Eredivisie 1971-72
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The Dutch Eredivisie
in the 1971/1972 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double
. FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup, since Ajax would already be playing in the European Cup.
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....
in the 1971/1972 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax 1 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 104 | 20 | 84 | European Cup Second round European Cup 1972-73 The 1972–73 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade... |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 73 | 24 | 49 | UEFA Cup |
| 3 | FC Twente 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 48 | 50 | 13 | 37 | |
| 4 | 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 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 73 | 38 | 35 | |
| 5 | FC Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... 1 |
34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 59 | 33 | 26 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1972-73 The season 1972-73 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Milan after a 1-0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, in Greece.- First round :-First leg:-----Second leg:... |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 56 | 42 | 14 | |
| 7 | NEC | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 0 | |
| 8 | PSV | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 32 | 15 | |
| 9 | 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... |
34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 49 | -1 | |
| 10 | MVV | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 47 | -11 | |
| 11 | Telstar Stormvogels Telstar Telstar is a Dutch football club based in Velsen. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of Velsen.- History :... |
34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 52 | -13 | |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 37 | 55 | -18 | |
| 13 | 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 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 58 | -19 | |
| 14 | DWS Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.-History:AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and... |
34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 54 | -26 | |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 53 | -35 | |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 70 | -46 | |
| 17 | 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... |
34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 55 | -39 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1972-73 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972/1973 season was contested by 20 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club Door Wilskracht Sterk to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship.... |
| 18 | Vitesse | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 74 | -52 |
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
. FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup, since Ajax would already be playing in the European Cup.