Eredivisie 1986/87 After 9 matches, on September 28, 1987, FC Den Bosch proudly lead the Dutch first division: 1.F.C. Den Bosch 9 6 3 0 12- 4 15 2.Ajax 9 6 2 1 21- 8 14 3.P.S.V. 9 6 2 1 18- 6 14 4.Sparta 9 5 2 2 22-13 12 5.Feyenoord 9 4 4 1 20-11 12 6.Roda J.C. 9 5 2 2 13-14 12 7.Fortuna Sittard 9 3 4 2 12- 7 10 8.F.C. Twente 9 3 4 2 15-13 10 9.P.E.C. Zwolle 9 3 3 3 20-16 9 10.F.C. Groningen 9 3 2 4 17-13 8 11.S.C. Veendam 9 2 4 3 9-12 8 12.V.V.V. 9 1 6 2 8-13 8 13.F.C. Den Haag 9 2 3 4 12-17 7 14.Go Ahead Eagles 9 2 3 4 8-13 7 15.Haarlem 9 2 2 5 5-16 6 ------------------------------------------- 16.F.C. Utrecht 9 2 1 6 13-21 5 17.A.Z. 9 1 1 7 4-15 3 18.Excelsior 9 1 0 8 5-22 2 Unfortunately, they are a round late at the place where they belong. They just missed out on the first period, which would have entitled them to a playoff for a UEFA Cup place. On the 21st of September, they led the table as well: 1.F.C. Den Bosch 8 5 3 0 10- 3 13 2.Ajax 7 5 1 1 17- 9 11 3.P.S.V. 7 5 1 1 15- 6 11 4.Feyenoord 8 4 3 1 20-11 11 But on the 24th, Ajax and P.S.V. play their postponed matches. Ajax fail to overtake the leaders, drawing 1-1 at Roda J.C., but P.S.V. grab the first period on goal difference with an easy 3-0 home win over V.V.V. Round 9 sees P.S.V. dropping a point at home to Feyenoord, 0-0, so that Den Bosch can take the lead again with a 2-1 at Excelsior (Ajax winning 1-0 in Veendam). The tenth match, October 5 at home to PSV, sees the league leaders toppled after a hard-fought and controversial 2-1 loss. Den Bosch are the last team that season to lose their unbeaten status. After that, however, things deteriorate rapidly and the team finishes an uninspired 10th, after losing all of the last five matches. All results: against home away total 86/87 overall total 54-87 Ajax 1-4 1-3 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0 18 2 3 13 17-49 7 A.Z. 2-2 1-2 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1 20 6 10 4 34-26 22 [Alkmaar, A.Z. '67] Excelsior 1-1 2-1 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 30 7 13 10 34-40 27 Feyenoord 2-1 2-3 2 1 0 1 4- 4 2 18 2 6 10 18-46 10 [Feijenoord] Fortuna Sittard 3-1 1-5 2 1 0 1 4- 6 2 34 10 8 16 49-62 28 [Fortuna '54, F.S.C.] Go Ahead Eagles 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1 14 6 3 5 17-12 15 [Go Ahead] F.C. Groningen 1-1 1-0 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3 34 8 12 14 31-41 28 [G.V.A.V.] F.C. Den Haag 3-1 2-2 2 1 1 0 5- 3 3 10 4 2 4 16-15 10 [A.D.O.] Haarlem 1-1 3-1 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3 27 13 7 7 38-27 33 P.E.C. Zwolle 5-2 1-0 2 2 0 0 6- 2 4 18 8 3 7 27-22 19 [P.E.C.] P.S.V. 1-2 1-6 2 0 0 2 2- 8 0 18 3 1 14 22-56 7 Roda J.C. 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 18 2 9 7 21-33 13 [Rapid J.C.] Sparta 0-0 1-3 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1 16 2 6 8 21-35 10 F.C. Twente 0-0 1-0 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3 18 5 5 8 18-33 15 [S.C. Enschede] F.C. Utrecht 0-1 1-1 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 16 4 4 8 27-30 12 [D.O.S.] Veendam 1-3 2-1 2 1 0 1 3- 4 2 36 13 12 11 52-52 38 V.V.V. 1-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2 30 10 8 12 43-48 28 [F.C. V.V.V.] Home record 17 4 8 5 22-22 16 559 271 145 143 977- 658 687 Away record 17 6 4 7 21-30 16 559 158 151 250 670- 918 467 Neutral venues 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4 Total 34 10 12 12 43-52 32 1120 431 296 393 1651-1577 1158 The season, match by match: 16 Aug 86 VVV 0-0 FC Den Bosch 23 Aug 86 PEC Zwolle 0-1 FC Den Bosch [Krüzen] 27 Aug 86 FC Den Bosch 0-0 FC Twente 31 Aug 86 FC Den Bosch 0-0 Roda JC 3 Sep 86 FC Groningen 0-1 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus] 6 Sep 86 Haarlem 1-3 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus, Kaiser, Van der Linden] 14 Sep 86 FC Den Bosch 2-1 Feyenoord [Gillhaus, Hoyer] 21 Sep 86 FC Den Bosch 3-1 FC Den Haag [Krüzen 2, Gillhaus] 28 Sep 86 Excelsior 1-2 FC Den Bosch [Hoyer 2] 5 Oct 86 FC Den Bosch 1-2 PSV [Gillhaus] 19 Oct 86 Sparta 3-1 FC Den Bosch [Matenhoru] 26 Oct 86 FC Den Bosch 0-1 Go Ahead Eagles 29 Oct 86 Veendam 1-2 FC Den Bosch [Krüzen, Steinmann] 2 Nov 86 FC Den Bosch 3-1 Fortuna Sittard [Van Duren, Gillhaus, Krüzen] 9 Nov 86 Ajax 3-1 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus] 23 Nov 86 FC Den Bosch 2-2 AZ [Gillhaus, Hoyer] 30 Nov 86 FC Utrecht 1-1 FC Den Bosch [Steinmann] 7 Dec 86 Feyenoord 3-2 FC Den Bosch [Kaiser, Krüzen] 14 Dec 86 FC Den Bosch 1-1 VVV [Gillhaus] 22 Feb 87 FC Den Bosch 5-2 PEC Zwolle [Gillhaus 2, Kaiser 2, Steinmann] 28 Feb 87 FC Twente 0-1 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus] 8 Mar 87 FC Den Bosch 1-1 FC Groningen [Steinmann] 15 Mar 87 Roda JC 2-1 FC Den Bosch [Krüzen] 22 Mar 87 FC Den Bosch 1-1 Haarlem [Steinmann] 5 Apr 87 FC Den Haag 2-2 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus, Krüzen] 12 Apr 87 FC Den Bosch 1-1 Excelsior [Gillhaus] 20 Apr 87 PSV 6-1 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus] 26 Apr 87 FC Den Bosch 0-0 Sparta 2 May 87 Go Ahead Eagles 0-0 FC Den Bosch 10 May 87 FC Den Bosch 1-3 Veendam [Krüzen] 17 May 87 Fortuna Sittard 5-1 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus] 24 May 87 FC Den Bosch 1-4 Ajax [Krüzen] 31 May 87 AZ 2-1 FC Den Bosch [Gillhaus] 8 Jun 87 FC Den Bosch 0-1 FC Utrecht First Half 17 8 5 4 23-18 21 Second Half 17 2 7 8 20-34 11 Total 34 10 12 12 43-52 32 Appearances: Name Basis Sub Goals Birthdate Cor Adriaanse 29 04-02-1956 Gerard Aichorn 17 5 19-12-1953 Johan Bijnen 14 4 16-10-1959 Mart van Duren 15 8 1 27-10-1964 René van Eck 31 18-02-1966 Marcel Elberse 3 8 03-11-1964 Hans Gillhaus 33 17 05-11-1963 Jan Gösgens 2 01-10-1966 Jan van Grinsven 34 27-02-1960 Fred van der Hoorn 27 2 12-10-1963 Arthur Hoyer 15 4 4 14-03-1957 Ruud Kaiser 32 2 4 26-12-1960 Walter van de Kerkhove 6 3 27-03-1966 Hendrie Krüzen 34 10 24-11-1964 Cees van der Linden 33 1 15-01-1964 Frans Matenhoru 9 1 John van Nielen 13 6 25-12-1961 Gijs Steinmann 34 5 02-04-1961 Angelo Timisela 1 13-03-1968 372 54 43 [for 2 games incomplete line-ups]