The proposed schedule for the 2025/26 Eredivisie season has now been unveiled.
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that the 70th edition of the Eredivisie will commence on Friday, August 8, featuring a match between Fortuna Sittard and the Europa League representatives, Go Ahead Eagles.
The first of the ‘Big Three’ to take to the pitch will be Feyenoord, as they kick off their campaign on Saturday with a home match against NAC Breda. The reigning champions, PSV, will start their season later that same evening, welcoming Sparta Rotterdam, a team they overcame to claim their 26th league title in May. Ajax will follow suit on Sunday with a home fixture against the newly promoted Telstar.
FC Volendam, champions of the Eerste Divisie, will make their way to Frisia to take on Heerenveen. Excelsior, the final team to gain promotion, will visit Nijmegen to face NEC. In a compelling first-round battle, play-off winners AZ will host FC Groningen, while losing finalists FC Twente will remain in the East to challenge PEC Zwolle. FC Utrecht, who finished fourth last season, will launch their campaign at home against Heracles Almelo.
Interestingly, Feyenoord’s season will commence with five consecutive matches held in Rotterdam. Following their opener against NAC, they will clash with local rivals Excelsior and Sparta before welcoming Fortuna Sittard and sc Heerenveen in rounds three and five, respectively.
The first major matchup is set for round six, as PSV will host Ajax in a rematch of last season’s unexpected 2-0 defeat that nearly cost PSV the title.
The two clubs are also scheduled to meet again much later in the season, with their next encounter marked for the first weekend of May, kicking off a challenging run for PSV, which concludes with an away fixture against Go Ahead Eagles and a home game against FC Twente.
As per tradition, the last two rounds will feature all nine matches being played simultaneously. However, unlike last season, round 33 will take place over the weekend prior to round 34 rather than on the final Wednesday of the season.
Opening Weekend Fixtures
Fortuna Sittard vs Go Ahead Eagles (Friday, August 8)
NEC Nijmegen vs Excelsior Rotterdam (Saturday, August 9)
Feyenoord vs NAC Breda
sc Heerenveen vs FC Volendam
PSV vs Sparta Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle vs FC Twente (Sunday, August 10)
Ajax vs Telstar
AZ vs FC Groningen
FC Utrecht vs Heracles Almelo
Round 33 Fixtures
Ajax vs FC Utrecht (All Sunday, May 10, 2026)
Excelsior Rotterdam vs FC Volendam
Fortuna Sittard vs PEC Zwolle
Go Ahead Eagles vs PSV
FC Groningen vs NEC Nijmegen
Feyenoord vs AZ
Telstar vs Heracles Almelo
NAC Breda vs sc Heerenveen
FC Twente vs Sparta Rotterdam
Final Day Fixtures
AZ vs NAC Breda (All Sunday, May 17, 2026)
PSV vs FC Twente
sc Heerenveen vs Ajax
Sparta Rotterdam vs Excelsior Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle vs Feyenoord
FC Utrecht vs Fortuna Sittard
NEC Nijmegen vs Go Ahead Eagles
Heracles Almelo vs FC Groningen
FC Volendam vs Telstar
Key Fixtures and Derbies
FC Groningen vs sc Heerenveen (August 16)
FC Twente vs PSV (August 16)
Telstar vs FC Volendam (August 23)
PSV vs Ajax (September 21)
AZ vs Feyenoord (September 21)
FC Twente vs Heracles Almelo (October 5)
Feyenoord vs PSV (October 26)
FC Twente vs Ajax (October 26)
FC Utrecht vs Ajax (November 9)
AZ vs PSV (November 9)
Ajax vs Feyenoord (December 14, dates to be confirmed for December)
FC Utrecht vs PSV (December 21)
Feyenoord vs FC Twente (December 19)
sc Heerenveen vs FC Groningen (January 16)
PSV vs Feyenoord (January 30)
FC Utrecht vs Feyenoord (February 6)
AZ vs Ajax (February 6)
PSV vs AZ (March 6)
Feyenoord vs PSV (March 22)
PSV vs FC Utrecht (April 4)
Ajax vs FC Twente (April 4)
Go Ahead Eagles vs PEC Zwolle (April 4)
Ajax vs PSV (May 2)
Feyenoord vs AZ (May 10)
Ajax vs FC Utrecht (May 10)
FC Volendam vs Telstar (May 17)
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