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 1967/1968 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous season. This was due to a merger between FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 to form AZ'67. 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...

 won the championship.

New entrants

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1966–67

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...

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• 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...
  
  
• HVC
  SC Amersfoort
  Sportclub Amersfoort was a Dutch football club which was founded on July 30, 1973, and played in the Dutch second league of professional football, Eerste Divisie.Due to financial problems the club based in Amersfoort, Utrecht, folded on June 30, 1982....
  
  
• FC VVV

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1966-67

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:...

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• Elinkwijk
• Willem II
  Willem II Tilburg
  Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...
  
  

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	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...	36	23	7	6	53	72	30	Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1968-69 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Feijenoord also won the KNVB Cup 1968-69, thereby taking the double. PSV would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup since Feijenoord would already be playing in the European Cup...
2	AZ'67	36	18	14	4	50	57	22
3	FC Den Bosch	36	18	12	6	48	62	39
4	Willem II	36	20	6	10	46	69	40
5	Vitesse	36	15	11	10	41	53	48
6	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...	36	13	14	9	40	49	41
7	Blauw Wit	36	12	16	8	40	40	34
8	Elinkwijk	36	12	15	9	39	59	53
9	SC Cambuur	36	14	10	12	38	46	40
10	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...	36	13	11	12	37	65	55
11	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...	36	13	11	12	37	49	45
12	HVC SC Amersfoort Sportclub Amersfoort was a Dutch football club which was founded on July 30, 1973, and played in the Dutch second league of professional football, Eerste Divisie.Due to financial problems the club based in Amersfoort, Utrecht, folded on June 30, 1982....	36	12	13	11	37	47	44
13	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....	36	10	12	14	32	50	66
14	RBC	36	11	8	17	30	33	54
15	De Volewijckers	36	8	11	17	27	42	48
16	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:...	36	7	13	16	27	43	66
17	RCH	36	7	9	20	23	39	65	Relegation play-off
18	FC VVV	36	9	5	22	23	47	81
19	Velox	36	2	12	22	16	26	77	Relegation to Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie 1968–69 The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams. De Graafschap won the championship and would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie along with two other teams.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eerste Divisie:* FC VVV* Velox...

Relegation play-off

Racing Club Heemstede and VVV-Venlo entered a relegation play-off. After a draw in the first match, a second match was played. Both matches were played on neutral terrain (HVC and Vitesse).
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FC VVV relegated to the Tweede Divisie

Tweede Divisie 1968–69

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams. De Graafschap won the championship and would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie along with two other teams.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eerste Divisie:* FC VVV* Velox...

, RCH remained in the Eerste Divisie.