Feyenoord thrash Go Ahead Eagles to win Eredivisie for the first time since 2017

Feyenoord players celebrate in May 2023 after winning their first Dutch title since 2017.
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Feyenoord clinched their first Eredivise title since 2017 on Saturday following a 3-0 win over Go Ahead Eagles.

The Rotterdam club wrapped up the Dutch title in a routine win, thanks to goals from Oussama Idrissi and Santiago Gimenez inside the opening 20 minutes and a third from Igor Paixao early in the second half.

That sparked huge celebrations in the city, where fans have had little to celebrate in recent years.

Because although Feyenoord have now won 16 Dutch titles and the one of those was in 2017, their previous success in the competition came back in 1999.

Saturday's win saw Arne Slot's side move 11 points clear of PSV Eindhoven and although that gap was reduced to eight after the red and whites beat Fortuna Sittard, Feyenoord's lead is unassailable with just two rounds remaining.

Ajax had started the day in third, but their game at FC Groningen was abandoned after fans threw smoke bombs onto the pitch in protest at their team's relegation.

Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.