# Eerste divisie 1978/79

Het seizoen 1978/79 van de Nederlandse Eerste divisie had Excelsior als kampioen. De Rotterdamse club promoveerde daarmee naar de Eredivisie. In de nacompetitie pakte Willem II de tweede plek in de Eredivisie.

## Eerste divisie
### Deelnemende teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| De Graafschap | Gelderland Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12.500 | Pim van de Meent |
| Eindhoven | Noord-Brabant Eindhoven | Aalsterweg | 27.000 | Rinus Gosens |
| Excelsior | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Woudestein | 11.000 | Thijs Libregts |
| FC Amsterdam | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Olympisch Stadion | 65.000 | Cor van der Hart (tot 2 december) Tonny Bruins Slot |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | Noord-Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch | De Vliert | 25.000 | Ad Zonderland Rinus Gosens |
| FC Dordrecht | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Krommedijk | 12.000 | Jan Rab |
| FC Groningen | Groningen (provincie) Groningen | Oosterpark | 17.500 | Theo Verlangen |
| FC Vlaardingen '74 | Zuid-Holland Vlaardingen | Floreslaan | 12.000 | Theo Laseroms |
| FC Wageningen | Gelderland Wageningen | De Wageningse Berg | 16.000 | Frans Körver |
| FSC | Limburg Sittard | De Baandert | 20.000 | Joop Castenmiller |
| Helmond Sport | Noord-Brabant Helmond | De Braak | 12.000 | Jacques de Wit |
| Heracles '74 | Overijssel Almelo | Bornsestraat | 20.000 | Hennie Hollink |
| SC Amersfoort | Utrecht (provincie) Amersfoort | Birkhoven | 10.000 | Hans Alleman |
| SC Cambuur | Friesland Leeuwarden | Cambuurstadion | 16.000 | Nol de Ruiter |
| sc Heerenveen | Friesland Heerenveen | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 15.000 | Jan Teunissen |
| SC Veendam | Groningen (provincie) Veendam | De Langeleegte | 13.000 | Joop Oldejans |
| SVV | Zuid-Holland Schiedam | Harga | 10.000 | Pim Visser |
| Telstar | Noord-Holland Velsen-IJmuiden | Schoonenberg | 18.000 | Martin van Vianen |
| Willem II | Noord-Brabant Tilburg | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 20.000 | Henk de Jonge |

### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | Excelsior | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 76 | 32 | 44 |
| 2. | FC Groningen | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 60 | 31 | 29 |
| 3. | Willem II | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 48 | 60 | 32 | 28 |
| 4. | Fortuna SC | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 47 | 64 | 35 | 29 |
| 5. | Eindhoven | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 53 | 32 | 21 |
| 6. | FC Wageningen | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 59 | 44 | 15 |
| 7. | FC Den Bosch '67 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 58 | 43 | 15 |
| 8. | De Graafschap | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 60 | 47 | 13 |
| 9. | FC Amsterdam | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 52 | 40 | 12 |
| 10. | Telstar | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| 11. | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 34 | 47 | -13 |
| 12. | SC Veendam | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 67 | -16 |
| 13. | SC Heracles '74 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 49 | -3 |
| 14. | SVV | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 48 | -6 |
| 15. | SC Cambuur | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 33 | 54 | -21 |
| 16. | FC Vlaardingen '74 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 35 | 54 | -19 |
| 17. | Helmond Sport | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 42 | 71 | -29 |
| 18. | SC Amersfoort | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 34 | 78 | -44 |
| 19. | FC Dordrecht | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 88 | -55 |

### Legenda

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

### Uitslagen

| | AME | AMS | DBO | CAM | DOR | EVV | EXC | FOR | GRA | GRO | HEE | HSP | HER | SVV | TEL | VEE | VLA | WAG | WIL |
| SC Amersfoort | | 0 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 5 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 |
| FC Amsterdam | 4 – 1 | | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 2 |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 10 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 4 – 1 |
| SC Cambuur | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 4 | | 3 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 |
| FC Dordrecht | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 6 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 0 |
| Eindhoven | 6 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 2 | | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 |
| Excelsior | 6 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 5 – 0 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 4 – 3 | 5 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 4 – 0 |
| Fortuna SC | 4 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 7 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 |
| De Graafschap | 3 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 | | 0 – 0 | 5 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 5 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 |
| FC Groningen | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 6 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 1 |
| sc Heerenveen | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | | 1 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 4 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| Helmond Sport | 1 – 2 | 3 – 5 | 2 – 2 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 5 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 4 | 0 – 2 |
| SC Heracles '74 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 5 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 0 |
| SVV | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 5 | 0 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 | | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 0 |
| Telstar | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | | 6 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| SC Veendam | 4 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 4 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 2 | | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 0 |
| FC Vlaardingen '74 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| FC Wageningen | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 6 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 5 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 4 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 0 | | 0 – 0 |
| Willem II | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 5 – 1 | |

## Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Cees Schapendonk | Eindhoven | 24 |
| 2. | Hans Engbersen | Fortuna SC | 23 |
| 3. | Rini Plasmans | Excelsior | 18 |
| 4. | Rob Hutting | Fortuna SC | 17 |
| | Leen Swanenburg | FC Groningen | 17 |
| 6. | Jaap van Pelt | SC Amersfoort/FC Wageningen | 16 |
| | Cor Peitsman | SVV | 16 |
| 8. | Henk van Rooij | Willem II | 15 |
| | Ron van Oosterom | SC Heracles '74 | 15 |
| 10. | Sjaak Roggeveen | Excelsior | 14 |

## Nacompetitie
### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | Willem II | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2. | Fortuna SC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3. | FC Groningen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 4. | Telstar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -7 |

### Legenda

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

### Uitslagen

| | FOR | GRO | TEL | WIL |
| Fortuna SC | | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| FC Groningen | 0 – 0 | | 3 – 0 | 0 – 3 |
| Telstar | 1 – 2 | 1 – 3 | | 3 – 0 |
| Willem II | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 0 | |
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