1980–81 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1979-80

• HFC Haarlem
• Vitesse

League Standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Haarlem	36	24	6	6	54	78	25	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Heerenveen	36	18	10	8	46	68	41	Period champions
3	Volendam	36	17	12	7	46	68	49
4	Fortuna Sittard	36	18	7	11	43	65	50
5	DS '79	36	17	8	11	42	64	49	Period champions
6	Den Bosch	36	17	8	11	42	46	41
7	De Graafschap	36	15	11	10	41	55	43
8	Vitesse	36	14	10	12	38	55	58
9	Spcl Cambuur	36	13	10	13	36	46	38
10	FC Eindhoven	36	12	12	12	36	47	44
11	Telstar	36	12	11	13	35	43	56
12	Helmond Sport	36	11	12	13	34	45	45
13	VVV-Venlo	36	14	5	17	33	68	74
14	SVV	36	10	13	13	33	35	47
15	Veendam	36	11	9	16	31	53	65
16	FC Amsterdam	36	9	11	16	29	45	62
17	Amersfoort	36	7	9	20	23	30	59
18	Vlaardingen	36	6	10	20	22	31	59	Bankruptcy
19	Heracles	36	7	6	23	20	35	72

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	3	2	1	8	8	5	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	sc Heerenveen	6	2	3	1	7	9	7
3	FC Den Bosch	6	2	2	2	6	10	9
4	DS '79	6	1	1	4	3	9	15

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)