1988–89 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988–89 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1988–89
Champions	Vitesse Arnhem
Promoted	Vitesse Arnhem FC Den Haag NEC
Goals scored	1,039
Average goals/game	3.03
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

New entrants

Relegated from the 1987–88 Eredivisie

• AZ
• DS '79
• FC Den Haag

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Vitesse Arnhem	36	23	8	5	61	20	+41	54	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Den Haag	36	23	7	6	85	35	+50	53
3	Excelsior	36	20	9	7	62	35	+27	49	Period champions
4	NEC	36	21	6	9	72	40	+32	48
5	AZ	36	19	9	8	80	42	+38	47
6	sc Heerenveen	36	20	6	10	72	47	+25	46	Period champions
7	NAC Breda	36	16	11	9	61	49	+12	43
8	SVV	36	14	9	13	50	52	−2	37
9	De Graafschap	36	14	8	14	48	53	−5	36
10	Go Ahead Eagles	36	13	8	15	52	50	+2	34	Period champions
11	SC Cambuur	36	13	8	15	47	57	−10	34
12	SC Heracles	36	12	10	14	46	66	−20	34
13	FC Eindhoven	36	11	7	18	45	53	−8	29
14	Telstar	36	11	7	18	52	66	−14	29
15	DS '79	36	12	4	20	55	66	−11	28
16	Helmond Sport	36	5	14	17	39	69	−30	24
17	RBC	36	7	7	22	32	65	−33	21
18	FC Emmen	36	9	2	25	39	91	−52	20
19	FC Wageningen	36	6	6	24	41	83	−42	18

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

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1988–89 Eredivisie
• 1988–89 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)