The 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler

Jupiler

Piedboeuf Brewery is a brewery based in Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium. It is owned by Anheuser–Busch InBev. The main brand is Jupiler, the most popular beer and best selling beer in Belgium.-Variety:...

 League for sponsorship reasons, is the fifty-sixth season of Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

 since its establishment in 1955. It will begin in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and will end in June with the nacompetitie, a promotion-and-relegation tournament involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2011–12 Eredivisie

2011–12 Eredivisie

The 2011–12 Eredivisie is the fifty-sixth season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and will end in June with the last matches of the European competition and relegation playoffs.-Teams:...

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Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league. Willem II were relegated as bottom-placed team in the 2010–11 Eredivisie

2010–11 Eredivisie

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, whereas FC Oss were promoted as 2010–11 Topklasse

2010–11 Topklasse

The 2010–11 Topklasse season was the first and inaugural edition of the newly created Dutch third tier. A total 32 teams competed in the league, one of them coming from the fully professional 2009–10 Eerste Divisie, and the remaining 31 from the amateur 2009–10 Hoofdklasse...

 runners-up, as champions IJsselmeervogels

IJsselmeervogels

IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

 opted to keep playing at amateur level instead. Following to the disbandment and consequent exclusion of RBC Roosendaal in June 2011, last-placed 2010–11 Eerste Divisie

2010–11 Eerste Divisie

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 club Almere City FC were readmitted in the league to fill such vacancy.

The season also saw the participation of the old BV Veendam under their new denomination of SC Veendam.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...	Apeldoorn Apeldoorn Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...	Sportpark Berg & Bos	3,259
Almere City FC FC Omniworld Almere City Football Club is a Dutch football club. The club was founded in 2001, and is an expression of the ambitions of the city council of Almere to play an active role in top sports. To that end, a sports club was formed, which now comprises a volleyball branch, a basketball branch and a...	Almere Almere Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Almere, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Almere City F.C.. The stadium is able to hold 3,000 people and was built in 2005....	3,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion Cambuur Stadion Cambuur Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Cambuur Leeuwarden. The stadium is able to hold 10,500 people and was built in 1936. The soccer team has proposed plans for a new stadium in the east side...	10,250
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert De Vliert De Vliert is a multi-use stadium in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Den Bosch. The original stadium was built in 1951, included an athletics track and had at its heyday a capacity of 30,000, making it one of the largest...	9,000
FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...	Dordrecht Dordrecht Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...	GN Bouw Stadion GN Bouw Stadion GN Bouw Stadion is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Dordrecht, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Dordrecht. The stadium is able to hold 4,100 people for football matches. The Stadium is named after the buildingcompany that rebuilt the...	4,100
FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion is a multi-use stadium in the Eindhoven borough of Stratum, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Eindhoven. The stadium is able to hold 4,600 people.-External links:*...	4,600
FC Emmen FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...	Emmen	Univé Stadion Univé Stadion The Univé Stadion is a multi-use stadium. It is located at the Business Park Meerdijk in Emmen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Emmen. The stadium is able to hold 8,600 people and was built in 1979...	8,600
Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...	Sittard Sittard Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands.On the east Sittard borders on Germany . It has some 48,400 inhabitants . Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen...	Wagner & Partners Stadion Wagner & Partners Stadion Trendwork Arena is a multi-use stadium in Sittard, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fortuna Sittard. The stadium is able to hold 12,500 people and was built on the site of an industrial estate in 1999. From its inauguration until 2008, the...	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...	Deventer Deventer Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...	Adelaarshorst Adelaarshorst Adelaarshorst is a multi-use stadium in Deventer, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Go Ahead Eagles...	6,700
Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...	Helmond Helmond Helmond is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.- Quarters and Neighbourhoods :*Quarter 11 Inner City**Neighbourhood 0 Centrum**Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus**Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort...	Stadion De Braak Stadion De Braak Stadion De Braak is a multi-use stadium in Helmond, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Helmond Sport. The stadium is able to hold 4,100 people and was built in 1967....	4,100
MVV	Maastricht Maastricht Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...	De Geusselt De Geusselt De Geusselt is a multi-use stadium in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of MVV Maastricht. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people and was built in 1961....	11,026
FC Oss	Oss Oss Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.- Population centres :-Transportation:* Railway stations: Oss, Oss West, Ravenstein- The city of Oss :...	Heesen Yachts Stadion	4,700
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...	Het Kasteel Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel is a football stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is the home ground of Sparta Rotterdam. It has a capacity of 11,026.-History and layout:...	11,026
Telstar	Velsen Velsen Velsen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal.On the north side of the North Sea Canal, in IJmuiden, there is a major steel plant, Corus Strip Products IJmuiden, formerly known as Koninklijke Hoogovens...	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
SC Veendam	Veendam Veendam Veendam is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Dutch province of Groningen.A Holland America Line cruise ship, the MS Veendam, is named after the city.- Population centres :...	De Langeleegte De Langeleegte De Langeleegte is a multi-use stadium in Veendam, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of BV Veendam. The stadium is able to hold 6,500 people and was built in 1954, with major renovations taking place in 1998....	5,290
FC Volendam FC Volendam Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...	Volendam Volendam Volendam is a town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Edam-Volendam. The town has about 22,000 inhabitants .- History :...	Kras Stadion Kras Stadion Kras Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Volendam, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Volendam. The stadium is able to hold 6,984 people and was built in 1975....	6,260
Willem II	Tilburg Tilburg Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,637
FC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of...	Zwolle Zwolle Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...	FC Zwolle Stadion FC Zwolle Stadion FC Zwolle Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Zwolle, Netherlands. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC Zwolle. The stadium was able to hold 10,000 people. The stadium replaced Oosterenkstadion as the home of FC Zwolle....	10,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...		Mutual consent	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011
FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...		Signed by FC Utrecht	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011
Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...		Signed by De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011
Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...		Signed by Willem II	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....		End of interim spell	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011
SC Veendam		Signed by Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011
Willem II		End of interim spell	1 July 2011	Pre-season		1 July 2011

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

9 goals Jack Tuyp

Jack Tuyp

Jacobus "Jack" Johannes Tuyp is a Dutch footballer, currently playing for FC Volendam.Tuyp made his debut for FC Volendam in the 2002-03 Eerste Divisie season, scoring 7 goals in 18 matches. FC Volendam won promotion to the Eredivisie through the playoffs. In the highest Dutch league, Tuyp scored...

 (FC Volendam

FC Volendam

Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...

) Marcel van der Sloot (FC Oss)
8 goals Anco Jansen (SC Veendam)
6 goals Erik Bakker (SC Cambuur) Christopher Bieber

Christopher Bieber

Christopher Bieber is a German footballer. He currently plays for FC Oss. Before he signed with the Dutch club, he played for German side Karlsruher SC....

 (Fc Oss)

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