1971–72 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1971-72
Champions	HFC Haarlem
Promoted	FC Eindhoven Fortuna Vlaardingen PEC Zwolle Roda JC De Volewijckers FC VVV
Relegated	None: Tweede Divisie disbanded
From Eredivisie	HFC Haarlem AZ'67
To Eredivisie	HFC Haarlem AZ'67
Goals scored	1,002
Average goals/game	2.38
← 1970-71 1972-73 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie (English: First Division) in the 1971/1972 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 Tweede Divisie 1970–71:

• FC Eindhoven
• Fortuna Vlaardingen
• PEC Zwolle
• Roda JC
• De Volewijckers
• VVV-Venlo

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1970-71:

• AZ'67
• HFC Haarlem

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	HFC Haarlem	40	26	10	4	74	23	62	+51	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	AZ'67	40	22	11	7	68	31	55	+37
3	sc Heerenveen	40	19	13	8	53	33	51	+20
4	Roda JC	40	20	9	11	53	42	49	+11
5	FC Eindhoven	40	16	14	10	50	47	46	+3
6	FC Wageningen	40	17	12	11	54	51	46	+3
7	PEC Zwolle	40	17	9	14	58	56	43	+2
8	SC Cambuur	40	15	12	13	48	40	42	+8
9	HVC	40	14	13	13	43	48	41	-5
10	Veendam	40	14	12	14	48	55	40	-7
11	De Graafschap	40	13	12	15	49	48	38	+1
12	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	40	14	10	16	37	44	38	-7	Merged with DWS to form FC Amsterdam.
13	Fortuna SC	40	11	14	15	48	46	36	+2
14	Heracles	40	13	9	18	46	45	35	+1
15	Willem II	40	12	11	17	46	54	35	-8
16	VVV-Venlo	40	11	12	17	42	50	34	-8
17	SVV	40	12	10	18	44	54	34	-10
18	De Volewijckers	40	8	16	16	35	49	32	-14
19	Fortuna Vlaardingen	40	8	14	18	36	53	30	-17
20	Helmond Sport	40	9	12	19	39	63	30	-24
21	DFC	40	7	9	24	31	70	23	-39	Renamed FC Dordrecht for next season.

See also

• Eredivisie 1971-72
• KNVB Cup 1971-72

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)