1962–63 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1962–63 season was contested by 16 teams. Teams from the two leagues were united in one national Division for the first time this season. DWS won the championship for the first time.

Eerste Divisie
Season1962–63
ChampionsDWS
PromotedNew league
Relegated
From Eredivisie
To Eredivisie
Goals scored831
Average goals/game3.46

Entrants in the new national league

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The following teams entered the new national Eerste Divisie, mainly from the A- and B-division from last season (1961–62):

Eerste Divisie A Eerste Divisie B Other
DHC Elinkwijk Velox [Tweede]
FC Eindhoven Enschedese Boys DWS [Eredivisie]
Fortuna Vlaardingen Excelsior Roda JC [Eredivisie]
Go Ahead Limburgia VVV [Eredivisie]
Sittardia RBC Roosendaal
Veendam SHS

[Tweede] Champions of the 1961–62 Tweede Divisie
[Eredivisie] Relegated from the 1961–62 Eredivisie

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 DWS 30 22 2 6 61 21 +40 46 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Go Ahead 30 17 7 6 69 36 +33 41
3 RBC Roosendaal 30 15 7 8 56 41 +15 37
4 Enschedese Boys 30 15 7 8 71 55 +16 37
5 Velox 30 14 8 8 74 58 +16 36
6 DHC 30 13 10 7 55 50 +5 36
7 Fortuna Vlaardingen 30 12 7 11 55 51 +4 31
8 SBV Excelsior 30 11 8 11 39 51 −12 30
9 FC Eindhoven 30 10 7 13 51 53 −2 27
10 Elinkwijk 30 11 5 14 54 67 −13 27
11 SHS 30 10 6 14 42 47 −5 26
12 Sittardia 30 11 3 16 41 40 +1 25
13 Veendam 30 7 9 14 50 60 −10 23
14 VVV 30 7 9 14 40 63 −23 23
15 Limburgia 30 7 5 18 40 69 −29 19 Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
16 Roda JC 30 4 8 18 33 69 −36 16
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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