1978–79 Eerste Divisie

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SBV Excelsior
  • Willem II
    • Goals scored937
    Average goals/game2.73
    →

    The Dutch

    Excelsior
    won the championship.

    New entrants

    Relegated from the 1977–78 Eredivisie

    League standings

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
    1
    SBV Excelsior
    		 36 22 7 7 76 32 +44 51 Promoted to Eredivisie.
    2 FC Groningen 36 20 10 6 60 31 +29 50 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
    3
    Willem II
    		 36 17 14 5 60 32 +28 48
    4 Fortuna SC 36 17 13 6 64 35 +29 47
    5 FC Eindhoven 36 14 16 6 53 32 +21 44
    6 FC Wageningen 36 17 10 9 59 44 +15 44
    7 FC Den Bosch 36 16 10 10 58 43 +15 42
    8 De Graafschap 36 15 11 10 60 47 +13 41
    9 FC Amsterdam 36 13 11 12 52 40 +12 37
    10
    Telstar
    		 36 12 10 14 45 45 0 34 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
    11
    sc Heerenveen
    		 36 10 13 13 34 47 −13 33
    12
    SC Veendam
    		 36 13 6 17 51 67 −16 32
    13 SC Heracles 36 10 11 15 46 49 −3 31
    14
    SVV
    		 36 11 9 16 42 48 −6 31
    15
    SC Cambuur
    		 36 9 10 17 33 54 −21 28
    16
    FC Vlaardingen
    		 36 7 12 17 35 54 −19 26
    17 Helmond Sport 36 9 8 19 42 71 −29 26
    18 SC Amersfoort 36 8 7 21 34 78 −44 23
    19 FC Dordrecht 36 5 6 25 33 88 −55 16 Changed name to DS '79 for next season.
    Source: rsssf.com

    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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1 Willem II 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8 Promoted to Eredivisie.
    2 Fortuna SC 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 8 Changed name to Fortuna Sittard for next season.
    3 FC Groningen 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6
    4
    Telstar
    		 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 2
    Source: rsssf.com

    See also

    References

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