Eredivisie 2005-06

The 2005/06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champions 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 teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

• RBC Roosendaal

Final league table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	PSV	34	26	6	2	71	23	+48	84	Champions League
2	AZ	34	23	5	6	78	32	+46	74	Champions League qualifying round playoffs
3	Feyenoord	34	21	8	5	79	34	+45	71
4	Ajax	34	18	6	10	66	41	+25	60
5	Groningen	34	16	8	10	46	43	+3	56
6	Utrecht	34	16	7	11	49	44	+5	55	UEFA Cup playoffs
7	Heerenveen	34	14	8	12	63	58	+5	50
8	Roda JC	34	15	5	14	57	54	+3	50
9	Twente	34	13	8	13	44	36	+8	47
10	NEC	34	13	8	13	43	43	0	47	Intertoto Cup playoffs
11	Vitesse	34	13	5	16	52	54	-2	44
12	RKC	34	11	6	17	48	58	-10	39
13	Heracles	34	11	6	17	35	58	-23	39
14	Sparta	34	10	7	17	34	50	-16	37
15	ADO	34	10	5	19	36	62	-26	35
16	NAC	34	8	9	17	45	66	-21	33	Relegation playoffs
17	Willem II	34	7	7	20	45	66	-21	28
18	RBC	34	1	6	27	22	90	-68	9	Relegated

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;

Eredivisie 2005-06 Winners
PSV 19th Title

Topscorers

Pos.	Speler	Club	Goals
1.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	sc Heerenveen / Ajax	33
2.	Shota Arveladze	AZ	22
2.	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	22

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

Ajax qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2006-07. FC Groningen, AZ, Feyenoord and Heerenveen qualified for the UEFA Cup 2006-07. FC Twente qualified for the Intertoto Cup 2006.

For promotion and relegation

For two Eredivisie tickets
Round 1

Team #1	Aggregate	Team #2	Match 1	Match 2
FC Zwolle	4-2	HFC Haarlem	1-1	3-1
TOP Oss	5-0	AGOVV	3-0	2-0

Round 2 (best of 3)

Team #1	Aggregate	Team #2	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
TOP Oss	3-5	NAC	0-0	2-2	1-3(aet)
De Graafschap	5-3	VVV	1-1	4-2	Not played
Helmond Sport	4-5	FC Volendam	0-1	3-2	1-2(aet)
FC Zwolle	4-10	Willem II	2-4	2-6	Not played

Round 3 (best of 3)

Team #1	Aggregate	Team #2	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
De Graafschap	1-3	Willem II	0-1	1-2	Not played
FC Volendam	1-2	NAC	1-2	0-0	Not played

NAC Breda and Willem II remain in the Eredivisie.