Eredivisie 1966-67
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The Dutch Eredivisie
in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 18 teams. The number of participants was brought up from 16, so there were more promoted, then relegated teams. Ajax won the championship.
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup
1966-67, thereby taking the double
. Finalists NAC Breda would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup next season, since Ajax would already be playing in the European Cup.
2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1967
.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 18 teams. The number of participants was brought up from 16, so there were more promoted, then relegated teams. Ajax won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax 1 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 122 | 34 | 88 | European Cup European Cup 1967-68 The 1967–68 European Cup was the 13th European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Manchester United, who beat Benfica 4–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium, London... |
| 2 | Feijenoord 2 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 81 | 33 | 48 | |
| 3 | Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887.... 2 |
34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 50 | 25 | 25 | |
| 4 | ADO ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 70 | 40 | 30 | |
| 5 | Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... 2 |
34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 57 | 37 | 20 | |
| 6 | PSV | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 64 | 59 | 5 | |
| 7 | Sittardia Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,... |
34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 34 | 40 | -6 | |
| 8 | DWS Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.-History:AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and... |
34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 56 | 51 | 5 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous... |
| 9 | GVAV 2 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 44 | 4 | |
| 10 | Xerxes XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam.The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class of Dutch football... |
34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 48 | -1 | |
| 11 | MVV | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 59 | -16 | |
| 12 | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... 1 |
34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 50 | -6 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1967-68 The season 1967-68 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by A.C. Milan final victory against Hamburger SV, the fourth West German finalist in four years.-First round:-First leg:---------------------Second leg:... |
| 13 | FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 47 | 62 | -16 | |
| 14 | Fortuna '54 Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,... |
34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 44 | 66 | -22 | |
| 15 | DOS | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 83 | -33 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous... |
| 16 | Telstar | 30 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 44 | 68 | -24 | |
| 17 | Elinkwijk | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 35 | 84 | -49 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1967-68 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1967/1968 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous season. This was due to a merger between FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 to form AZ'67... |
| 18 | Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia... |
34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 80 | -53 |
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
1966-67, thereby taking the double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
. Finalists NAC Breda would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup next season, since Ajax would already be playing in the European Cup.
2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1967
Intertoto Cup 1967
The 1967 Intertoto Cup was the first in which no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore the first in which no winner was declared. The tournament was expanded, with 48 clubs and twelve groups compared to 40 clubs and ten groups the season before...
.