As announced on Tuesday, the 70th Eredivisie season will kick off on Friday, August 8th, with a meeting between Fortuna Sittard and Europa League outfit Go Ahead Eagles.
The first of the 'Big Three' to be in action will be Feyenoord, who open their season on Saturday with a home game against NAC Breda. Reigning champions PSV will kick off their season later that evening with a home game against Sparta Rotterdam, against whom the Eindhoven side won their 26th league title in May. Ajax follow the next day with a home game against promoted Telstar.
Eerste Divisie champions FC Volendam will travel to Frisia, where Heerenveen awaits. Excelsior, the final promoted side, travel to Nijmegen to meet NEC. Play-off winners AZ host FC Groningen in an intriguing first-round matchup, whereas losing finalists FC Twente will stay in the East and face PEC Zwolle in the opening weekend. Fourth-placed FC Utrecht will open their season at home against Heracles Almelo.
Remarkably, Feyenoord's season will start with five consecutive games in Rotterdam. After opening their season against NAC, Feyenoord will face cross-city rivals Excelsior and Sparta, and host Fortuna Sittard and sc Heerenveen in rounds 3 and 5.
The first high-profile fixture is scheduled for round 6, when PSV host Ajax in a replay of last season's shocking 2-0 loss, which looked to have cost PSV the championship.
The two will meet again much further down the road, with the title candidates' next meeting scheduled for the first weekend of May. It's the first of a challenging run-in for PSV, who will cap off their season with an away game at Go Ahead Eagles and a home game against FC Twente.
As is tradition, the final two rounds will see all nine games played simultaneously. However, unlike last season, round 33 will be played on the weekend before round 34 instead of the final Wednesday of the season.
View the full Eredivisie calendar on Flashscore.
Opening weekend
Fortuna Sittard - Go Ahead Eagles (Friday, August 8th)
NEC Nijmegen - Excelsior Rotterdam (Saturday, August 9th)
PEC Zwolle - FC Twente (Sunday, August 10th)
Round 33
Ajax - FC Utrecht (All Sunday, May 10th, 2026)
Excelsior Rotterdam - FC Volendam
Fortuna Sittard - PEC Zwolle
Go Ahead Eagles - PSV
FC Groningen - NEC Nijmegen
Feyenoord - AZ
Telstar - Heracles Almelo
NAC Breda - sc Heerenveen
FC Twente - Sparta Rotterdam
Final day
AZ - NAC Breda (All Sunday, May 17th, 2026)
PSV - FC Twente
sc Heerenveen - Ajax
Sparta Rotterdam - Excelsior Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle - Feyenoord
FC Utrecht - Fortuna Sittard
NEC Nijmegen - Go Ahead Eagles
Heracles Almelo - FC Groningen
FC Volendam - Telstar
Major fixtures and derbies
FC Groningen - sc Heerenveen (August 16th)
FC Twente - PSV (August 16th)
Telstar - FC Volendam (August 23rd)
PSV - Ajax (September 21st)
AZ - Feyenoord (September 21st)
FC Twente - Heracles Almelo (October 5th)
Feyenoord - PSV (October 26th)
FC Twente - Ajax (October 26th)
FC Utrecht - Ajax (November 9th)
AZ - PSV (November 9th)
Ajax - Feyenoord (December 14th, no confirmed dates from December)
FC Utrecht - PSV (December 21st)
Feyenoord - FC Twente (December 19th)
sc Heerenveen - FC Groningen (January 16th)
PSV - Feyenoord (January 30th)
FC Utrecht - Feyenoord (February 6th)
AZ - Ajax (February 6th)
PSV - AZ (March 6th)
Feyenoord - PSV (March 22nd)
PSV - FC Utrecht (April 4th)
Ajax - FC Twente (April 4th)
Go Ahead Eagles - PEC Zwolle (April 4th)
Ajax - PSV (May 2nd)
Feyenoord - AZ (May 10th)
Ajax - FC Utrecht (May 10th)
FC Volendam - Telstar (May 17th)
