1956–57 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1956–57
Champions	AFC Ajax (9th title)
Promoted	New league
Relegated	Willem II Eindhoven
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Goals scored	1139
Average goals/game	3.72
Top goalscorer	Coen Dillen PSV Eindhoven - 43 goals
Biggest home win	BVV - NAC: 8-0
Biggest away win	Multiple
Highest scoring	PSV - Eindhoven: 7-4
← 1955–56 1957-58 →

The 1956/57 season of the Eredivisie was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Netherlands, represented by the country's best clubs. It was contested by 18 teams, and Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	5	7	64	40	49	+24	Qualified for 1957-58 European Cup.
2	Fortuna '54	34	20	5	9	76	48	45	+28	[1]
3	SC Enschede	34	15	11	8	81	47	41	+34
4	MVV Maastricht	34	15	10	9	53	42	40	+11
5	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	3	13	93	71	39	+22
6	Feijenoord	34	15	9	10	79	58	39	+21
7	VVV '03	34	16	6	12	50	53	38	-3
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	12	10	66	59	36	+7
9	NAC	34	14	8	12	59	61	36	-2
10	DOS	34	17	1	16	79	75	35	-4
11	Rapid JC	34	13	7	14	64	63	33	-1
12	NOAD	34	12	7	15	54	64	31	-10
13	BVC Amsterdam	34	11	8	15	49	67	30	-18
14	GVAV	34	9	10	15	52	66	28	-14
15	BVV	34	11	4	19	70	76	26	-6
16	Elinkwijk	34	10	4	20	52	87	24	-25
17	Willem II	34	8	6	20	59	79	22	-20	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18	FC Eindhoven	34	8	4	22	39	83	20	-44

^[1] Winners of the KNVB Cup 1956-57.

Matches

	AJX	AMS	BVV	DOS	EIN	ELI	FEI	FOR	GVA	MVV	NAC	NOA	PSV	RJC	ENS	SPA	VVV	WIL
Ajax		2-3	1-0	1-2	3-1	1-0	1-0	0-2	4-2	2-0	1-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	1-2	1-1	5-0
Amsterdam	1-5		3-2	1-2	2-1	1-2	2-1	1-1	0-1	3-0	0-1	1-0	1-3	0-5	0-2	1-1	4-1	0-6
BVV	3-1	5-2		4-0	1-3	1-2	0-5	1-3	1-2	2-0	8-0	6-0	0-3	3-1	2-2	2-2	1-4	3-2
DOS	0-2	3-2	1-3		0-1	2-3	4-0	3-1	7-1	1-2	4-1	3-1	2-8	2-0	1-4	2-3	1-3	4-1
Eindhoven	0-3	1-1	2-3	0-1		1-0	0-1	1-5	1-1	0-3	2-2	3-1	0-2	0-2	3-2	0-2	0-2	2-3
Elinkwijk	1-2	0-2	4-2	1-6	5-2		5-1	2-2	0-5	0-0	2-1	2-3	0-6	1-4	2-5	1-3	2-2	3-1
Feijenoord	7-3	2-2	5-1	5-1	4-0	3-1		4-0	2-1	2-2	2-2	5-2	2-0	2-3	2-2	0-3	3-0	2-1
Fortuna '54	2-3	3-0	4-1	4-1	4-1	8-1	3-2		3-2	1-1	2-1	0-3	1-3	5-0	4-1	1-1	3-1	0-1
GVAV	1-1	1-1	3-2	3-2	1-1	1-2	4-2	2-0		0-0	1-2	2-0	1-5	1-3	0-3	2-2	5-3	0-3
MVV	1-1	2-0	3-0	2-5	3-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2-0		1-3	3-0	5-0	2-0	0-0	3-2	1-0	0-0
NAC	1-1	3-1	1-0	4-4	0-1	2-1	1-1	0-2	2-0	2-1		2-2	3-0	1-1	1-1	3-4	3-1	2-1
NOAD	1-4	1-3	0-0	4-2	2-0	3-3	0-0	1-2	3-2	0-0	2-1		2-3	3-2	3-1	3-0	1-2	1-0
PSV	2-3	2-2	2-5	3-2	7-4	0-3	3-1	1-2	5-2	1-3	2-5	3-3		4-1	1-5	3-1	0-1	3-1
Rapid JC	4-2	2-2	4-3	0-3	0-1	2-1	4-1	0-1	2-2	1-1	5-1	1-3	3-1		1-1	0-0	2-0	3-3
SC Enschede	0-1	1-2	4-1	1-2	6-1	4-2	2-3	4-1	1-1	7-2	3-0	1-1	2-2	5-2		1-1	0-0	5-1
Sparta	1-2	1-1	3-3	4-2	6-0	3-0	0-4	0-0	2-2	3-2	1-4	2-1	3-4	4-3	2-0		1-1	3-1
VVV '03	0-0	3-2	3-1	0-1	2-1	2-1	2-2	2-3	1-0	1-3	1-0	2-1	1-5	2-1	0-1	2-1		3-1
Willem II	0-1	1-2	1-0	2-3	3-2	4-0	3-3	2-3	0-0	5-2	2-4	1-2	0-6	1-2	2-2	0-0	6-3

See also

• Eerste Divisie 1956-57
• Tweede Divisie 1956–57

References

• RSSSF