1979–80 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1979–80 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Groningen won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1979–80
Champions	FC Groningen
Promoted	FC Groningen FC Wageningen
Goals scored	1,050
Average goals/game	3.07
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

New entrants

Relegated from the 1978–79 Eredivisie

• FC Volendam
• VVV-Venlo

Dordrecht changed their name to DS '79 this season
Fortuna SC changed their name to Fortuna Sittard this season

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	FC Groningen	36	25	7	4	79	21	+58	57	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Volendam	36	23	5	8	76	33	+43	51	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	FC Wageningen	36	19	13	4	68	40	+28	51
4	FC Den Bosch	36	22	6	8	66	36	+30	50
5	SC Cambuur	36	19	4	13	64	41	+23	42	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
6	De Graafschap	36	18	6	12	43	31	+12	42
7	Fortuna Sittard	36	14	11	11	60	42	+18	39
8	DS '79	36	14	11	11	68	52	+16	39
9	FC Amsterdam	36	14	10	12	64	55	+9	38
10	SC Heracles	36	15	7	14	56	51	+5	37
11	sc Heerenveen	36	13	10	13	42	52	−10	36
12	VVV-Venlo	36	13	9	14	55	68	−13	35
13	Telstar	36	10	11	15	50	58	−8	31
14	FC Eindhoven	36	11	8	17	44	61	−17	30
15	Helmond Sport	36	10	7	19	50	80	−30	27
16	SC Veendam	36	7	8	21	44	74	−30	22
17	SVV	36	7	8	21	51	90	−39	22
18	FC Vlaardingen	36	6	9	21	36	66	−30	21
19	SC Amersfoort	36	4	6	26	34	99	−65	14

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 Wageningen	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	8	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Volendam	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6
3	De Graafschap	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	5
4	SC Cambuur	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	5

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1979–80 Eredivisie
• 1979–80 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)