PSV Eindhoven ‌was crowned Dutch champion on Sunday for a ​third successive season when its nearest challenger, ⁠Feyenoord, failed to win at Volendam.

The goalless draw left PSV, which had won 4-3 at home to Utrecht on Saturday, with ‌an unassailable lead with five matches left in this season’s Eredivisie.

PSV advanced to 71 points from ‌29 games on Saturday, meaning Feyenoord had to ‌win ⁠to keep alive its slim hopes, but ⁠the draw at Volendam left it at 54 points – 17 points adrift.

PSV’s triumph set off immediate celebrations in the streets of Eindhoven, where ​fans had been waiting ‌in expectation of Feyenoord’s failure to win.

Saturday’s win virtually assured it of the title given a much superior goal difference with PSV at +42 to Feyenoord’s +21 but Sunday’s ‌draw for Feyenoord confirmed PSV’s success.

It is the ​third time in the club’s history that PSV has won three championships in a row. It won four in a row between 1986 and 1989 and again four on the trot between 2005 and ‌2008 and now has a total of 27 league titles, bettered only by Ajax’s tally of 36.

PSV will compete in the Champions League group phase for the fourth successive campaign next season. The runner-up also goes into the 2026-27 group phase and the third-place ‌finisher into the third qualifying round.

Feyenoord is only one point ​above surprise package NEC Nijmegen with Twente moving up to fourth spot after beating Ajax 2-1 ⁠away on Saturday.

PSV will be presented with the trophy on ⁠Tuesday at a ceremony at Philips Stadion. A blemish on its celebrations is the cruciate ligament ‌injury sustained by captain Jerdy Schouten against FC Utrecht, which means the 29-year-old midfielder will miss the ​World Cup in June.

Published on Apr 05, 2026