1976–77 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1976–77 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1976–77
Champions	Vitesse Arnhem
Promoted	Vitesse Arnhem FC Volendam
Goals scored	946
Average goals/game	2.76
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

New entrants

Relegated from the 1975–76 Eredivisie

• SBV Excelsior
• MVV Maastricht

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Vitesse Arnhem	36	24	7	5	80	29	+51	55	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	PEC Zwolle	36	21	12	3	63	26	+37	54	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	MVV Maastricht	36	20	10	6	78	33	+45	50
4	SBV Excelsior	36	16	15	5	61	37	+24	47
5	FC Volendam	36	18	9	9	65	42	+23	45
6	FC Wageningen	36	16	10	10	62	45	+17	42
7	Fortuna SC	36	16	9	11	61	47	+14	41
8	FC Groningen	36	14	13	9	43	38	+5	41
9	FC Vlaardingen	36	13	11	12	45	42	+3	37
10	SC Cambuur	36	13	9	14	40	53	−13	35
11	Willem II	36	12	10	14	44	48	−4	34
12	BVV Den Bosch	36	10	11	15	46	58	−12	31
13	sc Heerenveen	36	10	10	16	36	51	−15	30
14	SC Veendam	36	9	11	16	49	58	−9	29
15	Helmond Sport	36	8	12	16	40	57	−17	28
16	SVV	36	8	8	20	35	59	−24	24
17	SC Amersfoort	36	9	6	21	33	73	−40	24
18	FC Dordrecht	36	7	8	21	35	72	−37	22
19	SC Heracles	36	3	9	24	30	78	−48	15

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	FC Volendam	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	8	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	PEC Zwolle	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	8
3	MVV Maastricht	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	6
4	SBV Excelsior	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1976–77 Eredivisie
• 1976–77 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)