1959–60 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1959-60
Champions	AFC Ajax (10th title)
Promoted	FC Volendam Sittardia
Relegated	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam FC Volendam Sittardia
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Goals scored	1132
Average goals/game	3.69
Top goalscorer	Henk Groot - AFC Ajax 38 goals
Biggest home win	Ajax - FC Volendam: 9-0
Biggest away win	Sittardia - SC Enschede: 1-10
Highest scoring	Sittardia - SC Enschede: 1-10
← 1958-59 1960-61 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1959/1960 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship, after a decision match against Feijenoord which was won by 5-1.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	6	6	109	44	50	+65	Championship play-off as level on points.
2	Feijenoord	34	20	10	4	94	32	50	+62
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	9	7	72	48	45	+24
4	DOS	34	18	4	12	75	57	40	+18
5	NAC	34	15	9	10	56	53	39	+3
6	VVV '03	34	12	12	10	57	60	36	-3
7	Sparta	34	14	6	14	53	52	34	+1
8	Willem II	34	11	11	12	65	69	33	-4
9	SC Enschede	34	14	4	16	81	76	32	+5
10	DWS/A	34	13	6	15	51	59	32	-8
11	Rapid JC	34	10	12	12	46	55	32	-9
12	ADO Den Haag	34	13	5	16	62	68	31	-6
13	MVV Maastricht	34	13	5	16	60	69	31	-9
14	Fortuna '54	34	11	8	15	67	81	30	-14
15	Elinkwijk	34	9	11	14	37	48	29	-11	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	23	-34	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
18	Sittardia	34	5	6	23	40	91	16	-51

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AFC Ajax	5 - 1	Feijenoord

AFC Ajax qualified for the 1960-61 European Cup.

Relegation play-off

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.

Matches

	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/A	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

See also

• Eerste Divisie 1959-60
• Tweede Divisie 1959–60

References

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (Dutch)
• RSSSF