1959–60 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season1959–60
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
From Eredivisie
To Eredivisie
Goals scored1,752
Average goals/game3.40

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship.

New entrants and group changes

Final tables

Eerste Divisie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 GVAV 30 20 5 5 61 28 +33 45 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Vitesse Arnhem 30 17 9 4 61 33 +28 43 Qualified for Promotion play-offs.
3 TSV NOAD 30 17 7 6 60 39 +21 41
4 BVV 30 16 7 7 54 30 +24 39
5 Stormvogels 30 11 10 9 53 50 +3 32
6 FC Wageningen 30 12 8 10 50 49 +1 32 Moving to Eerste Divisie B next season
7 De Volewijckers 30 13 5 12 51 42 +9 31
8 KFC 30 11 7 12 39 40 −1 29
9 HVC 30 11 6 13 39 45 −6 28
10 VV Helmond 30 9 10 11 34 44 −10 28 Moving to Eerste Divisie B next season
11 SBV Excelsior 30 7 10 13 40 50 −10 24
12 Fortuna Vlaardingen 30 10 3 17 42 51 −9 23
13 SVV 30 8 7 15 35 50 −15 23 Moving to Eerste Divisie B next season
14 't Gooi 30 7 7 16 42 54 −12 21
15 Veendam 30 8 5 17 38 55 −17 21
16 Rigtersbleek 30 6 8 16 38 77 −39 20 Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Divisie B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Alkmaar '54 32 18 7 7 68 47 +21 43 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 DFC 32 17 8 7 71 46 +25 42 Qualified for Promotion play-offs and
Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
3 VSV 32 19 4 9 64 47 +17 42 Qualified for Promotion play-offs.
4 Heracles 32 17 6 9 66 52 +14 40
5 DHC 32 16 7 9 67 52 +15 39
6 Leeuwarden 32 16 3 13 80 67 +13 35 Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
7 SHS 32 14 6 12 64 69 −5 34
8 ZFC 32 14 5 13 63 49 +14 33
9 AGOVV Apeldoorn 32 15 2 15 71 61 +10 32 Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
10 Go Ahead 32 13 6 13 62 62 0 32
11 Hermes DVS 32 13 4 15 44 47 −3 30 Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
12 FC Eindhoven 32 10 7 15 58 64 −6 27
13 Helmondia '55 32 8 8 16 43 64 −21 24 Moving to Eerste Divisie A next season
14 Limburgia 32 9 7 16 52 62 −10 23[a]
15 RCH 32 7 8 17 57 76 −19 22 Relegation play-off as level on points.
16 RBC Eerste A 32 9 4 19 43 67 −24 22
17 De Graafschap 32 6 10 16 42 83 −41 22
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted.

Promotion play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 TSV NOAD 6 4 1 1 14 7 +7 9 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Vitesse Arnhem 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 7
3 DFC 6 2 1 3 13 9 +4 5
4 VSV 6 1 1 4 6 15 −9 3
Source: rsssf.com

Relegation play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 RBC 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 4
2 RCH 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
3 De Graafschap 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0 Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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