1987–88 Eredivisie - Misplaced Pages

32nd season of the Eredivisie Football league season

Eredivisie
Season	1987–88
Champions	PSV Eindhoven (10th title)
Promoted	Willem II FC Volendam DS '79
Relegated	AZ FC Den Haag DS '79
European Cup	PSV
Cup Winners' Cup	Roda JC
UEFA Cup	Ajax FC Groningen
Goals scored	963
Average goals/game	3.14
Top goalscorer	Wim Kieft PSV Eindhoven 29 goals
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1987–88 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven	34	27	5	2	117	28	+89	59	Entered 1988–89 European Cup
2	AFC Ajax	34	23	4	7	78	40	+38	50	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
3	FC Twente	34	16	9	9	63	40	+23	41	Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
4	Willem II	34	14	10	10	60	46	+14	38
5	VVV-Venlo	34	13	12	9	43	35	+8	38
6	Feyenoord	34	14	8	12	63	57	+6	36
7	FC Den Bosch	34	15	6	13	46	46	0	36
8	Fortuna Sittard	34	11	13	10	51	48	+3	35
9	HFC Haarlem	34	14	6	14	42	46	−4	34
10	FC Utrecht	34	11	11	12	41	55	−14	33
11	FC Groningen (O)	34	13	6	15	54	52	+2	32	Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
12	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	8	14	44	50	−6	32
13	PEC Zwolle	34	10	9	15	40	64	−24	29
14	FC Volendam	34	10	9	15	40	66	−26	29
15	Roda JC	34	10	8	16	46	54	−8	28	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
16	AZ	34	9	10	15	44	64	−20	28	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
17	FC Den Haag	34	7	8	19	50	72	−22	22
18	DS '79	34	2	8	24	41	100	−59	12

Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

PSV Eindhoven competed in the 1988–89 European Cup as defending champions.
PSV also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. Therefore, beaten finalists Roda JC would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	DBO	DS	FEY	FSI	GRO	DHA	HFC	PEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VOL	VVV	WIL
Ajax		3–0	4–0	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	6–4	0–1	1–0	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1
AZ	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
FC Den Bosch '67	0–2	2–1		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1
DS '79	1–3	1–1	1–4		1–1	1–5	0–4	0–3	2–2	2–2	0–4	4–4	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–2
Feyenoord	1–3	7–2	1–4	8–2		2–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–2
Fortuna Sittard	3–3	3–0	3–2	4–1	1–2		4–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–4	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
FC Groningen	2–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2		2–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–4
FC Den Haag	1–1	4–1	2–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	0–3		0–3	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0
FC Haarlem	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	5–1		0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–5	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–3
PEC Zwolle '82	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		0–6	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–4
PSV	4–2	1–0	6–1	7–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	9–1	1–0	5–1		2–1	6–2	2–2	9–0	4–1	5–0	3–1
Roda JC	0–3	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1		1–3	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0		1–5	6–2	4–0	0–1	2–1
FC Twente	1–1	5–0	1–1	7–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
FC Utrecht	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–2		0–0	1–0	1–1
FC Volendam	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–5	0–0	3–1	1–6	5–4	2–1	1–3	3–1		3–3	1–5
VVV	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	5–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2		1–1
Willem II	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–6	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

This year, play-offs were held for one UEFA-Cup spot.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Groningen	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	7	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup.
2	Willem II	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6
3	FC Twente	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6
4	VVV-Venlo	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	5

Source:

Attendances

PSV drew the highest average home attendance in the Dutch top-flight football league.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	PSV	17	21,512
2	AFC Ajax	17	10,830
3	Feyenoord	17	9,855
4	Willem II	17	8,347
5	VVV	17	8,335
6	FC Groningen	17	7,930
7	FC Twente	17	6,500
8	Fortuna Sittard	17	5,491
9	FC Utrecht	17	5,197
10	Roda JC	17	5,088
11	FC Den Haag	17	4,886
12	Sparta Rotterdam	17	4,853
13	FC Volendam	17	4,791
14	PEC Zwolle	17	4,524
15	AZ	17	3,890
16	FC Den Bosch	17	3,882
17	HFC Haarlem	17	2,729
18	DS '79	17	2,282

References

Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)

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1987–88 in Dutch football

« 1986–87 1988–89 »

League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax AZ Den Bosch DS '79 Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Groningen FC Den Haag Haarlem PSV Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Volendam VVV-Venlo Willem II Zwolle

v t e 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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League standings

Results

Play-offs

Attendances

See also

References