Eerste Divisie 1997/98 The start of the season was fairly indifferent, with good away wins at strong teams like Heracles and Den Haag but too many draws at home. In spite of earning praise for their play, Den Bosch couldn't find the net often enough, and decided to get the Wizard of Tatabánya, József Kiprich, back from Cyprus to the Netherlands. The immediate effect was a serious challenge for the 2nd period title, but that went horrendously wrong in the last match in that period, a 4-0 home defeat against Cambuur. After that desaster, spirit seems to have left the team. The first match after the winter break saw an encouraging draw with runaway leaders AZ in a thriller in which Den Bosch had to come from behind three times. In the third period, dreadful results kept following great ones, but in the fourth and final period, Den Bosch showed great form, beating provincial rivals Eindhoven and TOP away and finally winning the period with 7 wins out of 8 matches and a goal difference of 20-3; hopefully this type of form can be continued in the promotion playoffs. Drawing the last match at home to Helmond meant Den Bosch were included in the "northern" group rather than a financially more attractive (and probably) weaker group with Eindhoven, RKC and Den Haag. In the group itself, too many missed chances in the first two home matches meant Den Bosch never really were in the running for promotion in spite of convincingly trashing Groningen in the first away match. The last match, at home to Groningen, saw the end of the careers of Erwin Koeman and József Kiprich. Check here for more data on the regular season. Check here for more data on the playoffs. All results: against home away total 97/98 overall total 54-98 A.Z. 3-3 1-3 2 0 1 1 4- 6 1 34 10 15 9 50-47 35 [Alkmaar, A.Z. '67] Cambuur Leeuwarden 0-4 1-1 2 0 1 1 1- 5 1 52 18 15 19 69-75 51 [Leeuwarden, S.C. Cambuur] Dordrecht '90 2-2 4-0 2 1 1 0 6- 2 3 64 24 19 21 108-99 67 [D.F.C., F.C. Dordrecht, D.S. '79] Eindhoven 4-0 1-0 2 2 0 0 5- 0 4 48 19 13 16 73-62 51 Emmen 1-1 1-4 2 0 1 1 2- 5 1 14 2 6 6 14-20 10 Excelsior 3-0 2-1 2 2 0 0 5- 1 4 46 16 17 13 59-56 49 Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 0-2 2 1 0 1 2- 3 2 26 12 3 11 38-29 27 [Go Ahead] A.D.O. Den Haag 4-0 4-2 2 2 0 0 8- 2 4 24 10 5 9 41-46 25 [A.D.O., F.C. Den Haag] Haarlem 2-0 2-1 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4 47 20 10 17 67-60 50 Helmond Sport 1-1 4-1 2 1 1 0 5- 2 3 48 25 12 11 101-48 62 [Helmondia '55] Heracles 1-1 2-1 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3 48 24 16 8 82-57 64 R.B.C. 1-1 1-0 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3 26 14 3 9 52-33 31 Telstar 3-1 0-0 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3 34 20 6 8 51-29 46 [V.S.V.] T.O.P. Oss 2-1 3-1 2 2 0 0 5- 2 4 12 6 3 3 21-17 15 [T.O.P.] Veendam 2-0 0-1 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2 52 17 16 19 70-72 50 V.V.V. 0-1 1-1 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 46 12 14 20 61-74 38 [F.C. V.V.V.] F.C. Zwolle 1-2 1-4 2 0 0 2 2- 6 0 36 13 9 14 54-49 35 [P.E.C., P.E.C. Zwolle] Home record 17 8 6 3 32-19 22 758 353 201 204 1274- 918 907 corrected for 3/win 17 8 6 3 32-19 30 758 353 201 204 1274- 918 934 Away record 17 9 3 5 28-23 21 758 212 197 349 917-1278 621 corrected for 3/win 17 9 3 5 28-23 30 758 212 197 349 917-1278 642 Neutral venues 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4 Total 34 17 9 8 60-42 43 1518 567 398 553 2195-2197 1532 corrected for 3/win 34 17 9 8 60-42 60 1518 567 398 553 2195-2197 1579 playoff Cambuur Leeuwarden 1-2 2-2 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1 54 18 16 20 72-79 52 [Leeuwarden, S.C. Cambuur] F.C. Groningen 1-4 3-1 2 1 0 1 4- 5 2 44 10 16 18 41-58 36 [G.V.A.V.] F.C. Zwolle 0-0 0-1 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1 38 13 10 15 54-50 36 [P.E.C., P.E.C. Zwolle] Home record 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1 761 353 202 206 1276- 924 908 corrected for 3/win 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1 761 353 202 206 1276- 924 935 Away record 3 1 1 1 5- 4 4 761 213 198 350 922-1282 624 corrected for 3/win 3 1 1 1 5- 4 5 761 213 198 350 922-1282 646 Neutral venues 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4 Total 6 1 2 3 7-10 4 1524 568 400 556 2202-2207 1536 corrected for 3/win 6 1 2 3 7-10 5 1524 568 400 556 2202-2207 1584