2014–15 Eerste Divisie#League table

{{Short description|59th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands}}

{{more footnotes|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox football league season

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| season = 2014–15

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| prevseason = 2013–14

| nextseason = 2015–16

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The 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League{{cite web|title=Jupiler League|url=http://www.jupilerleague.nl/|website=jupilerleague.nl|access-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004172645/http://www.jupilerleague.nl/|archive-date=4 October 2009|url-status=dead}} for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-ninth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2014 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2015 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2014–15 Eredivisie.

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. Willem II were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2013–14 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie Roda JC Kerkrade, whereas Dordrecht and Excelsior won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing NEC and RKC Waalwijk who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season.

=Stadia and locations=

{{Location map+|Netherlands|width=450|float=right|caption=Location of teams in the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie|places=

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.77730|long=5.93263|label_size=90|label=Achilles '29}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.314787|long=4.930999|label_size=90|label=Jong Ajax|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.37109|long=5.21811|label_size=90|label=Almere City}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.701667|long=5.329722|label_size=90|label={{nobreak|      Den Bosch}}|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.44166|long=5.46756|label_size=90|label={{nobreak|FC Eindhoven
Jong PSV}}|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.78110|long=6.90176|label_size=90|label=FC Emmen|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=50.99827|long=5.86333|label_size=90|label=Fortuna|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.965530|long=6.289840|label_size=90|label={{nobreak|De Graafschap}}|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.47974|long=5.65528|label_size=90|label={{nobreak|Helmond Sport}}|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=50.84725|long=5.69281|label_size=90|label=MVV|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.822480|long=5.837100|label_size=90|label=N.E.C.|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.76331|long=5.51611|label_size=90|label=Oss|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.686944|long=5.088611|label_size=90|label=RKC|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=50.857088|long=6.005873|label_size=90|label=Roda JC}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.92167|long=4.48111|label_size=90|label=Sparta|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.46187|long=4.60791|label_size=90|label=Telstar|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.252505|long=6.807919|label_size=90|label=Jong Twente}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.49445|long=5.07318|label_size=90|label=Volendam|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.351986|long=6.179803|label_size=90|label=VVV-Venlo}}

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class="wikitable sortable"

! Club

! Location

! Venue

! Capacity

Achilles '29

|Groesbeek

|Sportpark De Heikant

|4,500

Jong Ajax

|Amsterdam

|Sportpark De Toekomst

|4,000

Almere City

|Almere

|Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion

|3,000

Den Bosch

|'s-Hertogenbosch

|De Vliert

|9,000

Eindhoven

|Eindhoven

|Jan Louwers Stadion

|4,600

Emmen

|Emmen

|Univé Stadion

|8,600

Fortuna Sittard

|Sittard

|Trendwork Arena

|12,500

De Graafschap

|Doetinchem

|De Vijverberg

|12,600

Helmond Sport

|Helmond

|Stadion De Braak

|4,100

MVV

|Maastricht

|De Geusselt

|10,000

NEC

| Nijmegen

| Stadion de Goffert

|12,500

Oss

|Oss

|Heesen Yachts Stadion

|4,700

Jong PSV

|Eindhoven

|Philips Stadion

|35,000

RKC Waalwijk

| Waalwijk

| Mandemakers Stadion

|7,508

Roda JC

| Kerkrade

| Parkstad Limburg Stadion

|18,936

Sparta Rotterdam

|Rotterdam

|Het Kasteel

|11,026

Telstar

|Velsen

|TATA Steel Stadion

|3,625

Jong FC Twente

|Enschede

|De Grolsch Veste

|30,014

Volendam

|Volendam

|Kras Stadion

|6,260

VVV-Venlo

|Venlo

|De Koel

|8,000

=Personnel and kits=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Club

! Manager

! Kit manufacturer

! Sponsors

Achilles '29

| {{flagicon|NED}} François Gesthuizen

| Klupp

| Van Helden Relatiegeschenken

Jong Ajax

| {{flagicon|NED}} Jaap Stam

| Adidas

| Ziggo

Almere City

| {{flagicon|NED}} Fred Grim

| Adidas

| Van Wijnen

Den Bosch

| {{flagicon|NED}} Ruud Kaiser

| Macron

| Van Wanrooij

Eindhoven

| {{flagicon|NED}} Jean-Paul de Jong

| Joma

| VDL Groep

Emmen

| {{flagicon|NED}} Joop Gall

| Masita

| Sunoil Biodiesel

Fortuna Sittard

| {{flagicon|NED}} Peter van Vossen

| Macron

| Fitland

De Graafschap

| {{flagicon|NED}} Jan Vreman

| Quick

| ATAG

Helmond Sport

| {{flagicon|NED}} Jan van Dijk

| Masita

| [http://www.vescom.com/ Vescom]

MVV

| {{flagicon|NED}} Ron Elsen

| Masita

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20140525075851/http://www.smpm.nl/nl/wie-zijn-wij/mvv-maastricht.aspx Drink Water]

NEC

| {{flagicon|NED}} Ruud Brood

| Patrick

| Scholten Awater

Oss

| {{flagicon|NED}} Willy Boessen

| Masita

| Clubmobiel

Jong PSV

| {{flagicon|Bosnia}} Darije Kalezić

| Nike

| Philips

RKC Waalwijk

| {{flagicon|NED}} Martin Koopman

| Hummel

| Mandemakers Keukens

Roda JC

| {{flagicon|NED}} René Trost

| Robey

| Various*

Sparta Rotterdam

| {{flagicon|NED}} Gert Kruys

| Robey

| Axidus

Telstar

| {{flagicon|NED}} Michel Vonk

| Hummel

| Various*

Jong FC Twente

| {{flagicon|NED}} Jan Zoutman

| Nike

| XXImo

Volendam

| {{flagicon|NED}} Hans de Koning

| Jako

| VintyKids.com

VVV-Venlo

| {{flagicon|NED}} Maurice Steijn

| Masita

| Seacon Logistics

  • Roda JC and Telstar are using match-day sponsorship system, so they have different sponsor every time they play.

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|update=8 May 2015

|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/eerste-divisie/20142015/regular-season/r25485/ Soccerway]{{cite web|title=Jupiler League|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/eerste-divisie/20142015/regular-season/r25485/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=21 December 2014}}

|result1=Ere |result2=PO2 |result3=PO2 |result4=PO2 |result5=PO2 |result6=PO1 |result7=PO1 |result9=PO1 |result10=PO1

|team1 =NEC

|team2 =EIN

|team3 =RJC

|team4 =EMM

|team5 =VOL

|team6 =GRA

|team7 =VVV

|team8 =SPA

|team9 =OSS

|team10=ALM

|team11=MVV

|team12=AJX

|team13=TWE

|team14=PSV

|team15=TEL

|team16=BOS

|team17=HEL

|team18=ACH

|team19=FOR

|team20=RKC

|win_ACH= 8 |draw_ACH= 9 |loss_ACH=21 |gf_ACH=44 |ga_ACH=78

|win_AJX=12 |draw_AJX=11 |loss_AJX=15 |gf_AJX=64 |ga_AJX=67 |note_AJX=Youth teams cannot be promoted and cannot participate in the promotion play-offs.

|win_ALM=13 |draw_ALM= 9 |loss_ALM=16 |gf_ALM=64 |ga_ALM=63 |note_ALM=NEC

|win_BOS=10 |draw_BOS= 9 |loss_BOS=19 |gf_BOS=46 |ga_BOS=61

|win_EIN=26 |draw_EIN= 2 |loss_EIN=10 |gf_EIN=70 |ga_EIN=39 |note_EIN=NEC

|win_EMM=19 |draw_EMM=10 |loss_EMM= 9 |gf_EMM=88 |ga_EMM=57

|win_FOR= 7 |draw_FOR= 8 |loss_FOR=23 |gf_FOR=30 |ga_FOR=72

|win_GRA=18 |draw_GRA= 7 |loss_GRA=13 |gf_GRA=73 |ga_GRA=48 |status_GRA=OP

|win_HEL=10 |draw_HEL= 8 |loss_HEL=20 |gf_HEL=52 |ga_HEL=85

|win_MVV=14 |draw_MVV= 6 |loss_MVV=18 |gf_MVV=51 |ga_MVV=70

|win_NEC=33 |draw_NEC= 2 |loss_NEC= 3 |gf_NEC=107|ga_NEC=32 |status_NEC=CP |note_NEC=N.E.C. won the first period and was league leader over the other three periods as well. Almere City, FC Oss and FC Eindhoven won the second, third and fourth period titles respectively, because they were league runners-up during those periods.

|win_OSS=17 |draw_OSS= 5 |loss_OSS=16 |gf_OSS=73 |ga_OSS=67 |note_OSS=NEC

|win_PSV=11 |draw_PSV=13 |loss_PSV=14 |gf_PSV=50 |ga_PSV=56 |note_PSV=AJX

|win_RJC=21 |draw_RJC= 6 |loss_RJC=11 |gf_RJC=69 |ga_RJC=58 |status_RJC=OP

|win_RKC= 7 |draw_RKC= 8 |loss_RKC=23 |gf_RKC=39 |ga_RKC=82

|win_SPA=16 |draw_SPA=10 |loss_SPA=12 |gf_SPA=72 |ga_SPA=46

|win_TEL=12 |draw_TEL= 6 |loss_TEL=20 |gf_TEL=53 |ga_TEL=68

|win_TWE=12 |draw_TWE=11 |loss_TWE=15 |gf_TWE=49 |ga_TWE=64 |note_TWE=AJX

|win_VOL=18 |draw_VOL= 8 |loss_VOL=12 |gf_VOL=83 |ga_VOL=68

|win_VVV=16 |draw_VVV=12 |loss_VVV=10 |gf_VVV=48 |ga_VVV=43

|name_ACH=Achilles '29

|name_AJX=Jong Ajax

|name_ALM=Almere City

|name_BOS=Den Bosch

|name_EIN=Eindhoven

|name_EMM=Emmen

|name_FOR=Fortuna Sittard

|name_GRA=De Graafschap

|name_HEL=Helmond Sport

|name_MVV=MVV

|name_NEC=N.E.C.

|name_OSS=Oss

|name_PSV=Jong PSV

|name_RJC=Roda JC Kerkrade

|name_RKC=RKC Waalwijk

|name_SPA=Sparta Rotterdam

|name_TEL=Telstar

|name_TWE=Jong FC Twente

|name_VOL=Volendam

|name_VVV=VVV-Venlo

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

|res_col_header=Promotion or qualification

|col_Ere=green1 |text_Ere=Promotion to the Eredivisie

|col_PO2=yellow1 |text_PO2=Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round |note_res_PO2=PO1

|col_PO1=yellow2 |text_PO1=Qualification to promotion play-offs First round |note_res_PO1=Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie. The season is subdivided into periods consisting of games 1–9, 10–18, 19–27 and 28–36. The top finisher in each period (that has not won a previous period) is a period winner and qualifies for the promotion play-offs first round even if they finish the season outside of the top nine.

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=Winners by period=

  • First period (Weeks 1–9): N.E.C.{{cite news |url=http://www.jupilerleague.nl/nieuws/816-eerste-bronzen-stier-naar-nijmegen |publisher=JupilerLeague.nl |language=nl |access-date=3 October 2014 |date=3 October 2014 |title=Eerste Bronzen Stier naar Nijmegen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071058/http://www.jupilerleague.nl/nieuws/816-eerste-bronzen-stier-naar-nijmegen |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}
  • Second period (Weeks 10–18): Almere City{{cite web|title=Almere City pakt tweede periodetitel|url=http://www.omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/119296/almere-almere-city-pakt-tweede-periodetitel|publisher=Omroep Flevoland|access-date=21 December 2014|language=nl|date=12 December 2014}}
  • Third period (Weeks 19-27): Oss
  • Fourth period (Weeks 28-38): Eindhoven

References

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