Eredivisie 2005-06

The 2005/06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champions on April 9, 2006. The season was overshadowed by the death of FC Utrecht player David di Tommaso.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:
*Heracles Almelo (First Division champion)
*Sparta Rotterdam (playoffs)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:
*RBC Roosendaal

Final league table

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

* 2005 / 2006 — Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord Rotterdam)

=Dutch Golden Shoe Winner=

* 2005 — Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven)

The 2005-06 Eredivisie play-offs

Prior to finishing on 4th place in the regular season, Ajax had already reached the KNVB Cup final. In this final, they faced and defeated Eredivisie champions PSV. Ajax would have qualified for the UEFA Cup via the cup even if they had lost the final. This had consequences for the play-off schedule. Games F and H were not played. The teams ranked 2 to 5 instead played for one Champions League qualifier ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets. The fourth and final UEFA Cup ticket went to the winner of matches C, D and G, between the teams who finished from 6th to 9th place in the regular season. The loser of match G played the winner of a play-off between positions 10 to 13 of the regular league for a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. All rounds were played in two legs, one home match and one away match, with away goals as the first tiebreaker.

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets
4TeamBracket | RD1=Matches A and B
RD2=Match E

RD1-seed1=5
RD1-team1=Groningen(advances on aggregate)
RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=2
RD1-team2=AZ
RD1-score2=3

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Ajax (advances on aggregate)
RD1-score3=7
RD1-seed4=3
RD1-team4=Feyenoord
RD1-score4=2

RD2-seed1=A
RD2-team1=Groningen
RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2=B
RD2-team2=Ajax (advances on aggregate)
RD2-score2=3

For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
4TeamBracket | RD1=Matches C and D
RD2=Match G

RD1-seed1=9
RD1-team1=Twente (advances on aggregate)
RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2=6
RD1-team2=Utrecht
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=8
RD1-team3=Roda JC
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=7
RD1-team4=Heerenveen (advances on aggregate)
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=C
RD2-team1=Twente
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=D
RD2-team2=Heerenveen (advances on aggregate)
RD2-score2=6

For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket
4TeamBracket | RD1=Matches H and I
RD2=Match J

RD1-seed1=13
RD1-team1=Heracles
RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2=10
RD1-team2=NEC (advances on aggregate)
RD1-score2=4

RD1-seed3=12
RD1-team3=RKC
RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=11
RD1-team4=Vitesse (advances on aggregate)
RD1-score4=6

RD2-seed1=I
RD2-team1=Vitesse (advances on aggregate)
RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2=H
RD2-team2=NEC
RD2-score2=1

For the Intertoto Cup ticket2TeamBracket | RD1=Match K

RD1-seed1=G
RD1-team1=Twente (advances on aggregate)
RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2=J
RD1-team2=Vitesse
RD1-score2=1

Ajax qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2006-07. FC Groningen, AZ, Feyenoord and Heerenveen qualified for the UEFA Cup 2006-07. FC Twente qualified for the Intertoto Cup 2006.

For promotion and relegation

For two Eredivisie tickets
"Round 1"

NAC Breda and Willem II remain in the Eredivisie.