1965–66 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season1965–66
ChampionsSittardia
Promoted
RelegatedVVV
From Eredivisie
To Eredivisie
Goals scored750
Average goals/game3.57

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1965–66 season was contested by 15 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Enschedese Boys with eredivisie-club SC Enschede, to form FC Twente. Sittardia won the championship.

New entrants

Promoted from the 1964–65 Tweede Divisie:

Relegated from the 1964–65 Eredivisie:

League standings

Due to the expansion of the eredivisie to eighteen teams, and the expansion of this division to twenty teams next year, more teams were promoted and only one team relegated this year.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sittardia 28 19 3 6 68 38 +30 41 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Xerxes 28 18 4 6 67 26 +41 40
3 NAC Breda 28 15 9 4 50 22 +28 39
4 Alkmaar '54 28 15 6 7 64 45 +19 36
5 Velox 28 15 5 8 56 48 +8 35
6 NEC 28 13 7 8 54 39 +15 33
7 FC Volendam 28 14 5 9 55 50 +5 33
8 DHC 28 10 7 11 46 45 +1 27
9 SC Cambuur 28 9 7 12 52 61 −9 25
10 FC Eindhoven 28 8 8 12 51 54 −3 24
11 Holland Sport 28 9 4 15 40 63 −23 22
12 De Volewijckers 28 8 4 16 41 51 −10 20
13 RBC Roosendaal 28 6 4 18 46 73 −27 16
14 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 28 3 10 15 28 57 −29 16
15 VVV-Venlo 28 4 5 19 32 78 −46 13 Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
Source: rsssf.com

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