Eredivisie 1956/57 While outscoring champions Ajax, and indeed having the sixth-best attack in the inaugural year of the "eredivisie", B.V.V. finish fourth from bottom and escape relegation by just four points. Instead, provincial rivals Eindhoven and Willem II, though having won three of the last five Dutch championships between them (Eindhoven 1954, Willem II 1952 and 1955) go down. All results: against home away total 56/57 overall total 54-57 Ajax 3-1 0-1 2 1 0 1 3- 2 2 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3 bvc Amsterdam 5-2 2-3 2 1 0 1 7- 5 2 2 1 0 1 7- 5 2 D.O.S. 4-0 3-1 2 2 0 0 7- 1 4 2 2 0 0 7- 1 4 Eindhoven 1-3 3-2 2 1 0 1 4- 5 2 4 1 1 2 5- 7 3 Elinkwijk 1-2 2-4 2 0 0 2 3- 6 0 4 0 1 3 5- 9 1 S.C. Enschede 2-2 1-4 2 0 1 1 3- 6 1 6 2 1 3 10-14 5 Feijenoord 0-5 1-5 2 0 0 2 1-10 0 4 0 2 2 3-12 2 Fortuna '54 1-3 1-4 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0 G.V.A.V. 1-2 2-3 2 0 0 2 3- 5 0 4 1 0 3 8- 7 2 M.V.V. 2-0 0-3 2 1 0 1 2- 3 2 4 2 1 0 4- 4 5 N.A.C. 8-0 0-1 2 1 0 1 8- 1 2 2 1 0 1 8- 1 2 N.O.A.D. 6-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 6- 0 3 2 1 1 0 6- 0 3 P.S.V. 0-3 5-2 2 1 0 1 5- 5 2 4 1 0 3 7- 9 2 Rapid J.C. 3-1 3-4 2 1 0 1 6- 5 2 4 1 0 3 8- 9 2 Sparta 2-2 3-3 2 0 2 0 5- 5 2 2 0 2 0 5- 5 2 V.V.V. 1-4 1-3 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0 4 1 0 3 4-12 2 Willem II 3-2 0-1 2 1 0 1 3- 3 2 4 1 0 3 5- 7 2 Home record 17 8 2 7 43-32 18 47 23 8 16 98- 75 54 Away record 17 3 2 12 27-44 8 47 17 6 24 81- 85 40 Total 34 11 4 19 70-76 26 94 40 14 40 179- 160 94