1975–76 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1975–76
Champions	HFC Haarlem
Promoted	HFC Haarlem; VVV-Venlo;
Goals scored	905
Average goals/game	2.64
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1975–76 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1974–75 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	HFC Haarlem	36	23	9	4	78	36	+42	55	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	VVV-Venlo	36	21	7	8	61	33	+28	49	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period Champions.
3	FC Wageningen	36	17	10	9	52	27	+25	44	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period Champions.
4	FC Groningen	36	15	12	9	52	29	+23	42
5	Vitesse Arnhem	36	13	16	7	58	35	+23	42	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period Champions.
6	PEC Zwolle	36	14	14	8	51	35	+16	42
7	Fortuna SC	36	17	8	11	48	45	+3	42	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period Champions.
8	SC Veendam	36	15	10	11	46	39	+7	40
9	Willem II	36	13	10	13	53	65	−12	36
10	FC Den Bosch	36	12	10	14	44	47	−3	34
11	SC Cambuur	36	12	10	14	50	56	−6	34
12	FC Dordrecht	36	12	9	15	46	53	−7	33
13	sc Heerenveen	36	12	8	16	39	49	−10	32
14	FC Volendam	36	10	10	16	45	57	−12	30
15	SC Heracles	36	12	5	19	38	54	−16	29
16	Helmond Sport	36	9	11	16	34	51	−17	29
17	FC Vlaardingen	36	7	11	18	40	52	−12	25
18	SC Amersfoort	36	8	9	19	39	66	−27	25
19	SVV	36	6	9	21	31	76	−45	21

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	VVV-Venlo	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	9	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Fortuna SC	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	7
3	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6
4	FC Wageningen	6	0	2	4	7	14	−7	2