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The Dutch football champions are the winners of the highest league in Dutch football, which since 1956 is the Eredivisie. The championship was first awarded in 1898. Until 1954 the national champion was determined by means of a championship competition between the champions of the different regions.
The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədiˌvizi]; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2024–25 season, it is ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by ...
Most wins : 1520 Ajax Most wins in a season: 30 Ajax 1971-72, 1972-73 Most consecutive wins: 17 PSV 1987-88, 2023-24 Most consecutive wins at home: 19 FC Twente 2009-10 Most consecutive wins away: 13 PSV December 2015-September 2016
Midfield Dynamo's list of the Dutch football league's 'Big 3' and 'Best of the Rest' of the other clubs, midfielddynamo.com (in English) Orange Football Blog - Weekly summaries from the Eredivisie and other articles, nlplanet.com (in Dutch) Official Eredivisie site (in Dutch) Official Eerste Divisie website; League321.com - Club stats records.
The Dutch club is one of five teams to have won UEFA's three main club competitions until 2021: European Cup/Champions League (4), Cup Winners' Cup (1) and UEFA Cup (1). The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the governing body for association football in Europe.
The 2023–24 Eredivisie was the 68th season of Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 11 August 2023 and concluded on 19 May 2024. PSV Eindhoven broke the record for most points in an Eredivisie season, with 91, overtaking Ajax's 89-point season in 1997–98.
First match: Belgium 1–4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) First World Cup finals match: Switzerland 3–2 Netherlands (Milan, Italy; 27 May 1934) First European Championship finals match: Netherlands 1–3 Czechoslovakia (Zagreb, Yugoslavia; 16 June 1976)
Dutch football clubs have entered European association football competitions since 1900, when HVV and RAP took part in the inaugural season of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz (one of the first European club football tournaments, is considered a predecessor of club tournaments in Europe, namely the European Cup), [4] which was also won by RAP.