1973–74 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season1973–74
ChampionsExcelsior Rotterdam
Promoted
Goals scored963
Average goals/game2.53

The Dutch Eerste Divisie was contested by 20 teams in the 1973–74 season. Excelsior won the championship.

New entrants

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Relegated from the 1972–73 Eredivisie

HVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Excelsior Rotterdam 38 21 10 7 68 35 +33 52 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Vitesse Arnhem 38 20 8 10 68 44 +24 48 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3 sc Heerenveen 38 18 11 9 53 30 +23 47
4 FC Wageningen 38 18 10 10 48 36 +12 46 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
5 Fortuna SC 38 16 12 10 47 33 +14 44
6 Helmond Sport 38 17 9 12 53 44 +9 43
7 PEC Zwolle 38 14 12 12 55 46 +9 40
8 FC Volendam 38 16 7 15 55 44 +11 39
9 SVV 38 14 11 13 41 55 −14 39
10 Heracles 38 12 14 12 47 39 +8 38
11 SC Cambuur 38 13 12 13 47 43 +4 38
12 FC Eindhoven 38 12 12 14 42 47 −5 36
13 Fortuna Vlaardingen 38 10 15 13 38 44 −6 35 Changed name to FC Vlaardingen for next season.
14 SC Amersfoort 38 12 11 15 38 47 −9 35 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
15 FC Dordrecht 38 12 11 15 45 66 −21 35
16 VVV-Venlo 38 8 17 13 46 53 −7 33
17 FC Den Bosch 38 10 10 18 46 52 −6 30
18 Willem II 38 8 13 17 41 65 −24 29
19 Veendam 38 9 9 20 44 74 −30 27
20 De Volewijckers 38 8 10 20 41 66 −25 26 Merged into FC Amsterdam for next season.
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion competition

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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 FC Wageningen 6 2 4 0 12 6 +6 8 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 Fortuna SC 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 8
3 Vitesse Arnhem 6 0 4 2 4 8 −4 4
4 SC Amersfoort 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 4
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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