PSV Eindhoven Stats

First successes
From 1914 onwards PSV have competed in league football. A few years later, after a string of promotions, PSV entered the top flight of Dutch football. They clinched the Dutch title for the first time in 1929 and won their first Dutch Cup in 1950. Five years later PSV were the first Dutch club to take part in the Coupe Européene, the predecessor of the European Cup I. In the 1956-1957 season PSV striker Coen Dillen made history by scoring 43 league goals in one season, a goal-scoring record that has not been broken yet.

The seventies
The mid and late 1970's were a golden era for PSV. They boasted quality players with the likes of Willy van der Kuijlen, the Van de Kerkhof brothers, Jan van Beveren, Jan Poortvliet, Harry Lubse and Huub Stevens and won two domestic cups and three domestic championships. PSV also won the UEFA Cup, their first major European title, on 9 May 1978. At home PSV beat French opponents Bastia 3-0 in a spectacular game in the final?s first leg. The UEFA Cup is now in the trophy cabinet.

1988, PSV win the treble
In the late 1980?s PSV signed a great many international top players such as Ruud Gullit, Ronald Koeman, Gerald Vanenburg, Erik Gerets and Hans van Breukelen.
PSV again gained a great many sporting successes. They won an amazing seven league titles and won three Dutch Cup finals in seven seasons (1986-1992). In the 1987/1988 season they even won the treble (Dutch title, Dutch Cup and European Cup I). After a thrilling match PSV beat Benfica on penalties. Some players of the squad also celebrated winning the Euro 1988 with the national team in Germany.

Brazilian talent
After winning the European Cup, PSV succeeded in completing a deal with one of the world?s most talented players: Romario de Souza Faria. During the early nineties he was undoubtedly the star player on the Dutch pitches. After his departure in 1993, he was replaced by another talented youngster: Ronaldo, a world class striker.

Late Nineties
In 1996 PSV won the Dutch Cup for the seventh time. PSV also won the Super Cup, renamed the Johan Cruijff Shield in the same year. In 1997 PSV clinched their fourteenth Dutch title and two years later they also won the Johan Cruijff Shield again. A few years later another lengthy period of glory began. As from 2000 PSV won as many as five Dutch titles in a seven-year spell. They took part in the Champions League tournament every season. So far without gaining spectacular results yet, though. In the 2000-2001 campaign PSV earned nine points and finished third in their group. Consequently they were entitled to compete in the UEFA Cup tournament, where they reached the quarter finals. PSV lost out to FC Twente in the Dutch Cup final.

The new millennium
The next few years PSV enjoyed great successes in the domestic league, in the Dutch Cup campaign and on the European stage. PSV won the Johan Cruijff Shield again in the 2001-2002 season. They were eliminated in the UEFA Cup in the quarter finals. The next season Guus Hiddink made a comeback after twelve years. It was an exciting campaign and the championship was decided on the very last match-day. PSV collected one more point than the runners-up and clinched the title. PSV won the Johan Cruijff Shield at the start of the 2003-2004 season and were second in the Dutch league. Although PSV earned as many as ten points in the Champions League campaign, they did not progress to the second phase and were eliminated in the UEFA Cup quarter finals.
The 2004-2005 season was one of the most successful season in the club?s history. PSV strengthened their squad with the signings of Gomes, Alex, Jefferson Farfán and Phillip Cocu and magnificently won the double. They progressed to the Champions League knock-out stages and were cruelly eliminated in the semi-finals, being beaten by a late AC Milan goal in their semi-final second leg.

2005-2006
Expectations at the start of the 2005-2006 season were not high. The successes took their toll and star players the likes of Mark van Bommel, Ji-Sung Park, Johann Vogel, Young-Pyo Lee moved to other clubs. However, PSV signed some good replacements and captain Phillip Cocu guided them to another championship. PSV progressed to the Champions League knock out stages for the second time in a row, but acknowledged Olympique Lyon as their superiors. Yet the first six years of the 21st century mark yet another golden chapter in the club?s rich history.