1959–60 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1959–60
Champions	GVAV Alkmaar '54
Promoted	't Gooi Veendam DHC Go Ahead
Relegated	Rigtersbleek De Graafschap
From Eredivisie	NOAD SHS
To Eredivisie	GVAV Alkmaar '54 NOAD
Goals scored	1,752
Average goals/game	3.40
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship.

New entrants and group changes

Eerste Divisie A Promoted from the 1958–59 Tweede Divisie: 't Gooi Veendam Relegated from the 1958–59 Eredivisie: TSV NOAD Entered from the B-group: SBV Excelsior GVAV HVC KFC Rigtersbleek Stormvogels Vitesse Arnhem De Volewijckers

Eerste Divisie B Promoted from the 1958–59 Tweede Divisie: DHC Go Ahead Relegated from the 1958–59 Eredivisie: SHS (relegated as Holland Sport) Entered from the A-group: AGOVV Apeldoorn Alkmaar '54 DFC FC Eindhoven De Graafschap Leeuwarden Limburgia VSV ZFC

Final tables

Eerste Divisie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	GVAV	30	20	5	5	61	28	+33	45	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Vitesse Arnhem	30	17	9	4	61	33	+28	43	Qualified for Promotion play-offs.
3	TSV NOAD	30	17	7	6	60	39	+21	41
4	BVV	30	16	7	7	54	30	+24	39
5	Stormvogels	30	11	10	9	53	50	+3	32
6	FC Wageningen	30	12	8	10	50	49	+1	32	Moving to Eerste Divisie B next season
7	De Volewijckers	30	13	5	12	51	42	+9	31
8	KFC	30	11	7	12	39	40	−1	29
9	HVC	30	11	6	13	39	45	−6	28
10	VV Helmond	30	9	10	11	34	44	−10	28	Moving to Eerste Divisie B next season
11	SBV Excelsior	30	7	10	13	40	50	−10	24
12	Fortuna Vlaardingen	30	10	3	17	42	51	−9	23
13	SVV	30	8	7	15	35	50	−15	23	Moving to Eerste Divisie B next season
14	't Gooi	30	7	7	16	42	54	−12	21
15	Veendam	30	8	5	17	38	55	−17	21
16	Rigtersbleek	30	6	8	16	38	77	−39	20	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Divisie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alkmaar '54	32	18	7	7	68	47	+21	43	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	DFC	32	17	8	7	71	46	+25	42	Qualified for Promotion play-offs and Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
3	VSV	32	19	4	9	64	47	+17	42	Qualified for Promotion play-offs.
4	Heracles	32	17	6	9	66	52	+14	40
5	DHC	32	16	7	9	67	52	+15	39
6	Leeuwarden	32	16	3	13	80	67	+13	35	Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
7	SHS	32	14	6	12	64	69	−5	34
8	ZFC	32	14	5	13	63	49	+14	33
9	AGOVV Apeldoorn	32	15	2	15	71	61	+10	32	Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
10	Go Ahead	32	13	6	13	62	62	0	32
11	Hermes DVS	32	13	4	15	44	47	−3	30	Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
12	FC Eindhoven	32	10	7	15	58	64	−6	27
13	Helmondia '55	32	8	8	16	43	64	−21	24	Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
14	Limburgia	32	9	7	16	52	62	−10	23[a]
15	RCH	32	7	8	17	57	76	−19	22	Relegation play-off as level on points.
16	RBC Eerste A	32	9	4	19	43	67	−24	22
17	De Graafschap	32	6	10	16	42	83	−41	22

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. 2 points deducted.

Promotion play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	TSV NOAD	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	9	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	7
3	DFC	6	2	1	3	13	9	+4	5
4	VSV	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9	3

Source: rsssf.com

Relegation play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	RBC	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	4
2	RCH	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
3	De Graafschap	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1959–60 Eredivisie
• 1959–60 Tweede Divisie

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)