1987–88 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1987-88
Champions	PSV Eindhoven (10th title)
Promoted	Willem II FC Volendam DS '79
Relegated	AZ FC Den Haag DS '79
European Cup	PSV
Cup Winners' Cup	Roda JC
UEFA Cup	Ajax FC Groningen
Goals scored	963
Average goals/game	3.14
Top goalscorer	Wim Kieft PSV Eindhoven 29 goals
← 1986-87 1988-89 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1987/1988 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	PSV Eindhoven	34	27	5	2	117	28	59	89	Entered 1988-89 European Cup. [1]
2	AFC Ajax	34	23	4	7	78	40	50	+38	Qualified for 1988-89 UEFA Cup.
3	FC Twente	34	16	9	9	63	40	41	+23	Qualified for Play-offs for 1988-89 UEFA Cup.
4	Willem II	34	14	10	10	60	46	38	+14
5	VVV-Venlo	34	13	12	9	43	35	38	+8
6	Feyenoord	34	14	8	12	63	57	36	+6
7	FC Den Bosch	34	15	6	13	46	46	36	0
8	Fortuna Sittard	34	11	13	10	51	48	35	+3
9	HFC Haarlem	34	14	6	14	42	46	34	-4
10	FC Utrecht	34	11	11	12	41	55	33	-14
11	FC Groningen	34	13	6	15	54	52	32	+2	Qualified for Play-offs for 1988-89 UEFA Cup.
12	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	8	14	44	50	32	-6
13	PEC Zwolle	34	10	9	15	40	64	29	-24
14	FC Volendam	34	10	9	15	40	66	29	-26
15	Roda JC	34	10	8	16	46	54	28	-8	Qualified for 1988-89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. [2]
16	AZ	34	9	10	15	44	64	28	-20	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
17	FC Den Haag	34	7	8	19	50	72	22	-22
18	DS '79	34	2	8	24	41	100	12	-59

^[1] PSV Eindhoven competed in the 1988-89 European Cup as defending champions.
^[2] PSV also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. Therefore, beaten finalists Roda JC would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Play-offs

This year, play-offs were held for one UEFA-Cup spot.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Groningen	6	2	3	1	7	5	7	+2	Qualified for 1988-89 UEFA Cup.
2	Willem II	6	2	2	2	9	8	6	+1
3	FC Twente	6	2	2	2	8	9	6	-1
4	VVV-Venlo	6	2	1	3	7	9	5	-2

See also

• Eerste Divisie 1987-88
• KNVB Cup 1987-88

References

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