1968–69 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1968-69
Champions	Feijenoord (9th title)
Promoted	Holland Sport AZ '67
Relegated	FC Volendam Fortuna SC
European Cup	Feijenoord
Cup Winners' Cup	PSV Eindhoven
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	AFC Ajax FC Twente
Goals scored	797
Average goals/game	2.60
Top goalscorer	Dick van Dijk FC Twente; Ove Kindvall Feijenoord 30 goals
← 1967-68 1969-70 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.

Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league.

ADO

Ajax

AZ'67

DOS

DWS

Feyenoord

Fortuna

Go Ahead

GVAV

Holland Sport

MVV

NAC

N.E.C.

PSV

Sparta

Telstar

FC Twente

FC Volendam

Location of teams in Eredivisie 1968–69

Club	Location
ADO Den Haag	The Hague
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam
AZ '67	Alkmaar
DOS	Utrecht
DWS	Amsterdam
Feyenoord	Rotterdam
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard
Go Ahead	Deventer
GVAV	Groningen
Holland Sport	The Hague
MVV	Maastricht
NAC Breda	Breda
N.E.C.	Nijmegen
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
Telstar	IJmuiden
FC Twente	Enschede
FC Volendam	Volendam

Managers

Club	Managers
ADO Den Haag	Ernst Happel
AFC Ajax	Rinus Michels
AZ '67	Wim Blokland
DOS	Co Stijger
DWS	Les Talbot
Feyenoord	Ben Peeters
Fortuna Sittard	Frans de Bruyn
Go Ahead	František Fadrhonc
GVAV	Ludwig Veg

Club	Managers
Holland Sport	Cor van der Hart
MVV	Jung Schlangen
NAC Breda	Leo Canjels
N.E.C.	Jan Remmers
PSV Eindhoven	Kurt Linder
Sparta Rotterdam	Wiel Coerver
Telstar	Piet de Visser
FC Twente	Kees Rijvers
FC Volendam	Ron Dellow

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Feijenoord	34	26	5	3	73	21	57	+52	Qualified for 1969-70 European Cup.
2	AFC Ajax	34	25	4	5	90	34	54	+56	Qualified for 1969-70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
3	FC Twente	34	21	5	8	69	38	47	+31
4	Go Ahead	34	19	7	8	63	34	45	+29
5	PSV Eindhoven	34	17	10	7	54	36	44	+18	Qualified for 1969-70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
6	ADO Den Haag	34	12	13	9	45	37	37	+8
7	NAC	34	10	15	9	50	48	35	+2
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	11	12	11	45	33	34	+12
9	DWS	34	13	8	13	42	41	34	+1
10	Holland Sport	34	12	9	13	32	45	33	-13
11	GVAV	34	8	12	14	32	48	28	-16
12	NEC	34	9	9	16	29	38	27	-9
13	MVV Maastricht	34	7	12	15	34	46	26	-12
14	Telstar	34	7	10	17	33	65	24	-32
15	FC Volendam	34	6	11	17	24	45	23	-21	Relegation play-off as level on points.
16	AZ '67	34	5	13	16	27	53	23	-26
17	DOS	34	7	9	18	37	74	23	-37
18	Fortuna SC	34	3	12	19	18	61	18	-43	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Relegation play-offs

Since FC Volendam, AZ '67 and DOS had an equal amount of points at the end of the competition, extra matches were played.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	DOS	2	1	1	0	3	3	2	+2
2	AZ '67	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	0
3	FC Volendam	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	-1	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.

See also

• Eerste Divisie 1968-69
• Tweede Divisie 1968–69

References

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (Dutch)
• RSSSF
• De Telegraaf 08-14-1968