1956–57 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season 1956-57
Champions ADO Den Haag
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
Promoted New league
Relegated Emma
EBOH
From Eredivisie New league
To Eredivisie ADO Den Haag
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
Goals scored 1730
Average goals/game 3.60
← X

The 1956-57 season was the first season in the history of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The league had been divided in two, with an Eerste Divisie A and an Eerste Divisie B, each comprising 16 teams. The two champions, ADO Den Haag and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, were promoted to the Eredivisie, while the teams finishing last in each division, Emma and EBOH, both of Dordrecht, were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

The composition of the league was based on the results of the previous season. The teams that had finished 10th to 18th in the Hoofdklasse A and Hoofdklasse B, then the country's highest tiers, and 14 teams from the Eerste Klasse were placed in the Eerste Divisie.

Contents

Eerste Divisie A

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 ADO Den Haag 30 20 7 3 89 35 47 +54 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Alkmaar '54 30 15 8 7 75 52 38 +23
3 Limburgia 30 13 11 6 50 37 37 +13 [Eerste-B]
4 Xerxes 30 14 9 7 57 46 37 +11 [Eerste-B]
5 SVV 30 14 7 9 60 46 35 +14
6 HVC 30 13 8 9 70 62 34 +8
7 Helmondia '55 30 11 10 9 45 50 32 -5 [Eerste-B]
8 HFC Haarlem 30 9 12 9 54 47 30 +7 [Eerste-B]
9 VSV 30 11 8 11 44 45 30 -1
10 De Graafschap 30 8 11 11 44 55 27 -11
11 FC Wageningen 30 8 10 12 55 60 26 -5 [Eerste-B]
12 Roda Sport 30 10 6 14 48 60 26 -12
13 KFC 30 10 5 15 56 64 25 -8 [Eerste-B]
14 De Volewijckers 30 9 7 14 52 64 25 -12 [Eerste-B]
15 DWS 30 6 9 15 37 63 21 -26
16 Emma 30 2 6 22 30 80 10 -50 Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

[Eerste-B] Teams are moved to Eerste Divisie B next season.

Match table

ADO ALK DWS EMM GRA HAA H55 HVC KFC LIM RJC SVV VLW VSV WAG XER
ADO Den Haag 3-1 3-0 10-0 3-0 2-2 0-0 6-1 5-0 1-0 2-2 2-2 5-1 3-0 3-1 2-2 ADO
Alkmaar '54 0-3 2-2 2-0 5-2 3-2 1-0 4-2 2-2 5-1 5-2 2-4 4-3 1-2 1-1 5-1 ALK
DWS 1-5 1-1 3-1 1-1 2-2 2-5 1-2 3-2 1-1 3-1 1-4 1-2 1-3 0-2 1-4 DWS
Emma 1-2 2-4 3-3 1-2 0-3 0-1 1-6 1-4 0-2 2-2 2-3 3-1 0-0 5-1 1-2 EMM
De Graafschap 6-4 3-2 1-3 1-1 3-2 6-1 1-5 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 GRA
HFC Haarlem 1-5 1-1 3-0 3-1 1-0 1-2 1-4 1-1 3-3 5-1 2-2 1-4 0-0 4-0 0-1 HAA
Helmondia '55 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-2 1-0 3-0 2-2 2-2 1-2 3-2 0-0 2-1 1-6 H55
HVC 1-3 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 6-5 3-2 3-1 3-2 3-1 4-2 1-5 1-3 1-1 HVC
KFC 0-1 1-3 3-1 3-1 6-2 1-3 2-3 4-2 1-2 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-1 2-0 2-2 KFC
Limburgia 1-3 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 3-2 4-1 4-1 1-0 3-1 6-0 0-0 1-4 LIM
Rapid JC 0-1 0-3 1-0 3-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 3-2 1-2 0-1 3-2 4-3 2-2 2-1 2-0 RJC
SVV 3-4 4-5 1-0 6-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 2-1 3-2 1-2 2-0 2-3 3-2 SVV
De Volewijckers 3-3 1-4 1-1 3-0 0-1 2-2 3-0 2-2 2-2 0-1 2-2 2-1 1-3 2-1 1-3 VLW
VSV 1-3 1-1 3-0 3-0 2-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-3 1-1 3-1 1-1 1-2 4-1 2-1 VSV
FC Wageningen 3-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 3-3 4-3 1-1 2-2 6-4 0-2 2-3 1-1 4-1 6-1 2-2 WAG
Xerxes 1-0 1-4 1-1 2-1 0-1 0-3 3-1 3-3 3-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 3-1 3-2 3-2 XER
ADO ALK DWS EMM GRA HAA H55 HVC KFC LIM RJC SVV VLW VSV WAG XER

Eerste Divisie B

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 30 22 3 5 74 30 47 +44 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Stormvogels 30 19 7 4 68 38 45 +30
3 DFC 30 15 8 7 66 49 38 +17 [Eerste-A]
4 FC Volendam 30 14 7 9 57 46 35 +11 [Eerste-A]
5 Racing Club Heemstede 30 12 11 7 49 38 35 +11
6 Sittardia 30 13 6 11 64 50 32 +14
7 Vitesse 30 11 9 10 52 4 31 +11 [Eerste-A]
8 Hermes DVS 30 12 7 11 62 58 31 +4
9 SBV Excelsior 30 7 15 8 36 41 29 -5 [Eerste-A]
10 SHS 30 9 10 11 58 59 28 -1
11 VV Helmond 30 11 4 15 53 64 26 -11 [Eerste-A]
12 Rigtersbleek 30 8 10 12 48 65 26 -17
13 EDO 30 8 6 16 47 71 22 -24 [Eerste-A]
14 Fortuna Vlaardingen 30 7 7 16 42 63 21 -21
15 AGOVV Apeldoorn 30 8 5 17 46 70 21 -24 [Eerste-A]
16 EBOH 30 3 7 20 30 77 13 -47 Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

[Eerste-A] Teams moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

Match table

AGO BWA DFC EBOH EDO EXC FVL HEL HDVS RCH RIG SHS SIT STO VIT VOL
AGOVV Apeldoorn AGO
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam BW
DFC DFC
EBOH EBOH
EDO EDO
SBV Excelsior EXC
Fortuna Vlaardingen FVL
VV Helmond HEL
Hermes DVS HDVS
Racing Club Heemstede RCH
Rigtersbleek RIG
SHS SHS
Sittardia SIT
Stormvogels STO
Vitesse VIT
FC Volendam VOL
AGO BW DFC EBOH EDO EXC FVL HEL HDVS RCH RIG SHS SIT STO VIT VOL

See also

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