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 1752
Average goals/game 3.40

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959/1960 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.

Contents

New entrants and group changes

Group A

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1958-59:

  • NOAD

Entered from the B-group:

Group B

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1958-59:

  • SHS (relegated as Holland Sport)

Entered from the A-group:

Group A

Pos Club P W D L Pts GF GA
1 GVAV 30 20 5 5 45 61 28 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 Vitesse 1 30 17 9 4 43 61 33
3 NOAD 1 30 17 7 6 41 60 39 Promotion to Eredivisie
4 BVV 30 16 7 7 39 54 30
5 Stormvogels 30 11 10 9 32 53 50
6 FC Wageningen B 30 12 8 10 32 50 49
7 De Volewijckers 30 13 5 12 31 51 42
8 KFC 30 11 7 12 29 39 40
9 HVC 30 11 6 13 28 39 45
10 VV Helmond B 30 9 10 11 28 34 44
11 Excelsior B 30 7 10 13 24 40 50
12 Fortuna Vlaardingen 30 10 3 17 23 42 51
13 SVV B 30 8 7 15 23 35 50
14 't Gooi B 30 7 7 16 21 42 54
15 Veendam 30 8 5 17 21 38 55
16 Rigtersbleek 30 6 8 16 20 38 77 Relegation to Tweede Divisie

1 Vitesse, NOAD, Dordrechtsche and VSV played a mini-tournament for promotion. NOAD were the winners and were promoted to the Eredivisie.
B Team moving to Eerste Divisie B

Group B

Pos Club P W D L Pts GF GA
1 Alkmaar '54 32 18 7 7 43 68 47 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 DFC 1 A 32 17 8 7 42 71 46
3 VSV 1 32 19 4 9 42 64 47
4 Heracles 32 17 6 9 40 66 52
5 DHC 32 16 7 9 39 67 52
6 Leeuwarden A 32 16 3 13 35 80 67
7 SHS 32 14 6 12 34 64 69
8 ZFC 32 14 5 13 33 63 49
9 AGOVV Apeldoorn A 32 15 2 15 32 71 61
10 Go Ahead 32 13 6 13 32 62 62
11 Hermes DVS A 32 13 4 15 30 44 47
12 FC Eindhoven 32 10 7 15 27 58 64
14 Helmondia '55 A 32 8 8 16 24 43 64
13 Limburgia A 32 9 7 16 23 52 62
15 RCH 2 32 7 8 17 22 57 76
16 RBC 2 A 32 9 4 19 22 43 67
17 De Graafschap 2 32 6 10 16 22 42 83 Relegation to Tweede Divisie

1 Vitesse, NOAD, Dordrechtsche and VSV played a mini-tournament for promotion. NOAD were the winners and were promoted to the Eredivisie.
2 RCH, RBC and De Graafschap played a play-off against relegation. De Graafschap lost and relegated.
A Team moving to Eerste Divisie A

See also

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