Big Three (Netherlands)

For the other groups of entities known as "Big Three" or "The Big Three", see Big Three (disambiguation).
Ajax, Johan Cruyff Arena
Feyenoord, De Kuip
PSV, Philips Stadion

In Dutch sports, The Big Three (Dutch: De Grote Drie) (or The (Traditional) Top Three (Dutch: De (Traditionele) Topdrie)) or The Three Top Clubs (Dutch: De drie Topclubs)) are the nicknames for the three most successful rivalling football clubs in the Netherlands: Ajax from Amsterdam, Feyenoord from Rotterdam and PSV from Eindhoven. Collectively they amounted to 78 of the 135 Dutch Football Championships ever played (as of 2025), and 62 of a possible 68 championships since the introduction of the national Eredivisie in 1956 (as of 2025). The three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions and contending for the title.

None of the three clubs have been relegated from the Eredivisie either, having been participants in all editions since Dutch football was merged into a single top-level professional competition in the 1956–57 season. The only other team not having relegated from the Eredivisie is FC Utrecht, which inherited the place from DOS in the highest Dutch league after the merger of DOS, Velox, and USV Elinkwijk per July 1970.

Location of the three clubs in the Netherlands
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