1978–79 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season 1978-79
Champions Excelsior
Promoted Excelsior
Willem II
Goals scored 937
Average goals/game 2.73

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship.

Contents

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1977-78

League standings

Pos Club P W D L Pts GF GA
1 Excelsior 36 22 7 7 51 76 32 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 FC Groningen 36 20 10 6 50 60 31 Period champions
3 Willem II 36 17 14 5 48 60 32
4 Fortuna SC 36 17 13 6 47 64 35
5 FC Eindhoven 36 14 16 6 44 53 32
6 FC Wageningen 36 17 10 9 44 59 44
7 FC Den Bosch 36 16 10 10 42 58 43
8 De Graafschap 36 15 11 10 41 60 47
9 FC Amsterdam 36 13 11 12 37 52 40
10 Telstar 36 12 10 14 34 45 45 Period champions
11 sc Heerenveen 36 10 13 13 33 34 47
12 SC Veendam 36 13 6 17 32 51 67
13 SC Heracles 36 10 11 15 31 46 49
14 SVV 36 11 9 16 31 42 48
15 SC Cambuur 36 9 10 17 28 33 54
16 FC Vlaardingen 36 7 12 17 26 35 54
17 Helmond Sport 36 9 8 19 26 42 71
18 SC Amersfoort 36 8 7 21 23 34 78
19 FC Dordrecht 36 5 6 25 16 33 88

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 Willem II 6 3 2 1 8 9 5 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 Fortuna SC 6 3 2 1 8 7 4
3 FC Groningen 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
4 Telstar 6 1 0 5 2 5 12

See also

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