2004–05 Eredivisie

The 2004–05 season of the Eredivisie started on August 13, 2004 and ended on May 22, 2005. The title was won by PSV. FC Den Bosch and De Graafschap were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season.

Eredivisie

Season	2004–05
Champions	PSV (18th title)
Promoted	FC Den Bosch De Graafschap
Relegated	De Graafschap FC Den Bosch
Champions League	PSV Ajax
UEFA Cup	AZ Feyenoord sc Heerenveen Willem II
Intertoto Cup	Roda JC
Top goalscorer	Dirk Kuyt (29 goals)[1]
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Promoted teams

• FC Den Bosch (Eerste Divisie champion)
• De Graafschap (6th, promoted through playoffs)

Relegated at the end of the season

• De Graafschap (17th, relegated through playoffs)
• FC Den Bosch (18th)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV (C)	34	27	6	1	89	18	+71	87	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Ajax	34	24	5	5	74	33	+41	77	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	AZ	34	19	7	8	71	41	+30	64	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round
4	Feyenoord	34	19	5	10	90	51	+39	62
5	Heerenveen	34	18	6	10	64	52	+12	60
6	Twente	34	15	9	10	48	38	+10	54
7	Vitesse Arnhem	34	16	6	12	53	49	+4	54
8	Roda JC	34	13	8	13	60	55	+5	47	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005 third round
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	13	8	13	44	51	−7	47
10	Willem II	34	13	6	15	44	56	−12	45	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 1]
11	Utrecht	34	12	8	14	40	43	−3	44
12	Groningen	34	11	7	16	50	58	−8	40
13	NEC	34	9	10	15	41	47	−6	37
14	ADO Den Haag	34	10	6	18	44	59	−15	36
15	NAC Breda	34	9	8	17	43	67	−24	35
16	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	2	22	38	77	−39	32	Relegation Playoffs
17	De Graafschap (R)	34	4	7	23	32	78	−46	19
18	Den Bosch (R)	34	5	4	25	23	75	−52	19	Relegation to 2005-06 Eerste Divisie

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. PSV also won the 2004–05 KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists Willem II could play in the UEFA Cup.

Play-offs

Relegation

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RBC Roosendaal	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Qualified for 2005–06 Eredivisie
2	FC Volendam	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9
3	Stormvogels Telstar	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
4	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Rotterdam	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	15	Qualified for 2005–06 Eredivisie
2	Helmond Sport	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
3	De Graafschap	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8	Relegated to 2005–06 Eerste Divisie
4	FC Zwolle	6	0	1	5	6	20	−14	1

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	AZA	GRA	DBO	GRO	TWE	UTR	FEY	NAC	NEC	PSV	RBC	RKC	RJC	HEE	VIT	WIL
ADO Den Haag		3–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	6–2	1–2	0–2	5–1	0–0	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–1
Ajax	0–0		4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	6–2	1–0	0–4	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0
AZ	2–0	0–0		3–2	5–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1
De Graafschap	1–2	0–5	1–3		1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–7	0–2	3–2	0–4	0–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2
Den Bosch	1–0	0–5	0–1	0–2		1–2	1–0	0–3	4–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–2	0–3	2–4	1–2	1–2
FC Groningen	4–3	0–4	1–2	1–0	3–1		0–1	3–0	0–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	4–4	1–2	0–0	1–1
FC Twente	2–1	2–3	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–2		0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–4	0–0
FC Utrecht	2–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2		0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3
Feyenoord	6–3	2–3	4–2	6–1	4–2	1–2	3–1	0–3		4–0	2–1	3–3	3–0	4–0	4–1	1–3	1–2	7–0
NAC Breda	1–1	1–2	0–3	3–2	3–0	1–4	1–1	3–2	0–2		1–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–2
NEC	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	4–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	3–3		0–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0
PSV Eindhoven	4–0	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	4–1		4–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–0
RBC Roosendaal	2–0	1–4	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–5		0–1	3–1	1–3	4–1	2–0
RKC Waalwijk	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–4	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–0		1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0
Roda JC	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	5–1	1–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1		2–3	2–3	4–0
SC Heerenveen	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–3	7–1	1–2	3–4		0–3	2–2
Vitesse Arnhem	3–4	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–3		2–0
Willem II	1–0	1–3	1–3	4–1	2–1	4–2	0–3	0–0	0–4	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–2

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

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	29
2.	Salomon Kalou	Feyenoord	20
3.	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	PSV	19
4.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	SC Heerenveen	16
	Erik Nevland	FC Groningen
	Blaise Nkufo	FC Twente
7.	Arouna Koné	Roda JC	15
8.	Mark van Bommel	PSV	14
9.	Matthew Amoah	Vitesse Arnhem	13
	Ali Boussaboun	NAC Breda
	Kenneth Perez	AZ
12.	Rick Hoogendorp	RKC Waalwijk	12
	Geert den Ouden	ADO Den Haag
14.	Jason Čulina	FC Twente	11
	Georgios Samaras	SC Heerenveen
	Sérgio	Roda JC

Dutch Footballer of the Year

• 2004-05 — Mark van Bommel (PSV)

See also

• 2004–05 Eerste Divisie
• 2004–05 KNVB Cup

References

1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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