Eredivisie 1989/90 After six successful seasons in the top flight, in which Den Bosch repeatedly came close to qualifying for Europe, the seven year itch takes its toll: relegation. That fate is already nearly assured after 33 rounds: Den Bosch are two points behind fellow strugglers N.E.C. Den Bosch have a better goal difference, but unfortunately N.E.C. play the last match at home to Ajax, who lead the league two points ahead of P.S.V. but with an vastly inferior goal difference. What was bound to happen does: in spite of a last round 4-2 victory over F.C. Twente, Den Bosch finish a point behind N.E.C. who arrange a 1-1 draw with Ajax. That's just enough for the Amsterdam side to pip P.S.V. for the title, while N.E.C. qualifies for the promotion/relegation playoff in which they fairly easily see off the challenge of Emmen. But B.V.V. Den Bosch has to return to the eerste divisie. All results: against home away total 89/90 overall total 54-90 Ajax 0-1 0-6 2 0 0 2 0- 7 0 24 2 3 19 18-70 7 Feyenoord 1-1 0-2 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1 24 5 7 12 28-54 17 [Feijenoord] Fortuna Sittard 1-1 0-2 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1 40 11 10 19 54-72 32 [Fortuna '54, F.S.C.] F.C. Groningen 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0- 0 2 40 9 15 16 36-50 33 [G.V.A.V.] F.C. Den Haag 0-1 1-3 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0 14 6 2 6 21-21 14 [A.D.O.] Haarlem 1-0 0-2 2 1 0 1 1- 2 2 33 14 8 11 42-37 36 M.V.V. 0-3 0-3 2 0 0 2 0- 6 0 26 10 6 10 32-39 26 N.E.C. 1-0 2-2 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 12 3 4 5 12-20 10 P.S.V. 1-1 1-1 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 24 3 4 17 29-73 10 R.K.C. 1-2 1-1 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 4 2 1 1 4- 3 5 Roda J.C. 1-1 3-0 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3 24 5 10 9 29-38 20 [Rapid J.C.] Sparta 3-0 2-4 2 1 0 1 5- 4 2 22 4 8 10 30-44 16 F.C. Twente 4-2 1-4 2 1 0 1 5- 6 2 24 8 7 9 28-42 23 [S.C. Enschede] F.C. Utrecht 2-0 1-1 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3 22 8 6 8 36-34 22 [D.O.S.] Vitesse 1-2 0-0 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 34 11 9 14 43-52 31 Volendam 0-0 0-3 2 0 1 1 0- 3 1 38 11 7 20 39-58 29 Willem II 1-1 0-1 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 34 18 3 13 49-33 39 Home record 17 5 7 5 18-16 17 610 291 160 159 1039- 713 742 Away record 17 1 6 10 12-35 8 610 174 161 275 732-1013 509 Neutral venues 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4 Total 34 6 13 15 30-51 25 1222 467 321 434 1775-1727 1255 The season, match by match: 16 Aug 89 BVV Den Bosch 0-3 MVV 19 Aug 89 BVV Den Bosch 1-2 RKC [Barendse] 23 Aug 89 FC Volendam 3-0 BVV Den Bosch 26 Aug 89 BVV Den Bosch 2-0 FC Utrecht [Van Duren, Van der Hoeven] 3 Sep 89 PSV 1-1 BVV Den Bosch [Barendse] 9 Sep 89 Fortuna Sittard 2-0 BVV Den Bosch 19 Sep 89 BVV Den Bosch 1-1 Feyenoord [Barendse] 23 Sep 89 Haarlem 2-0 BVV Den Bosch 30 Sep 89 BVV Den Bosch 0-0 FC Groningen 15 Oct 89 Vitesse 0-0 BVV Den Bosch 21 Oct 89 Willem II 1-0 BVV Den Bosch 28 Oct 89 BVV Den Bosch 1-1 Roda JC [Van Duren] 5 Nov 89 NEC 2-2 BVV Den Bosch [Van Duren, Van Schijndel] 19 Nov 89 BVV Den Bosch 0-1 Ajax 26 Nov 89 FC Den Haag 3-1 BVV Den Bosch [Gösgens] 2 Dec 89 BVV Den Bosch 3-0 Sparta [Barendse, De Gier, Van Schijndel] 17 Dec 89 FC Twente 4-1 BVV Den Bosch [Van Duren] 23 Dec 89 MVV 3-0 BVV Den Bosch 21 Jan 90 BVV Den Bosch 1-1 PSV [Van der Linden] 28 Jan 90 RKC 1-1 BVV Den Bosch [Barendse] 3 Feb 90 BVV Den Bosch 0-0 FC Volendam 17 Feb 90 BVV Den Bosch 1-1 Fortuna Sittard [Barendse] 25 Feb 90 FC Utrecht 1-1 BVV Den Bosch [Van de Wiel] 4 Mar 90 Feyenoord 2-0 BVV Den Bosch 10 Mar 90 BVV Den Bosch 1-0 Haarlem [Barendse] 18 Mar 90 FC Groningen 0-0 BVV Den Bosch 24 Mar 90 BVV Den Bosch 1-2 Vitesse [Van de Wiel] 31 Mar 90 BVV Den Bosch 1-1 Willem II [Gösgens] 8 Apr 90 Roda JC 0-3 BVV Den Bosch [Van Duren, De Meijer, Van de Wiel] 14 Apr 90 BVV Den Bosch 1-0 NEC [De Gier] 16 Apr 90 Ajax 6-0 BVV Den Bosch 22 Apr 90 BVV Den Bosch 0-1 FC Den Haag 29 Apr 90 Sparta 4-2 BVV Den Bosch [De Gier, De Meijer] 6 May 90 BVV Den Bosch 4-2 FC Twente [De Gier 2, Van de Wiel 2] First Half 17 2 6 9 13-26 10 Second Half 17 4 7 6 17-25 15 Total 34 6 13 15 30-51 25 Appearances: Name Basis Sub Goals Birthdate Peter Barendse 24 7 12-08-1966 Carlo van Bergen 1 3 02-01-1971 Dick Bults 21 08-09-1958 Jeroen van Cuyk 5 5 06-06-1969 Mart van Duren 31 5 27-10-1964 René van Eck 32 18-02-1966 Jack de Gier 23 11 5 06-08-1968 Wilbert Goossens 21 08-01-1969 Jan Gösgens 28 1 2 01-10-1966 Henk Grim 15 3 01-04-1962 Jan van Grinsven 34 27-02-1960 Coen van der Hoeven 16 4 1 07-12-1965 Vladimir Laisina 2 6 14-05-1971 John Laponder 6 9 17-03-1971 Cees van der Linden 31 1 15-01-1964 Erik Meulendijk 4 1 29-11-1970 Bert de Meijer 26 5 2 15-12-1966 Louis van Schijndel 8 8 2 23-01-1967 Ad van de Wiel 15 5 01-08-1959 John Willems 31 17-12-1966 374 56 30