1981–82 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season1981–82
ChampionsHelmond Sport
PromotedHelmond Sport
Fortuna Sittard
Excelsior
Goals scored873
Average goals/game2.85

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1981–82 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was due to the bankruptcy of FC Vlaardingen. Helmond Sport won the championship.

From this season onwards, instead of two, three teams would promote to the eredivisie. Two were promoted directly and one through a promotion competition which was organized the same as in previous seasons.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1980–81 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Helmond Sport 34 17 14 3 53 30 +23 48 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Fortuna Sittard 34 21 5 8 62 35 +27 47
3 SBV Excelsior 34 18 8 8 74 44 +30 44 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
4 Telstar 34 16 12 6 44 31 +13 44
5 FC Den Bosch 34 17 7 10 62 41 +21 41
6 sc Heerenveen 34 17 7 10 61 43 +18 41 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7 VVV-Venlo 34 15 11 8 64 47 +17 41
8 Vitesse Arnhem 34 12 12 10 52 45 +7 36
9 SVV 34 12 9 13 44 40 +4 33
10 SC Veendam 34 10 10 14 46 54 −8 30
11 SC Cambuur 34 8 13 13 23 38 −15 29
12 FC Volendam 34 9 10 15 42 49 −7 28
13 FC Amsterdam 34 10 8 16 37 54 −17 28 Disbanded as season's end.
14 FC Eindhoven 34 10 7 17 41 64 −23 27
15 DS '79 34 7 12 15 51 66 −15 26
16 Heracles 34 9 8 17 48 68 −20 26
17 FC Wageningen 34 4 14 16 33 52 −19 22
18 SC Amersfoort 34 6 9 19 36 72 −36 21
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 SBV Excelsior 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 sc Heerenveen 6 4 0 2 5 6 −1 8
3 VVV-Venlo 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 5
4 Telstar 6 1 1 4 6 9 −3 3
Source: rsssf.com

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