1960–61 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1960-61
Champions	FC Volendam Blauw Wit
Promoted	HFC EDO Enschedese Boys Be Quick EBOH sc Heerenveen
Relegated	HFC EDO Helmondia '55 Racing Club Heemstede
From Eredivisie	FC Volendam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam Sittardia
To Eredivisie	FC Volendam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam De Volewijckers
Goals scored	2300
Average goals/game	3.76
← 1959-50 1961-62 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 36 teams, divided in two groups. FC Volendam and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam won the championship.

New entrants and group changes

Group A

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1959–60:

• HFC EDO
• Enschedese Boys

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1959-60:

• FC Volendam

Entered from the B-group:

• AGOVV Apeldoorn
• DFC
• Helmondia '55
• Hermes DVS
• Leeuwarden
• Limburgia
• RBC Roosendaal

Group B

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1959–60:

• Be Quick 1887
• EBOH
• sc Heerenveen

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1959-60:

• Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
• Sittardia

Entered from the A-group:

• Excelsior
• 't Gooi
• VV Helmond
• SVV
• FC Wageningen

Final Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Volendam	34	21	7	6	82	37	49	+45	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	De Volewijckers	34	21	5	8	86	49	47	+37	Qualified for Promotion Play-off.
3	KFC	34	20	6	8	66	40	46	+26
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	19	6	9	73	54	44	+19
5	Enschedese Boys	34	15	9	10	95	69	39	+26	[Eerste B]
6	Limburgia	34	16	7	11	61	54	39	+13	[Eerste B]
7	Hermes DVS	34	16	5	13	49	60	37	-11	[Eerste B]
8	DFC	34	14	7	13	64	52	35	+12
9	Hollandia Victoria Combinatie	34	13	8	13	62	55	34	+7	[Eerste B]
10	Leeuwarden	34	12	8	14	73	80	32	-7
11	BVV	34	14	4	16	51	63	32	-12
12	Fortuna Vlaardingen	34	12	6	16	57	62	30	-5
13	Veendam	34	11	8	15	66	75	30	-9
14	Stormvogels	34	12	5	17	55	73	29	-18
15	RBC Roosendaal	34	9	9	16	68	76	27	-8	[Eerste B]
16	AGOVV Apeldoorn	34	9	9	16	70	81	27	-11
17	HFC EDO	34	8	5	21	47	88	21	-41	Qualified for Relegation Play-off.
18	Helmondia '55	34	4	6	24	47	104	14	-57	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

^{[Eerste B]} Team moved to Eerste Divisie B next season.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	34	28	5	1	110	34	61	+76	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	DHC	34	21	9	4	70	26	51	+44	Qualified for Promotion Play-off.
3	Heracles	34	23	3	8	115	47	49	+68
4	SBV Excelsior	34	15	7	12	72	58	37	+14
5	Sittardia	34	15	7	12	61	63	37	-2	[Eerste A]
6	SVV	34	14	7	13	52	60	35	-8	[Eerste A]
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	5	15	70	47	33	+23
8	ZFC	34	13	7	14	51	52	33	-1
9	't Gooi	34	13	7	14	51	72	33	-21	[Eerste A]
10	FC Wageningen	34	14	4	16	70	76	32	-6
11	Be Quick 1887	34	11	9	14	65	74	31	-9
12	VSV	34	12	5	17	51	69	29	-18
13	FC Eindhoven	34	8	11	15	46	68	27	-22	[Eerste A]
14	SHS	34	9	8	17	50	63	26	-13
15	Go Ahead	34	8	10	16	51	80	26	-29	[Eerste A]
16	EBOH	34	9	7	18	44	89	25	-45
17	VV Helmond	34	9	6	19	41	69	24	-28	Qualified for Relegation Play-off.
18	Racing Club Heemstede	34	8	7	19	55	78	23	-23	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

^{[Eerste A]} Team moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

Eredivisie/Eerste Divisie Play-offs

Promotion Play-off

Team	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Agg
De Volewijckers (Group A)	2	3	5
DHC (Group B)	2	1	3

DHC moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

Team	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Agg
De Volewijckers	4	4	8
Elinkwijk (Eredivisie)	3	4	7

De Volewijckers were promoted to the Eredivisie.

Eerste Divisie/Tweede Divisie Play-offs

Relegation Play-off

Team	Score
VV Helmond (Group B)	6
HFC EDO (Group A)	2

VV Helmond moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

Team	Score
RKVV Wilhelmina (Tweede Divisie)	3
HFC EDO	2

HFC EDO were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

See also

• Eredivisie 1960-61
• Tweede Divisie 1960–61

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)