# 1960–61 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 36 teams, divided in two groups. FC Volendam and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam won the championship.

## Final tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Volendam | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 37 | +45 | 49 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 2 | De Volewijckers | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 86 | 49 | +37 | 47 | Qualified for promotion play-off. |
| 3 | KFC | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 46 | |
| 4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 44 | |
| 5 | Enschedese Boys | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 95 | 69 | +26 | 39 | Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season |
| 6 | Limburgia | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 39 | Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season |
| 7 | Hermes DVS | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 37 | Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season |
| 8 | DFC | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 35 | |
| 9 | Hollandia Victoria Combinatie | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 34 | Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season |
| 10 | Leeuwarden | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 80 | −7 | 32 | |
| 11 | BVV | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 32 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Vlaardingen | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 30 | |
| 13 | Veendam | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 75 | −9 | 30 | |
| 14 | Stormvogels | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 29 | |
| 15 | RBC Roosendaal | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 76 | −8 | 27 | Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season |
| 16 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 81 | −11 | 27 | |
| 17 | HFC EDO | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 47 | 88 | −41 | 21 | Qualified for relegation play-off. |
| 18 | Helmondia '55 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 47 | 104 | −57 | 14 | Relegated to Tweede Divisie. |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 110 | 34 | +76 | 61 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 2 | DHC | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 51 | Qualified for promotion play-off. |
| 3 | Heracles | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 115 | 47 | +68 | 49 | |
| 4 | SBV Excelsior | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 37 | |
| 5 | Sittardia | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 37 | Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season. |
| 6 | SVV | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 35 | Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season. |
| 7 | sc Heerenveen | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 33 | |
| 8 | ZFC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 33 | |
| 9 | 't Gooi | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 33 | Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season. |
| 10 | FC Wageningen | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 76 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Be Quick 1887 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 74 | −9 | 31 | |
| 12 | VSV | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 29 | |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 27 | Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season. |
| 14 | SHS | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 26 | |
| 15 | Go Ahead | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 26 | Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season. |
| 16 | EBOH | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 89 | −45 | 25 | |
| 17 | VV Helmond | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 24 | Qualified for relegation play-off. |
| 18 | Racing Club Heemstede | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 55 | 78 | −23 | 23 | Relegated to Tweede Divisie. |

## Eredivisie/Eerste Divisie play-offs
### Promotion play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| (Group A) De Volewijckers | 5–3 | DHC (Group B) | 2–2 | 3–1 |
DHC moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

### Promotion/relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| De Volewijckers | 8–7 | Elinkwijk (Eredivisie) | 4–3 | 4–4 |
De Volewijckers were promoted to the Eredivisie.

## Eerste Divisie/Tweede Divisie play-offs
### Relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| (Group B) VV Helmond | 6–2 | HFC EDO (Group A) |
VV Helmond moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

### Promotion/relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| (Tweede Divisie) RKVV Wilhelmina | 3–2 | HFC EDO |
HFC EDO were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.