2021–22 Eredivisie (women)

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see 2021–22 Eredivisie.
Eredivisie Vrouwen
Season2021–22
Dates27 August 2021 – 20 May 2022
ChampionsFC Twente
Women's Champions LeagueTwente
Ajax
Matches played108
Goals scored392 (3.63 per match)
Best PlayerNetherlands Fenna Kalma
Top goalscorerNetherlands Fenna Kalma
(33 goals)
Biggest home winTwente 8–0 Alkmaar
(27 August 2021)
Twente 8–0 Heerenveen
(29 October 2021)
Biggest away winExcelsior 1–9 Twente
(19 December 2021)
Highest scoringExcelsior 1–9 Twente
(19 December 2021)
Excelsior 2–8 Ajax
(24 April 2022)
Longest winning run13 matches
Twente
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Twente
Longest winless run9 matches
Excelsior
Longest losing run6 matches
Excelsior
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2022.

The 2021–22 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the twelfth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. Defending champions Twente[1] won the league title for the third time in a row. The season saw Feyenoord entering the league, which expanded to nine teams. Feyenoord's final home game of the season, against AFC Ajax, attracted 14,618 fans, more than four times any other match in the season.[2]

Twente's Fenna Kalma, the top goal scorer for the season, was named the Women's Eredivisie Player of the Year.[3] Her teammate Wieke Kaptein was named Talent of the Year.[4]

Format

The league changed its format, dropped the split-season scheduling used for several years. All nine teams played each teams three times. Because of the odd number of teams, one team had a bye each round.[5][6] The league stated that the change was to increase the number of games each team played and reduce the gap between the Eredivisie and top foreign women's leagues.[7] The top two teams qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Teams

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Location of teams in the Eredivisie Vrouwen 2021–22

Four years after creating its women's program, Feyenoord joined the league, expanding the league to nine teams.[8]

Team City / Town Venue(s) Capacity
ADO Den Haag Den Haag Cars Jeans Stadion 15,000
Sportpark Prinses Irene 03,000
AFC Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst 05,000
VV Alkmaar Alkmaar Sportpark AFC '34 [nl] 02,500
Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 04,500
Feyenoord Rotterdam Sportcomplex Varkenoord 02,500
De Kuip 47,500
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Sportpark Skoatterwâld [nl] 03,000
Abe Lenstra Stadion 027,224
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 14,000
Sportpark Be Quick '28 [nl] 03,000
PSV Eindhoven Eindhoven Sportcomplex De Herdgang 02,500
FC Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Sportpark Het Diekman [nl] 04,000

Source: Soccerway,[9] Football Reference[10]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Twente (C) 24 19 3 2 95 26 +69 60 UEFA Champions League
first qualifying round
2 Ajax 24 17 3 4 70 22 +48 54
3 PSV 24 13 4 7 35 29 +6 43
4 ADO Den Haag 24 11 6 7 49 32 +17 39
5 Feyenoord 24 10 5 9 32 40 −8 35
6 PEC Zwolle 24 8 4 12 33 46 −13 28
7 Heerenveen 24 4 6 14 21 46 −25 18
8 Alkmaar 24 5 2 17 29 68 −39 17
9 Excelsior 24 2 5 17 28 83 −55 11
Source: Soccerway[11]
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[12]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJA ALK EXC FEY HEE PEC PSV TWE ADO AJA ALK EXC FEY HEE PEC PSV TWE
ADO Den Haag 0–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–4 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–3
Ajax 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–1 2–0 7–0 0–0 2–3
Alkmaar 1–0 1–4 5–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–5 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–3
Excelsior 0–5 1–7 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–9 3–4 2–8 1–2 0–5
Feyenoord 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–5 1–4 2–0 2–2
Heerenveen 1–0 0–4 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–4 0–2 3–0 2–0
PEC Zwolle 3–0 1–3 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3
PSV 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Twente 4–4 3–2 8–0 7–1 2–1 8–0 1–4 3–1 7–0 6–0 3–0 3–0
Source: Soccerway[13]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Games Goals Penalties Avg.
1. Netherlands Fenna Kalma Twente 24 33 03 1.38
2. Netherlands Romée Leuchter Ajax 24 25 03 1.04
3. Netherlands Renate Jansen Twente 23 17 00 0.74
4. Netherlands Kayleigh van Dooren Twente 24 13 00 0.54
5. Netherlands Jaimy Ravensbergen ADO Den Haag 24 11 00 0.46
6. Netherlands Sanne Koopman [nl] VV Alkmaar 23 10 00 0.43
Netherlands Chasity Grant Ajax 24 00 0.42
Netherlands Desiree van Lunteren PSV 24 05 0.42
9. Netherlands Liz Rijsbergen ADO Den Haag 23 08 00 0.35
10. Netherlands Nikita Tromp Ajax 16 07 00 0.44
Germany Anna-Lena Stolze Twente 22 00 0.32
Netherlands Chimera Ripa [nl] Heerenveen 22 00 0.32
Tunisia Sabrine Ellouzi Excelsior 23 02 0.3

Source: Soccerway[14]

Hat-tricks(+)

Rnd. Player Club Goals Date Home Score Away
5 Netherlands Fenna Kalma Twente 3', 34', 50', 78' 1 Oct 2021 Twente 7 – 1 Excelsior
7 Netherlands Jaimy Ravensbergen ADO Den Haag 4', 41', 78' 17 Oct 2021 ADO Den Haag 4 – 4 Twente
8 Netherlands Fenna Kalma Twente 31', 38', 69', 76' 29 Oct 2021 Twente 8 – 0 Heerenveen
Netherlands Renate Jansen Twente 7', 26', 55'
14 Netherlands Fenna Kalma Twente 50', 72', 85' 19 Dec 2021 Excelsior 1 – 9 Twente
20 Netherlands Fenna Kalma Twente 49', 90', 90+3' 13 Mar 2022 Twente 6 – 0 Feyenoord
21 Netherlands Jannette van Belen ADO Den Haag 24', 26', 61' 25 Mar 2022 Heerenveen 0 – 4 ADO Den Haag
23 Netherlands Romée Leuchter Ajax 6', 34', 55', 90' 24 Apr 2022 Excelsior 2 – 8 Ajax

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