The Netherlands Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2019–20 season. Netherlands Eredivisie ranked the 9th best league in Europe by UEFA.
The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are automatically relegating to the second level of the Dutch league system. The Eerste Divisie (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the Eerste Divisie are automatically promoting to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with eight high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie.