1978–79 Eerste Divisie

23rd season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 1978–79 SBV Excelsior SBV Excelsior Willem II 937 2.73 1977–78 1979–80 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship. New entrants Relegated from the 1977–78 Eredivisie FC Amsterdam Telstar League standings main WDL PQ 2 y EXC SBV Excelsior GRO FC Groningen WIL Willem II FOR Fortuna SC EIN FC Eindhoven WAG FC Wageningen DEN FC Den Bosch GRA De Graafschap AMS FC Amsterdam TEL Telstar HEE sc Heerenveen VEE SC Veendam HER SC Heracles SVV SVV CAM SC Cambuur VLA FC Vlaardingen HEL Helmond Sport AME SC Amersfoort DOR FC Dordrecht 22 7 7 76 32 20 10 6 60 31 17 14 5 60 32 17 13 6 64 35 14 16 6 53 32 17 10 9 59 44 16 10 10 58 43 15 11 10 60 47 13 11 12 52 40 12 10 14 45 45 10 13 13 34 47 13 6 17 51 67 10 11 15 46 49 11 9 16 42 48 9 10 17 33 54 7 12 17 35 54 9 8 19 42 71 8 7 21 34 78 5 6 25 33 88 #99ff99 Promoted to Eredivisie. P #d0f0c0 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. QP QP QP QP #ffffcc Changed name to DS '79 for next season. DOR 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 WIL Willem II FOR Fortuna SC GRO FC Groningen TEL Telstar 3 2 1 9 5 3 2 1 7 4 2 2 2 6 6 1 0 5 5 12 #99ff99 Promoted to Eredivisie. P #ffffcc Changed name to Fortuna Sittard for next season. FOR complete rsssf.com Attendances # Club Average 1 Groningen 8,283 2 Fortuna 4,989 3 Willem II 4,467 4 De Graafschap 4,344 5 Den Bosch 4,244 6 Wageningen 3,861 7 Eindhoven 3,417 8 Veendam 3,272 9 Heracles 3,206 10 Excelsior 3,122 11 Heerenveen 3,089 12 Cambuur 2,947 13 Helmond 2,517 14 Amersfoort 1,841 15 Telstar 1,556 16 SVV 1,503 17 Dordrecht 1,383 18 Vlaardingen 1,031 19 Amsterdam 870Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened79.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk October 19, 2026 See also 1978–79 Eredivisie 1978–79 KNVB Cup References External links Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth