The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship.
Season | 1978–79 |
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Champions | SBV Excelsior |
Promoted | |
Goals scored | 937 |
Average goals/game | 2.73 |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
New entrants edit
Relegated from the 1977–78 Eredivisie
League standings edit
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 edit
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