Sunday, May 20th, 2012

VVV Venlo 2 – Helmond Sport 2 (Agg4-3) (Eredivisie Promotion/Relegation playoff 2nd leg, May 20, 2012) Danny Holla’s double kept Venlo in the top flight.

Willem II 2 – Den Bosch 1 (Agg4-3) (Eredivisie Promotion/Relegation playoff 2nd leg, May 20, 2012) Jens Podevijn’s 82nd minute winner sent Willem II into the Eredivisie.

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

RKC Waalwijk 1 – Vitesse 3 (Europa League play-off first leg, May 17, 2012) Toma Kalas put Vitesse 1-up on 22. Krisztian Nemeth equalised early in the second half. A double from Wilfried Bony put Vitesse in the box seat with a double in the second half.

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Vitesse 2 – NEC 0 (Agg. 4-3) (Europa League playoff, May 13, 2012) Nicky Hofs and Wilfried Bony both scored in the second half for Vitesse.

VVV Venlo 4 – Cambuur Leeuwarden 3 (Agg. 4-3) (Eredivisie relegation playoff, May 13, 2012) Michael Uchebo scored an injury-time winner for VVV Venlo to triumph 4-3 over Cambuur on aggregate in their relegation playoff.

FC Eindhoven 0 – Helmond Sport 2 (Agg. 3-0) (Eredivisie relegation playoff, May 13, 2012)

De Graafschap 1 – Den Bosch 1  (Agg. 2-2) (Eredivisie relegation playoff, May 13, 2012) Den Bosch started the match better and took the lead in the 17th minute when Tom van Weert scored. The home side managed to equalise 13 minutes later through Yuri Rose but De Graafschap failed to score again and Den Bosch held on to win the playoff on away goals.

Rogier Meijer, captain of De Graafschap, is consoled by his young daughter Saar after getting relegated

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

RKC Waalwijk 1 – FC Twente 1 (Eredivisie Europa League play-off first round first leg, May 10, 2012) Douglas had put Twente in front. A penalty from Ricky Ten Voorde levelled things up.

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

NEC 3 – Vitesse 2 (Eredivisie Europa League play-off first round first leg, May 10, 2012) Nicky Hofs had put Vitesse in the lead only for Navarone Foor to equalise for NEC. Wilfried Bony gave Vitesse a 2-1 advantage before late goals from Lasse Schone (penalty) and an og (which may not have crossed the line) from Frank van der Struijk settled the first leg.

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Heerenveen 2 – Feyenoord 3 (Eredivisie, May 6, 2012) Otman Bakkal, Sekou Cisse and Elvis Manu scored for Feyenoord who finish second, one point ahead of PSV.

Vitesse Arnhem 1 – Ajax 3 (Eredivisie, May 6, 2012)

Excelsior 1 – PSV 3 (Eredivisie, May 6, 2012)

NAC Breda 3 – RKC Waalwijk 2 (Eredivisie, May 6, 2012)

AZ 1 – Groningen 0 (Eredivisie, May 6, 2012)

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Ajax 2 – VVV Venlo 0 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Ajax’s charge towards the title got off to a perfect start as Siem de Jong bundled the ball over the Venlo line in the 6th minute. Siem De Jong killed the match with a second in the 59th.

Ajax celebrate winning the Eredivisie.

FC Twente 3 – Heerenveen 4 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Luuk de Jong’s early double put Twente in control but Bas Dost, Oussama Assaidi (two) and Luciano Narsingh’s efforts for Heerenveen meant Douglas’ late header was not enough for the home side.

Feyenoord 4 – Heracles 1 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Goals by Otman Bakkal, Jerson Cabral, Sekou Cisse and Ruben Schaken saw them into a 4-0 lead before Willy Overtoom scored a consolation. However, victory moved Feyenoord one spot closer to a Champions League spot, although they must win their final game if they are to keep PSV Eindhoven out of the top two and progress into the competition.

Manchester City’s John Guidetti left in tears after ending his loan spell at Feyenoord

NEC 1 – AZ Alkmaar 1 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) The mid-table hosts took the lead after 13 minutes when Genero Zeefuik finished from close range, and AZ needed a Ruud Boymans header just before the hour mark to rescue a point.

PSV 5 – ADO Den Haag 0 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) The home side were already leading 2-0 through goals from Jeremain Lens and Ola Toivonen when the teams were forced to leave the Philips Stadion pitch soon after half-time due to heavy rain. The players returned around 15 minutes later, and PSV soon set about increasing their lead with Toivonen making it 3-0 in the 62nd minute before Zakaria Labyad added a fourth three minutes later. Dries Mertens completed the scoring late on before ADO saw Kevin Visser sent off.

FC Utrecht 2 – Vitesse 2 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Edouard Duplan put the hosts in front in the 28th minute only for Giorgi Chanturia to level two minutes before the interval. Frank Demouge restored Utrecht’s lead early in the second half, but Nicky Hofs struck eight minutes from time to earn Vitesse a point.

RKC Waalwijk 5 – Roda 2 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Evander Sno and Aaron Meijers scored two goal each with Ricky ten Voord also on the scoresheet in an impressive display from the home side. Mads Junker and Sanharib Malki replied for Roda, but slipped down to ninth as a result of the loss.

De Graafschap 2 – Excelsior 2 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Soufian El Hassnaoui opened the scoring for the hosts, but Excelsior turned things around and took the lead through goals from Luigi Bruins and Roland Alberg. It stayed that way until 12 minutes from the end when Michael de Leeuw headed the hosts level, and Excelsior were then reduced to ten men when Mick van Buren saw red.

FC Groningen 1 – NAC 1 (Eredivisie, May 2, 2012) Dusan Tadic’s late strike salvaged a 1-1 draw for Groningen.

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

FC Twente 1 – Ajax 2 (Eredivisie, April 29, 2012) Theo Janssen fired home a penalty to put Ajax 1-0 up on the half hour. Leroy Fer lashed in an equaliser on 72 but six minutes later Gregory van der Wiel scored a big goal for Frank De Boer’s side to all but secure the championship.

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

FC Utrecht 1 – NAC Breda 3 (Eredivisie, April 28, 2012)

Vitesse 3 – Excelsior 2 (Eredivisie, April 28, 2012)

VVV Venlo 2 – ADO Den Haag 1 (Eredivisie, April 28, 2012)

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Groningen 1 – De Graafschap 1 (Eredivisie, April 27, 2012) Matias Jones gave the home side a 33rd-minute lead but De Graafschap levelled through Anco Jansen’s goal with just over 20 minutes to go.