1978–79 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season1978–79
ChampionsSBV Excelsior
Promoted
Goals scored937
Average goals/game2.73

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

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

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