1974–75 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season1974–75
ChampionsNEC Nijmegen
Promoted
Goals scored871
Average goals/game2.54

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1974–75 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous year. This was due to the absorption of Volewijckers by eredivisie-club FC Amsterdam. NEC Nijmegen won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1973–74 Eredivisie

Fortuna Vlaardingen changed their name to FC Vlaardingen for this season.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 NEC 36 15 18 3 50 23 +27 48 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 FC Groningen 36 21 6 9 63 40 +23 48 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3 Vitesse Arnhem 36 18 9 9 64 40 +24 45
4 PEC Zwolle 36 17 11 8 50 35 +15 45
5 VVV-Venlo 36 15 13 8 59 30 +29 43
6 FC Eindhoven 36 16 11 9 59 37 +22 43 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7 sc Heerenveen 36 17 8 11 47 34 +13 42
8 FC Volendam 36 15 8 13 56 46 +10 38
9 Fortuna SC 36 15 8 13 44 35 +9 38
10 FC Den Bosch 36 11 14 11 41 48 −7 36
11 SC Heracles 36 11 13 12 49 56 −7 35
12 SC Amersfoort 36 9 12 15 37 46 −9 30
13 SC Cambuur 36 10 10 16 43 57 −14 30
14 Willem II 36 12 5 19 42 51 −9 29
15 SVV 36 9 10 17 34 52 −18 28
16 FC Vlaardingen 36 10 8 18 34 56 −22 28
17 FC Dordrecht 36 9 9 18 40 60 −20 27
18 Helmond Sport 36 9 9 18 28 49 −21 27
19 SC Veendam 36 9 6 21 31 76 −45 24
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 Eindhoven 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11 10 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 FC Groningen 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 6
3 Vitesse Arnhem 6 2 0 4 12 13 −1 4
4 PEC Zwolle 6 2 0 4 3 14 −11 4
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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