1972–73 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972/1973 season was contested by 20 teams, one less then in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club Door Wilskracht Sterk (DWS) to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship.

It was the first season in which a promotion competition was held. In this promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the eredivisie.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1971-72

• Vitesse
• FC Volendam

League Standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Roda JC	38	19	14	5	52	54	32	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	PEC Zwolle	38	20	8	10	48	72	48	Period champions
3	Vitesse	38	19	10	9	48	58	38
4	De Graafschap	38	15	17	6	47	52	34	Period champions
5	Helmond Sport	38	15	17	6	47	53	38
6	Volendam	38	19	7	12	45	65	35	Period champions
7	Spcl Cambuur	38	12	20	6	44	53	40
8	Wageningen	38	17	10	11	44	57	52	Period champions
9	Fortuna	38	14	14	10	42	40	36
10	Heerenveen	38	14	13	11	41	44	43
11	FC Eindhoven	38	14	9	15	37	48	45
12	Veendam	38	9	16	13	34	40	50
13	SVV	38	8	17	13	33	26	41
14	Willem II	38	9	14	15	32	39	55
15	Heracles	38	9	12	17	30	45	58
16	HVC	38	5	18	15	28	40	52
17	Fortuna Vlaardingen	38	9	10	19	28	30	48
18	VVV-Venlo	38	6	16	16	28	25	45
19	Volewijckers	38	6	16	16	28	43	65
20	Dordrecht	38	3	18	17	24	29	58

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	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	De Graafschap	6	4	1	1	9	10	6	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Volendam	6	4	0	2	8	15	6
3	FC Wageningen	6	1	2	3	4	8	14
4	PEC Zwolle	6	0	3	3	3	8	15

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)