1968–69 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1968-69
Champions	SVV
Promoted	Helmond Sport Veendam FC Wageningen
Relegated	FC Eindhoven FC Wageningen RBC
From Eredivisie	None
To Eredivisie	SVV HFC Haarlem
Goals scored	800
Average goals/game	2.61
← 1967-68 1969-70 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was because no teams relegated from the Eredivisie 1967-68. Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging (SVV) won the championship.

New entrants

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1967–68:

• Helmond Sport
• Veendam
• FC Wageningen

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	SVV	34	21	5	8	71	44	47	+24	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	HFC Haarlem	34	19	8	7	51	30	46	+21
3	Vitesse	34	16	10	8	57	43	42	+14
4	SC Cambuur	34	17	7	10	50	40	41	+10
5	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	34	15	7	12	51	39	37	+12
6	Helmond Sport	34	12	13	9	42	34	37	+8
7	Veendam	34	15	7	12	54	55	37	-1
8	DFC	34	14	7	13	41	33	35	+8
9	FC Den Bosch	34	13	9	12	44	39	35	+5
10	Heracles	34	11	11	12	38	43	33	-5
11	RCH	34	11	11	12	43	50	33	-7
12	Elinkwijk	34	10	11	13	47	49	31	-2
13	HVC	34	10	11	13	34	40	31	-6
14	Willem II	34	13	5	16	33	44	31	-11
15	FC Eindhoven	34	10	10	14	49	54	30	-5	Relegation play-off as level on points.
16	De Volewijckers	34	9	12	13	41	47	30	-6
17	FC Wageningen	34	9	6	19	34	52	24	-18	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
18	RBC Roosendaal	34	4	4	26	20	64	12	-44

Relegation play-off

Volewijckers and FC Eindhoven played a relegation play-off at a neutral venue (Vitesse)

Team 1	Score	Team 2
De Volewijckers	1 - 0	FC Eindhoven

FC Eindhoven were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

See also

• Eredivisie 1968-69
• Tweede Divisie 1968–69

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)