Eerste Divisie Fixtures, Results & Statistics

Upcoming matches, Eerste Divisie

Regular Season - 13

• 30 October 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Helmond Sport

  

  FC Eindhoven

  GS Staalwerken Stadion
• 30 October 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Roda

  

  Jong AZ

  Parkstad Limburg Stadion
• 30 October 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  FC Volendam

  

  De Graafschap

  Kras Stadion
• 30 October 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Waalwijk

  

  Almere City FC

  Mandemakers Stadion
• 31 October 2026 - 15:30 Regular Season - 13

  MVV

  

  VVV Venlo

  De Geusselt
• 1 November 2026 - 13:30 Regular Season - 13

  Emmen

  

  Den Bosch

  De Oude Meerdijk
• 2 November 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Jong Utrecht

  

  Dordrecht

  Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
• 2 November 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Jong Ajax

  

  Vitesse
• 2 November 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Heracles

  

  FC OSS
• 2 November 2026 - 19:00 Regular Season - 13

  Jong PSV U21

  

  NAC Breda

Latest played matches, Eerste Divisie

Regular Season - 12

• 24 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  Dordrecht

  2 - 4

  VVV Venlo

  M-Scores Stadion
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  Almere City FC

  2 - 3

  Roda

  Yanmar Stadion
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  De Graafschap

  1 - 1

  Waalwijk

  Stadion De Vijverberg
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  Den Bosch

  2 - 2

  MVV

  Stadion De Vliert
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  FC Eindhoven

  1 - 2

  Jong PSV U21

  Jan Louwers Stadion
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  FC Volendam

  6 - 2

  Jong Utrecht

  Kras Stadion
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  Jong AZ

  5 - 4

  Helmond Sport

  AFAS Trainingscomplex
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  FC OSS

  3 - 3

  Jong Ajax

  Frans Heesen Stadion
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  Vitesse

  0 - 2

  Emmen

  GelreDome
• 23 October 2026 Regular Season - 12

  NAC Breda

  1 - 1

  Heracles

  Rat Verlegh Stadion

Eerste Divisie Standings

Eerste Divisie: Period 1

Rank		Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 5
1		Heracles	10	8	1	1	31	12	19	25	WDWLW
2		Almere City FC	10	7	1	2	22	7	15	22	WWLWW
3		VVV Venlo	10	7	0	3	26	14	12	21	WWLWW
4		Emmen	10	6	1	3	22	18	4	19	WDWLL
5		NAC Breda	10	5	2	3	20	19	1	17	WDWWL
6		Roda	10	4	4	2	10	8	2	16	DLWDW
7		MVV	10	5	1	4	13	20	-7	16	LLWLL
8		FC Volendam	10	5	0	5	22	17	5	15	WLWLW
9		Waalwijk	10	3	5	2	19	15	4	14	LDLWW
10		Vitesse	10	4	2	4	15	15	0	14	LDLWL
11		Jong AZ	10	4	1	5	22	18	4	13	LWDLW
12		Jong PSV U21	10	3	4	3	15	17	-2	13	DLDLW
13		FC OSS	10	4	0	6	15	15	0	12	WWLWL
14		Den Bosch	10	3	2	5	14	18	-4	11	WDLWL
15		FC Eindhoven	10	3	2	5	15	22	-7	11	LDLWW
16		De Graafschap	10	3	2	5	13	23	-10	11	WDWLW
17		Helmond Sport	10	2	3	5	16	19	-3	9	LDLLW
18		Jong Ajax	10	2	2	6	13	25	-12	8	LDLLW
19		Dordrecht	10	2	2	6	13	27	-14	8	LDWLL
20		Jong Utrecht	10	2	1	7	16	23	-7	7	LLWWD

Promotion - Eredivisie (Promotion)

Eerste Divisie: Period 2

Rank		Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 5
1		Emmen	2	2	0	0	4	1	3	6	WW
2		Roda	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	6	WW
3		FC Volendam	2	1	1	0	7	3	4	4	WD
4		Heracles	2	1	1	0	6	2	4	4	DW
5		VVV Venlo	2	1	1	0	8	6	2	4	WD
6		NAC Breda	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4	DW
7		Den Bosch	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	4	DW
8		Jong Ajax	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	4	DW
9		Jong AZ	2	1	1	0	9	8	1	4	WD
10		Jong PSV U21	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	WL
11		Dordrecht	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	3	LW
12		Vitesse	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3	LW
13		Waalwijk	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	DD
14		De Graafschap	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1	DL
15		FC OSS	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1	1	DL
16		MVV	2	0	1	1	3	7	-4	1	DL
17		FC Eindhoven	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0	LL
18		Almere City FC	2	0	0	2	3	5	-2	0	LL
19		Helmond Sport	2	0	0	2	4	7	-3	0	LL
20		Jong Utrecht	2	0	0	2	3	8	-5	0	LL

Promotion - Eredivisie (Promotion)

Eerste Divisie: Period 3

Rank		Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 5
1		De Graafschap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		VVV Venlo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		Den Bosch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		Dordrecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		FC Eindhoven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		Emmen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7		Helmond Sport	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MVV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		Almere City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FC OSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		FC Volendam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		Waalwijk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		NAC Breda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		Roda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Vitesse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		Heracles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		Jong PSV U21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Jong Ajax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Jong AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Jong Utrecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Promotion - Eredivisie (Promotion)

Eerste Divisie: Period 4

Rank		Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 5
1		De Graafschap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		VVV Venlo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		Den Bosch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		Dordrecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		FC Eindhoven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		Emmen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7		Helmond Sport	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MVV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		Almere City FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FC OSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		FC Volendam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		Waalwijk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		NAC Breda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		Roda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Vitesse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		Heracles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		Jong PSV U21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Jong Ajax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Jong AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Jong Utrecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Promotion - Eredivisie (Promotion)

Eerste Divisie: Regular season

Rank		Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 5
1		Heracles	12	9	2	1	37	14	23	29	DWWDW
2		VVV Venlo	12	8	1	3	34	20	14	25	WDWWL
3		Emmen	12	8	1	3	26	19	7	25	WWWDW
4		Almere City FC	12	7	1	4	25	12	13	22	LLWWL
5		Roda	12	6	4	2	15	11	4	22	WWDLW
6		NAC Breda	12	6	3	3	23	20	3	21	DWWDW
7		FC Volendam	12	6	1	5	29	20	9	19	WDWLW
8		Jong AZ	12	5	2	5	31	26	5	17	WDLWD
9		Vitesse	12	5	2	5	16	17	-1	17	LWLDL
10		MVV	12	5	2	5	16	27	-11	17	DLLLW
11		Waalwijk	12	3	7	2	21	17	4	16	DDLDL
12		Jong PSV U21	12	4	4	4	17	19	-2	16	WLDLD
13		Den Bosch	12	4	3	5	18	21	-3	15	DWWDL
14		FC OSS	12	4	1	7	19	20	-1	13	DLWWL
15		Jong Ajax	12	3	3	6	18	29	-11	12	DWLDL
16		De Graafschap	12	3	3	6	15	26	-11	12	DLWDW
17		FC Eindhoven	12	3	2	7	16	25	-9	11	LLLDL
18		Dordrecht	12	3	2	7	16	31	-15	11	LWLDW
19		Helmond Sport	12	2	3	7	20	26	-6	9	LLLDL
20		Jong Utrecht	12	2	1	9	19	31	-12	7	LLLLW

Promotion - Eredivisie

Promotion - Eredivisie (Promotion)

Eerste Divisie Statistics

Eerste Divisie teams participation since 2016

Eerste Divisie top scorer teams

Eerste Divisie About

Eerste Divisie is the Netherlands’ second-tier men’s professional football league, currently commercially known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie. Governed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), it sits directly below the Eredivisie and provides the principal competitive route towards Dutch top-flight football. The league combines established professional clubs with Jong reserve teams, making it both a promotion contest and an important development environment for emerging players.

Origins and role in Dutch football

Founded in 1956, the Eerste Divisie has formed a central part of the Netherlands’ professional football structure for almost seven decades. Its purpose is twofold: to give independent clubs a route to the Eredivisie and to offer high-level match experience to young players developing within the academies of top-flight clubs. This dual role explains the league’s distinctive mixture of ambitious senior sides and reserve teams such as Jong Ajax and Jong PSV.

The competition is administered within the KNVB’s professional football framework. Clubs must hold an appropriate professional licence and satisfy sporting, financial, administrative and infrastructure requirements. These conditions include stadium standards, floodlighting and squad-related obligations. Reserve teams must also comply with eligibility rules designed to protect the sporting structure: they cannot be promoted to the Eredivisie and cannot compete in the same division as their senior club.

League format and period titles

The standard Eerste Divisie season is a 20-club double round-robin league. Each team plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, producing 38 matches per side. Results are converted into the usual three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. The league table is primarily ordered by points, followed by goal difference and goals scored where those criteria are required.

A feature that sets the competition apart is its period system. The regular season is divided into four periods, generally lasting nine or ten rounds. The best-performing team in each period receives a period title and a place in the promotion play-offs. If a period winner has already secured promotion or is otherwise ineligible, the qualification place passes to the next eligible team under the applicable competition rules. This arrangement means that a strong short sequence of results can remain highly significant even when a club is not leading the overall table.

The Nacompetitie and promotion

The post-season promotion tournament is known as the Nacompetitie. It brings together the eligible period winners and the highest-placed clubs from the final table that have not already qualified or secured promotion. The 16th-placed team from the Eredivisie also enters, defending its place in the top flight against challengers from the second tier.

The play-offs are generally contested over two legs, with the teams meeting at home and away. If the aggregate score is level after the second match, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out determine the winner. The tournament therefore adds a separate knockout dimension to the league campaign and keeps promotion opportunities open beyond the final standings.

The Eerste Divisie champion and runner-up normally earn automatic promotion to the Eredivisie, subject to the relevant eligibility rules. Jong teams cannot take those promotion places, so an ineligible reserve side’s position is treated according to the competition regulations. The lower end of the table carries its own uncertainty: the lowest-ranked eligible independent club may face a route towards the semi-professional Tweede Divisie, although relegation depends on the applicable rules and whether a potential replacement can satisfy professional licensing requirements.

Season calendar and sporting identity

The competition usually runs from August to May, with a winter break around December and January. Clubs operate within the standard Dutch summer and winter transfer windows, while the long league programme allows form, squad depth and player development to shape the final outcome. The 38-match schedule rewards consistency, but the period titles and Nacompetitie ensure that individual runs of form can transform the promotion race.

For supporters, the league offers a meeting point between immediate competitive ambition and long-term development. Independent clubs pursue the financial and sporting rewards of reaching the Eredivisie, while Jong sides use the level to prepare elite prospects for senior football. That combination, together with its period system and promotion play-offs, gives the Dutch Eerste Divisie a structure that is more layered than a conventional second-tier league.