2005–06 Eredivisie

The 2005–06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champion on April 9, 2006. The season was overshadowed by the death of FC Utrecht player David di Tommaso.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

These team was relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

RBC Roosendaal

League table

Awards

[Dutch Footballer of the Year]

2005 / 2006 — Dirk Kuyt

Dutch [Golden Shoe Winner">Dutch Footballer of the Year">Dutch [Golden Shoe Winner]

2005 — Mark van Bommel

The 2005-06 Eredivisie play-offs

Prior to finishing on 4th place in the regular season, Ajax had already reached the KNVB Cup final. In this final, they faced and defeated Eredivisie champions PSV. Ajax would have qualified for the UEFA Cup via the cup even if they had lost the final. This had consequences for the play-off schedule. Games F and H were not played. The teams ranked 2 to 5 instead played for one Champions League qualifier ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets. The fourth and final UEFA Cup ticket went to the winner of matches C, D and G, between the teams who finished from 6th to 9th place in the regular season. The loser of match G played the winner of a play-off between positions 10 to 13 of the regular league for a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. All rounds were played in two legs, one home match and one away match, with away goals as the first tiebreaker.

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets

For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
For the Intertoto Cup ticket
Overview

European Competition	Qualified Team
Champions League third qualifying round	AFC Ajax
UEFA Cup	FC Groningen AZ Feyenoord sc Heerenveen
Intertoto Cup third round	FC Twente

For promotion and relegation

For two Eredivisie tickets

Round 1

Round 2

Attendances

Source:

No.	Club	Average	Change	Highest
1	AFC Ajax	47,281	-2,7%	50,150
2	Feyenoord	39,824	4,0%	45,000
3	PSV	33,082	4,4%	34,700
4	sc Heerenveen	20,453	10,9%	21,000
5	FC Utrecht	19,546	-0,3%	24,500
6	SBV Vitesse	19,501	3,7%	24,400
7	FC Groningen	15,594	30,3%	20,000
8	NAC Breda	14,525	15,7%	16,385
9	FC Twente	13,101	-0,1%	13,900
10	Roda JC	13,006	2,3%	16,200
11	Willem II	12,123	-3,0%	14,100
12	NEC	11,900	0,9%	12,500
13	Sparta Rotterdam	8,954	55,7%	11,000
14	AZ	8,426	1,9%	8,747
15	Heracles Almelo	8,324	45,8%	8,800
16	ADO Den Haag	6,808	7,0%	10,150
17	RKC Waalwijk	5,695	-2,0%	7,400
18	RBC Roosendaal	4,344	-10,3%	5,000