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PEC Zwolle appointed Alex Pastor as its new coach, succeeding Henry van der Vegt, who was dismissed in October. Pastor signed a contract until the summer of 2027 and is due to take charge of the squad from Monday.
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Willem II dismissed head coach John Stegeman after nine Eredivisie matches without a win, with the Tilburg club bottom on two points. Assistant coach Pascal Diender also left. Adrie Koster, the club’s technical adviser, took charge on an interim basis before Willem II appointed Jurgen Streppel as head coach until the end of the season. Streppel had previously coached the club from 2011 to 2016. Koster’s first league match ended in a 6-1 home defeat to SC Cambuur, although one report said Willem II also reached the next KNVB Cup round under him. Streppel then began his return with a 7-0 defeat away to PSV. After 11 league matches, Willem II remains without a win and is bottom of the Eredivisie with two points.
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SC Cambuur won 1-0 away to PEC Zwolle. Substitute Nicolas Binder scored the only goal late in the match, after PEC had created chances but failed to beat Cambuur goalkeeper Thijs Jansen. The defeat was PEC’s third in a row, while Cambuur extended its unbeaten run to four league matches and moved up to 12th place; PEC remained 16th.
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FC Twente beat Excelsior 9-0 away in the Eredivisie, its largest league victory in club history. Excelsior played almost the entire match with ten men after Nesto Groen was sent off in the sixth minute. Wout Weghorst scored four times and Sondre Ørjasæter provided five assists. Daan Rots scored twice, while Thomas van den Belt, Jordy Bawuah and Ramiz Zerrouki also scored. The result left FC Twente fourth on 23 points after 11 matches, level on points with third-placed PSV.
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ADO Den Haag dismissed head coach Robin Peter after a poor start to the Eredivisie season. The club stood 17th after 11 league matches, having taken six points and won once; it had also been eliminated from the KNVB Cup by amateur side Excelsior '31. Peter, a 39-year-old German, had led ADO to promotion in the previous season. Assistant coach Levi Schwiebbe is in temporary charge.