2020–21 Eredivisie (women)

The 2020–21 Eredivisie Vrouwen is the eleventh season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. Twente started the season as defending champions.

This article is about the women competition. For the men competition, see 2020–21 Eredivisie.
Eredivisie Vrouwen
Season2020–21
Dates6 September 2020 – TBD
Matches played36
Highest scoringPSV 9–1 Excelsior/Barendrecht
(27 September 2019)
Longest winning run5 matches
Ajax
Longest unbeaten run5 matches
Ajax
Longest winless run9 matches
Alkmaar
All statistics correct as of 30 December 2020.

Format

At the regular season, the eight teams play each other twice (once at home and once away), for a total of 14 matches each. After that the top four teams qualify for a championship play-off and the bottom four teams play a placement play-off. In each play-off, teams played each other twice for a total of 6 matches each. Points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added to the points of the play-off stage rounds. There is no relegation nor promotion in the league and the champion and runner-up qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.[1][2]

Teams
Location of teams in the Eredivisie Vrouwen 2020–21
Team City / Town Venue(s) Capacity
ADO Den Haag Den Haag Cars Jeans Stadion 15,000
Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg 02,500
AFC Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst 05,000
VV Alkmaar Alkmaar Rabobank IJmond Stadion (Velsen) 04,663
Sportpark AFC '34 02,500
Sportpark De Wending (Heerhugowaard) 01,000
AFAS Trainingscomplex (Wormerland) 02,383
Excelsior/Barendrecht Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 04,500
Sportpark De Bongerd (Barendrecht) 02,100
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Sportpark Skoatterwâld 03,000
Zuidersportpark (Sneek) 03,150
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 14,000
Sportpark Ceintuurbaan 03,000
PSV Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 05,400
Sportcomplex De Herdgang 02,500
FC Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Sportpark Slangenbeek (Hengelo) 02,000
FC Twente-trainingscentrum (Hengelo) 01,000

Source: Soccerway[3]

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax 9 8 0 1 21 5 +16 24 Qualification to Championship play-off
2 PSV 9 7 0 2 25 10 +15 21
3 Twente 9 6 1 2 22 11 +11 19
4 ADO Den Haag 9 4 2 3 13 10 +3 14
5 Heerenveen 9 3 1 5 12 15 −3 10 Qualification to Placement play-off
6 PEC Zwolle 9 1 3 5 9 21 −12 6
7 Excelsior/Barendrecht 9 1 2 6 5 20 −15 5
8 Alkmaar 9 0 3 6 7 22 −15 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[4]

Play-offs

Championship play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Regular season premiers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to WCL First round
2 Regular season runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Regular season third place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Regular season fourth place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[5]

Placement play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Regular season fifth place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Regular season sixth place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Regular season seventh place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Regular season eighth place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[6]

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Joëlle Smits PSV 13
2 Renate Jansen Twente 7
3 Francisca Cardoso Heerenveen 4
Naomi Joanna Hilhorst Zwolle
Vanity Lewerissa Ajax
Nikita Rudy Tromp Ajax
Kayleigh van Dooren PSV

References
  1. "Eredivisie vrouwen dit seizoen op vrijdag en zondagmiddag". KNVB (in Dutch). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Programma eredivisie vrouwen seizoen 2019/'20". knvb.nl (in Dutch). KNVB. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. "Eredivisie Women 2019-2020 - Venues". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. "Eredivisie 2019/2020 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. "Eredivisie 2019/2020 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. "Eredivisie 2019/2020 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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