1980–81 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1980-81
Champions	HFC Haarlem
Promoted	HFC Haarlem De Graafschap
Goals scored	977
Average goals/game	2.85
← 1979-80 1981-82 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1979-80

• HFC Haarlem
• Vitesse Arnhem

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	HFC Haarlem	36	24	6	6	78	25	54	+53	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	sc Heerenveen	36	18	10	8	68	41	46	+27	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	FC Volendam	36	17	12	7	68	49	46	+19
4	Fortuna Sittard	36	18	7	11	65	50	43	+15
5	DS '79	36	17	8	11	64	49	42	+15	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
6	FC Den Bosch	36	17	8	11	46	41	42	+5
7	De Graafschap	36	15	11	10	55	43	41	+12
8	Vitesse Arnhem	36	14	10	12	55	58	38	-3
9	SC Cambuur	36	13	10	13	46	38	36	+8
10	FC Eindhoven	36	12	12	12	47	44	36	+3
11	Telstar	36	12	11	13	43	56	35	-13
12	Helmond Sport	36	11	12	13	45	45	34	0
13	VVV-Venlo	36	14	5	17	68	74	33	-6
14	SVV	36	10	13	13	35	47	33	-12
15	SC Veendam	36	11	9	16	53	65	31	-12
16	FC Amsterdam	36	9	11	16	45	62	29	-17
17	SC Amersfoort	36	7	9	20	30	59	23	-29
18	FC Vlaardingen	36	6	10	20	31	59	22	-28	Withdrew owing to bankruptcy.
19	SC Heracles	36	7	6	23	35	72	20	-37

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	De Graafschap	6	3	2	1	8	5	8	+3	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	sc Heerenveen	6	2	3	1	9	7	7	+2
3	FC Den Bosch	6	2	2	2	10	9	6	+1
4	DS '79	6	1	1	4	9	15	3	-6

See also

• Eredivisie 1980-81
• KNVB Cup 1980-81

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)