Eerste Divisie
Season1973–74
ChampionsSBV Excelsior
Promoted
Goals scored963
Average goals/game2.53

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

New entrants

Relegated from the 1972–73 Eredivisie

HVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 SBV Excelsior 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

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

References

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