Eerste Divisie 1961-62
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The Dutch Eerste Divisie
in the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie-teams were divided in two groups, next season there would only be one consisting of sixteen teams. This meant a lot of teams would relegate to the Tweede Divisie
this year. Heracles
won the championship after a play-off against Fortuna Vlaardingen
and was also the only team that would be promoted to the eredivisie.
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Relegated from the Eredivisie 1960-61
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Entered from the B-group:
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Relegated from the Eredivisie 1960-61
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Entered from the A-group:
1 Fortuna Vlaardingen and Heracles entered a play-off for the championship and promotion. Heracles won (0-0 and 1-0), became league champions and were the only team promoted to the Eredivisie this year.
2 SVV and SHS entered a relegation play-off. SHS won (2-0) and remained in the Eerste Divisie; SVV relegated.
1 Fortuna Vlaardingen and Heracles entered a play-off for the championship and promotion. Heracles won (0-0 and 1-0), became league champions and were the only team promoted to the Eredivisie this year.
2 SVV and SHS entered a relegation play-off. SHS won (2-0) and remained in the Eerste Divisie; SVV relegated.
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
in the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie-teams were divided in two groups, next season there would only be one consisting of sixteen teams. This meant a lot of teams would relegate to the Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie
The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...
this year. Heracles
Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...
won the championship after a play-off against Fortuna Vlaardingen
Fortuna Vlaardingen
Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch football club which was founded in 1904 in Vlaardingen. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium....
and was also the only team that would be promoted to the eredivisie.
Group A
Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1960–61Tweede Divisie 1960–61
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 18 teams, that would for the first time play in one league instead of two.Two teams would be directly promoted to the Eerste Divisie...
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- HFC HaarlemHFC HaarlemHFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...
Relegated from the Eredivisie 1960-61
Eredivisie 1960-61
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup 1960-61. 2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1961-62....
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- Alkmaar '54
Entered from the B-group:
- DHC
- FC EindhovenFC EindhovenFC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....
- Go AheadGo Ahead EaglesThe Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...
- 't Gooi
- VV Helmond
- SittardiaFortuna SittardFortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...
- SVVSchiedamse Voetbal VerenigingSchiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Dutch professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949. In 1991, SVV and neighbouring Dordrecht'90 merged to form FC Dordrecht.-History:...
Group B
Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1960–61Tweede Divisie 1960–61
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 18 teams, that would for the first time play in one league instead of two.Two teams would be directly promoted to the Eerste Divisie...
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- FC HilversumFC HilversumFC Hilversum is a football club from Hilversum, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1906 as Voorwaarts and is currently playing in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It will play in the inaugural season of the newly formed Dutch third tier Topklasse in...
- RKVV Wilhelmina
Relegated from the Eredivisie 1960-61
Eredivisie 1960-61
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup 1960-61. 2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1961-62....
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- Elinkwijk
- NOAD
Entered from the A-group:
- Enschedese BoysFC TwenteFC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
- Hermes DVS
- HVC
- Limburgia
- RBC
Group A
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | |
| 1 | Fortuna Vlaardingen Fortuna Vlaardingen Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch football club which was founded in 1904 in Vlaardingen. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium.... 1 |
34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 82 | 49 | |
| 2 | DHC XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam.The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class of Dutch football... |
34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 54 | 22 | |
| 3 | Sittardia Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,... |
34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 58 | 36 | |
| 4 | Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 53 | 32 | |
| 5 | Veendam BV Veendam SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :... |
34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 60 | 38 | |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven.... |
34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 56 | 42 | |
| 7 | SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Dutch professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949. In 1991, SVV and neighbouring Dordrecht'90 merged to form FC Dordrecht.-History:... 2 |
34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 50 | 42 | Relegation to Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie 1962–63 The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 34 teams. Due to a lot of teams entering from the higher Eerste Divisie after a sanitation there, there were 22 new entrants.... |
| 8 | AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts... |
34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 73 | 52 | |
| 9 | DFC FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands... |
34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 45 | 31 | |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 62 | 62 | |
| 11 | KFC | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 50 | |
| 12 | Alkmaar '54 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 50 | |
| 13 | Leeuwarden Cambuur Leeuwarden SC Cambuur , formed on June 19, 1964, is a Dutch football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of... |
34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 49 | |
| 14 | 't Gooi | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 55 | 63 | |
| 15 | BVV | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 46 | 63 | |
| 16 | HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912... |
34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 28 | 81 | |
| 17 | Stormvogels | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 33 | 79 | |
| 18 | VV Helmond | 34 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 30 | 82 | Returned to amateur football |
1 Fortuna Vlaardingen and Heracles entered a play-off for the championship and promotion. Heracles won (0-0 and 1-0), became league champions and were the only team promoted to the Eredivisie this year.
2 SVV and SHS entered a relegation play-off. SHS won (2-0) and remained in the Eerste Divisie; SVV relegated.
Group B
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | |
| 1 | Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title... 1 |
34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 103 | 28 | Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1962-63 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 16 teams. PSV won the championship. Last year, there were still eighteen participants, so there was only one promoted team this year.-League standings:... |
| 2 | Excelsior | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 70 | 37 | |
| 3 | Elinkwijk | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 68 | 54 | |
| 4 | RBC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 70 | 50 | |
| 5 | Enschedese Boys FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 84 | 51 | |
| 6 | Limburgia | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 72 | 48 | |
| 7 | SHS ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... 2 |
34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 57 | 37 | |
| 8 | ZFC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 36 | Relegation to Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie 1962–63 The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 34 teams. Due to a lot of teams entering from the higher Eerste Divisie after a sanitation there, there were 22 new entrants.... |
| 9 | Be Quick Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a football club from Groningen, the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse C. Be Quick 1887 won the 1919-20 Dutch national football title.-History:... |
34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 69 | 73 | |
| 10 | FC Wageningen FC Wageningen FC Wageningen was a Dutch football club which was founded on August 27, 1911. The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium .... |
34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 69 | 75 | |
| 11 | sc Heerenveen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 46 | 52 | |
| 12 | Hermes DVS | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 62 | |
| 13 | NOAD | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 55 | 71 | |
| 14 | FC Hilversum FC Hilversum FC Hilversum is a football club from Hilversum, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1906 as Voorwaarts and is currently playing in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It will play in the inaugural season of the newly formed Dutch third tier Topklasse in... |
34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 58 | 58 | |
| 15 | VSV | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 57 | 87 | |
| 16 | HVC | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 55 | 71 | |
| 17 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 51 | 84 | |
| 18 | EBOH | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 29 | 131 | Returned to amateur football |
1 Fortuna Vlaardingen and Heracles entered a play-off for the championship and promotion. Heracles won (0-0 and 1-0), became league champions and were the only team promoted to the Eredivisie this year.
2 SVV and SHS entered a relegation play-off. SHS won (2-0) and remained in the Eerste Divisie; SVV relegated.