1973–74 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1973-74
Champions	Excelsior
Promoted	Excelsior FC Wageningen
Goals scored	963
Average goals/game	2.53
← 1972-73 1974-75 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.

Contents 1 New entrants 2 League standings 3 Promotion competition 4 See also 5 References

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1972-73

• FC Den Bosch
• Excelsior

HVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Excelsior	38	21	10	7	52	68	35	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Vitesse	38	20	8	10	48	68	44	Period champions
3	sc Heerenveen	38	18	11	9	47	53	30
4	FC Wageningen	38	18	10	10	46	48	36	Period champions
5	Fortuna SC	38	16	12	10	44	47	33
6	Helmond Sport	38	17	9	12	43	53	44
7	PEC Zwolle	38	14	12	12	40	55	46
8	FC Volendam	38	16	7	15	39	55	44
9	SVV	38	14	11	13	39	41	55
10	Heracles	38	12	14	12	38	47	39
11	SC Cambuur	38	13	12	13	38	47	43
12	FC Eindhoven	38	12	12	14	36	42	47
13	Fortuna Vlaardingen	38	10	15	13	35	38	44
14	SC Amersfoort	38	12	11	15	35	38	47	Period champions
15	FC Dordrecht	38	12	11	15	35	45	66
16	FC VVV	38	8	17	13	33	46	53
17	FC Den Bosch	38	10	10	18	30	46	52
18	Willem II	38	8	13	17	29	41	65
19	Veendam	38	9	9	20	27	44	74
20	De Volewijckers	38	8	10	20	26	41	66	1

¹ De Volewijckers would be absorbed by eredivisie-club FC Amsterdam next season.

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	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	FC Wageningen	6	2	4	0	8	12	6	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Fortuna SC	6	3	2	1	8	8	4
3	Vitesse	6	0	4	2	4	4	8
4	SC Amersfoort	6	1	2	3	4	4	10

See also

• Eredivisie 1973-74
• KNVB Cup 1973-74

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Division 2/Eerste Divisie Seasons 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010-11 2011-12