1959–60 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1959-60
Champions	GVAV Alkmaar '54
Promoted	't Gooi Veendam DHC Go Ahead
Relegated	Rigtersbleek De Graafschap
From Eredivisie	NOAD SHS
To Eredivisie	GVAV Alkmaar '54 NOAD
Goals scored	1752
Average goals/game	3.40
← 1958-59 1960-61 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959/1960 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship.

New entrants and group changes

Eerste Divisie A

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:

• 't Gooi
• Veendam

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1958-59:

• TSV NOAD

Entered from the B-group:

• SBV Excelsior
• GVAV
• HVC
• KFC
• Rigtersbeek
• Stormvogels
• Vitesse Arnhem
• De Volewijckers

Eerste Divisie B

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:

• DHC
• Go Ahead

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1958-59:

• SHS (relegated as Holland Sport)

Entered from the A-group:

• AGOVV Apeldoorn
• Alkmaar '54
• DFC
• FC Eindhoven
• De Graafschap
• Leeuwarden
• Limburgia
• VSV
• ZFC

Final Tables

Eerste Divisie A

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	GVAV	30	20	5	5	61	28	45	+33	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Vitesse Arnhem	30	17	9	4	61	33	43	+28	Qualified for Promotion play-offs.
3	TSV NOAD	30	17	7	6	60	39	41	+21
4	BVV	30	16	7	7	54	30	39	+24
5	Stormvogels	30	11	10	9	53	50	32	+3
6	FC Wageningen	30	12	8	10	50	49	32	+1	[Eerste B]
7	De Volewijckers	30	13	5	12	51	42	31	+9
8	KFC	30	11	7	12	39	40	29	-1
9	HVC	30	11	6	13	39	45	28	-6
10	VV Helmond	30	9	10	11	34	44	28	-10	[Eerste B]
11	SBV Excelsior	30	7	10	13	40	50	24	-10	[Eerste B]
12	Fortuna Vlaardingen	30	10	3	17	42	51	23	-9
13	SVV	30	8	7	15	35	50	23	-15	[Eerste B]
14	't Gooi	30	7	7	16	42	54	21	-12	[Eerste B]
15	Veendam	30	8	5	17	38	55	21	-17
16	Rigtersbleek	30	6	8	16	38	77	20	-39	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

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

Eerste Divisie B

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Alkmaar '54	32	18	7	7	68	47	43	+21	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	DFC [Eerste A]	32	17	8	7	71	46	42	+25	Qualified for Promotion play-offs.
3	VSV	32	19	4	9	64	47	42	+17
4	Heracles	32	17	6	9	66	52	40	+7
5	DHC	32	16	7	9	67	52	39	+15
6	Leeuwarden	32	16	3	13	80	67	35	+13	[Eerste A]
7	SHS	32	14	6	12	64	69	34	-5
8	ZFC	32	14	5	13	63	49	33	+14
9	AGOVV Apeldoorn	32	15	2	15	71	61	32	+10	[Eerste A]
10	Go Ahead	32	13	6	13	62	62	32	0
11	Hermes DVS	32	13	4	15	44	47	30	-3	[Eerste A]
12	FC Eindhoven	32	10	7	15	58	64	27	-6
13	Helmondia '55	32	8	8	16	43	64	24	-21	[Eerste A]
14	Limburgia	32	9	7	16	52	62	23	-10	[Eerste A]
15	RCH	32	7	8	17	57	76	22	-19	Relegation play-off as level on points.
16	RBC [Eerste A]	32	9	4	19	43	67	22	-24
17	De Graafschap	32	6	10	16	42	83	22	-39

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

Promotion play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	TSV NOAD	6	4	1	1	14	7	9	+7	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	3	1	7	5	7	+2
3	DFC	6	2	1	3	13	9	5	+4
4	VSV	6	1	1	4	6	15	3	-9

Relegation play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	RBC	2	2	0	0	5	3	4	+2
2	RCH	2	1	0	1	3	3	2	0
3	De Graafschap	2	0	0	2	3	5	0	-2	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

See also

• Eredivisie 1959-60
• Tweede Divisie 1959–60

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)