2012–13 Eerste Divisie

The 2012–13 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-seventh season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 2013 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2012–13 Eredivisie. On 3 May 2013, during the last round of the regular season, SC Cambuur secured the championship and the only direct promotion berth. Go Ahead Eagles won promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs.

Eerste Divisie

Season	2012–13
Champions	SC Cambuur
Promoted	SC Cambuur, Go Ahead Eagles
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league. PEC Zwolle were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2011–12 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie SBV Excelsior, whereas Willem II won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing De Graafschap, who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season. No team was promoted from the Topklasse, thus allowing last-placed FC Emmen to keep their place in the second tier.

AGOVV

Almere City

Cambuur

Den Bosch

Dordrecht

Eindhoven

Emmen

Excelsior

Fortuna Sittard

Go Ahead Eagles

De Graafschap

Helmond Sport

MVV

Oss

Sparta

Telstar

Veendam

Volendam

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2011-2012

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	Sportpark Berg & Bos	3,259
Almere City FC	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,100
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
SBV Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Trendwork Arena	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	6,700
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	10,000
FC Oss	Oss	Heesen Yachts Stadion	4,700
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
SC Veendam	Veendam	De Langeleegte	5,290
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Marco Heering	End of interim spell	1 July 2012	Pre-season	Andries Ulderink	1 July 2012[1]
FC Den Bosch	Alfons Groenendijk	End of contract	1 July 2012[2]	Pre-season	Jan Poortvliet	1 July 2012[2]
FC Eindhoven	Erwin Koeman	End of contract	1 July 2012[3]	Pre-season	John Lammers	1 July 2012[3]
FC Emmen	René Hake	Mutual consent	1 July 2012[4]	Pre-season	Joop Gall	1 July 2012[5]
SBV Excelsior	John Lammers	End of contract	1 July 2012[6]	Pre-season	Leon Vlemmings	1 July 2012[7]
Fortuna Sittard	Tini Ruijs	Resigned	1 July 2012[8]	Pre-season	Wil Boessen	1 July 2012[9]
Go Ahead Eagles	Jimmy Calderwood	End of interim spell	1 July 2012[10]	Pre-season	Erik ten Hag	1 July 2012[10]
De Graafschap	Richard Roelofsen	End of interim spell	1 July 2012[11]	Pre-season	Pieter Huistra	1 July 2012[11]
Helmond Sport	Hans de Koning	Signed by FC Volendam	1 July 2012[12]	Pre-season	Eric Meijers	1 July 2012[13]
FC Oss	Dirk Heesen	End of contract	1 July 2012[14]	Pre-season	Anton Janssen	1 July 2012[14]
Telstar	Jan Poortvliet	End of contract	1 July 2012[2]	Pre-season	Marcel Keizer	1 July 2012[15]
FC Volendam	Johan Steur	End of interim spell	1 July 2012	Pre-season	Hans de Koning	1 July 2012[12]
FC Dordrecht	Theo Bos	Sick leave	14 July 2012[16]	Pre-season	Harry van den Ham (interim)	26 July 2012[17]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Cambuur (C, P)	30	19	4	7	59	33	+26	61	Promotion to 2013–14 Eredivisie
2	Volendam	30	19	3	8	70	43	+27	60	Qualification for Promotion playoffs Second Round
3	Sparta Rotterdam	30	16	7	7	59	36	+23	55
4	Helmond Sport	30	15	10	5	55	45	+10	55
5	MVV	30	14	8	8	56	44	+12	50
6	Go Ahead Eagles (P)	30	13	9	8	60	46	+14	48	Qualification for Promotion playoffs First Round
7	Fortuna Sittard	30	13	7	10	39	33	+6	46
8	De Graafschap	30	12	9	9	57	41	+16	45
9	Dordrecht	30	11	7	12	56	56	0	40
10	Oss	30	10	7	13	40	57	−17	37
11	Den Bosch	30	10	5	15	38	49	−11	35
12	Emmen	30	8	8	14	38	52	−14	32
13	Almere City	30	10	1	19	41	67	−26	31
14	Telstar	30	7	8	15	31	46	−15	29
15	Excelsior	30	4	9	17	39	63	−24	21
16	Eindhoven	30	5	6	19	40	67	−27	21
17	Veendam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[lower-alpha 1]	Clubs expelled, records expunged
18	AGOVV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[lower-alpha 2]

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: Eerste Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Veendam were officially declared bankrupt on 2 April 2013.[18]
2. AGOVV were initially deducted two points for entering administration,[19] but were later expelled on 18 January 2013 and their record was expunged on the same day.[20]

Playoffs

Roda JC and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Dordrecht	3–6	Go Ahead Eagles	3–3	0–3
De Graafschap	5–2	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	3–1

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	4–0	VVV-Venlo	1–0	3–0
MVV Maastricht	1–4	FC Volendam	0–1	1–3
Helmond Sport	3–5	Sparta Rotterdam	2–4	1–1
De Graafschap	2-7	Roda JC	1–1	1–6

Round 3

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	3–1	FC Volendam	3–0	0–1
Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Roda JC	0–0	1-2

Both winners qualify for 2013–14 Eredivisie.

References

1. "Ulderink en Timmer moeten AGOVV nieuw elan brengen" [Ulderink and Timmer must bring new impulse to AGOVV] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
2. "Jan Poortvliet verlaat Telstar en tekent voor Den Bosch" [Poortvliet leaves Telstar and signs for Den Bosch] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. "Lammers wordt bij FC Eindhoven opvolger van Koeman" [Lammers succeeds Koeman at FC Eindhoven] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
4. "Emmen en trainer Hake gaan in goed overleg uit elkaar" [Emmen and coach Hake part company amicably] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
5. "Gall tekent eenjarig contract bij eerstedivisionist Emmen" [Gall signs year contract for Eerste Divisie club Emmen] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
6. "Coach Lammers is bezig aan laatste weken bij Excelsior" [Coach Lammers at his final weeks at Excelsior] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
7. "Vlemmings opvolger van trainer Lammers bij Excelsior" [Vlemmings successor of coach Lammers at Excelsior] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
8. "Fortuna-trainer Ruijs ziet weinig perspectief en stapt op" [Fortuna coach Ruijs sees little perspective and resigns] (in Dutch). 28 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
9. "Fortuna Sittard stelt Boessen aan als opvolger van Ruijs" [Fortuna Sittard hires Boessen as successor of Ruijs] (in Dutch). 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
10. "Go Ahead Eagles legt Ten Hag voor twee seizoenen vast" [Go Ahead agrees two-year contract with Ten Hag] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
11. "Huistra nieuwe coach van gedegradeerd De Graafschap" [Huistra new coach of relegated De Graafschap] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
12. "Trainer De Koning wordt opvolger Kruys bij Volendam" [Coach De Koning succeeds Kruys at Volendam] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
13. "Meijers maakt alsnog gewenste overstap naar Helmond" [Meijers makes desired move to Helmond] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
14. "FC Oss presenteert Janssen als opvolger van Heesen" [FC Oss presents Janssen as successor of Heesen] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
15. "Oud-Ajacied Keizer opvolger van Poortvliet bij Telstar" [Former Ajax player Keizer substitute of Poortvliet at Telstar] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
16. "Bos stopt noodgedwongen als trainer van FC Dordrecht" [Bos forced to stop as FC Dordrecht coach] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
17. "Van den Ham tijdelijk opvolger Bos als trainer Dordrecht" [Van den Ham temporary successor of Bos as FC Dordrecht coach] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
18. "Reddingsactie mislukt: SC Veendam is definitief failliet". VI.nl. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
19. "AGOVV krijgt punten in mindering". NOS. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
20. "KNVB bekrachtigt 'onwenselijk' faillissement van AGOVV". VI. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)