The Dutch Eerste Divisie

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 1965/1966 season was contested by 15 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Enschedese Boys with eredivisie-club SC Enschede, to form FC Twente

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...

. 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,...

 won the championship.

New entrants

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1964–65

Tweede Divisie 1964–65

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 31 teams, sixteen of which playing in group A, fifteen in group B. DFC won the championship after beating SC Cambuur in a play-off. Two teams would be promoted: the winners of the championship play-off and the winners of the...

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• SC Cambuur
  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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1964-65

Eredivisie 1964-65

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 16 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Feijenoord also won the KNVB Cup 1964-65, thereby taking the double. Finalists Go Ahead would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup, since Feijenoord would already be playing in...

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• NAC Breda
  NAC Breda
  NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
  
  
• 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,...
  
  

League standings

Due to the expansion of the eredivisie to eighteen teams, and the expansion of the this division to twenty teams next year, more teams were promoted and only one team relegated this year.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	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,...	28	19	3	6	41	68	38	Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1966-67 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 18 teams. The number of participants was brought up from 16, so there were more promoted, then relegated teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:...
2	Xerxes 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...	28	18	4	6	40	67	26
3	NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...	28	15	9	4	39	50	22
4	Alkmaar '54	28	15	6	7	36	64	45
5	Velox	28	15	5	8	35	56	48
6	NEC	28	13	7	8	33	54	39
7	FC Volendam FC Volendam Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...	28	14	5	9	33	55	50
8	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...	28	10	7	11	27	46	45
9	SC Cambuur	28	9	7	12	25	52	61
10	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....	28	8	8	12	24	51	54
11	Holland Sport 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...	28	9	4	15	22	40	63
12	De Volewijckers	28	8	4	16	20	41	51
13	RBC	28	6	4	18	16	46	73
14	Blauw Wit	28	3	10	15	16	28	57
15	VVV	28	4	5	19	13	32	78	Relegation to Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie 1966–67 The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 23 teams. From this season onwards the league had been made into one. HFC Haarlem won the championship...