1983–84 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1983–84 season was contested by 17 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to RBC Roosendaal, entering from the amateurs. MVV won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1983–84
Champions	MVV Maastricht
Promoted	MVV Maastricht FC Twente NAC Breda
Goals scored	897
Average goals/game	3.29
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

New entrants

Entered from amateur football

• RBC Roosendaal

Relegated from the 1982–83 Eredivisie

• NAC Breda
• NEC
• FC Twente

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	MVV Maastricht	32	19	10	3	72	37	+35	48	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Twente	32	21	5	6	82	41	+41	47
3	NAC Breda	32	18	5	9	72	49	+23	41	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
4	SC Cambuur	32	13	12	7	50	37	+13	38
5	Telstar	32	14	9	9	53	43	+10	37
6	De Graafschap	32	13	10	9	55	47	+8	36	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7	FC Den Haag	32	15	5	12	49	39	+10	35
8	FC Wageningen	32	11	13	8	42	46	−4	35
9	NEC	32	14	5	13	47	44	+3	33	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
10	VVV-Venlo	32	14	4	14	54	53	+1	32
11	Vitesse Arnhem	32	12	8	12	51	55	−4	32
12	SC Heracles	32	10	10	12	48	49	−1	30
13	sc Heerenveen	32	8	9	15	46	63	−17	25
14	RBC Roosendaal	32	7	7	18	45	61	−16	21
15	FC Eindhoven	32	8	5	19	52	82	−30	21
16	SC Veendam	32	5	9	18	43	78	−35	19
17	SVV	32	3	8	21	36	73	−37	14

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	NAC Breda	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	10	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	VVV-Venlo	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	7
3	De Graafschap	6	0	4	2	6	12	−6	4
4	NEC	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	3

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1983–84 Eredivisie
• 1983–84 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)