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PSV crowned Eredivisie champions for 26th time after historic Ajax collapse

PSV have won the Eredivisie title for the 26th time
PSV have won the Eredivisie title for the 26th timeČTK / imago sportfotodienst / IMAGO
PSV Eindhoven have been crowned champions of the Dutch Eredivisie for the 26th time after Sunday's 3-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam.

The Eindhoven side were already the reigning champions after dominating the 2023/24 season, winning 29 of their 34 league games and losing only once.

PSV's 3-1 away win over Sparta Rotterdam was enough to clinch the title after rivals Ajax squandered a 9-point lead with a late-season collapse. After beating PSV 2-0 in Eindhoven at the end of March, Ajax won just three of their eight league games, beat FC Twente 3-1 on the final day of the season but wasted a lead in the 99th minute against FC Groningen in the second-to-last game of the season, thus wasting a golden opportunity to win a record-extending 37th league title.

Peter Bosz's side won their 13th league title this century, at least four more than any other Eredivisie team, as Ajax follow with nine.

Read all about PSV's title-clinching win over Sparta here

The road to their 26th league title was rocky as PSV won just one of their first seven league games at the start of 2025. However, a gritty 2-1 win over sc Heerenveen kickstarted an imperious run towards the finish line, as PSV won nine of their final 10 games of the Eredivisie season.

PSV stuffed the score sheets this season by scoring over 100 goals. Fifteen different players contributed with goals, an impressive eight of which scored eight or more goals: Luuk de Jong (13), Noa Lang (11), Ricardo Pepi (11), Malik Tillman (11), Guus Til (10), Ismael Saibari (10), Johan Bakayoko (9), and Ivan Perisic (9).

PSV fans gathered in Eindhoven to watch the game against Sparta
PSV fans gathered in Eindhoven to watch the game against SpartaANP / ddp USA / Profimedia

This year's title prolongation marks the fourth time PSV have done this since the turn of the century, winning two straight titles in 2000 and 2001, four titles between 2005 and 2008, and going back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.

Their 2016 victory shares striking similarities to this year's. Ajax dominated most of the second half of the season but threw away their lead in the final game after a 1-1 draw away at De Graafschap.