1977–78 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1977-78
Champions	PEC Zwolle
Promoted	PEC Zwolle MVV
Goals scored	955
Average goals/game	2.79
← 1976-77 1978-79 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1977/1978 season was contested by 19 teams. PEC Zwolle won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1976-77

• FC Eindhoven
• De Graafschap

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	PEC Zwolle	36	23	8	5	83	31	54	+52	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	MVV Maastricht	36	21	10	5	72	33	52	+39	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	FC Wageningen	36	15	16	5	47	23	46	+24
4	SBV Excelsior	36	16	13	7	69	38	45	+31
5	Fortuna SC	36	17	11	8	66	41	45	+25
6	FC Groningen	36	19	7	10	62	39	45	+23	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7	Willem II	36	15	10	11	55	39	4	+16
8	FC Den Bosch	36	13	14	9	51	46	40	+5
9	FC Eindhoven	36	13	11	12	49	48	37	+1
10	SC Heracles	36	12	12	12	36	37	36	-1
11	sc Heerenveen	36	12	12	12	40	43	36	-3
12	SC Cambuur	36	13	10	13	46	53	36	-7
13	FC Vlaardingen	36	8	14	14	29	40	30	-11
14	De Graafschap	36	11	7	18	48	61	29	-13
15	SVV	36	7	12	17	45	75	26	-30
16	Helmond Sport	36	6	11	19	46	80	23	-34
17	SC Veendam	36	5	12	19	46	81	22	-35
18	FC Dordrecht	36	6	9	21	42	81	21	-39
19	SC Amersfoort	36	6	9	21	23	66	21	-43

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	MVV Maastricht	6	3	1	2	10	5	7	+5	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Groningen	6	2	3	1	7	4	7	+3
3	FC Wageningen	6	3	1	2	10	8	7	+2
4	SBV Excelsior	6	1	1	4	3	13	3	-10

See also

• Eredivisie 1977-78
• KNVB Cup 1977-78

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)