2014–15 in Dutch football

Football in Netherlands
Season	2014–15
Men's football
Johan Cruijff Schaal	PEC Zwolle

The 2014–15 season is the 126th season of competitive football in the Netherlands.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Eredivisie	Willem II^[1] Dordrecht^[2] Excelsior^[3]	Roda JC^[4] N.E.C.^[5] RKC^[3]
Eerste Divisie	No team from 2013–14 Topklasse willing to be promoted	None

National teams

Netherlands national football team

2014 FIFA World Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chile	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

13 June 2014 FIFA World Cup	Spain	1 – 5	Netherlands	Salvador, Brazil
16:00 (UTC−3)	Alonso 27' (pen.)	Report	Van Persie 44', 72' Robben 53', 80' De Vrij 65'	Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 48,173 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

18 June 2014 FIFA World Cup	Australia	2 – 3	Netherlands	Porto Alegre, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3)	Cahill 21' Jedinak 54' (pen.)	Report	Robben 20' Van Persie 58' Memphis 68'	Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 42,877 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

23 June 2014 FIFA World Cup	Netherlands	2 – 0	Chile	São Paulo, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3)	Fer 77' Memphis 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Arena de São Paulo Attendance: 62,996 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

29 June 2014 FIFA World Cup	Netherlands	2 – 1	Mexico	Fortaleza, Brazil
13:00 (UTC−3)	Sneijder 88' Huntelaar 90+4' (pen.)	Report	G. dos Santos 48'	Stadium: Estádio Castelão Attendance: 58,817 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

5 July 2014 FIFA World Cup	Netherlands	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Costa Rica	Salvador, Brazil
17:00 (UTC−3)		Report		Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Van Persie Robben Sneijder Kuyt		Borges Ruiz González Bolaños Umaña

9 July 2014 FIFA World Cup	Netherlands	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Argentina	São Paulo, Brazil
17:00 (UTC−3)		Report		Stadium: Arena de São Paulo Attendance: 61,606 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Penalties
	Vlaar Robben Sneijder Kuyt		Messi Garay Agüero Rodríguez

12 July 2014 FIFA World Cup	Brazil	0 – 3	Netherlands	Brasília, Brazil
17:00 (UTC−3)		Report	Van Persie 3' (pen.) Blind 17' Wijnaldum 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Attendance: 68,034 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	10	7	1	2	19	14	+5	22	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1
2	Iceland	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20		2–1	—	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
3	Turkey	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	18		1–2	1–0	—	3–0	3–1	1–1
4	Netherlands	10	4	1	5	17	14	+3	13		2–3	0–1	1–1	—	3–1	6–0
5	Kazakhstan	10	1	2	7	7	18	−11	5^[a]		2–4	0–3	0–1	1–2	—	0–0
6	Latvia	10	0	5	5	6	19	−13	5^[a]		1–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 4, Latvia 1.

9 September 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Czech Republic	2 – 1	Netherlands	Prague
20:45 (UTC+2)	Dočkal 22' Pilař 90+1'	Report	de Vrij 55'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,946 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

10 October 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Netherlands	3 – 1	Kazakhstan	Amsterdam
20:45 (UTC+2)	Huntelaar 62' Afellay 82' Van Persie 89' (pen.)	Report	Abdulin 17'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

13 October 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Iceland	2 – 0	Netherlands	Reykjavík
18:45 (UTC±0)	G. Sigurðsson 10' (pen.), 42'	Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

16 November 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Netherlands	6 – 0	Latvia	Amsterdam
18:00 (UTC+1)	Van Persie 6' Robben 35', 82' Huntelaar 42', 89' Bruma 78'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

28 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Netherlands	1 – 1	Turkey	Amsterdam
20:45 (UTC+1)	Huntelaar 90+2'	Report	Yılmaz 37'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

12 June 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Latvia	0 – 2	Netherlands	Riga
21:45 (UTC+3)		Report	Wijnaldum 67' Narsingh 71'	Stadium: Skonto stadions Attendance: 8,067 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

International Friendlies

5 March Friendly	France	2 – 0	Netherlands	Paris, France
21:00 (UTC+1)	Benzema 32' Matuidi 41'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

17 May Friendly	Netherlands	1 – 1	Ecuador	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 (UTC+2)	Van Persie 37'	Report	Montero 9'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

31 May Friendly	Netherlands	1 – 0	Ghana	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:30 (UTC+2)	Van Persie 5'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 51,117 Referee: Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra (Portugal)

4 June Friendly	Netherlands	2 – 0	Wales	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 (UTC+2)	Robben 32' Lens 76'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

4 September Friendly	Italy	2 – 0	Netherlands	Bari, Italy
20:45 (UTC+2)	Immobile 3' De Rossi 10' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

12 November Friendly	Netherlands	2 – 3	Mexico	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 (UTC+1)	Sneijder 49' Blind 74'	Report	Vela 8', 62' J. Hernandez 69'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Netherlands women's national football team

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	9	0	1	41	5	+36	27	Women's World Cup	—	0–2	4–1	2–0	6–0	7–0
2	Netherlands	10	8	1	1	43	6	+37	25	Play-offs	1–2	—	1–1	3–2	7–0	10–1
3	Belgium	10	6	1	3	34	11	+23	19		1–2	0–2	—	4–1	11–0	2–0
4	Portugal	10	4	0	6	19	21	−2	12		0–2	0–7	0–1	—	1–0	7–1
5	Greece	10	1	0	9	6	49	−43	3^[a]		0–5	0–6	1–7	1–5	—	4–0
6	Albania	10	1	0	9	3	54	−51	3^[a]		0–11	0–4	0–6	0–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Greece scored more head-to-head goals than Albania

Play-offs

Semifinal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	1–4	Netherlands	1–2	0–2

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands	3–2	Italy	1–1	2–1

League season

Eredivisie

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV (C)	34	29	1	4	92	31	+61	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ajax	34	21	8	5	69	29	+40	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AZ	34	19	5	10	63	56	+7	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Feyenoord	34	17	8	9	56	39	+17	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
5	Vitesse (O)	34	16	10	8	66	43	+23	58
6	PEC Zwolle	34	16	5	13	59	43	+16	53
7	Heerenveen	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50
8	Groningen	34	11	13	10	49	53	−4	46	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
9	Willem II	34	13	7	14	46	50	−4	46
10	Twente^[b]	34	13	10	11	56	51	+5	43
11	Utrecht	34	11	8	15	60	62	−2	41
12	Cambuur	34	11	8	15	46	56	−10	41
13	ADO Den Haag	34	9	10	15	44	53	−9	37
14	Heracles	34	11	4	19	47	64	−17	37
15	Excelsior	34	6	14	14	47	63	−16	32
16	NAC Breda (R)	34	6	10	18	36	68	−32	28	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs^[c]
17	Go Ahead Eagles (R)	34	7	6	21	29	59	−30	27	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and for the relegation play-offs^[d]
18	Dordrecht (R)	34	4	8	22	24	76	−52	20	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Groningen qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2014–15 KNVB Cup.
^ FC Twente were deducted three points twice since they did not meet the financial standards set by the KNVB.
^ Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie.
^ Go Ahead Eagles was awarded a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round because of its Fair Play ranking. They were also relegated to the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie after losing in the second round of the relegation play-offs.

Eerste divisie

Winners by period

First period (Weeks 1–9): N.E.C.^[6]

Topklasse

Hoofdklasse

Women's BeNe League

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Heerenveen	Marco van Basten	End of contract	1 July 2014^[7]	Pre-season	Dwight Lodeweges	1 July 2014^[8]
AZ	Dick Advocaat	End of contract	1 July 2014^[9]	Pre-season	Marco van Basten	1 July 2014^[10]
Feyenoord	Ronald Koeman	End of contract	1 July 2014^[11]	Pre-season	Fred Rutten	1 July 2014^[12]
Utrecht	Jan Wouters	Mutual consent	1 July 2014^[13]	Pre-season	Rob Alflen	1 July 2014^[14]
Dordrecht	Harry van den Ham	End of contract	1 July 2014^[15]	Pre-season	Ernie Brandts	1 July 2014^[16]
Heracles Almelo	Jan de Jonge	Sacked	31 August 2014^[17]	18th	John Stegeman	17 September 2014^[18]
AZ	Marco van Basten	Mutual consent	16 September 2014^[19]	12th	John van den Brom	29 September 2014^[20]
NAC Breda	Nebojša Gudelj	Sacked	13 October 2014^[21]	15th	Eric Hellemons (caretaker)	13 October 2014^[21]

Diary of the season

Deaths

13 July 2014: Joop van Basten (84), Professional football player, father of Marco van Basten^[22]
24 July 2014: Cees Heerschop (79), former PSV and N.E.C. defender.^[23]
20 September 2014: Erwin Sparendam (80)^[24]
28 September 2014: Joop Pattiselanno (79)^[25]
9 October 2014: Frans van Tuijl (89)^[26]
13 October 2014: Wally Jansen (69)^[27]
29 October 2014: Klas Ingesson, 46, former Sweden and PSV midfielder.^[28]

Retirements

References

^ "Willem II haalt titel binnen". NOS (in Dutch). 24 April 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "FC Dordrecht naar eredivisie". NOS (in Dutch). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "RKC maakt plaats voor Excelsior". NOS (in Dutch). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "Roda JC degradeert ondanks zege". NOS (in Dutch). 3 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "NEC degradeert uit de eredivisie". NOS (in Dutch). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "Eerste Bronzen Stier naar Nijmegen". JupilerLeague.nl (in Dutch). 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "Van Basten verlaat sc Heerenveen". NOS (in Dutch). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Dwight Lodeweges nieuwe trainer sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Advocaat na dit seizoen weg bij AZ". Spits (in Dutch). 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Van Basten nieuwe trainer van AZ". NOS (in Dutch). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Ronald Koeman vertrekt bij Feyenoord". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Feyenoord definitief in zee met Fred Rutten". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Jan Wouters stopt na dit seizoen als trainer van FC Utrecht". NRC (in Dutch). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ "Utrecht stelt Alflen, Adriaanse aan". NOS (in Dutch). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
^ "Van den Ham van Dordt naar Utrecht". NOS (in Dutch). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
^ "Ernie Brandts nieuwe trainer FC Dordrecht". RTV Rijnmond (in Dutch). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ "Heracles ontslaat Jan de Jonge". NOS (in Dutch). 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "John Stegeman maakt seizoen af als hoofdtrainer". Heracles Almelo (in Dutch). 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
^ "Van Basten blijft als assistent-trainer". AZ (in Dutch). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Van den Brom nieuwe trainer AZ". NOS (in Dutch). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "NAC Breda ontslaat trainer Gudelj". NOS (in Dutch). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
^ "Joop van Basten (84) overleden". Rondom Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Oud-PSV'er Cees Heerschop (79) overleden". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Erwin Sparendam (80) overleden". NOS (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Voetbal International - Kortom - Lucratief duel in Dubai, Schalke zonder Sam". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Onverwoestbare EVV'er Frans van Tuijl overleden op 89-jarige leeftijd". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Oud-trainer RBC-trainer Wally Jansen overleden". BN DeStem (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "VM 94-hjälten Ingesson död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[table_hth_KAZ0.23537413554051-6] Head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 4, Latvia 1.

[table_hth_GRE0.42783785212219-7] Greece scored more head-to-head goals than Albania

[table_note_res_ELGS0.68927808883101-8] Groningen qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2014–15 KNVB Cup.

[table_note_TWE0.68927808883101-9] FC Twente were deducted three points twice since they did not meet the financial standards set by the KNVB.

[table_note_res_RPO0.68927808883101-10] Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie.

[table_note_res_EL1QRPO0.68927808883101-11] Go Ahead Eagles was awarded a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round because of its Fair Play ranking. They were also relegated to the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie after losing in the second round of the relegation play-offs.

[1] "Willem II haalt titel binnen". NOS (in Dutch). 24 April 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[2] "FC Dordrecht naar eredivisie". NOS (in Dutch). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[RKC-3] "RKC maakt plaats voor Excelsior". NOS (in Dutch). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[4] "Roda JC degradeert ondanks zege". NOS (in Dutch). 3 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[5] "NEC degradeert uit de eredivisie". NOS (in Dutch). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[12] "Eerste Bronzen Stier naar Nijmegen". JupilerLeague.nl (in Dutch). 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[13] "Van Basten verlaat sc Heerenveen". NOS (in Dutch). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[14] "Dwight Lodeweges nieuwe trainer sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[15] "Advocaat na dit seizoen weg bij AZ". Spits (in Dutch). 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[16] "Van Basten nieuwe trainer van AZ". NOS (in Dutch). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[17] "Ronald Koeman vertrekt bij Feyenoord". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[18] "Feyenoord definitief in zee met Fred Rutten". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[19] "Jan Wouters stopt na dit seizoen als trainer van FC Utrecht". NRC (in Dutch). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[20] "Utrecht stelt Alflen, Adriaanse aan". NOS (in Dutch). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

[21] "Van den Ham van Dordt naar Utrecht". NOS (in Dutch). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[22] "Ernie Brandts nieuwe trainer FC Dordrecht". RTV Rijnmond (in Dutch). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[23] "Heracles ontslaat Jan de Jonge". NOS (in Dutch). 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[24] "John Stegeman maakt seizoen af als hoofdtrainer". Heracles Almelo (in Dutch). 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[25] "Van Basten blijft als assistent-trainer". AZ (in Dutch). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[26] "Van den Brom nieuwe trainer AZ". NOS (in Dutch). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[gudelj_sacked-27] "NAC Breda ontslaat trainer Gudelj". NOS (in Dutch). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[28] "Joop van Basten (84) overleden". Rondom Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[29] "Oud-PSV'er Cees Heerschop (79) overleden". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[30] "Erwin Sparendam (80) overleden". NOS (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[31] "Voetbal International - Kortom - Lucratief duel in Dubai, Schalke zonder Sam". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[32] "Onverwoestbare EVV'er Frans van Tuijl overleden op 89-jarige leeftijd". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[33] "Oud-trainer RBC-trainer Wally Jansen overleden". BN DeStem (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[34] "VM 94-hjälten Ingesson död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

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