1989–90 Eerste Divisie

34th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 1989–90 SVV SVV sc Heerenveen Peter van Velzen24 goals 927 2.71 1988–89 1990–91 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1989–90 season was contested by 19 teams. Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging (SVV) won the championship. New play-off system From this year onwards, only one club promoted directly to the Eredivisie, instead of two. Also, one of the Eredivisie-clubs (the number 16 of 18) now had a chance to avert relegation. Promotion was no longer certain for the runner-up of the Eerste Divisie. A new and expanded play-off system was introduced. The following teams entered: Group round Six entrants would play in two groups of three teams. 4 period champions (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) 2 best placed teams in the league (not being league or period champion) The two group winners: play-off 1. Losers: remain in Eerste Divisie Play-off 1 The two group winners from the group round. Winners: promoted to the Eredivisie. Losers: play-off 2. Play-off 2 The losers of play-off 1 The numbers 16 from the Eredivisie (the numbers 17 and 18 already relegated directly) Winners: Eredivisie. Losers: Eerste Divisie. New entrants Relegated from the 1988–89 Eredivisie PEC Zwolle Veendam VVV-Venlo League standings main WDL PQ 2 y SVV SVV NAC NAC Breda HER SC Heracles VVV VVV-Venlo EIN FC Eindhoven EMM FC Emmen GRA De Graafschap VEE Veendam GAE Go Ahead Eagles WAG FC Wageningen CAM Cambuur Leeuwarden AZ AZ HEL Helmond Sport EXC Excelsior ZWO PEC Zwolle HEE sc Heerenveen RBC RBC TEL Telstar DOR DS '79 26 6 4 67 21 16 11 9 55 39 17 8 11 42 42 12 15 9 53 44 14 11 11 63 56 13 12 11 53 47 13 12 11 52 47 14 10 12 46 48 15 7 14 55 50 11 13 12 44 49 11 12 13 44 49 12 9 15 48 46 12 9 15 49 55 10 13 13 47 53 9 14 13 34 36 12 8 16 49 53 10 12 14 39 46 8 10 18 46 71 6 10 20 41 75 #90EE90 Promotion to Eredivisie P #BBEBFF Play-offs PP PP PP PP PP PP complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation play-offs The promotion/relegation play-offs consisted of three rounds. In the group round, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) and two (other) best placed teams in the league, played in two groups of three teams. The group winners would play in play-off 1. The winners of that play-off would be promoted to the Eredivisie, the loser had to take on the number 16 of the Eredivisie in play-off 2. These two teams played for the third and last position in the Eredivisie of next season. main WDL Q 2 y Group 1 HEE sc Heerenveen GAE Go Ahead Eagles NAC NAC Breda 2 0 2 7 6 2 0 2 7 7 2 0 2 6 7 #FFF000 Play-off 1 QP1 complete rsssf.com main WDL Q 2 y Group 2 EMM FC Emmen WAG FC Wageningen HER SC Heracles 3 0 1 7 5 1 2 1 5 3 0 2 2 2 6 #FFF000 Play-off 1 QP1 complete rsssf.com Play-off 1 FC Emmen 1-2 sc Heerenveen 1-0 0-2 sc Heerenveen: promoted to Eredivisie FC Emmen: play-off 2 Play-off 2 FC Emmen 1-2 NEC 1-2 0-0 NEC Nijmegen: remain in Eredivisie FC Emmen: remain in Eerste Divisie Attendances # Club Average 1 NAC 5,191 2 Cambuur 4,300 3 SVV 3,977 4 VVV 3,797 5 Heerenveen 3,794 6 AZ 3,168 7 Heracles 3,125 8 Emmen 2,979 9 Wageningen 2,696 10 Veendam 2,378 11 Helmond 2,278 12 De Graafschap 2,222 13 Zwolle 2,014 14 Eindhoven 1,900 15 RBC 1,767 16 Go Ahead 1,594 17 Telstar 1,541 18 Excelsior 1,208 19 DS '79 718 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened90.htm See also 1989–90 Eredivisie 1989–90 KNVB Cup References Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth