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The reigning Eredivisie champions are AZ . The club is located in Alkmaar, Nord-Holland, which is 33 km. (20 mi.) north-west of Amsterdam. KNVB Cup (Dutch Cup) Holders are SC Heerenveen, from Heerenveen, Friesland.
At the top of the map are the crests of each club, sized to reflect their 2008-09 average attendance in either the Eredivisie or the second division, which is called the Eerste Divisie. At the top left, there is a list of the cities with 09/10 Eredivisie representation. Below is the list I used.
‘List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people’ {click here (en.wikipedia.org}.
Dutch clubs in UEFA competitions for 2009-10…
AZ, Champions League Group stage-Group H, with Arsenal, Olympiacos (Greece), and Standard Liège (Belgium). AZ travels to north London to play Arsenal on Tuesday, 20th October.
Ajax, Europa League, Group stage-Group A. At home versus Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) on Thursday, 22nd October. Heerenveen, Europa League, Group stage-Group D. Away to FK Venspils (Latvia) on Thursday, 22nd October. Twente, Europa League, Group stage-Group H. Away to Sheriff [Tiraspol] (Moldova) on Thursday, 22nd October. PSV, Europa League, Group stage-Group K. Home versus FC Copenhagen (Denmark) on Thursday, 22nd October.
UEFA site, here.
Thanks to SportingSites.com/netherlands {click here}. Thanks to http://hollandfoci.eufoci.hu/stadionok.php . Thanks to Panoramio.com {I have set the link to a ground-level exterior shot of SC Heerenveen’s Abe Lenstra Stadion, here, by Jelmer Wielema}. Thanks to the contributors to the pages at en.wikipedia.org {click here (2009-10 Eredivisie page)}. Thanks to E-F-S site for attendance figures {click here}.
