# Eerste divisie 1980/81

Het seizoen 1980/81 van de Nederlandse Eerste divisie had FC Haarlem als kampioen. Haarlem promoveerde daarmee naar de Eredivisie. In de nacompetitie pakte De Graafschap de tweede plek in de Eredivisie.

## Eerste divisie
### Deelnemende teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| De Graafschap | Gelderland Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12.500 | Huib Ruijgrok |
| DS '79 | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Krommedijk | 12.000 | Jan van Daal Mircea Petescu (a.i.) |
| Eindhoven | Noord-Brabant Eindhoven | Aalsterweg | 27.000 | Jacques de Wit |
| FC Amsterdam | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Olympisch Stadion (bijveld) | 6.000 | Pim van de Meent |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | Noord-Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch | De Vliert | 25.000 | Rinus Gosens Ad Zonderland (a.i.) |
| FC Haarlem | Noord-Holland Haarlem | Jan Gijzenkade | 14.500 | Hans van Doorneveld |
| FC Vlaardingen '74 | Zuid-Holland Vlaardingen | Floreslaan | 12.000 | Martin van Vianen Jan de Gier |
| FC Volendam | Noord-Holland Volendam | Volendam Stadion | 15.000 | Henk Ellens Bruin Steur |
| FC VVV | Limburg Venlo | De Koel | 20.000 | Jan Morsing |
| FC Wageningen | Gelderland Wageningen | De Wageningse Berg | 16.000 | Nol de Ruiter |
| Fortuna Sittard | Limburg Sittard | De Baandert | 20.000 | Frans Körver |
| Helmond Sport | Noord-Brabant Helmond | De Braak | 12.000 | Jan Notermans |
| Heracles '74 | Overijssel Almelo | Bornsestraat | 20.000 | Theo Laseroms |
| SC Amersfoort | Utrecht (provincie) Amersfoort | Birkhoven | 10.000 | Henk Hofstee |
| SC Cambuur | Friesland Leeuwarden | Cambuurstadion | 16.000 | Henk de Jonge |
| sc Heerenveen | Friesland Heerenveen | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 15.000 | Henk van Brussel |
| SC Veendam | Groningen (provincie) Veendam | De Langeleegte | 13.000 | Hans Alleman |
| SVV | Zuid-Holland Schiedam | Harga | 10.000 | Sándor Popovics |
| Telstar | Noord-Holland Velsen-IJmuiden | Schoonenberg | 18.000 | Joop Brand |
| Vitesse | Gelderland Arnhem | Nieuw-Monnikenhuize | 18.000 | Henk Wullems |

### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | FC Haarlem | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 78 | 25 | 53 |
| 2. | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 68 | 41 | 27 |
| 3. | FC Volendam | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 68 | 49 | 19 |
| 4. | Fortuna Sittard | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 65 | 50 | 15 |
| 5. | DS '79 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 64 | 49 | 15 |
| 6. | FC Den Bosch '67 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 46 | 41 | 5 |
| 7. | De Graafschap | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 55 | 43 | 12 |
| 8. | Vitesse | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 55 | 58 | -3 |
| 9. | SC Cambuur | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 38 | 8 |
| 10. | Eindhoven | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 44 | 3 |
| 11. | Telstar | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 56 | -13 |
| 12. | Helmond Sport | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| 13. | FC VVV | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 68 | 74 | -6 |
| 14. | SVV | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 47 | -12 |
| 15. | SC Veendam | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 53 | 65 | -12 |
| 16. | FC Amsterdam | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 62 | -17 |
| 17. | SC Amersfoort | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 59 | -29 |
| 18. | FC Vlaardingen | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 59 | -28 |
| 19. | SC Heracles '74 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 35 | 72 | -37 |

#### Legenda

| Kleur | Kwalificatie voor |
| | Promotie naar de Eredivisie |
| | Nacompetitie voor promotie naar de Eredivisie |

### Uitslagen

| | AME | AMS | DBO | CAM | DS | EVV | FSI | GRA | HFC | HEE | HSP | HER | SVV | TEL | VEE | VIT | VLA | VOL | VVV |
| SC Amersfoort | | 2 – 4 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 4 |
| FC Amsterdam | 1 – 1 | | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 3 | 3 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 4 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 0 |
| SC Cambuur | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 3 | | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 |
| DS '79 | 0 – 1 | 7 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 1 | | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 4 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 4 – 0 |
| Eindhoven | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 4 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 5 – 1 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 2 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | | 0 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 3 |
| De Graafschap | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 1 – 0 | 3 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 2 |
| FC Haarlem | 6 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 2 | | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 |
| sc Heerenveen | 5 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 6 – 0 | 4 – 2 | 5 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 6 – 1 |
| Helmond Sport | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 5 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 |
| SC Heracles '74 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 4 | 0 – 5 | 1 – 0 | | 2 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 2 |
| SVV | 1 – 4 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 |
| Telstar | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 5 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| SC Veendam | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 2 | | 1 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 4 – 0 |
| Vitesse | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 5 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 3 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| FC Vlaardingen | 3 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 4 – 2 | 1 – 3 | | 2 – 3 | 0 – 2 |
| FC Volendam | 1 – 0 | 4 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 6 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | | 5 – 3 |
| FC VVV | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 5 – 0 | 4 – 3 | 6 – 2 | 3 – 3 | |

## Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Wim Tol | FC Volendam | 19 |
| 2. | Rudolf Metz | SC Veendam | 17 |
| 3. | Eddy Bosman | sc Heerenveen | 14 |
| | Ruud Gullit | Haarlem | 14 |
| | Ron van Oosterom | Vitesse | 14 |
| 6. | Jos Peltzer | SC Cambuur | 13 |
| | Anne Evers | DS '79 | 13 |
| | Huub Smeets | DS '79 | 13 |
| | Terry Hendriks | Haarlem | 13 |
| | Louis Burhenne | FC VVV/Helmond Sport | 13 |

## Nacompetitie
### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | De Graafschap | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2. | sc Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 3. | FC Den Bosch '67 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 4. | DS '79 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -6 |

### Legenda

| Kleur | Kwalificatie voor |
| | Promotie naar de Eredivisie |

### Uitslagen

| | DBO | DS | GRA | HEE |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 |
| DS '79 | 1 – 3 | | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 |
| De Graafschap | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | | 0 – 0 |
| sc Heerenveen | 1 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 0 | |
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