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1978–79 Eerste Divisie

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Eerste Divisie
Season1978–79
ChampionsSBV Excelsior
Promoted
Goals scored937
Average goals/game2.73

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship.

New entrants

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Relegated from the 1977–78 Eredivisie

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 SBV Excelsior 36 22 7 7 76 32 +44 51 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 FC Groningen 36 20 10 6 60 31 +29 50 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3 Willem II 36 17 14 5 60 32 +28 48
4 Fortuna SC 36 17 13 6 64 35 +29 47
5 FC Eindhoven 36 14 16 6 53 32 +21 44
6 FC Wageningen 36 17 10 9 59 44 +15 44
7 FC Den Bosch 36 16 10 10 58 43 +15 42
8 De Graafschap 36 15 11 10 60 47 +13 41
9 FC Amsterdam 36 13 11 12 52 40 +12 37
10 Telstar 36 12 10 14 45 45 0 34 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
11 sc Heerenveen 36 10 13 13 34 47 −13 33
12 SC Veendam 36 13 6 17 51 67 −16 32
13 SC Heracles 36 10 11 15 46 49 −3 31
14 SVV 36 11 9 16 42 48 −6 31
15 SC Cambuur 36 9 10 17 33 54 −21 28
16 FC Vlaardingen 36 7 12 17 35 54 −19 26
17 Helmond Sport 36 9 8 19 42 71 −29 26
18 SC Amersfoort 36 8 7 21 34 78 −44 23
19 FC Dordrecht 36 5 6 25 33 88 −55 16 Changed name to DS '79 for next season.
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion competition

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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 W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Willem II 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Fortuna SC 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 8 Changed name to Fortuna Sittard for next season.
3 FC Groningen 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6
4 Telstar 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 2
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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