Eerste Divisie 1976-77
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The Dutch Eerste Divisie
in the 1976/1977 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.
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 1976/1977 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.
New entrants
Relegated from the Eredivisie 1975-76Eredivisie 1975-76
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1975/1976 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 PSV also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Roda JC could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.-References:* *...
- Excelsior
- MVV
League standings
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | |
| 1 | Vitesse | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 80 | 29 | Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1977-78 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1977/1978 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup.-References:* *... |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 54 | 63 | 26 | Period champions |
| 3 | MVV | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 78 | 33 | |
| 4 | Excelsior | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 47 | 61 | 37 | |
| 5 | 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... |
36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 65 | 42 | |
| 6 | 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 .... |
36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 62 | 45 | |
| 7 | Fortuna SC 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,... |
36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 61 | 47 | |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 43 | 38 | |
| 9 | FC Vlaardingen | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 45 | 42 | |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 53 | |
| 11 | Willem II | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 48 | |
| 12 | BVV Den Bosch | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 58 | |
| 13 | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 36 | 51 | |
| 14 | SC 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 :... |
36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 58 | |
| 15 | Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:... |
36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 57 | |
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 59 | |
| 17 | SC Amersfoort 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 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 73 | |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht 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 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 35 | 72 | |
| 19 | SC 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 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 30 | 78 |
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 | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | |
| 1 | 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... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 7 | Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1977-78 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1977/1978 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup.-References:* *... |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | |
| 3 | MVV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Excelsior | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |