# 1978–79 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 93 | 31 | +62 | 54 | Qualified for 1979–80 European Cup |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 51 | Qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 49 | Qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | AZ '67 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 84 | 43 | +41 | 45 | |
| 5 | Roda JC | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 44 | |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 33 | |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 32 | |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | NAC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 31 | |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 31 | |
| 12 | FC Twente | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 30 | Qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 13 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 29 | |
| 15 | NEC | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 28 | |
| 16 | HFC Haarlem | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 64 | −33 | 25 | |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 22 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 79 | −56 | 14 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ AFC Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists FC Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | FEY | GAE | DHA | HFC | MVV | NAC | NEC | PEC | PSV | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | VOL | VVV |
| Ajax | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 7–3 | 4–0 |
| AZ '67 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 8–1 |
| Feyenoord | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| FC Den Haag | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Haarlem | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| MVV | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| NAC | 1–7 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| N.E.C. | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| PEC Zwolle | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| PSV | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Roda JC | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| FC Twente '65 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| FC Utrecht | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Vitesse | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Volendam | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 |
| FC VVV | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |