| Season | 1978-79 |
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| Champions | Ajax (18th title) |
| Promoted | PEC Zwolle MVV |
| Relegated | FC Volendam FC VVV |
| European Cup | Ajax |
| Cup Winners' Cup | FC Twente |
| UEFA Cup | Feyenoord PSV |
| Goals scored | 873 |
| Average goals/game | 2.85 |
| Top goalscorer | Kees Kist AZ '67 34 goals [1] |
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The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.
| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
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| 1 | Ajax 1 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 93 | 31 | 62 | European Cup |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 51 | 62 | 19 | 43 | UEFA Cup |
| 3 | PSV | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 65 | 23 | 42 | |
| 4 | AZ '67 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 84 | 43 | 41 | |
| 5 | Roda JC | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 58 | 33 | 25 | |
| 6 | Sparta | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 48 | -1 | |
| 7 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 55 | -12 | |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 46 | -10 | |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 48 | 0 | |
| 10 | NAC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 51 | -10 | |
| 11 | MVV | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 26 | 45 | -19 | |
| 12 | FC Twente 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 58 | -4 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| 13 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 55 | -12 | |
| 14 | Vitesse | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 63 | -21 | |
| 15 | NEC | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 49 | -14 | |
| 16 | HFC Haarlem | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 64 | -33 | |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 42 | 63 | -21 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | FC VVV | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 79 | -56 |
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.
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