1980–81 Eerste Divisie
Appearance
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
League Standings
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | |
1 | Haarlem | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 78 | 25 | Promotion to Eredivisie |
2 | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 68 | 41 | Period champions |
3 | FC 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 | FC 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 | SC 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 | FC VVV | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 68 | 74 | |
14 | SVV | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 47 | |
15 | SC Veendam | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 53 | 65 | |
16 | FC Amsterdam | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 62 | |
17 | SC Amersfoort | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 59 | |
18 | FC Vlaardingen | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 59 | Bankruptcy |
19 | SC 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 |