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1997–98 in Dutch football

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The 1997/1998 season in Dutch football was the 42nd season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam won the double, claiming the title and the Dutch National Cup.

Johan Cruijff-schaal

De Bilde

[[Eredivisie]]

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ajax	89	34	29	2	3	112	22	+90
2	PSV	72	34	21	9	4	95	44	+51
3	Vitesse Arnhem	70	34	21	7	6	85	48	+37
4	Feyenoord	61	34	18	7	9	62	40	+22
5	Willem II	55	34	17	4	13	66	58	+8
6	SC Heerenveen	55	34	16	7	11	56	59	-3
7	Fortuna Sittard	48	34	14	6	14	51	53	-2
8	NEC	44	34	14	2	18	40	57	-17
9	FC Twente	43	34	11	10	13	41	42	-1
10	FC Utrecht	43	34	13	4	17	56	64	-8
11	De Graafschap	42	34	11	9	14	45	49	-4
12	NAC	42	34	12	6	16	41	49	-8
13	Sparta	41	34	10	11	13	50	59	-9
14	Roda JC	38	34	10	8	16	44	45	-1
15	MVV	32	34	9	5	20	35	75	-40
16	RKC	31	34	8	7	19	48	71	-23
17	FC Groningen	31	34	7	10	17	42	65	-23
18	FC Volendam	21	34	5	6	23	33	102	-79

Champions League : Ajax and PSV
UEFA Cup: Vitesse, Feyenoord and Willem II
Cup Winners Cup: SC Heerenveen
Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC and FC Groningen
Relegated: FC Volendam

Topscorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Nikos Machlas	GRE	Vitesse Arnhem	34
2	Shota Arveladze	GEO	Ajax Amsterdam	25
3	Ronald Hamming	NED	Fortuna Sittard	20
4	Dejan Curovic	FR Yugoslavia	Vitesse Arnhem	17
5	Jari Litmanen	FIN	Ajax Amsterdam	16
–	Michael Mols	NED	FC Utrecht	16

Awards

[[Dutch Footballer of the Year]]

1997 — Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)
1998 – 1999 — Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven)

[[Dutch Footballer of the Year|Dutch Golden Shoe Winner]]

1997 — Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)
1998 — Edwin van der Sar (Ajax Amsterdam)

Ajax Winning Squad 1997-'98

;Goal

NED Fred Grim
NED Edwin van der Sar

;Defence

NED Danny Blind
NED Frank de Boer
NED Tim de Cler
ARG Mariano Juan
NED Mario Melchiot
GHA Kofi Mensah
NGA Sunday Oliseh
NED Tom Sier
NED Raphael Supusepa
DEN Ole Tobiasen

;Midfield

NED Ronald de Boer
POR Dani
NED Dean Gorré
NED Richard Knopper
FIN Jari Litmanen
NED Martijn Reuser
POL Andrzej Rudy
NED Richard Witschge ;Attack
GEO Shota Arveladze
NGA Tijani Babangida
RUS Andrey Demchenko
NED Peter Hoekstra
DEN Michael Laudrup
RSA Benni McCarthy
NED Andy van der Meyde
NED Gerald Sibon

;Management

DEN Morten Olsen (Coach)
NED Heini Otto (Assistant)
NED Bobby Haarms (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	AZ Alkmaar	72	34	21	9	4	81	31	+50
2	Cambuur Leeuwarden	65	34	20	5	9	66	43	+23
3	FC Emmen	61	34	18	7	9	64	45	+19
4	FC Den Bosch	60	34	17	9	8	60	42	+18
5	ADO Den Haag	58	34	17	7	10	69	43	+26
6	FC Zwolle	54	34	14	12	8	58	42	+16
7	TOP Oss	52	34	16	4	14	59	50	+9
8	FC Eindhoven	51	34	16	3	15	50	52	-2
9	Go Ahead Eagles	49	34	15	4	15	70	55	+15
10	Helmond Sport	47	34	12	11	11	46	45	+1
11	VVV-Venlo	47	34	12	11	11	45	46	-1
12	BV Veendam	45	34	11	12	11	51	55	-4
13	SC Telstar	40	34	11	7	16	43	60	-17
14	SC Heracles	32	34	8	8	18	51	77	-26
15	HFC Haarlem	31	34	8	7	19	43	85	-42
16	Excelsior Rotterdam	30	34	8	6	20	39	64	-25
13	Dordrecht '90	30	34	6	12	16	37	64	-27
18	RBC Roosendaal	22	34	4	10	20	33	66	-33

Promoted : AZ Alkmaar
Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Cambuur, Emmen, Den Bosch, ADO Den Haag, Zwolle and Eindhoven

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	RKC Waalwijk	14	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10
2	FC Eindhoven	6	6	1	3	2	8	11	-3
3	ADO Den Haag	5	6	0	5	1	5	8	-3
4	FC Emmen	4	6	0	4	2	11	15	-4

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Cambuur Leeuwarden	14	6	4	2	0	15	8	+7
2	FC Zwolle	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1
3	FC Groningen	5	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3
4	FC Den Bosch	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3

Stayed / Promoted : RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur Leeuwarden
Relegated: FC Groningen

KNVB Cup

|March 11|FC Twente|3|Vitesse Arnhem|1 |March 12|PSV Eindhoven|4|Feyenoord Rotterdam|0 |March 11|Ajax Amsterdam|2|NAC Breda|1 |March 31|SC Heerenveen|3|Fortuna Sittard|0 |April 29|PSV Eindhoven|2|FC Twente|1 |May 7|Ajax Amsterdam|3|SC Heerenveen|0 |May 17 - Rotterdam|Ajax Amsterdam|5|PSV Eindhoven|0 |May 14 - Zwolle|SC Heerenveen|3|FC Twente|1

The third place match was necessary to determine the Dutch Cup Winners Cup entrant, since both finalists (Ajax and PSV) were qualified for the Champions League.

Final

Litmanen , , Arveladze

Dutch national team

Main article: Netherlands national football team results – 1990s#1997

References

RSSSF Archive

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