With the great help of former England coach, Steve McClaren, FC Twente won this season's Eredivisie title. Ajax are the runners up, being one point behind the new Champions.

McClaren, sacked as England manager in 2007, is the first English coach to win a major European league title since Sir Bobby Robson with Porto in 1996.

Twente went to NAC Breda on the final day of the season with a one-point lead over Martin Jol's Ajax.

And the Tukkers triumphed 2-0 against their 10-man opponents to render Ajax's 4-1 win over NEC meaningless.

Ajax finished the season with a remarkable goal difference of +86 and won their last 14 league games, but Twente were rewarded for a steady season in which they lost only two games.

"Last season, we finished second and they wrote a book about it called 'It's A Miracle'. We are champions and that's more than a miracle!" said McClaren.

"We are going back to Enschede to celebrate and let me tell you, they know how to party there.

"Winning a title in a foreign country with foreign players and coaches feels very special."

McClaren, who celebrates his 49th birthday on Monday, took charge at the club in June 2008, six months after he was sacked as England coach in the wake of the national team's failure to qualify for Euro 2008.

Talking about his time as England boss, McClaren said: "You need failures to make you stronger. I had a massive one.

"There's not a day goes by I don't think about it. I hope this draws a line under what's gone before."

Twente finished second in the Eredivisie in McClaren's first season, and were runners-up in the domestic cup final.

But they went one better this season, pipping in-form Ajax to the post, and earning themselves a place in the Champions League group stages for the first time.

Facing an NAC Breda side hoping to qualify for the Europa League play-offs, Bryan Ruiz - a £4.3m signing last summer - settled Twente's nerves with his 24th goal of the season.

That came seconds after NAC's Csaba Feher was sent off for a two-footed tackle on Theo Janssen.

On-loan Chelsea midfielder Miroslav Stoch sealed the win 16 minutes from time.