1980–81 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1980–81 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.

Eerste Divisie
Season1980–81
ChampionsHFC Haarlem
Promoted
Goals scored977
Average goals/game2.85

New entrants

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Relegated from the 1979–80 Eredivisie

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 HFC Haarlem 36 24 6 6 78 25 +53 54 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 sc Heerenveen 36 18 10 8 68 41 +27 46 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3 FC Volendam 36 17 12 7 68 49 +19 46
4 Fortuna Sittard 36 18 7 11 65 50 +15 43
5 DS '79 36 17 8 11 64 49 +15 42 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
6 FC Den Bosch 36 17 8 11 46 41 +5 42
7 De Graafschap 36 15 11 10 55 43 +12 41
8 Vitesse Arnhem 36 14 10 12 55 58 −3 38
9 SC Cambuur 36 13 10 13 46 38 +8 36
10 FC Eindhoven 36 12 12 12 47 44 +3 36
11 Telstar 36 12 11 13 43 56 −13 35
12 Helmond Sport 36 11 12 13 45 45 0 34
13 VVV-Venlo 36 14 5 17 68 74 −6 33
14 SVV 36 10 13 13 35 47 −12 33
15 SC Veendam 36 11 9 16 53 65 −12 31
16 FC Amsterdam 36 9 11 16 45 62 −17 29
17 SC Amersfoort 36 7 9 20 30 59 −29 23
18 FC Vlaardingen 36 6 10 20 31 59 −28 22 Withdrew owing to bankruptcy.
19 SC Heracles 36 7 6 23 35 72 −37 20
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion competition

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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 De Graafschap 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 8 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 sc Heerenveen 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 7
3 FC Den Bosch 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 6
4 DS '79 6 1 1 4 9 15 −6 3
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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