Eredivisie 1956-57
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The 1956/57 season of the Eredivisie
was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Netherlands
, represented by the country's best clubs. It was contested by 18 teams, and Ajax won the championship.
1 Winners KNVB Cup
1956-57.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Netherlands
Football in the Netherlands
Football is the most popular Sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club...
, represented by the country's best clubs. It was contested by 18 teams, and Ajax won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 64 | 40 | +24 | European Cup European Cup 1957-58 The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, a club football tournament for league champions. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row... |
| 2 | Fortuna '54 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,... |
34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 1 |
| 3 | SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 81 | 47 | +34 | |
| 4 | MVV | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 53 | 42 | +9 | |
| 5 | PSV | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 93 | 71 | +22 | |
| 6 | Feijenoord | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 79 | 58 | +21 | |
| 7 | VVV '03 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 53 | -3 | |
| 8 | Sparta 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.... |
34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 66 | 59 | +7 | |
| 9 | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 59 | 61 | -2 | |
| 10 | DOS | 34 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 79 | 75 | -4 | |
| 11 | Rapid JC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 64 | 63 | -1 | |
| 12 | NOAD | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 54 | 64 | -10 | |
| 13 | Amsterdam | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 49 | 67 | -18 | |
| 14 | GVAV | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 52 | 66 | -14 | |
| 15 | BVV | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 70 | 76 | -6 | |
| 16 | Elinkwijk | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 52 | 87 | -25 | |
| 17 | Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia... |
34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 59 | 79 | -20 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1957-58 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1957/1958 season was contested by 32 teams, divided in two groups. Willem II and SHS won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1956–57:* RBCRelegated from the Eredivisie 1956-57:* Willem II... |
| 18 | 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.... |
34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 39 | 83 | -44 |
1 Winners KNVB Cup
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
1956-57.
Matches
| AJX | AMS | BVV | DOS | EIN 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.... |
ELI | FEI | FOR 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,... |
GVA | MVV | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
NOA | PSV | RJC | ENS FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
SPA 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.... |
VVV | WIL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 5-0 | |
| Amsterdam | 1-5 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-6 | |
| BVV | 3-1 | 5-2 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 8-0 | 6-0 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 3-2 | |
| DOS | 0-2 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 7-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 2-8 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 4-1 | |
| 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.... |
0-3 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-3 | |
| Elinkwijk | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 1-6 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 2-2 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | |
| Feijenoord | 7-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | |
| Fortuna '54 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 8-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | |
| GVAV | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 0-3 | |
| MVV | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-5 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
1-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | |
| NOAD | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | |
| PSV | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 4-1 | 1-5 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | |
| Rapid JC | 4-2 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-3 | |
| SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
0-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | |
| Sparta 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.... |
1-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | |
| VVV '03 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | |
| Willem II | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |