Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Netherlands - 2017/18 Eerste Divisie


The Dutch First Division or better known as Jupiler League is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Jupiler League.


A total of 20 teams are taking part in the league. 2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions VVV-Venlo gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by Go Ahead Eagles, who finished bottom in the 2016–17 Eredivisie. NAC won the post-season playoff, and are replaced in the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie by NEC. Also, Achilles '29 were relegated and replaced by Tweede Divisie champions Jong AZ who became the fourth Reserves side to make it to the second tier of Dutch football.
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on October 2, 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of the Agreement was that no promotion/relegation will take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the current season.




Uniforms




Source: http://www.jupilerleague.nl/
             https://www.knvb.nl/competities/jupiler-league/stand

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Netherlands - Eerste Divisie 2014/15



The Eerste Divisie (English: First Division) is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. 
The 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, will be the fifty-ninth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It will begin 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.
A total of 20 teams are taking 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.


Source: http://www.jupilerleague.nl/