The Dutch Eredivisie

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 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Feyenoord	34	25	5	4	80	76	38	38	Champions League
2	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	20	5	9	65	69	46	23
3	PSV	34	17	10	7	61	87	55	32	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Vitesse	34	18	7	9	61	61	44	17	UEFA Cup
5	Roda JC	34	17	9	8	60	59	40	19
6	Ajax 1	34	16	9	9	57	73	41	32
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	12	8	54	53	41	12	Intertoto Cup Third round
8	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	13	13	8	52	51	45	6
9	AZ	34	12	12	10	48	52	60	-8
10	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,...	34	12	8	14	44	49	56	-7
11	NEC	34	10	9	15	39	42	56	-14
12	FC Utrecht	34	10	8	16	38	54	64	-10
13	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...	34	8	12	14	36	40	57	-17
14	MVV	34	7	11	16	32	42	63	-21
15	Cambuur	34	7	11	16	32	37	64	-27
16	RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...	34	6	9	19	27	41	62	-21	2
17	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	7	5	22	26	37	71	-34
18	NAC Breda 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	4	11	19	23	41	61	-20	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

¹ Winners KNVB Cup.

² RKC and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the 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...

 and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...	6	5	1	0	16	11	3	Remain in Eredivisie
2	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...	6	2	2	2	8	8	10	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Dordrecht '90 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...	6	2	1	3	7	12	13
4	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:...	6	1	0	5	3	10	15

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
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....	6	5	0	1	15	19	6	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Groningen	6	4	1	1	13	16	8	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Excelsior	6	2	1	3	7	16	18
4	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:...	6	0	0	6	0	5	24