1967–68 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1967–68 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous season. This was due to a merger between FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 to form AZ'67. Holland Sport won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1967–68
Champions	Holland Sport
Promoted	HFC Haarlem HVC VVV-Venlo
Relegated	VVV-Venlo Velox
From Eredivisie	Elinkwijk Willem II
To Eredivisie	Holland Sport AZ'67
Goals scored	948
Average goals/game	2.77
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

New entrants

Promoted from the 1966–67 Tweede Divisie:

• HFC Haarlem
• HVC
• VVV-Venlo

Relegated from the 1966–67 Eredivisie:

• Elinkwijk
• Willem II

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Holland Sport	36	23	7	6	72	30	+42	53	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	AZ'67	36	18	14	4	57	22	+35	50
3	FC Den Bosch	36	18	12	6	62	39	+23	48
4	Willem II	36	20	6	10	69	40	+29	46
5	Vitesse Arnhem	36	15	11	10	53	48	+5	41
6	HFC Haarlem	36	13	14	9	49	41	+8	40
7	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	36	12	16	8	40	34	+6	40
8	Elinkwijk	36	12	15	9	59	53	+6	39
9	SC Cambuur	36	14	10	12	46	40	+6	38
10	DFC	36	13	11	12	65	55	+10	37
11	Heracles	36	13	11	12	49	45	+4	37
12	HVC	36	12	13	11	47	44	+3	37
13	FC Eindhoven	36	10	12	14	50	66	−16	32
14	RBC Roosendaal	36	11	8	17	33	54	−21	30
15	De Volewijckers	36	8	11	17	42	48	−6	27
16	SVV	36	7	13	16	43	66	−23	27
17	Racing Club Heemstede	36	7	9	20	39	65	−26	23	Relegation play-off as level on points.
18	VVV-Venlo	36	9	5	22	47	81	−34	23
19	Velox	36	2	12	22	26	77	−51	16	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

Relegation play-off

Racing Club Heemstede and VVV-Venlo entered a relegation play-off. After a draw in the first match, a second match was played. Both matches were played on neutral terrain (HVC and Vitesse).

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing Club Heemstede	3 - 3 aet	VVV-Venlo

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing Club Heemstede	4 - 3	VVV-Venlo

VVV-Venlo were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

See also

• 1967–68 Eredivisie
• 1967–68 Tweede Divisie

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)