The 2006–07

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

season began on August 18, 2006. The season saw

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

quickly building a gap with the other teams. After 20 matches, the club was 11 points ahead of AZ and 12 points ahead of

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. The lead quickly dissipated in the 13 matches that followed. A draw of PSV at

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in the penultimate round saw AZ and Ajax catching up. The three clubs were all on 72 points from 33 matches, with the AZ on top due to goal difference. Ajax were second, PSV were third. AZ suffered a shock defeat at league minnows Excelsior Rotterdam in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0–2 against Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5–1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.

Promoted team

This team was promoted from the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

at the start of the season: *

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(

champions)

Relegated teams

The following teams were relegated to the

at the end of the season: *

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

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Promoted teams

The following teams were promoted from the

at the end of the season: * De Graafschap *

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

League table

Results

Play-offs

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets
Ajax have qualified for

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. AZ, FC Twente and Heerenveen have qualified for the

2007–08 UEFA Cup The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, UEFA's former second-tier club association football, football tournament. The 2008 UEFA Cup Final, final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, E ...

. For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
FC Groningen have qualified for the

. FC Utrecht faced Vitesse (the team winning match J) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007. For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
Vitesse faced FC Utrecht (the team losing match G) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007. For the Intertoto Cup ticket FC Utrecht have qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.

Relegation playoffs

;Round 1 All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. ;Round 2 All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. ;Round 3 All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.
The winners of matches G and H will play in the Eredivisie 2007/2008

Top scorers

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

* 2006 / 2007 —

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(SC Heerenveen)

Stadiums

Attendances

References

External links

Eredivisie.nl - Official website Eredivisie

KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB

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