2009–10 Eredivisie (women)

The 2009–10 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the third season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The league took place from 1 October 2009 to 19 May 2010 with six teams.[1] AZ successfully defended the title and became champions for a third year running.[2] The 60 matches of the season had a 22,140 total attendance.[3]

Eredivisie Vrouwen

Season	2009–10
Dates	1 October 2009 – 19 May 2010
Champions	AZ (3rd title)
UEFA Women's Champions League	AZ
Matches played	60
Goals scored	147 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sylvia Smit, Chantal de Ridder (11 each)
Total attendance	22,140 (369 per match)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Teams

AZ

ADO

Heerenveen

Twente

Willem II

Utrecht

Location of teams in the Eredivisie 2009–10

On 5 May 2009, financial problems forced Roda JC to announce its withdraw from the league.[4][5] Six teams played in the season.

Team	City / Town	Venue(s)	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	Den Haag	Den Haag Stadion	15,000
		Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg	1,500
AZ	Alkmaar	TATA Steel Stadion (Velsen)	3,625
		Sportcomplex 't Lood[6]
		AZ Stadion[7]	17,000
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld	3,000
		Zuidersportpark (Sneek)	3,150
		Abe Lenstra Stadion[8]	26,000
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
		Sportpark Slangenbeek (Hengelo)	2,000
		FC Twente-trainingscentrum (Hengelo)	1,000
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportpark Elinkwijk	5,000
		Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd	1,000
		Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch[9]	450
		Sportpark Saestum (Zeist)[10]
Willem II	Tilburg	Sportcomplex Bijstervelden	1,500
		Willem II Stadion[11]	14,500

Source: Soccerway[12]

Format

The season was played in a quadruple round-robin format, where all six participating teams played each other four times (twice away and twice at home), a total of 20 matches each. The champion qualified to the UEFA Women's Champions League. There was no relegation system in place.[13]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AZ (C)	20	12	5	3	32	11	+21	41	UEFA Women's Champions League
2	ADO Den Haag	20	11	4	5	24	16	+8	37
3	Willem II	20	8	2	10	26	33	−7	26
4	Twente	20	5	10	5	29	32	−3	25
5	Utrecht	20	5	3	12	17	25	−8	18
6	Heerenveen	20	4	6	10	19	30	−11	18

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

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AZ	HEE	TWE	UTR	WIL	ADO	AZ	HEE	TWE	UTR	WIL
ADO Den Haag		1–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–0		2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0
AZ	1–2		2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0		3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0
Heerenveen	0–0	0–2		4–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1		1–1	2–1	2–0
Twente	0–2	0–0	1–1		2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–3		1–0	2–2
Utrecht	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1		1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1		1–0
Willem II	3–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	0–3		2–1	0–6	1–0	3–4	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Sylvia Smit of SC Heerenveen 11 Goals

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chantal de Ridder	AZ	11
	Sylvia Smit	SC Heerenveen
3	Lisanne Grimberg	ADO Den Haag	7
	Renate Jansen	ADO Den Haag
	Claudia van den Heiligenberg	AZ
6	Suzanne de Kort	FC Twente	6
7	Jessica Fishlock	AZ	5
	Ellen Jansen	FC Twente
	Marlous Pieëte	FC Twente
	Renée Slegers	Willem II
11	Manon van den Boogaard	FC Utrecht	4
12	11 players		3
23	7 players		2
30	26 players		1
Owns goal			1
Total:			147
Games:			60
Average:			2.45

Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl[14]

References

1. "Vrouwen Eredivisie 2009–2010". fcupdate.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
2. "AZ Vrouwen wederom kampioen na monsterzege". AZ (in Dutch). 12 May 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
3. "Laatste terugblik op 5 jaar Eredivisie – Toeschouwers". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Roda stopt met het vrouwenteam". L1 Televisiebedrijf Limburg (in Dutch). 5 May 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
5. V-bal; Roda JC stopt met vrouwenvoetbal
6. "AZ – CLUBINFORMATIE". Eredivisie Vrouwen (in Dutch). 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
7. "Eredivisie 2009–2010 – AZ Alkmaar vs. FC Twente". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 15 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
8. "SC Heerenveen – CLUBINFORMATIE". Eredivisie Vrouwen (in Dutch). 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
9. "FC Utrecht – CLUBINFORMATIE". Eredivisie Vrouwen (in Dutch). 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
10. "FC Utrecht-vrouwen gelijk tegen FC Twente". FC Utrecht (in Dutch). 12 May 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
11. "Eredivisie 2009–2010 – Willem II vs. ADO Den Haag". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
12. "Eredivisie Women 2009–2010 – Venues". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
13. "Over Ons". Eredivisie Vrouwen (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
14. "Eindstanden Topscorers Eredivisie, HK en EK – 2009–2010". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 6 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Season on soccerway.com