1988–89 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1988-89
Champions	Vitesse Arnhem
Promoted	Vitesse Arnhem FC Den Haag NEC
Goals scored	1039
Average goals/game	3.03
← 1987-88 1989-90 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988/1989 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1987-88

• AZ
• DS '79
• FC Den Haag

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Vitesse Arnhem	36	23	8	5	54	61	20	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Den Haag	36	23	7	6	53	85	35
3	Excelsior	36	20	9	7	49	62	35	Period champions
4	NEC	36	21	6	9	48	72	40
5	AZ	36	19	9	8	47	80	42
6	sc Heerenveen	36	20	6	10	46	72	47	Period champions
7	NAC Breda	36	16	11	9	43	61	49
8	SVV	36	14	9	13	37	50	52
9	De Graafschap	36	14	8	14	36	48	53
10	Go Ahead Eagles	36	13	8	15	34	52	50	Period champions
11	SC Cambuur	36	13	8	15	34	47	57
12	SC Heracles	36	12	10	14	34	46	66
13	FC Eindhoven	36	11	7	18	29	45	53
14	Telstar	36	11	7	18	29	52	66
15	DS '79	36	12	4	20	28	55	66
16	Helmond Sport	36	5	14	17	24	39	69
17	RBC	36	7	7	22	21	32	65
18	FC Emmen	36	9	2	25	20	39	91
19	FC Wageningen	36	6	6	24	18	41	83

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	NEC	6	4	2	0	10	9	3	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	sc Heerenveen	6	3	2	1	8	12	5
3	Go Ahead Eagles	6	2	1	3	5	7	13
4	Excelsior	6	0	1	5	1	3	10

See also

• Eredivisie 1988-89
• KNVB Cup 1988-89

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)