2025–26 Eredivisie (women)

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see 2025–26 Eredivisie.

Vrouwen Eredivisie
Season2025–26
Dates6 September 2025 – 22 May 2026
CountryNetherlands
Teams12
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 season is the 16th iteration of the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top national women's football league in the Netherlands. The season started on 6 September 2025 and ends on 22 May 2026.[1] This season, the three bottom-finishing teams will be relegated to the Vrouwen Eerste Divisie.[2]

FC Twente entered the season as the two-time defending champion and also won the KNVB Women's Super Cup immediately before the start of the season.[3] Twente, PSV, and Ajax also competed in European club competitions during the season.[4] Twente was eliminated in the UEFA Women's Champions League league phase, and PSV and Ajax both lost in the UEFA Women's Europa Cup Round of 16. All three teams were winless in their final round of European competition.[5][6]

Format

The 12 teams in the league play in a double round-robin format: each team plays all other teams twice over 22 rounds, once at home and once away.[7]

Teams

Location of teams in the Women's Eredivisie in 2025–26

Twelve teams are competing in the 2025–26 season.[7] New to the league this season are NAC Breda, which was promoted from the Vrouwen Eerste Divisie, and Hera United, which assumed the license from Telstar and many of its players.[8][9]

Team City / Town Venue Debut season
ADO Den Haag Den Haag Bingoal Stadion 2007–08
AFC Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst, Johan Cruyff Stadium 2015–16
AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar AFAS Trainingcomplex, AFAS Stadion 2023–24*
Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 2017–18
Feyenoord Rotterdam Varkenoord, Stadion Feijenoord 2021–22
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Sportpark Skoatterwâld 2007–08
Hera United Amsterdam Sportpark Goed Genoeg 2025–26
NAC Breda Breda Sportpark Heksenwiel, Rat Verlegh Stadion 2025–26
PSV Eindhoven De Herdgang, Philips Stadion 2015–16
FC Twente Enschede Sportpark Schreurserve, De Grolsch Veste, Sportpark Het Diekman 2007–08
FC Utrecht Utrecht Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch, Stadion Galgenwaard 2023–24*
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion, Sportpark De Vegtlust 2010–11

*=return after previously playing in the Eredivisie

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSV 16 12 2 2 44 11 +33 38 Qualification to Champions League second
qualifying round
2 Twente 16 11 4 1 45 12 +33 37
3 Feyenoord 16 11 3 2 32 12 +20 36 Qualification to Europa Cup first qualifying round
4 Ajax 15 10 3 2 42 13 +29 33
5 PEC Zwolle 16 9 1 6 26 19 +7 28
6 Utrecht 16 7 3 6 28 31 −3 24
7 Heerenveen 16 6 2 8 28 38 −10 20
8 AZ 15 4 3 8 26 32 −6 15
9 Hera United 15 3 5 7 14 28 −14 14
10 ADO Den Haag 16 2 3 11 12 38 −26 9 Relegation to the Vrouwen Eerste Divisie
11 NAC Breda 15 2 1 12 11 49 −38 7
12 Excelsior 16 1 2 13 13 38 −25 5
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: VrouwenEredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off match, including extra time and a penalty shoot-out, if necessary.[10][11]

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJA AZ EXC FEY HEE HER NAC PEC PSV TWE UTR
ADO Den Haag — 0–3 0–1 29 Mar 1–1 2–2 0–1 3 May 22 May 0–2 0–5 0–5
Ajax 6–0 — 8 May 3–0 26 Apr 4–1 1–2 5–1 29 Mar 2–1 0–0 8–0
AZ 26 Apr 0–0 — 22 May 1–4 3 May 2–2 8–1 0–1 2–3 0–4 29 Mar
Excelsior 1–1 3 May 1–3 — 8 May 2–4 1–2 5 Apr 0–1 0–6 1–3 2–4
Feyenoord 2–0 0–1 5 Apr 1–0 — 6–1 3–0 22 May 1–0 2–2 2–0 3 May
Heerenveen 4–1 22 May 3–2 1–3 29 Mar — 1–0 5–0 0–1 26 Apr 1–3 1–2
Hera 1–3 0–5 22 Mar[a] 1–1 0–1 5 Apr — 1–1 2–3 3 May 0–0 22 May
NAC Breda 1–0 22 Mar 2–3 2–1 1–3 0–2 26 Apr — 1–2 0–5 8 May 1–3
PEC Zwolle 2–1 7–1 2–0 26 Apr 0–1 1–1 8 May 4–0 — 0–2 1–4 1–2
PSV 8 May 5 Apr 2–1 1–0 1–1 6–0 4–0 29 Mar 3–0 — 1–3 3–0
Twente 5 Apr 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 5–1 29 Mar 6–0 3 May 22 May — 1–1
Utrecht 1–3 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–2 8 May 2–2 1–0 5 Apr 1–2 26 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: VrouwenEredivisie.nl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match suspended on 15 February 2026 after 45 minutes due to snowfall. The score at the time was 0–2.

Top scorers

As of 25 January 2026

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Danique Tolhoek Ajax 9
Riola Xhemaili PSV
3 Lobke Loonen Utrecht 8
4 Jaimy Ravensbergen Twente 7
Desiree van Lunteren AZ
6 Chimera Ripa PSV 6
Jill Roord Twente
8 Six players tied 5

Sources[12][13]

Broadcasting

All league matches are broadcast on ESPN in the Netherlands.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Competitieprogramma Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie - seizoen 2025/'26". KNVB.
  2. ^ van Loo, Rick (17 June 2025). "Nieuwe competitieopzet voor betaald vrouwenvoetbal: stap naar groei en toekomstbestendigheid". Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ^ "FC Twente Vrouwen wint Super Cup". FC Twente (in Dutch). 23 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Women's Europa Cup Clubs". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Women's Champions League Matchday 6 highlights and round-up: Barcelona, OL, Chelsea, Bayern in top four; Atleti, OHL through". UEFA. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  6. ^ "UEFA Women's Europa Cup round of 16 second-leg round-up: Eintracht Frankfurt and Hammarby last two teams through". UEFA. 20 November 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ^ a b Grondhuis, Francis (8 July 2025). "Competitieprogramma Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie seizoen 2025/'26 bekend". Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ^ "NAC-vrouwen treden toe tot eredivisie na wegvallen Fortuna Sittard" [NAC Women join the Eredivisie after the loss of Fortuna Sittard]. NOS (in Dutch). 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ^ "HERA United officially joins professional football as the first independent women's professional club in the Netherlands". Hera United. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Reglementen Betaald Voetbal" [Professional Football Rules] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 29 July 2024. p. 55.
  11. ^ van Loo, Rick (17 June 2025). "Nieuwe competitieopzet voor betaald vrouwenvoetbal: stap naar groei en toekomstbestendigheid" [New competition format for professional women's football: step towards growth and future-proofing]. Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Eredivisie Vrouwen Stats". FBref.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Statistieken Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie, Seizoen 2025-26". ESPN (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  14. ^ Grondhuis, Francis (8 July 2025). "Competitieprogramma Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie seizoen 2025/'26 bekend". Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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