1988–89 Eerste Divisie

33rd season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands
Football league season
  • Vitesse Arnhem
  • FC Den Haag
  • NEC
Goals scored1,039Average goals/game3.03
← 1987–88
1989–90 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988–89 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1987–88 Eredivisie

  • AZ
  • DS '79
  • FC Den Haag

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Vitesse Arnhem 36 23 8 5 61 20 +41 54 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 FC Den Haag 36 23 7 6 85 35 +50 53
3 Excelsior 36 20 9 7 62 35 +27 49 Period champions
4 NEC 36 21 6 9 72 40 +32 48
5 AZ 36 19 9 8 80 42 +38 47
6 sc Heerenveen 36 20 6 10 72 47 +25 46 Period champions
7 NAC Breda 36 16 11 9 61 49 +12 43
8 SVV 36 14 9 13 50 52 −2 37
9 De Graafschap 36 14 8 14 48 53 −5 36
10 Go Ahead Eagles 36 13 8 15 52 50 +2 34 Period champions
11 SC Cambuur 36 13 8 15 47 57 −10 34
12 SC Heracles 36 12 10 14 46 66 −20 34
13 FC Eindhoven 36 11 7 18 45 53 −8 29
14 Telstar 36 11 7 18 52 66 −14 29
15 DS '79 36 12 4 20 55 66 −11 28
16 Helmond Sport 36 5 14 17 39 69 −30 24
17 RBC 36 7 7 22 32 65 −33 21
18 FC Emmen 36 9 2 25 39 91 −52 20
19 FC Wageningen 36 6 6 24 41 83 −42 18
Source: rsssf.com

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 W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 NEC 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 10 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 sc Heerenveen 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 8
3 Go Ahead Eagles 6 2 1 3 7 13 −6 5
4 Excelsior 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  • Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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League competitions
  • Eredivisie
  • Eerste Divisie
  • Hoofdklasse
  • Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions
European competitions