1997–98 in Dutch football

The 1997/1998 season in Dutch football was the 42nd season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam won the double, claiming the title and the Dutch National Cup.

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ajax	89	34	29	2	3	112	22	+90
2	PSV	72	34	21	9	4	95	44	+51
3	Vitesse Arnhem	70	34	21	7	6	85	48	+37
4	Feyenoord	61	34	18	7	9	62	40	+22
5	Willem II	55	34	17	4	13	66	58	+8
6	SC Heerenveen	55	34	16	7	11	56	59	-3
7	Fortuna Sittard	48	34	14	6	14	51	53	-2
8	NEC	44	34	14	2	18	40	57	-17
9	FC Twente	43	34	11	10	13	41	42	-1
10	FC Utrecht	43	34	13	4	17	56	64	-8
11	De Graafschap	42	34	11	9	14	45	49	-4
12	NAC	42	34	12	6	16	41	49	-8
13	Sparta	41	34	10	11	13	50	59	-9
14	Roda JC	38	34	10	8	16	44	45	-1
15	MVV	32	34	9	5	20	35	75	-40
16	RKC	31	34	8	7	19	48	71	-23
17	FC Groningen	31	34	7	10	17	42	65	-23
18	FC Volendam	21	34	5	6	23	33	102	-79

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikos Machlas	Vitesse Arnhem	34
2	Shota Arveladze	Ajax Amsterdam	25
3	Ronald Hamming	Fortuna Sittard	20
4	Dejan Curovic	Vitesse Arnhem	17
5	Jari Litmanen	Ajax Amsterdam	16
–	Michael Mols	FC Utrecht	16

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	AZ Alkmaar	72	34	21	9	4	81	31	+50
2	Cambuur Leeuwarden	65	34	20	5	9	66	43	+23
3	FC Emmen	61	34	18	7	9	64	45	+19
4	FC Den Bosch	60	34	17	9	8	60	42	+18
5	ADO Den Haag	58	34	17	7	10	69	43	+26
6	FC Zwolle	54	34	14	12	8	58	42	+16
7	TOP Oss	52	34	16	4	14	59	50	+9
8	FC Eindhoven	51	34	16	3	15	50	52	-2
9	Go Ahead Eagles	49	34	15	4	15	70	55	+15
10	Helmond Sport	47	34	12	11	11	46	45	+1
11	VVV-Venlo	47	34	12	11	11	45	46	-1
12	BV Veendam	45	34	11	12	11	51	55	-4
13	SC Telstar	40	34	11	7	16	43	60	-17
14	SC Heracles	32	34	8	8	18	51	77	-26
15	HFC Haarlem	31	34	8	7	19	43	85	-42
16	Excelsior Rotterdam	30	34	8	6	20	39	64	-25
13	Dordrecht '90	30	34	6	12	16	37	64	-27
18	RBC Roosendaal	22	34	4	10	20	33	66	-33

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	RKC Waalwijk	14	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10
2	FC Eindhoven	6	6	1	3	2	8	11	-3
3	ADO Den Haag	5	6	0	5	1	5	8	-3
4	FC Emmen	4	6	0	4	2	11	15	-4

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Cambuur Leeuwarden	14	6	4	2	0	15	8	+7
2	FC Zwolle	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1
3	FC Groningen	5	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3
4	FC Den Bosch	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3

1997–98 in Dutch football

Contents

Johan Cruijff-schaal

Eredivisie

Topscorers

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

Ajax Winning Squad 1997-'98

Eerste Divisie

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Group B

KNVB Cup

Final

Dutch national team

References

Languages

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

March 11

FC Twente	3
		April 29
Vitesse Arnhem	1
		PSV Eindhoven	2
March 12
		FC Twente	1
PSV Eindhoven	4
				May 17 - Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam	0
				Ajax Amsterdam	5
March 11
				PSV Eindhoven	0
Ajax Amsterdam	2
		May 7
NAC Breda	1
		Ajax Amsterdam	3
March 31
		SC Heerenveen	0	Third place
SC Heerenveen	3
				May 14 - Zwolle
Fortuna Sittard	0
				SC Heerenveen	3

				FC Twente	1