The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship, after a decision match against Feijenoord which was won by 5–1.

Eredivisie
Season1959–60
ChampionsAFC Ajax (10th title)
Promoted
Relegated
European CupAFC Ajax
Goals scored1,132
Average goals/game3.69
Top goalscorerNetherlands Henk Groot - AFC Ajax
38 goals [1]
Biggest home winAjax - FC Volendam: 9-0
Biggest away winSittardia - SC Enschede: 1-10
Highest scoringSittardia - SC Enschede: 1-10

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Ajax 34 22 6 6 109 44 +65 50 Championship play-off as level on points
2 Feijenoord 34 20 10 4 94 32 +62 50
3 PSV Eindhoven 34 18 9 7 72 48 +24 45
4 DOS 34 18 4 12 75 57 +18 40
5 NAC 34 15 9 10 56 53 +3 39
6 VVV '03 34 12 12 10 57 60 −3 36
7 Sparta 34 14 6 14 53 52 +1 34
8 Willem II 34 11 11 12 65 69 −4 33
9 SC Enschede 34 14 4 16 81 76 +5 32
10 DWS 34 13 6 15 51 59 −8 32
11 Rapid JC 34 10 12 12 46 55 −9 32
12 ADO Den Haag 34 13 5 16 62 68 −6 31
13 MVV Maastricht 34 13 5 16 60 69 −9 31
14 Fortuna '54 34 11 8 15 67 81 −14 30
15 Elinkwijk 34 9 11 14 37 48 −11 29 Relegation play-off as level on points
16 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 34 12 5 17 53 82 −29 29
17 FC Volendam 34 10 3 21 54 88 −34 23 Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18 Sittardia 34 5 6 23 40 91 −51 16
Source: [citation needed]

Championship play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
AFC Ajax 5–1 Feijenoord

AFC Ajax qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup.

Relegation play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Elinkwijk 1–0 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

Blauw-Wit Amsterdam are relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Note: No edition of the KNVB Cup was held this year.

Results

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Home \ Away ADO AJX BLW DOS DWS ELI ENS FEY FOR MVV NAC PSV RJC SIT SPA VOL VVV WIL
ADO Den Haag 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–4 3–3
AFC Ajax 3–0 8–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 5–1 0–1 3–0 6–2 3–2 4–2 5–0 9–0 5–2 2–2
Blauw Wit Ams'dam 2–1 1–0 0–5 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–7 1–4 0–2 4–3 1–1 3–1 5–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–1
DOS 3–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 3–2 3–3 0–1 8–0 7–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1
DWS 2–4 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–5 1–2 2–3 2–2 4–2 1–0 4–0
Elinkwijk 1–3 2–4 1–3 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–4 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0
SC Enschede 4–1 3–3 6–3 5–0 1–3 2–0 0–4 5–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 3–2 4–2
Feijenoord 5–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 6–2 2–1 4–1 7–1 6–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–2 0–1 6–1 2–2 0–0
Fortuna '54 1–1 2–7 5–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 4–2 4–1 2–2
MVV Maastricht 1–1 3–6 4–2 2–3 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–6 0–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–3 1–2 2–3
NAC 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–5 3–1 1–3 1–1 5–1 3–0 3–1 4–1 3–1
PSV Eindhoven 0–3 1–1 6–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 5–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 3–2 4–1 2–2
Rapid JC 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–2
Sittardia 3–2 1–4 1–1 2–5 0–2 2–1 1–10 1–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 1–1 1–1
Sparta Rotterdam 6–0 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–5 4–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 3–2 6–0 2–0
FC Volendam 0–2 0–3 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 2–2
VVV '03 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–2 2–2
Willem II 3–0 2–4 2–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–4 5–1 3–1 3–4 3–4 3–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 0–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
  2. ^ "EredivisieStats.nl score matrices". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-11-26.