1978–79 Eerste Divisie
23rd season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands
Football league season
- SBV Excelsior
- Willem II
← 1977–78
1979–80 →
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship.
New entrants
Relegated from the 1977–78 Eredivisie
- FC Amsterdam
- Telstar
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SBV Excelsior | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 51 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
2 | FC Groningen | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 50 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
3 | Willem II | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 48 | |
4 | Fortuna SC | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 47 | |
5 | FC Eindhoven | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 44 | |
6 | FC Wageningen | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 44 | |
7 | FC Den Bosch | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 42 | |
8 | De Graafschap | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 41 | |
9 | FC Amsterdam | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 37 | |
10 | Telstar | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 34 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
11 | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 33 | |
12 | SC Veendam | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 32 | |
13 | SC Heracles | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 31 | |
14 | SVV | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 31 | |
15 | SC Cambuur | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 28 | |
16 | FC Vlaardingen | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 26 | |
17 | Helmond Sport | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 26 | |
18 | SC Amersfoort | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 78 | −44 | 23 | |
19 | FC Dordrecht | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 88 | −55 | 16 | Changed name to DS '79 for next season. |
Source: rsssf.com
Promotion competition
In the promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the Eredivisie.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Willem II | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
2 | Fortuna SC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Changed name to Fortuna Sittard for next season. |
3 | FC Groningen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | Telstar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 |
Source: rsssf.com
See also
References
- Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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