1973–74 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1973-74
Champions	SBV Excelsior
Promoted	SBV Excelsior FC Wageningen
Goals scored	963
Average goals/game	2.53
← 1972-73 1974-75 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1972-73

• FC Den Bosch
• Excelsior

HVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	SBV Excelsior	38	21	10	7	68	35	52	+33	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Vitesse Arnhem	38	20	8	10	68	44	48	+24	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	sc Heerenveen	38	18	11	9	53	30	47	+23
4	FC Wageningen	38	18	10	10	48	36	46	+12	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
5	Fortuna SC	38	16	12	10	47	33	44	+14
6	Helmond Sport	38	17	9	12	53	44	43	+9
7	PEC Zwolle	38	14	12	12	55	46	40	+9
8	FC Volendam	38	16	7	15	55	44	39	+11
9	SVV	38	14	11	13	41	55	39	-14
10	Heracles	38	12	14	12	47	39	38	+8
11	SC Cambuur	38	13	12	13	47	43	38	+4
12	FC Eindhoven	38	12	12	14	42	47	36	-5
13	Fortuna Vlaardingen	38	10	15	13	38	44	35	-6	Changed name to FC Vlaardingen for next season.
14	SC Amersfoort	38	12	11	15	38	47	35	+11	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
15	FC Dordrecht	38	12	11	15	45	66	35	-21
16	VVV-Venlo	38	8	17	13	46	53	33	-7
17	FC Den Bosch	38	10	10	18	46	52	30	-6
18	Willem II	38	8	13	17	41	65	29	-24
19	Veendam	38	9	9	20	44	74	27	-30
20	De Volewijckers	38	8	10	20	41	66	26	-25	Merged into FC Amsterdam for next season.

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	FC Wageningen	6	2	4	0	12	6	8	+6	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Fortuna SC	6	3	2	1	8	4	8	+4
3	Vitesse Arnhem	6	0	4	2	4	8	4	-4
4	SC Amersfoort	6	1	2	3	4	10	4	-6

See also

• Eredivisie 1973-74
• KNVB Cup 1973-74

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)