The Eredivisie is about to start: you can’t miss these players | Dutch football

Andries Noppert came to SC Heerenveen this summer in the wake of trainer Kees van Wonderen. The goalkeeper was already under contract in the Abe Lenstra Stadium between 2005 and 2014, but he has not yet played in the first team. That could change tonight against Sparta and that would be unique in the history of the club. If Noppert keeps goal, he is the first player from Heerenveen to be under the bar with the Frisians. Talk about local heroes.

Kick-off SC Heerenveen – Sparta: Friday 8 p.m.

The arrival of Burak Yilmaz to Fortuna Sittard is stirring things up. If he actually plays against Ajax, the Turkish top striker can again become the executioner of Daley Blind, Davey Klaassen, Owen Wijndal and Steven Berghuis. On March 24, 2021, Yilmaz struck three times in a World Cup qualifier against the Orange. If this also works against Ajax, the club where he would sign in 2012, according to Turkish media, he will be the first player in 58 years to score after his 37th birthday and then ‘King’ Burak immediately knocks Chris Dekker off the throne as the oldest goalscorer for Fortuna Sittard.

Kick-off Fortuna – Ajax: Saturday 4:30 PM.

Cambuur brought in an attacker with Remco Balk who does not excel in scoring goals. In thirty Eredivisie matches, the right winger only scored once, against Ajax, in his first game in front of his own audience. He also only provided one assist. Will trainer Henk de Jong get him to talk or will Balk not fulfill his promise in Friesland? The duel with the newly promoted Excelsior should be the start of a season in which 21-year-old attacker performs better.

Kick-off Cambuur – Excelsior: Saturday 6.45 pm.

In the youth academy of FC Barcelona, ​​Xavi Simons was known as a great talent. Even before his breakthrough in the first team, the midfielder left for Paris Saint-Germain, for which he made his debut last season. Suddenly he appeared at PSV, which did not rent him but bought him from the national champions of France. He showed all his class against Ajax in the Johan Cruijff Scale by beautifully passing goalkeeper Jay Gorter and scoring. When he makes minutes against the newly promoted FC Emmen, Simon follows in the footsteps of father Regillio, who played 180 Eredivisie matches and scored 22 times.

Kick-off PSV – FC Emmen: Saturday 8 p.m.

The famous croquette sandwich at halftime as a Feyenoord player or a kick in the face of Alexander Büttner, which resulted in a seven-game suspension. Michiel Kramer regularly made the media because of his behavior. But now the 33-year-old striker may be starting his second season as captain in Waalwijk, where he has rediscovered his football pleasure. Will Kramer stand out because of his goals or will he also make it to the media in a different way this season? We will see and it starts for him against FC Utrecht.

Kick-off RKC – FC Utrecht: Saturday 9 p.m.

In the Kitchen Champion Division, Robert Mühren has often shown that he is a true goalscorer. In the first division, he has already scored 142 goals in 205 games, and the striker has also reported 49 times. But in the Eredivisie, Mühren’s statistics are less convincing: 18 goals and 9 assists in 89 league games. Will Mühren remain the desired KKD striker or will he manage to peak at the highest level on behalf of FC Volendam this season? If he scores against FC Groningen, that is his first Eredivisie goal since April 7, 2018. Then he scored on behalf of Sparta against VVV-Venlo.

Kick-off FC Groningen – FC Volendam: Sunday, 12:15 p.m.

Jens Toornsta and Feyenoord: it has been a happy marriage for eight seasons. The captain will start his ninth year in Rotterdam service. He still scores his goal every season. If that also succeeds in 2022-2023, he will be in an illustrious list with Coen Moulijn, Wim Jansen, Willem van Hanegem and Regi Blinker. What these former top players have in common: they scored at least once for Feyenoord in nine Eredivisie seasons. Moulijn is the only one who managed to do this nine years in a row. A nice milestone lies ahead for Toornstra, if he succeeds of course. Perhaps already visiting Vitesse.

Kick-off Vitesse – Feyenoord: Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

Lasse Schöne starts his fifteenth year in the Eredivisie. The Danish playmaker of NEC has so far reached 387 matches at the highest level. Only two foreign players played in the Eredivisie more often than he: compatriot Jan Heintze (395 matches in 16 seasons) and South African Hans Vonk (433 matches in 17 seasons). There is a good chance that he will displace Heintze from second place and if he continues for another year, Hans Vonk will also come into view. Schöne is already approaching the deep autumn of his career at the age of 36. Will the counter reach 388 on Sunday in the duel with FC Twente?

Kick-off NEC – FC Twente: Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

Hobie Verhulst has been involved in professional football for a number of years, but he was never the first goalkeeper in the Eredivisie. AZ trainer Pascal Jansen offers him the opportunity to show his qualities this season. The 29-year-old goalkeeper already played in the Eredivisie, on October 4 against Sparta (4-4). Now the keeper can show it with four Eredivisie matches in his legs from the start of the season. It starts with a home game against Go Ahead Eagles.