# Eredivisie 1978/79

Het seizoen 1978/79 van de Nederlandse Eredivisie voetbal was het 23ste seizoen waarin onder de KNVB-vlag een professionele Eredivisie werd gevoetbald. Ajax werd landskampioen. FC VVV en FC Volendam degradeerden.

## Teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| FC Den Haag | Zuid-Holland Den Haag | Zuiderparkstadion | 29.000 | Piet de Visser |
| Ajax | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | De Meer | 29.500 | Cor Brom Leo Beenhakker |
| AZ '67 | Noord-Holland Alkmaar | Alkmaarderhout | 20.000 | Georg Keßler |
| FC Twente | Overijssel Enschede | Het Diekman | 25.000 | Spitz Kohn |
| FC Utrecht | Utrecht Utrecht | Galgenwaard | 23.000 | Han Berger |
| FC Volendam | Noord-Holland Volendam | Volendam Stadion | 15.000 | Jan Mak |
| FC VVV | Limburg Venlo | De Koel | 20.000 | Hans Croon Sef Vergoossen |
| Feyenoord | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Stadion Feijenoord | 65.000 | Václav Ježek |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Overijssel Deventer | De Adelaarshorst | 20.000 | Joop Brand |
| Haarlem | Noord-Holland Haarlem | Jan Gijzenkade | 18.000 | Barry Hughes |
| MVV | Limburg Maastricht | Geusselt | 18.000 | Leo Steegman |
| NAC | Noord-Brabant Breda | Beatrixstraat | 18.000 | Hans Dorjee |
| N.E.C. | Gelderland Nijmegen | Goffertstadion | 29.000 | Leen Looijen |
| PEC Zwolle | Overijssel Zwolle | Oosterenkstadion | 15.000 | Fritz Korbach |
| PSV | Noord-Brabant Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 26.500 | Kees Rijvers |
| Roda JC | Limburg Kerkrade | Kaalheide | 25.000 | Bert Jacobs |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 32.000 | Mircea Petescu |
| Vitesse | Gelderland Arnhem | Nieuw-Monnikenhuize | 18.000 | Henk Wullems |

## Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | Ajax | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 93 | 31 | 62 |
| 2. | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 51 | 62 | 19 | 43 |
| 3. | PSV | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 65 | 23 | 42 |
| 4. | AZ '67 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 84 | 43 | 41 |
| 5. | Roda JC | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 58 | 33 | 25 |
| 6. | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 48 | -1 |
| 7. | FC Den Haag | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 55 | -12 |
| 8. | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 46 | -10 |
| 9. | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 10. | NAC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 51 | -10 |
| 11. | MVV | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 26 | 45 | -19 |
| 12. | FC Twente | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 58 | -4 |
| 13. | FC Utrecht | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 55 | -12 |
| 14. | Vitesse | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 63 | -21 |
| 15. | N.E.C. | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 49 | -14 |
| 16. | Haarlem | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 64 | -33 |
| 17. | FC Volendam | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 42 | 63 | -21 |
| 18. | FC VVV | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 79 | -56 |

### Legenda

* Kwalificatie voor
* Landskampioen, Europacup I
* UEFA Cup
* Verliezend finalist KNVB Beker, Europacup II
* Degradatie naar de Eerste divisie

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | 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 | 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 | |

## Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Kees Kist | AZ '67 | 34 |
| 2. | Ray Clarke | Ajax | 26 |
| 3. | Theo de Jong | Roda JC | 20 |
| 4. | Søren Lerby | Ajax | 16 |
| 5. | Willy van der Kuijlen | PSV | 15 |
| 6. | Ab Gritter | FC Twente | 14 |
| 6. | Tscheu La Ling | Ajax | 14 |
| 8. | Jan Peters | Feyenoord | 13 |
| 8. | Frank Arnesen | Ajax | 13 |
| 10. | Pétur Pétursson | Feyenoord | 12 |