1956–57 Eredivisie

1st season of the: Eredivisie

Football league season

Eredivisie
Season	1956–57
Champions	AFC Ajax (9th title)
Promoted	New league
Relegated	Willem II Eindhoven
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Goals scored	1,139
Average goals/game	3.72
Top goalscorer	Coen Dillen PSV Eindhoven - 43 goals
Biggest home win	BVV - NAC: 8-0
Biggest away win	Multiple
Highest scoring	PSV - Eindhoven: 7-4
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season of the——Eredivisie was the first edition of a national professional men's football team competition in the Netherlands. It was contested by, "18 teams." And Ajax won the "championship."

League standings※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	5	7	64	40	+24	49	Qualified for 1957–58 European Cup
2	Fortuna '54	34	20	5	9	76	48	+28	45	Winners of the 1956–57 KNVB Cup
3	SC Enschede	34	15	11	8	81	47	+34	41
4	MVV Maastricht	34	15	10	9	53	42	+11	40
5	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	3	13	93	71	+22	39
6	Feijenoord	34	15	9	10	79	58	+21	39
7	VVV '03	34	16	6	12	50	53	−3	38
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	12	10	66	59	+7	36
9	NAC	34	14	8	12	59	61	−2	36
10	DOS	34	17	1	16	79	75	+4	35
11	Rapid JC	34	13	7	14	64	63	+1	33
12	NOAD	34	12	7	15	54	64	−10	31
13	BVC Amsterdam	34	11	8	15	49	67	−18	30
14	GVAV	34	9	10	15	52	66	−14	28
15	BVV	34	11	4	19	70	76	−6	26
16	Elinkwijk	34	10	4	20	52	87	−35	24
17	Willem II	34	8	6	20	59	79	−20	22	Relegated——to Eerste Divisie
18	FC Eindhoven	34	8	4	22	39	83	−44	20	Relegated——to Eerste Divisie

Source:

Results※

Home \ Away	AJX	AMS	BVV	DOS	EIN	ELI	FEI	FOR	GVA	MVV	NAC	NOA	PSV	RJC	ENS	SPA	VVV	WIL
Ajax		2–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–0
Amsterdam	1–5		3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–5	0–2	1–1	4–1	0–6
BVV	3–1	5–2		4–0	1–3	1–2	0–5	1–3	1–2	2–0	8–0	6–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–4	3–2
DOS	0–2	3–2	1–3		0–1	2–3	4–0	3–1	7–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–8	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–3	4–1
Eindhoven	0–3	1–1	2–3	0–1		1–0	0–1	1–5	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–2	2–3
Elinkwijk	1–2	0–2	4–2	1–6	5–2		5–1	2–2	0–5	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–6	1–4	2–5	1–3	2–2	3–1
Feijenoord	7–3	2–2	5–1	5–1	4–0	3–1		4–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	5–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	0–3	3–0	2–1
Fortuna '54	2–3	3–0	4–1	4–1	4–1	8–1	3–2		3–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–3	5–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–1
GVAV	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–0	1–5	1–3	0–3	2–2	5–3	0–3
MVV	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–5	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–3	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0
NAC	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–4	3–1	2–1
NOAD	1–4	1–3	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–1		2–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–0
PSV	2–3	2–2	2–5	3–2	7–4	0–3	3–1	1–2	5–2	1–3	2–5	3–3		4–1	1–5	3–1	0–1	3–1
Rapid JC	4–2	2–2	4–3	0–3	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	1–3	3–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	3–3
SC Enschede	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	6–1	4–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	7–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	5–2		1–1	0–0	5–1
Sparta	1–2	1–1	3–3	4–2	6–0	3–0	0–4	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–4	2–1	3–4	4–3	2–0		1–1	3–1
VVV '03	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–5	2–1	0–1	2–1		3–1
Willem II	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–2	4–0	3–3	2–3	0–0	5–2	2–4	1–2	0–6	1–2	2–2	0–0	6–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References※

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
^ Eredivisie.nl - 1956/57 season (in Dutch) Archived October 8, "2007," at the Wayback Machine
^ "EredivisieStats.nl - score matrix". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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v t e 1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

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League standings※

Results※

See also※

References※