20 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 6 January.
Feyenoord became the champions in round 32, beating Go Ahead Eagles 3–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam on 14 May 2023.
Teams Emmen (promoted after a one-year absence), Volendam (promoted after a thirteen-year absence) and Excelsior (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. Willem II (relegated after eight years in the top flight), PEC Zwolle (relegated after ten years in the top flight), and Heracles Almelo (relegated after seventeen years in the top flight) were relegated to the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie.
Stadiums and locations Club Location Venue Capacity 2021–22position Ajax Amsterdam Johan Cruijff ArenA 55,865 AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 19,478 Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,500 Emmen Emmen De Oude Meerdijk 8,600 Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 4,500 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 NEC Nijmegen Goffertstadion 12,500 PSV Eindhoven 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 Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 7,384
Number of teams by province Number of teams Province Team(s)3Ajax, AZ, VolendamExcelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam2Cambuur, HeerenveenNEC, VitessePSV Eindhoven, RKC WaalwijkGo Ahead Eagles, Twente1EmmenGroningenFortuna SittardUtrecht
Personnel and kits
Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor (chest) Ajax Edwin van der Sar John Heitinga (a.i.) Dušan Tadić Adidas Ziggo AZ René Neelissen Pascal Jansen Jordy Clasie Nike Kansino Cambuur Ype Smid Sjors Ultee Alex Bangura Craft Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma Emmen Ronald Lubbers Dick Lukkien Jeroen Veldmate Hummel EasyToys Excelsior Bob de Lange Marinus Dijkhuizen Stijn van Gassel Quick DSW Zorgverzekeraar Feyenoord Toon van Bodegom Arne Slot Orkun Kökçü Adidas EuroParcs Fortuna Sittard Özgür Işıtan Gün Julio Velázquez Burak Yılmaz Masita Hurkmans Groep Go Ahead Eagles Jan Willem van Dop René Hake Mats Deijl Stanno Jumper De diersuper Groningen Erik Mulder Dennis van der Ree Michael Verrips Robey Office Centre Heerenveen Cees Roozemond Kees van Wonderen Sven van Beek Macron Ausnutria NEC Ron van Oijen Rogier Meijer Lasse Schöne Legea KlokGroep PSV Eindhoven Robert van der Wallen Fred Rutten (a.i.) Luuk de Jong Puma Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven RKC Waalwijk Peter Konijnenburg Joseph Oosting Michiel Kramer Stanno Willy Naessens Sparta Rotterdam Leo Ruijs Maurice Steijn Adil Auassar Robey De Goudse Verzekeringen Twente Paul van der Kraan Ron Jans Wout Brama Meyba Pure Energie Utrecht Pieter Leyssius Michael Silberbauer Nick Viergever Nike T-Mobile Vitesse Henk Parren Phillip Cocu Matúš Bero Nike eToro Volendam Jan Smit Wim Jonk Carel Eiting Robey Bet City
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ajax Erik ten Hag Signed by Manchester United 15 May 2022 Pre-season Alfred Schreuder 1 July 2022 Go Ahead Eagles Kees van Wonderen Signed by Heerenveen 30 June 2022 René Hake Groningen Danny Buijs End of contract Frank Wormuth Heerenveen Ole Tobiasen End of interim spell Kees van Wonderen PSV Eindhoven Roger Schmidt End of contract Ruud van Nistelrooy Utrecht Rick Kruys End of interim spell Henk Fraser Fortuna Sittard Sjors Ultee Sacked 22 August 2022 17th Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.) 22 August 2022 Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.) End of interim spell 9 September 2022 18th Julio Velázquez 9 September 2022 Vitesse Thomas Letsch Signed by VfL Bochum 19 September 2022 14th Phillip Cocu 26 September 2022Cambuur Henk de Jong Resigned for health reasons 20 October 2022 14th Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.) 20 October 2022 Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.) End of interim spell 13 November 2022 17th Sjors Ultee 14 November 2022 Groningen Frank Wormuth Sacked 14 November 2022 15th Dennis van der Ree 2 December 2022Utrecht Henk Fraser Resigned 14 December 2022 7th Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.) 14 December 2022 Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.) End of interim spell 28 December 2022 7th Michael Silberbauer 28 December 2022 Ajax Alfred Schreuder Sacked 26 January 2023 5th John Heitinga (a.i.) 27 January 2023 PSV Eindhoven Ruud van Nistelrooy Resigned 24 May 2023 2nd Fred Rutten (a.i.) 24 May 2023
Standings League table
Results Fixtures and results
Results by round
Play-offs All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Anastasios DouvikasUtrecht19 Xavi SimonsPSV Eindhoven3 Sydney van HooijdonkHeerenveen164 Santiago GiménezFeyenoord155 Luuk de JongPSV Eindhoven146 Brian BrobbeyAjax137 Steven BergwijnAjax12 Václav ČernýTwente Michiel KramerRKC Waalwijk Vangelis PavlidisAZ Ricardo PepiGroningen
Hat-tricks
Rnd Player Club Goals Date Home Score Away 2 Steven Bergwijn Ajax 4', 45', 57' 14 August 2022 Ajax 6–1 Groningen 3 Sydney van Hooijdonk Heerenveen 5', 72', 77' 20 August 2022 Vitesse 0–4 Heerenveen 3 Cody Gakpo PSV Eindhoven 25' (p), 39', 51' 31 August 2022 PSV Eindhoven 7–1 Volendam 5 Anastasios Douvikas Utrecht 71' (p), 77', 86' 2 September 2022 Fortuna Sittard 3–4 Utrecht 19 Anastasios Douvikas Utrecht 12', 16', 65' 28 January 2023 AZ 5–5 Utrecht Vangelis Pavlidis AZ 31', 34', 78' 30 Ole Romeny Emmen 47', 75', 90+2' 22 April 2023 Heerenveen 2–3 Emmen 33 Million Manhoef Vitesse 4', 56', 74' 21 May 2023 Vitesse6–0 Groningen
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Dušan TadićAjax172 Cody GakpoPSV Eindhoven123 Carel EitingVolendam11 Vito van CrooijSparta Rotterdam5 Václav ČernýTwente106 Steven BerghuisAjax9 Mats SeuntjensRKC Waalwijk Gijs SmalTwente Oussama TannaneNEC Joey VeermanPSV Eindhoven
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Lars UnnerstallTwente152 Nick OlijSparta Rotterdam133 Justin BijlowFeyenoord124 Vasilis BarkasUtrecht10 Walter BenítezPSV Eindhoven6 Jasper CillessenNEC97 Jeffrey de LangeGo Ahead Eagles7 Andries NoppertHeerenveen Ivor PandurFortuna Sittard Gerónimo RulliAjax Stijn van GasselExcelsior
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 10 Edson Álvarez (Ajax)
Most red cards: 2 Carlens Arcus (Vitesse) Iliass Bel Hassani (RKC Waalwijk) Doğan Erdoğan (Fortuna Sittard) Mees Hoedemakers (Cambuur) Shurandy Sambo (Sparta Rotterdam)
Club Most yellow cards: 60 Fortuna Sittard
Most red cards: 5 Vitesse
Fewest yellow cards: 41 Emmen PSV Eindhoven Sparta Rotterdam Volendam
Fewest red cards: 0 Feyenoord Utrecht
Awards
Monthly awards Month Player of the Month Talent of the Month Team of the Month Player Club Player Club August Xavi Simons PSV Eindhoven Brian Brobbey Ajax Noppert (Heerenveen); Smal (Twente), Trauner (Feyenoord), Van Ewijk (Heerenveen); J. Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Clasie (AZ), Simons (PSV Eindhoven); Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Bergwijn (Ajax), Brobbey (Ajax), Van Hooijdonk (Heerenveen) September Cody Gakpo PSV Eindhoven Nathan Tjoe-A-On Excelsior Cillessen (NEC); Chatzidiakos (AZ), Blind (Ajax), Tjoe-A-On (Excelsior); Anita (RKC Waalwijk), Reijnders (AZ), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Kudus (Ajax); Odgaard (AZ), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Bergwijn (Ajax) October Cody Gakpo PSV Eindhoven Brian Brobbey Ajax Pandur (Fortuna Sittard); Veldmate (Emmen), Hancko (Feyenoord), Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam); Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam), Berghuis (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Köhlert (Heerenveen); Misidjan (Twente), Brobbey (Ajax), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven) November Taylor Booth Utrecht Kenneth Taylor Ajax Virgínia (Cambuur); Van Ewijk (Heerenveen), Hancko (Feyenoord), Smal (Twente); Taylor (Ajax), Rommens (Go Ahead Eagles), Kökçü (Feyenoord), El Karouani (NEC); Szymański (Feyenoord), Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam), Booth (Utrecht) January Nick Olij Sparta Rotterdam Xavi Simons PSV Eindhoven Olij (Sparta Rotterdam); Smal (Twente), Álvarez (Ajax), Arcus (Vitesse), Teze (PSV Eindhoven); Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Zerrouki (Twente), Klaassen (Ajax); Douvikas (Utrecht), Pavlidis (AZ), Adekanye (Go Ahead Eagles) February Steven Berghuis Ajax Johan Bakayoko PSV Eindhoven Cillessen (NEC); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Timber (Ajax), Álvarez (Ajax); Bakayoko (PSV Eindhoven), Berghuis (Ajax), Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Simons (PSV Eindhoven); Kudus (Ajax), Pepi (Groningen), Tadić (Ajax) March Xavi Simons PSV Eindhoven Manfred Ugalde Twente Stanković (Volendam); Sugawara (AZ), Geertruida (Feyenoord), Chatzidiakos (AZ), Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam); Kökçü (Feyenoord), Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Saito (Sparta Rotterdam); Van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam), Ugalde (Twente), Karlsson (AZ) April Luuk de Jong PSV Eindhoven Santiago Giménez Feyenoord Van Gassel (Excelsior); Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam), Mirani (Volendam), Sánchez (Ajax); Reijnders (AZ), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Til (PSV Eindhoven); Paixão (Feyenoord), De Jong (PSV Eindhoven), Kramer (RKC Waalwijk), Giménez (Feyenoord) May Václav Černý Twente Million Manhoef Vitesse Unnerstall (Twente); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Beukema (AZ), Hato (Ajax); Manhoef (Vitesse), Clasie (AZ), Vlap (Twente), Antonucci (Volendam); Černý (Twente), Douvikas (Utrecht), Simons (PSV Eindhoven)
Annual awards Award Player Club Ref. Player of the Season Orkun Kökçü Feyenoord Talent of the Season Xavi Simons PSV Eindhoven Goal of the Season Michiel Kramer RKC Waalwijk Team of the Season Team of the Season Goalkeeper Justin Bijlow(Feyenoord) Defenders Lutsharel Geertruida(Feyenoord) Dávid Hancko(Feyenoord) Midfielders Orkun Kökçü(Feyenoord) Joey Veerman(PSV Eindhoven) Xavi Simons(PSV Eindhoven) Forwards Steven Bergwijn(Ajax) Dušan Tadić(Ajax) Mohammed Kudus(Ajax) Vangelis Pavlidis(AZ Alkmaar) Luuk de Jong(PSV Eindhoven)
Attendances
Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2022-23 edition of the Eredivisie.
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