2016–17 Eredivisie

The 2016–17 Eredivisie season was the 61st season of the top-tier Dutch League Eredivisie since its establishment in 1956. The fixtures for this season were announced on 14 June 2016.

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2015–16 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie champions.
Sparta Rotterdam, the champion of the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie, returned to the Eredivisie after spending six seasons in the Eerste Divisie, whereas play-off winner Go Ahead Eagles returned to the Eredivisie after just one season. They replaced relegated teams Cambuur and De Graafschap.
As a result of financial maladministration, the KNVB had originally taken FC Twente's license, causing them to relegate to the 2016-17 Eerste Divisie. However, FC Twente successfully appealed this decision and was therefore allowed to stay in the league.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	53,490
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	4,400
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	10,400
Groningen	Groningen	Noordlease Stadion	22,550
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,100
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	13,500
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,500
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	13,250
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,500
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Alfons Groenendijk	Erreà	Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax	Peter Bosz	Adidas	Ziggo
AZ	John van den Brom	Under Armour	AFAS Software
Excelsior	Mitchell van der Gaag	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Adidas	Opel
Go Ahead Eagles	Robert Maaskant	Hummel	Drukwerkdeal.nl
Groningen	Ernest Faber	:nl:Robey\|Robey	Essent
Heerenveen	Jurgen Streppel	Jako	GroenLeven
Heracles	John Stegeman	:it:Acerbis\|Acerbis	Asito
NEC	Ron de Groot	Patrick	EnergieFlex
PEC Zwolle	Ron Jans	Robey	Molecaten
PSV	Phillip Cocu	Umbro	Energiedirect.nl
Roda JC	Yannis Anastasiou	Robey	KLG Europe
Sparta Rotterdam	Alex Pastoor	Robey	Axidus
Twente	René Hake	Sondico	Pure Energie
Utrecht	Erik ten Hag	Hummel	Zorg van de zaak
Vitesse	Henk Fraser	Macron	Truphone
Willem II	Erwin van de Looi	Robey	Tricorp

Managerial changes

Standings

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicolai Jørgensen	Feyenoord	21
2	Reza Ghoochannejhad	Heerenveen	20
2	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Vitesse	20
4	Samuel Armenteros	Heracles	19
5	Enes Ünal	Twente	18
6	Mimoun Mahi	Groningen	17
7	Kasper Dolberg	Ajax	16
8	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	14
8	Jens Toornstra	Feyenoord	14
10	Sébastien Haller	Utrecht	13
10	Wout Weghorst	AZ	13

Hat-tricks

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Hakim Ziyech	Twente / Ajax	12
2	Nicolai Jørgensen	Feyenoord	11
2	Sam Larsson	Heerenveen	11
4	Milot Rashica	Vitesse	10
5	Andrés Guardado	PSV	9
5	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	9
5	Jens Toornstra	Feyenoord	9

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 10
*Denzel Dumfries
*Danny Holla
Most red cards: 3
*Juninho Bacuna
Play-offs

European competition

Four teams played for a spot in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Key: * = Play-off winners, ' = Wins because of away goals rule, ' = Wins after extra time in second leg, = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2017–18 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie.