PSV Eindhoven were crowned on Sunday as Dutch champions for the 27th time, with five matches left of the season, after second-placed Feyenoord’s 0-0 draw with Volendam.
PSV hold an unassailable 17-point lead at the top of the table after bouncing back from successive defeats with a 4-3 victory against Utrecht on Saturday.
Peter Bosz’s side quickly took control of this season’s title race, dropping just four points before the winter break. They clinched a third successive title for the first time since 2008.
Feyenoord were the previous champions in 2023 under Arne Slot, now in charge at Liverpool, while the Dutch giants Ajax, who sit fifth this season, have gone four years without lifting the trophy.
PSV’s latest title gives them a place in the Champions League league phase next season.
In the Bundesliga, St Pauli’s hopes of moving out of the relegation zone took a hit after they were were held to a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin on Sunday. Mathias Pereira Lage’s first-half stunner for the visitors was cancelled out when Andrej Ilic scored from a corner just after the break.
The draw left the Hamburg-based side third from the bottom in the relegation playoff spot. St Pauli are one point behind 15th-placed Cologne, who play at Eintracht Frankfurt in the late game on Sunday. With six games remaining this season, Union sit 10th, seven points ahead of St Pauli.
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