Eredivisie Vrouwen
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| Organising body | KNVB |
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| Founded |
20 March 2007 (until 2012) 2 April 2015 (to present) |
| First season | 2007–08 |
| Country |
 Netherlands
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | no relegation |
| Domestic cup(s) | KNVB Women's Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Women's Champions League |
| Current champions |
AFC Ajax (1st title) (2016–17) |
| Most championships | AZ (3 titles) |
| Website | Official website |
 2017–18 Eredivisie (women)
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The Eredivisie Vrouwen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədiˌvizi]) (Dutch for Honor Division) is the professional women's football league in the Netherlands. Organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) it was established in 2007 and then played for five seasons until 2012 when the leagues of the Netherlands and Belgium merged forming a single combined league (BeNe League). After three seasons the BeNe League folded and the Eredivisie was restarted in the 2015–16 season. The league winner receives a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Since the 1970s amateur women's football competitions have been played in the Netherlands with the Hoofdklasse being the highest level. During the 1990s the popularity of women's football rose with the sport becoming an Olympic event in 1996 and hundreds of thousands of tickets sold during the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. With the Netherlands women's national football team unable to qualify to major tournaments such as FIFA Women's World Cups, UEFA Women's Euros or Olympic Games and the most talented female players leaving for Germany or other countries with professional leagues, the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) felt compelled to act.
In January 2007, the KNVB presented plans of the Eredivisie Vrouwen, a professional women's league. A number of clubs were interested and on 20 March 2007, the league was officially unveiled by the KNVB for three seasons with the first scheduled for 2007–08 with six clubs taking part (ADO Den Haag, AZ, SC Heerenveen, FC Twente, FC Utrecht and Willem II).
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