38y253 - Robin Peter (38 years and 253 days) is the youngest manager to win the Keuken Kampioen Divisie since Thijs Libregts in 1979 (38 years and 151 days with Excelsior). Meister.
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3 - AZ are the first Dutch side in history to lose a European game by a margin of at least three goals despite still being on 0-0 in the 70th minute of play. Collapse.
1 - PSV became Eredivisie champions today, 5 April, the earliest title win by calendar date in the competition's history, overtaking their own record from 1978 (8 April). Feast.
10+ - Bryan Linssen is only the second player in the history of the Eredivisie to score at least ten goals in a single season for five different clubs, after Ruud Geels. Legend.
18y237d - FC Utrecht striker Artem Stepanov (18 years and 237 days) is the youngest player to find the net in three consecutive Eredivisie games since Bertrand Traoré for Vitesse in March-April 2014 (18 years and 218 days). Archer.
29% - With 29% v Ecuador, the Netherlands have recorded their lowest possession figure in any of their last 150 games, while Oranje’s total of two shots was their lowest in any game since the clash with Ecuador at the 2022 World Cup. Lows.
12 - The red card for Denzel Dumfries within 12 minutes is the third fastest ever for Oranje, after Wim Kieft’s red v Belgium in 1985 (4 mins) and Bruno Martins Indi’s red v Italy in 2014 (9 mins). Off.
4 - Only Frans Körver (6) and Fritz Korbach (5) won promotion to the Eredivisie more often than Henk de Jong (4 times), with the SC Cambuur manager the first one to ever do so on three separate occasions with the same club (with Cambuur in 2012-13, 2020-21 and 2025-26). Expert.
4 - Ichem Ferrah is the youngest player on record (since 2008-09) to find the net in four consecutive league games for SC Cambuur (20 years and 182 days). Starboy.
37 - Tjaronn Chery (37 years, 291 days) is the oldest player to score twice in an Eredivisie match since Rinus Israel in August 1981 for PEC Zwolle against ADO Den Haag (39 years, 160 days). Wine.
1 – Against Ajax today, Feyenoord will start an Eredivisie match with just one player from the Netherlands for the first time ever. Globetrotters.
7 - There were seven Dutch starters in the Premier League meeting between Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool today, a competition record. Schoolday.
6 - Jong AZ striker Bendegúz Kovács is the second player to ever score six goals after coming on as a substitute for a Jong side in a single Keuken Kampioen Divisie campaign, after Kaj Sierhuis for Jong Ajax in 2017-18 (also 6). Golden.
37 - ADO Den Haag manager Robin Peter is the third-youngest manager to win promotion to the Eredivisie this century (37 years old), after Ruben den Uil (34 with Excelsior in 2025) and Robert Maaskant (33 with RBC in 2002). Aufsteiger.
1 - ADO Den Haag win promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time since 2007-08. Residential.
15.2 - KV Mechelen's Nacho Mirás prevented 15.2 goals based on Opta's Expected Goals on Target model (27 goals conceded ex. own goals from 42.2 xG on target against), more than any other goalkeeper in the Top 10 European competitions this season. Mirácle.
2 - Jakob Breum is the third player with two hat-tricks for Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie, after Wietse Veenstra (3 in 1964-1969) and Ruud Geels (2 in 1970-1971). Flying.
1 - N.E.C. recorded their first-ever Eredivisie away win over PSV (D4 L40 before tonight), while also becoming the first team to ever score 3+ goals in four consecutive meetings with PSV in all competitions (home & away). Competition.
3 - Jong Ajax' Abdellah Ouazane (17 years and 57 days) is the youngest player on record (since 2015-16) to be directly involved in three goals in a single Keuken Kampioen Divisie game (1 goal, 2 assists). Gem.
1 - For the first time in Eredivisie history, FC Groningen avoided defeat after conceding the opening goal in the last ten minutes of play. Climb.
3-2 – Feyenoord are behind at half-time in an Eredivisie match despite scoring two goals for the first time since 22 October 1995 (2-3 against Ajax). Chaos.
1 - ADO Den Haag this Keuken Kampioen Divisie campaign:
🥇 High Turnovers (300)
🥇 Shot-ending High Turnovers (62)
🥇 Pressed Sequences (418)
🥇 Average starting distance (46.1 metres)
🥇 Passes Per Defensive Action (7.9)
🥇 Possession Won Final Third (160)
Gegenpressing.
9 - AZ have qualified for the KNVB Cup final for the ninth time in club history, while doing so in back-to-back editions for the third time, after 1981-1982 and 2017-2018. Repeat.
6 - N.E.C. have qualified for the KNVB Cup Final for the sixth time in club history, doing so twice in the last three years. Cupfighters.
0 - For the second consecutive season, the KNVB Cup final will not feature a team from the traditional top-3, a first since 1962-1964 (3 consecutive finals without Ajax, PSV or Feyenoord). Toppled.
1 - Lucas Jetten is the first Jong Ajax player to find the net after the Jetten government was sworn in on Monday. Affairs.
4 - Lasse Nordås is the first player in history to score four goals on his first three Eredivisie starts for sc Heerenveen. Bicycle.
1 - In what is just their 32nd European game in club history, Noah FC are the first Armenian side to ever find the net against a Dutch team. Deluge.
2+2 - Galatasaray - Juventus is the first match in UEFA Champions League history where both teams have a Dutch player score more than once, with Noa Lang the first player to score twice on his Champions League debut for Galatasaray. Lions.
16y120d - Mohamed Abdalla is the youngest player to ever find the net for Jong Ajax (16 years and 120 days). Crèche.