The 2005–06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champion on April 9, 2006. The season was overshadowed by the death of FC Utrecht player David di Tommaso.
Promoted teams These teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season: Heracles Almelo (First Division champion) Sparta Rotterdam (playoffs)
Relegated teams These team was relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season: RBC Roosendaal
League table
Results
Topscorers Pos. Player Club Goals1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Heerenveen / Ajax 332. Shota Arveladze AZ 222. Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord 224. Jefferson Farfán PSV Eindhoven 215. Salomon Kalou Feyenoord 15
Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year 2005 / 2006 — Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord Rotterdam)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2005 — Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven)
The 2005-06 Eredivisie play-offs Prior to finishing on 4th place in the regular season, Ajax had already reached the KNVB Cup final. In this final, they faced and defeated Eredivisie champions PSV. Ajax would have qualified for the UEFA Cup via the cup even if they had lost the final. This had consequences for the play-off schedule. Games F and H were not played. The teams ranked 2 to 5 instead played for one Champions League qualifier ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets. The fourth and final UEFA Cup ticket went to the winner of matches C, D and G, between the teams who finished from 6th to 9th place in the regular season. The loser of match G played the winner of a play-off between positions 10 to 13 of the regular league for a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. All rounds were played in two legs, one home match and one away match, with away goals as the first tiebreaker.
For UEFA competitions For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets
For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
For the Intertoto Cup ticket
Overview
European CompetitionQualified Team(s)Champions League third qualifying round AFC AjaxUEFA Cup FC GroningenAZFeyenoordsc HeerenveenIntertoto Cup third round FC Twente
For promotion and relegation For two Eredivisie tickets Round 1
Round 2 (best of 3)
Round 3 (best of 3)
NAC Breda and Willem II remained in the Eredivisie.
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average Change Highest 1 AFC Ajax 47,281 -2,7% 50,150 2 Feyenoord 39,824 4,0% 45,000 3 PSV 33,082 4,4% 34,700 4 sc Heerenveen 20,453 10,9% 21,000 5 FC Utrecht 19,546 -0,3% 24,500 6 SBV Vitesse 19,501 3,7% 24,400 7 FC Groningen 15,594 30,3% 20,000 8 NAC Breda 14,525 15,7% 16,385 9 FC Twente 13,101 -0,1% 13,900 10 Roda JC 13,006 2,3% 16,200 11 Willem II 12,123 -3,0% 14,100 12 NEC 11,900 0,9% 12,500 13 Sparta Rotterdam 8,954 55,7% 11,000 14 AZ 8,426 1,9% 8,747 15 Heracles Almelo 8,324 45,8% 8,800 16 ADO Den Haag 6,808 7,0% 10,150 17 RKC Waalwijk 5,695 -2,0% 7,400 18 RBC Roosendaal 4,344 -10,3% 5,000
See also 2005–06 Eerste Divisie 2005–06 KNVB Cup 2005–06 Sparta Rotterdam season
References
External links Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons RSSSF