1971–72 Eerste Divisie

16th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Eerste Divisie 1971–72 HFC Haarlem FC Eindhoven Fortuna Vlaardingen PEC Zwolle Roda JC De Volewijckers FC VVV None: Tweede Divisie disbanded From Eredivisie HFC Haarlem AZ'67 To Eredivisie HFC Haarlem AZ'67 1002 2.38 1970–71 1972–73 The Dutch Eerste Divisie (en First Division) in the 1971–72 season was contested by 21 teams, five more than in the previous year. Due to the disbandment of the Tweede Divisie, six teams were promoted to the Eerste Divisie; the rest of the teams returned to amateur football. As a result of the disbandment, teams no longer could relegate to lower leagues. HFC Haarlem won the championship. New entrants Promoted from the 1970–71 Tweede Divisie: FC Eindhoven Fortuna Vlaardingen PEC Zwolle Roda JC De Volewijckers VVV-Venlo Relegated from the 1970–71 Eredivisie: AZ'67 HFC Haarlem League standings main WDL PQ 2 y HAA HFC Haarlem AZ AZ'67 HEE sc Heerenveen ROD Roda JC EIN FC Eindhoven WAG FC Wageningen ZWO PEC Zwolle CAM SC Cambuur HVC HVC VEE Veendam GRA De Graafschap BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam FOR Fortuna SC HER Heracles WIL Willem II VVV VVV-Venlo SVV SVV VLW De Volewijckers VLA Fortuna Vlaardingen HEL Helmond Sport DFC DFC 26 10 4 74 23 22 11 7 68 31 19 13 8 53 33 20 9 11 53 42 16 14 10 50 47 17 12 11 54 51 17 9 14 58 56 15 12 13 48 40 14 13 13 43 48 14 12 14 48 55 13 12 15 49 48 14 10 16 37 44 11 14 15 48 46 13 9 18 46 45 12 11 17 46 54 11 12 17 42 50 12 10 18 44 54 8 16 16 35 49 8 14 18 36 53 9 12 19 39 63 7 9 24 31 70 #99ff99 Promoted to Eredivisie. P P #ffffcc Merged with DWS to form FC Amsterdam. AMS #ffffcc Renamed FC Dordrecht for next season. DOR complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/ned2champ.html Netherlands - List of Final Tables RSSSF 2026-05-14 Attendances # Club Average 1 Roda 6,500 2 Haarlem 6,425 3 Heerenveen 6,400 4 AZ 6,300 5 Eindhoven 5,775 6 De Graafschap 5,125 7 VVV 4,940 8 Wageningen 4,400 9 Fortuna 4,335 10 Zwolle 4,125 11 Cambuur 4,050 12 Veendam 4,000 13 SVV 3,075 14 Heracles 2,985 15 HVC 2,935 16 De Volewijckers 2,425 17 Vlaardingen 2,360 18 Helmond 2,115 19 Willem II 1,975 20 DFC 1,950 21 Blauw-Wit 1,870 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened72.htm Eerste Divisie Attendance 1971–72 European Football Statistics 2026-05-14 See also 1971–72 Eredivisie 1971–72 KNVB Cup References Sources https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/ned2champ.html Netherlands - List of Final Tables 1908–1996 RSSSF 2026-05-14 Category:Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth