Eerste Divisie
Season1977–78
ChampionsPEC Zwolle
Promoted
Goals scored955
Average goals/game2.79

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1977–78 season was contested by 19 teams. PEC Zwolle won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1976–77 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 PEC Zwolle 36 23 8 5 83 31 +52 54 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 MVV Maastricht 36 21 10 5 72 33 +39 52 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3 FC Wageningen 36 15 16 5 47 23 +24 46
4 SBV Excelsior 36 16 13 7 69 38 +31 45
5 Fortuna SC 36 17 11 8 66 41 +25 45
6 FC Groningen 36 19 7 10 62 39 +23 45 Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7 Willem II 36 15 10 11 55 39 +16 40
8 FC Den Bosch 36 13 14 9 51 46 +5 40
9 FC Eindhoven 36 13 11 12 49 48 +1 37
10 SC Heracles 36 12 12 12 36 37 1 36
11 sc Heerenveen 36 12 12 12 40 43 3 36
12 SC Cambuur 36 13 10 13 46 53 7 36
13 FC Vlaardingen 36 8 14 14 29 40 11 30
14 De Graafschap 36 11 7 18 48 61 13 29
15 SVV 36 7 12 17 45 75 30 26
16 Helmond Sport 36 6 11 19 46 80 34 23
17 SC Veendam 36 5 12 19 46 81 35 22
18 FC Dordrecht 36 6 9 21 42 81 39 21
19 SC Amersfoort 36 6 9 21 23 66 43 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 MVV Maastricht 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 7 Promoted to Eredivisie.
2 FC Groningen 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 7
3 FC Wageningen 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7
4 SBV Excelsior 6 1 1 4 3 13 10 3
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

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