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The Dutch Football League is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond).The most successful teams are Ajax (36), PSV (24) and Feyenoord (16). Important teams of the past are HVV (10 titles), Sparta Rotterdam (6 titles) and Willem II (3 titles).
The three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions and contending for the title. None of them have been relegated from the Eredivisie either, having been participants in all editions since Dutch football was merged into a single top-level competition in the 1956–57 season.
The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2024–25 season, it is ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. [1] The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away.
Most wins : 1520 Ajax Most wins in a season: 30 Ajax 1971-72, 1972-73 Most consecutive wins: 17 PSV 1987-88, 2023-24 Most consecutive wins at home: 19 FC Twente 2009-10 Most consecutive wins away: 13 PSV December 2015-September 2016
Dutch reserve football teams (6 P) Dutch football club matches ... TOP Oss (3 C, 3 P) Q. Quick Boys (1 C, ... Pages in category "Football clubs in the Netherlands"
All the leagues are connected by a promotion and relegation system, but in order to be promoted to the Eerste Divisie a club has to submit a solid business plan to be approved by the Royal Dutch Football Association, as well as meet certain stadium demands, and some other demands that the association stated for all the teams in the top two leagues.
The Dutch football champions are the winners of the highest league in Dutch football, which since 1956 is the Eredivisie. The championship was first awarded in 1898. Until 1954 the national champion was determined by means of a championship competition between the champions of the different regions.
[10] Another Andorran football club, FC Andorra, play in the Spanish football league system. In recent years, ten teams have competed in the First Division. The eight clubs that play in the league play each other three times in the same venue. After the first 21 rounds, the league splits in half, into a top four and bottom four.