2016–17_Eredivisie_(women)

2016–17 Eredivisie (women)

Football league season

The 2016–17 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the seventh season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The season took place from 2 September 2016 to 26 May 2017 with eight teams.^[1] Defending champions FC Twente^[2] finished runners-up behind Ajax, who won their first Dutch championship.^[3]^[4]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Eredivisie Vrouwen
Season	2016–17
Dates	2 September 2016 – 26 May 2017
Champions	Ajax (1st title)
UEFA Women's Champions League	Ajax
Matches played	108
Goals scored	416 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Katja Snoeijs (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Twente 7–0 Achilles '29
Biggest away win	ADO 1–7 Telstar
Highest scoring	Telstar 2–7 Twente Telstar 3–6 Ajax
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Location of teams in the Eredivisie 2016–17

On 16 June 2016, Achilles '29 was confirmed as the eighth team of the season.^[5]^[6]^[7]

More information Team, City / Town ...

Team	City / Town	Venue(s)	Capacity
Achilles '29	Groesbeek	Sportpark De Heikant	4,500
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg	1,500
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,000
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld	3,000
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Zuidersportpark (Sneek)	3,150
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Sportcomplex De Herdgang	2,500
Telstar	Velsen	Rabobank IJmond Stadion	3,625
		Sportpark De Wending (Heerhugowaard)	1,000
		AFAS Trainingscomplex (Wormerland)	1,000
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
		Sportpark Slangenbeek (Hengelo)	2,000
		FC Twente-trainingscentrum (Hengelo)	1,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	12,500
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	Sportpark Ceintuurbaan	3,000

Source: Soccerway^[8]

Format

At the regular season, the eight teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 matches each. After that the top four teams qualify for a championship play-off and the bottom four teams play a placement play-off. Teams play each other twice within its play-off group, for a total of 6 matches. Points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added to the points of the play-off stage rounds.^[9] The champion will qualify to the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[10]

Regular season

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax	21	17	3	1	49	11	+38	54	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	Twente	21	13	4	4	62	25	+37	43
3	PSV Eindhoven	21	12	3	6	56	26	+30	39
4	ADO	21	12	3	6	43	35	+8	39
5	Telstar	21	6	4	11	42	52	−10	22	Qualification to Placement play-off
6	Heerenveen	21	5	3	13	32	47	−15	18
7	Achilles '29	21	5	1	15	21	68	−47	16
8	Zwolle	21	2	3	16	24	65	−41	9

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACH ...

Home \ Away	ACH	ADO	AJX	HEE	PSV	TEL	TWE	ZWO	ACH	ADO	AJX	HEE	PSV	TEL	TWE	ZWO
Achilles '29		0–4	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–1	1–2	3–1		0–5		5–0				3–2
ADO Den Haag	4–1		0–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	4–3				2–2	1–0	1–7	0–2
Ajax	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	6–1	1–0					1–0
Heerenveen	6–0	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–2	1–3	3–4			0–1		1–2	2–3		4–0
PSV/FCE	0–0	3–3	1–2	6–0		5–1	2–5	6–0	5–0		1–0			4–0
Telstar	6–1	1–2	3–6	2–0	1–3		1–3	1–1	1–2		1–1				2–7
Twente	7–1	3–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	7–0			3–0	3–4			2–2
PEC Zwolle	0–2	0–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–4	1–4			2–3	0–5		1–3	4–3

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

Play-offs

Championship

The top four were set after matchday 18. Points of the first stage were halved.

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	27	41	2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League
2	Twente	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	22	36
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	0	5	4	8	−4	20	23
4	ADO	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	20	23

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

More information Home \ Away, ADO ...

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	PSV	TWE
ADO Den Haag		0–1	2–1	1–2
Ajax	2–1		1–0	1–1
PSV/FCE	2–0	0–2		0–1
Twente	5–0	1–1	2–1

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

Placement

The bottom four were set after matchday 18. Points of the first stage were halved.

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Telstar	6	5	1	19	13	+6	11	26
2	Heerenveen	6	4	2	21	13	+8	9	21
3	Achilles '29	6	2	4	8	16	−8	8	14
4	Zwolle	6	1	5	11	17	−6	5	8

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACH ...

Home \ Away	ACH	HEE	TEL	ZWO
Achilles '29		1–3	3–0	2–1
Heerenveen	5–0		2–5	5–1
Telstar	4–1	4–3		4–3
PEC Zwolle	3–1	2–3	1–2

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

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Katja Snoeijs	Telstar	21
2	Marjolijn van den Bighelaar	AFC Ajax	19
2	Ellen Jansen	FC Twente	19
4	Simone Kets	Heerenveen	16
5	Babiche Roof	Telstar	15
6	Vanity Lewerissa	PSV Eindhoven	13
7	Linda Bakker	Telstar	12
8	Jassina Blom	Heerenveen	10
8	Pia Rijsdijk	ADO	10
10	Lineth Beerensteyn	FC Twente	9
	Desiree van Lunteren	AFC Ajax
	Myrthe Moorrees	PSV Eindhoven
	Jill Roord	FC Twente

Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl^[11]

Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ellen Jansen	FC Twente	17
2	Katja Snoeijs	Telstar	16
3	Vanity Lewerissa	PSV Eindhoven	13
3	Marjolijn van den Bighelaar	AFC Ajax	13
5	Pia Rijsdijk	ADO	10
5	Babiche Roof	Telstar	10
7	Linda Bakker	Telstar	9
	Jill Roord	FC Twente
	Desiree van Lunteren	AFC Ajax
10	Lineth Beerensteyn	FC Twente	8
	Jassina Blom	Heerenveen
	Simone Kets	Heerenveen
13	Rebecca Doejaaren	Zwolle	7
	Myrthe Moorrees	PSV Eindhoven
	Victoria Pelova	ADO

As of 1 April 2017.^[12]

Play-offs

More information Rank, Player ...

Championship group: As of 26 May 2017.^[13]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marjolijn van den Bighelaar	AFC Ajax	5
2	Ellen Jansen	FC Twente	3
4	Eshley Bakker	FC Twente	2
4	Marthe van Erk	ADO	2

Placement group: As of 26 May 2017.^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Simone Kets	Heerenveen	8
2	Babiche Roof	Telstar	5
2	Katja Snoeijs	Telstar	5
4	Tiny Hoekstra	Heerenveen	4
4	Yvette van Daelen	Zwolle	4
6	Linda Bakker	Telstar	3
	Fenna Kalma	Heerenveen
	Michelle van der Laan	Achilles '29
9	Jassina Blom	Heerenveen	2
	Esmee de Graaf	Zwolle
	Judith Frijlink	Zwolle
	Elze Huls	Heerenveen
	Cherise Schelts	Telstar
	Sanne van der Velden	Telstar

References

[1]
"Vrouwen Eredivisie 2016–2017". fcupdate.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
[2]
"FC Twente Vrouwen Voor Vierde Jaar op Rij Kampioen Van Nederland". tubantia.nl (in Dutch). 20 May 2016.
[3]
"AJAX LANDSKAMPIOEN". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
[4]
"Van den Bighelaar leidt Ajax-vrouwen naar eerste titel" (in Dutch). fcupdate.nl. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
[5]
"Achilles'29 met vrouwen naar de Eredivisie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). ANP. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
[6]
"PERSUITNODIGING: Achilles'29 start in de Eredivisie Vrouwen". Achilles '29 (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 August 2017.
[7]
"Achilles'29 met vrouwenteam de eredivisie in". 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on Apr 4, 2015.
[8]
"Eredivisie Women 2016–2017 – Venues". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
[9]
"UITVOERINGS-/WIJZIGINGSBESLUIT – EREDIVISIE VROUWEN SEIZOEN 2016/'17" (PDF). KNVB (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
[10]
"Topper bij start Eredivisie vrouwen" (in Dutch). KNVB. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
[11]
"KATJA SNOEIJS Topscorer Eredivisie Veld 2016–2017". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
[12]
"Eredivisie Women Topscorers". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
[13]
"Eredivisie Women Topscorers". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
[14]
"Eredivisie Women Topscorers". Retrieved 21 July 2017.

External links

Official website
Season on soccerway.com

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