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Eerste Divisie
Season	1988–89
Champions	Vitesse Arnhem
Promoted	Vitesse Arnhem; FC Den Haag; NEC;
Goals scored	1,039
Average goals/game	3.03
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988–89 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1987–88 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Vitesse Arnhem	36	23	8	5	61	20	+41	54	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Den Haag	36	23	7	6	85	35	+50	53	Promotion to Eredivisie
3	Excelsior	36	20	9	7	62	35	+27	49	Period champions
4	NEC	36	21	6	9	72	40	+32	48	Period champions
5	AZ	36	19	9	8	80	42	+38	47
6	sc Heerenveen	36	20	6	10	72	47	+25	46	Period champions
7	NAC Breda	36	16	11	9	61	49	+12	43
8	SVV	36	14	9	13	50	52	−2	37
9	De Graafschap	36	14	8	14	48	53	−5	36
10	Go Ahead Eagles	36	13	8	15	52	50	+2	34	Period champions
11	SC Cambuur	36	13	8	15	47	57	−10	34
12	SC Heracles	36	12	10	14	46	66	−20	34
13	FC Eindhoven	36	11	7	18	45	53	−8	29
14	Telstar	36	11	7	18	52	66	−14	29
15	DS '79	36	12	4	20	55	66	−11	28
16	Helmond Sport	36	5	14	17	39	69	−30	24
17	RBC	36	7	7	22	32	65	−33	21
18	FC Emmen	36	9	2	25	39	91	−52	20
19	FC Wageningen	36	6	6	24	41	83	−42	18

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.