2004–05 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2004–05
Champions	Heracles Almelo
Promoted	Heracles Almelo ; Sparta Rotterdam
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2004 and ended in April 2005. The title was won by Heracles Almelo.

Promoted teams

The following teams were promoted to the Eredivisie at the end of the season:

These teams were relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Heracles Almelo	36	23	6	7	67	34	+33	75	Champion, promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Sparta Rotterdam	36	21	11	4	93	39	+54	74	Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs
3	VVV-Venlo	36	18	8	10	56	36	+20	62	Qualified for the play-offs
4	FC Zwolle	36	17	10	9	66	50	+16	61
5	FC Volendam	36	18	7	11	52	38	+14	61
6	Helmond Sport	36	16	9	11	61	44	+17	57
7	Stormvogels Telstar	36	15	11	10	58	46	+12	56
8	FC Dordrecht	36	15	8	13	46	51	−5	53
9	Cambuur Leeuwarden	36	13	8	15	44	54	−10	47
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	36	15	1	20	55	60	−5	46
11	BV Veendam	36	11	12	13	47	56	−9	45
12	Excelsior Rotterdam	36	12	8	16	56	59	−3	44
13	HFC Haarlem	36	11	9	16	47	56	−9	42
14	MVV	36	9	12	15	40	46	−6	39
15	FC Eindhoven	36	10	9	17	60	80	−20	39
16	TOP Oss	36	10	9	17	41	66	−25	39
17	Go Ahead Eagles	36	9	11	16	40	60	−20	35^[a]
18	FC Emmen	36	7	9	20	38	71	−33	30
19	Fortuna Sittard	36	8	10	18	46	67	−21	28^[b]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RBC Roosendaal	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Promoted to the Eredivisie
2	FC Volendam	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9
3	Stormvogels Telstar	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
4	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Sparta Rotterdam	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	15	Promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Helmond Sport	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
3	De Graafschap	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
4	FC Zwolle	6	0	1	5	6	20	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}