1987–88 Eredivisie

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:

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:

See also

• 1987–88 Eerste Divisie
• 1987–88 KNVB Cup

References

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