1972–73 Eerste Divisie

17th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 1972–73 Roda JC None: Tweede Divisie disbanded; promotion to Eredivisie shown here starting next season From Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem FC Volendam To Eredivisie Roda JC De Graafschap 913 2.40 1971–72 1973–74 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972–73 season was contested by 20 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club DWS to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship. It was the first season in which a promotion competition was held. In this promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the eredivisie. New entrants Relegated from the 1971–72 Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem FC Volendam DFC changed their name to FC Dordrecht for this season. League standings main WDL PQ 2 y ROD Roda JC ZWO PEC Zwolle VIT Vitesse Arnhem GRA De Graafschap HEL Helmond Sport VOL FC Volendam CAM SC Cambuur WAG FC Wageningen FOR Fortuna SC HEE sc Heerenveen EIN FC Eindhoven VEE Veendam SVV SVV WIL Willem II HER Heracles HVC HVC FLA Fortuna Vlaardingen VVV VVV-Venlo VLW De Volewijckers DOR FC Dordrecht 19 14 5 54 32 20 8 10 72 48 19 10 9 58 38 15 17 6 52 34 15 17 6 53 38 19 7 12 65 35 12 20 6 53 40 17 10 11 57 52 14 14 10 40 36 14 13 11 44 43 14 9 15 48 45 9 16 13 40 50 8 17 13 26 41 9 14 15 39 55 9 12 17 45 58 5 18 15 40 52 9 10 19 30 48 6 16 16 25 45 6 16 16 43 65 3 18 17 29 58 #99ff99 Promoted to Eredivisie. P #d0f0c0 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. QP QP QP QP #ffffcc Changed name next season to SC Amersfoort. AME complete 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. main WDL P 2 y GRA De Graafschap VOL FC Volendam WAG FC Wageningen ZWO PEC Zwolle 4 1 1 10 6 4 0 2 15 6 1 2 3 8 14 0 3 3 8 15 #99ff99 Promoted to Eredivisie. P complete rsssf.com Attendances # Club Average 1 Roda 7,789 2 Vitesse 6,447 3 De Graafschap 5,921 4 Zwolle 4,921 5 Helmond 4,816 6 Fortuna 4,361 7 Heerenveen 4,342 8 Cambuur 3,868 9 Volendam 3,768 10 Eindhoven 3,737 11 Wageningen 3,668 12 VVV 3,258 13 Dordrecht 2,992 14 SVV 2,737 15 Willem II 2,658 16 Heracles 2,642 17 HVC 2,629 18 Vlaardingen 2,513 19 Veendam 2,479 20 De Volewijckers 1,811 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened73.htm See also 1972–73 Eredivisie 1972–73 KNVB Cup References Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth