Competition: | Eredivisie Vrouwen |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Dates: | 7 September 2018 – 3 May 2019 |
Winners: | Twente (third title) |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Twente |
League Topscorer: | Tiny Hoekstra (27 goals) [1] |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Biggest Away Win: | |
Highest Scoring: | |
Longest Wins: | 9 matches Twente |
Longest Unbeaten: | 15 matches Twente |
Longest Winless: | 15 matches Excelsior/Barendrecht |
Longest Losses: | 9 matches Achilles '29 Excelsior/Barendrecht |
Matches: | 110 |
Total Goals: | 454 |
Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the ninth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The season took place from 7 September 2018 to 3 May 2019 with nine teams.[2] Twente won the league championship, its third Eredivisie title, after trailing PSV at the end of the regular season. Twente clinched its tile by defeating PSV in its penultimate match.[3]
The number of teams and specific teams was unchanged from the previous season, the first time the Eredivisie had such stability.
Team | City / Town | Venue(s) | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
4,500 | ||||
15,000 | ||||
1,500 | ||||
2,000 | ||||
3,625 | ||||
4,500 | ||||
Sportpark De Bongerd (Barendrecht) | 2,100 | |||
3,000 | ||||
Abe Lenstra Stadion | 27,224 | |||
Sportcomplex De Herdgang | 2,500 | |||
FC Twente | Enschede | 30,205 | ||
Sportpark 't Wilbert (Hengelo) | 2,000 | |||
PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | 12,500 |
The league's split-schedule format remained the same as the previous season. In the regular season, all nine teams played one another twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 16 matches each. Following those matches, the top five teams qualified for a championship play-offs and the bottom four teams for the placement group. Championship play-off teams played each twice, for a total of 8 matches each, while placement group teams played each other three times, for a total of 9 matches each. Points accumulated in the regular season were halved and added to the points of the playoff stage rounds. There was no relegation nor promotion, and the champion qualified to the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League.[6] [7]
The top five teams were set after matchday 16. Points from the regular season were halved.
The bottom four teams were set after matchday 16. Points from the regular season were halved.
1 | Tiny Hoekstra | sc Heerenveen | 27 |
2 | Joëlle Smits | FC Twente | 25 |
3 | Katja Snoeijs | PSV | 20 |
4 | Babiche Root | PEC Zwolle | 18 |
Renate Jansen | FC Twente |