# Eerste divisie 1956/57

Het seizoen 1956/57 van de Eerste divisie was de eerste editie van deze competitie, de op een na hoogste voetbalcompetitie in Nederland. De competitie was samengesteld uit de nummers 10 t/m 18 van de Hoofdklassen A en B van het seizoen 1955/56 en de beste 14 clubs uit de Eerste Klasse van 1955/56. De divisie was onderverdeeld in de Eerste divisie A en Eerste divisie B.

## Deelnemende clubs

* Eerste divisie A
* ADO
* Alkmaar '54
* DWS
* Emma
* De Graafschap
* Haarlem
* Helmondia '55
* HVC
* KFC
* Limburgia
* Roda Sport
* SVV
* De Volewijckers
* VSV
* Wageningen
* Xerxes
* Eerste divisie B
* AGOVV
* Blauw-Wit
* D.F.C.
* EBOH
* EDO
* Excelsior
* Fortuna
* Helmond
* Hermes DVS
* RCH
* Rigtersbleek
* SHS
* Sittardia
* Stormvogels
* Vitesse
* Volendam

## Eerste divisie A
### Deelnemende teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| ADO | Zuid-Holland Den Haag | Zuiderparkstadion | 29.000 | Rinus Loof |
| Alkmaar '54 | Noord-Holland Alkmaar | Alkmaarderhout | 20.000 | Kick Smit |
| DWS | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Olympisch Stadion | 65.000 | Toon Bruins Slot |
| De Volewijckers | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Mosveld | 15.000 | Evert Teunissen |
| De Graafschap | Gelderland Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12.500 | Jan Poulus |
| Emma | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Reeweg | 12.000 | Piet de Wolf |
| Haarlem | Noord-Holland Haarlem | Jan Gijzenkade | 14.500 | Wim Roosen |
| Helmondia '55 | Noord-Brabant Helmond | De Braak | 12.000 | Piet van der Sluijs |
| HVC | Utrecht (provincie) Amersfoort | Birkhoven | 10.000 | Bas Paauwe |
| KFC | Noord-Holland Koog aan de Zaan | Breestraat | 10.000 | Wim Blokland |
| Limburgia | Limburg Brunssum | Venweg | 15.500 | Kees van Dijke |
| Roda Sport | Limburg Kerkrade | Jonkerbergstraat | 10.000 | Nic Heijenrath |
| SVV | Zuid-Holland Schiedam | Frankelandsedijk | 15.000 | Toon van den Enden |
| VSV | Noord-Holland Velsen | Schoonenberg | 18.000 | Jan de Bouter |
| Wageningen | Gelderland Wageningen | De Wageningse Berg | 16.000 | Bob Moll |
| Xerxes | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Xerxesweg | 10.000 | Jan van Buijtenen |

### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | ADO | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 89 | 35 | 54 |
| 2. | Alkmaar '54 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 75 | 52 | 23 |
| 3. | Limburgia | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 50 | 37 | 13 |
| 4. | Xerxes | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 57 | 46 | 11 |
| 5. | SVV | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 60 | 46 | 14 |
| 6. | HVC | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 70 | 62 | 8 |
| 7. | Helmondia '55 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 45 | 50 | -5 |
| 8. | Haarlem | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 54 | 47 | 7 |
| 9. | VSV | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 44 | 45 | -1 |
| 10. | De Graafschap | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 44 | 55 | -11 |
| 11. | Wageningen | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 55 | 60 | -5 |
| 12. | Roda Sport | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 60 | -12 |
| 13. | KFC | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 56 | 64 | -8 |
| 14. | De Volewijckers | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 52 | 64 | -12 |
| 15. | DWS | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 63 | -26 |
| 16. | Emma | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 80 | -50 |

### Legenda

| Kleur | Kwalificatie voor |
| | Promotie naar de Eredivisie |
| | Degradatie naar de Tweede divisie |

### Uitslagen

| | ADO | ALK | DWS | EMA | GRA | HFC | H55 | HVC | KFC | LIM | RSP | SVV | VWK | VSV | WAG | XER |
| ADO | | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 10 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 6 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 5 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 2 |
| Alkmaar '54 | 0 – 3 | | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 5 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 5 – 1 | 5 – 2 | 2 – 4 | 4 – 3 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 1 |
| DWS | 1 – 5 | 1 – 1 | | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 5 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 4 |
| Emma | 1 – 2 | 2 – 4 | 3 – 3 | | 1 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 6 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 2 |
| De Graafschap | 6 – 4 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | | 3 – 2 | 6 – 1 | 1 – 5 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 |
| Haarlem | 1 – 5 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | | 1 – 2 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 3 | 5 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 0 – 1 |
| Helmondia '55 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 6 |
| HVC | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 6 – 5 | | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 4 – 2 | 1 – 5 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 |
| KFC | 0 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 6 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 4 – 2 | | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 2 |
| Limburgia | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 4 – 1 | | 4 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 6 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 4 |
| Roda Sport | 0 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | | 3 – 2 | 4 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 |
| SVV | 3 – 4 | 4 – 5 | 1 – 0 | 6 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | | 1 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 |
| De Volewijckers | 3 – 3 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 3 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 3 |
| VSV | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 |
| Wageningen | 3 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 3 | 4 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 6 – 4 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 6 – 1 | | 2 – 2 |
| Xerxes | 1 – 0 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | |

### Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Carol Schuurman | ADO | 28 |
| 2. | Lex Rijnvis | ADO | 27 |
| 3. | Piet Kaas | Alkmaar '54 | 26 |
| 4. | Kees Hendriks | Xerxes | 25 |
| 4. | Wout Heinen | HVC | 25 |
| 6. | Charley van de Weerd | Wageningen | 21 |
| 7. | Klaas Smit | Alkmaar '54 | 17 |
| 8. | Piet Groeneveld | Haarlem | 16 |
| 8. | Henk Könemann | SVV | 16 |
| 10. | Lout Vreeken | Haarlem | 15 |

## Eerste divisie B
### Deelnemende teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| AGOVV | Gelderland Apeldoorn | Berg & Bos | 20.000 | Ben Tap |
| Blauw-Wit | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Olympisch Stadion | 65.000 | Cor Sluijk |
| D.F.C. | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Krommedijk | 12.000 | Ludwig Veg |
| EBOH | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Zuidendijk | 8.500 | Wim Molenveld Richard Dombi |
| EDO | Noord-Holland Haarlem | Noordersportpark | 10.000 | Piet Kluit |
| Excelsior | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Woudestein | 11.000 | Bob Janse |
| Fortuna | Zuid-Holland Vlaardingen | Floreslaan | 12.000 | Rinus Smits |
| Helmond | Noord-Brabant Helmond | Houtsdonk | 8.500 | Ron Dellow |
| Hermes DVS | Zuid-Holland Schiedam | Damlaan | 14.000 | Wim de Smit Hugo van der Moer (a.i.) |
| RCH | Noord-Holland Heemstede | Sportparklaan | 18.000 | Leslie Talbot |
| Rigtersbleek | Overijssel Enschede | Heekstraat | 12.000 | Ernie Robinson |
| SHS | Zuid-Holland Den Haag | Houtrust | 25.000 | Kees van Dijke |
| Sittardia | Limburg Sittard | Sittardia-terrein | 17.000 | Frans Debruijn |
| Stormvogels | Noord-Holland Velsen | Schoonenberg | 18.000 | Arie Rentenaar |
| Vitesse | Gelderland Arnhem | Nieuw-Monnikenhuize | 18.000 | Joseph Gruber |
| Volendam | Noord-Holland Volendam | Julianastraat | 15.000 | Leen van Woerkom |

### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | Blauw-Wit | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 74 | 30 | 44 |
| 2. | Stormvogels | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 68 | 38 | 30 |
| 3. | D.F.C. | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 66 | 49 | 17 |
| 4. | Volendam | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 69 | 50 | 19 |
| 5. | RCH | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 49 | 38 | 11 |
| 6. | Sittardia | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 64 | 50 | 14 |
| 7. | Vitesse | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 52 | 41 | 11 |
| 8. | Hermes DVS | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 62 | 58 | 4 |
| 9. | Excelsior | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 41 | -5 |
| 10. | SHS | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 58 | 59 | -1 |
| 11. | Helmond | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 53 | 64 | -11 |
| 12. | Rigtersbleek | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 48 | 65 | -17 |
| 13. | EDO | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 47 | 71 | -24 |
| 14. | Fortuna | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 42 | 63 | -21 |
| 15. | AGOVV | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 46 | 70 | -24 |
| 16. | EBOH | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 30 | 77 | -47 |

### Legenda

| Kleur | Kwalificatie voor |
| | Promotie naar de Eredivisie |
| | Degradatie naar de Tweede divisie |

### Uitslagen

| | AGO | BLW | DFC | EBO | EDO | EXC | FVL | HVV | DVS | RCH | RIG | SHS | SIT | STO | VIT | VOL |
| AGOVV | | 1 – 8 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 6 – 4 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 5 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 2 |
| Blauw-Wit | 3 – 1 | | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 5 – 1 |
| D.F.C. | 4 – 1 | 3 – 2 | | 5 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 |
| EBOH | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 2 | | 3 – 4 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 4 | 2 – 2 |
| EDO | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 4 | 4 – 2 | | 3 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 3 | 2 – 4 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 |
| Excelsior | 5 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 2 | | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 4 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 3 |
| Fortuna | 4 – 1 | 2 – 4 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 4 – 2 | 1 – 1 | | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 |
| Helmond | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 2 | | 3 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 5 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 5 |
| Hermes DVS | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 4 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 4 | 3 – 2 | | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 5 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 5 – 3 |
| RCH | 2 – 1 | 2 – 5 | 3 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 |
| Rigtersbleek | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 7 – 2 | 4 – 2 | 3 – 3 | 0 – 2 | | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 4 |
| SHS | 3 – 1 | 3 – 4 | 4 – 4 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 3 | | 0 – 3 | 2 – 4 | 4 – 3 | 2 – 0 |
| Sittardia | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 6 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 5 – 4 | 4 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 4 – 3 | | 1 – 4 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 0 |
| Stormvogels | 3 – 1 | 1 – 5 | 4 – 3 | 5 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 7 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 4 | | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 |
| Vitesse | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 6 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 6 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 5 | 1 – 2 | | 1 – 1 |
| Volendam | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 5 | 2 – 2 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 5 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 3 | |

### Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Dick Tol | Volendam | 35 |
| 2. | Jan van Geen | SHS | 29 |
| 3. | Jaap Duivenvoorden | EDO | 21 |
| 4. | Mais Hanskamp | AGOVV | 20 |
| 4. | Henk Groot | Stormvogels | 20 |
| 6. | Piet Koekebakker | Blauw-Wit | 19 |
| 7. | Toon de Boer | Stormvogels | 17 |
| 7. | Lodewijk van Braam | RCH | 17 |
| 7. | Harie Ehlen | Sittardia | 17 |
| 7. | Piet Meeusen | D.F.C. | 17 |
* Jan Schoenmakers, Martijn Mooij / RSSSF 2001/05 (Eerste divisie op RSSSF)
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