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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 2000/2001 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Den Bosch won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1999-2000

Cambuur 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...
FC Den Bosch
MVV

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	FC Den Bosch	34	23	6	5	75	64	25	Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 2001-02 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax alson won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists FC Utrecht could play in the UEFA Cup...
2	Excelsior	34	20	6	8	66	89	63	Play-offs
3	FC 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...	34	18	10	6	64	73	41
4	Cambuur 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	15	9	10	54	55	52
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...	34	16	5	13	53	58	48
6	Go Ahead Eagles 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	16	5	13	53	62	63
7	Telstar	34	15	8	11	53	47	48
8	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:...	34	13	9	12	48	69	50
9	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	12	9	13	45	58	57
10	TOP Oss TOP Oss FC Oss is a professional football club from the Netherlands, which was founded on April 9, 1928. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie.-History:...	34	14	3	17	45	59	67
11	FC Emmen FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...	34	11	8	15	41	53	64
12	Dordrecht '90 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	10	10	14	40	58	59
13	MVV	34	12	4	18	40	47	58
14	BV 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	11	6	17	39	54	69
15	Heracles Almelo 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...	34	10	9	15	39	38	56
16	ADO Den Haag 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...	34	9	9	16	36	51	71
17	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	8	10	16	34	46	64
18	VVV-Venlo	34	8	4	22	28	37	63

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie.

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Fortuna Sittard 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,...	6	3	1	2	10	9	6	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC 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...	6	2	3	1	9	6	4
3	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	0	3	9	6	4
4	Telstar	6	1	2	3	5	7	10

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....	6	4	1	1	13	14	8	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Cambuur 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...	6	3	0	3	9	11	13
3	Excelsior Excelsior Excelsior is a Latin and archaic English word meaning "ever higher". It may refer to:- Literature and music :* "Excelsior" , a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...	6	2	1	3	7	14	14
4	Go Ahead Eagles 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...	6	1	2	3	5	9	13

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