Who Is Maarten Martens? When Maarten Martens was promoted from assistant coach to head coach at AFAS Stadion last January, he was taking what has become one of the biggest jobs in Dutch club football over the years. From household names in the country like Louis van Gaal, Dick Advocaat,...
Fans of Dutch football will fondly remember the 2022/23 KNVB Cup when SV Spakenburg of the 3rd tier Tweede Divisie became the first amateur team to qualify for the semi-finals of the cup. Fast-forward to this campaign, which just passed, and Spakenburg continued to write headlines. The club is managed...
Vitesse, a prominent name in Dutch football, has faced a recent downturn after being relegated from the Eredivisie for the first time in 35 years. This unexpected blow came as a result of a probe into the club's financial affairs, revealing startling links to Chelsea FC and Russian billionaire owner...
Vitesse are having a torrid time this season, with just four wins to their name, the Arnhem-based side finds themselves languishing in 17th place in the Eredivisie. Although the club has never won a top-flight title, it has established itself as a development ground for future top-class talents. For example,...
ADO Den Haag has been synonymous with the Eredivisie for much of the 21st century. Their promotion from the second tier in 2003 was followed by a four-year stay in the top flight before their relegation in 2007, but they returned the very next year. After a period of consolidation,...
Who Is Dennis Te Kloese? Dennis te Kloese’s appointment as Feyenoord’s technical director came at the same time as Arne Slot was preparing the first-team squad for a season that would ultimately result in their first Eredivisie title win since the 2016/17 season when Giovanni van Bronckhorst led De club...
Who Is René Hake? Go Ahead Eagles appointed René Hake in May of 2022 after he was dismissed as head coach of FC Utrecht only a couple of months prior. He was tasked with leading the club back into the Eredivisie for the 2022/23 campaign, with the Dutch club winning...
In recent Eredivisie seasons, Vitesse Arnhem have been a club that have regularly finished in the top half of the table, almost always pushing for European qualification. In fact, the club were in the UEFA Europa League group stages back in the 2018/19 season, while they competed in the UEFA...
As of now, Go Ahead Eagles hold the seventh position in the Dutch Eredivisie. They have accumulated 23 points after 17 matches, with moderate performance in both offensive and defensive aspects, netting 28 goals and conceding 26 goals, respectively. Moreover, out of the 28 goals scored, 10 were from set-pieces—a proportion of 35.7%—which...
Arne Slot is the latest star in the Dutch managerial sky after impressing greatly at AZ Alkmaar since taking charge in July 2019. Under his leadership, AZ are second in the Eredivisie and progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League by finishing second to Manchester United. These results,...
Following the Saudi Public Investment Funds takeover at Newcastle in 2021, there have been numerous comings and goings at St James’ Park. While big money has been spent on established Premier League players such as Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes, one player acquisition that may have slipped under the radar...
FC Twente Enschede are a team on a mission at the moment. After suffering relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2017-18 season, they topped the Dutch second tier in the following season, returning to the top flight in 2019. They have since virtually improved year-on-year, moving from a 14th-place finish...
The Dutch Eredivisie remains a true rollercoaster of emotions. While the titans of old, like Ajax, are still on a downward spiral, Feyenoord and PSV are battling it out for the top of the mountain for the second season in a row. Having won the 2022/23 title, Feyenoord are now...
Feyenoord are the current champions of the Eredivisie and are enjoying a positive start to their season in their efforts to retain the title whilst also hoping to make the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds. Their set plays this season have been very simple to the eye yet highly refreshing...
Since the appointment of former Ajax and Borussia Dortmund manager Peter Bosz in the summer after the departure of Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy as head coach, PSV Eindhoven have been absolutely flying domestically to start the new Eredivisie season. Ten matches into the campaign, they have won every...
After a dismal start to the season, where they have lost their last four Eredivisie matches and currently sit in the relegation zone, Ajax made the decision to sack their manager, Maurice Steijn, after only four months in charge. In the midst of what could be described as a crisis,...
After relegation at the end of the 2018/19 Eredivisie season Excelsior returned to the Dutch top division for the 2022/23 season. The club survived last season, finishing 4 points above the relegation playoff position at the end of the campaign. So far this season, they have been enjoying a very...
After a fifth-place finish last season and prevailing in the playoffs, propelling them into the UEFA Europa Conference League playoff round, manager Ron Jans left FC Twente, requiring a manager heading into the summer. Luckily, Twente did not have to try and find a replacement for too long. They brought...
Another Ajax player is being linked with a move away from the club. This time, it is Jorrel Hato who, according to reports, has caught the eye of Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool. We scouted Hato at the start of September 2023, and it was clear that, even at the age...
Looking at the teams that were promoted from the Eerste Divisie last season into the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, names like PEC Zwolle and Heracles are familiar, as they are two teams who recently competed in the Dutch top flight. However, many might not have heard of...
