# Eerste divisie 1971/72

Het seizoen 1971/72 van de Nederlandse Eerste divisie had Haarlem als kampioen. Die club promoveerde daarmee samen met AZ '67 naar de Eredivisie.

## Eerste divisie
### Deelnemende teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| AZ '67 | Noord-Holland Alkmaar | Alkmaarderhout | 20.000 | Cor van der Hart |
| Blauw-Wit | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Olympisch Stadion (bijveld) | 6.000 | Jany van der Veen |
| D.F.C. | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Krommedijk | 12.000 | Ludwig Veg |
| De Volewijckers | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Buiksloterbanne | 12.500 | Ger Blok |
| De Graafschap | Gelderland Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12.500 | Piet de Visser |
| Eindhoven | Noord-Brabant Eindhoven | Aalsterweg | 27.000 | Leslie Talbot |
| FC VVV | Limburg Venlo | De Kraal | 17.500 | Josef Gesell |
| Fortuna | Zuid-Holland Vlaardingen | Floreslaan | 12.000 | Piet de Wolf |
| Fortuna SC | Limburg Sittard | De Baandert | 20.000 | Evert Teunissen |
| Haarlem | Noord-Holland Haarlem | Jan Gijzenkade | 14.500 | Joop Brand |
| Heerenveen | Friesland Heerenveen | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 15.000 | Meg de Jongh |
| Helmond Sport | Noord-Brabant Helmond | De Braak | 12.000 | Jacques de Wit |
| Heracles | Overijssel Almelo | Bornsestraat | 20.000 | Rinus Gosens |
| HVC | Utrecht (provincie) Amersfoort | Birkhoven | 10.000 | Hennie Hollink |
| PEC Zwolle | Overijssel Zwolle | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 12.000 | Lászlo Zalai |
| Roda JC | Limburg Kerkrade | Kaalheide | 20.000 | Jacques Koole |
| SC Cambuur | Friesland Leeuwarden | Cambuurstadion | 16.000 | Arie Otten Kor Woudstra (a.i.) |
| SVV | Zuid-Holland Schiedam | Harga | 10.000 | Jan Bens |
| Veendam | Groningen (provincie) Veendam | De Langeleegte | 13.000 | Leo Beenhakker |
| Wageningen | Gelderland Wageningen | De Wageningse Berg | 16.000 | Maarten Vink |
| Willem II | Noord-Brabant Tilburg | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 20.000 | Henk Wullems |

### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | Haarlem | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 74 | 23 | 51 |
| 2. | AZ '67 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 68 | 31 | 37 |
| 3. | Heerenveen | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 53 | 33 | 20 |
| 4. | Roda JC | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 53 | 42 | 11 |
| 5. | Eindhoven | 40 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 3 |
| 6. | Wageningen | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 54 | 51 | 3 |
| 7. | PEC Zwolle | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 58 | 56 | 2 |
| 8. | SC Cambuur | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 8 |
| 9. | HVC | 40 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 43 | 48 | -5 |
| 10. | Veendam | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 48 | 55 | -7 |
| 11. | De Graafschap | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 49 | 48 | 1 |
| 12. | Blauw-Wit | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 37 | 44 | -7 |
| 13. | Fortuna SC | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 48 | 46 | 2 |
| 14. | Heracles | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 46 | 45 | 1 |
| 15. | Willem II | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 46 | 54 | -8 |
| 16. | FC VVV | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 42 | 50 | -8 |
| 17. | SVV | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 44 | 54 | -10 |
| 18. | De Volewijckers | 40 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 35 | 49 | -14 |
| 19. | Fortuna | 40 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 36 | 53 | -17 |
| 20. | Helmond Sport | 40 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 39 | 63 | -24 |
| 21. | D.F.C. | 40 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 70 | -39 |

#### Legenda

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

### Uitslagen

| | AZ | BLW | CAM | DFC | EVV | FVL | FOR | GRA | HFC | HEE | HSP | HER | HVC | PEC | RJC | SVV | VEE | VWK | VVV | WAG | WIL |
| AZ '67 | | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 7 – 1 |
| Blauw-Wit | 2 – 0 | | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 6 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 |
| SC Cambuur | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | | 5 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| D.F.C. | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | | 0 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 4 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 1 |
| Eindhoven | 4 – 3 | 4 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 |
| Fortuna Vlaardingen | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 2 | | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| Fortuna SC | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 9 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| De Graafschap | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 3 | | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 5 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| Haarlem | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 6 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 6 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 |
| Heerenveen | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 |
| Helmond Sport | 0 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 2 | | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 |
| Heracles | 2 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | | 2 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 5 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 |
| HVC | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 2 |
| PEC Zwolle | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | | 0 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 |
| Roda JC | 1 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | | 3 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 6 – 0 | 1 – 0 |
| SVV | 1 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 4 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 |
| Veendam | 2 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | | 0 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 4 – 3 |
| De Volewijckers | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| FC VVV | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 |
| Wageningen | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 5 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 4 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 1 – 0 |
| Willem II | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | |

## Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Gerdo Hazelhekke | Wageningen | 25 |
| 2. | Henk van Rooij | Roda JC | 19 |
| 3. | Gerrie de Goede | Haarlem | 17 |
| | Kees Bregman | Haarlem | 17 |
| | Harrie Heijnen | FC VVV | 17 |
| 6. | Joop Leidekker | Heracles | 15 |
| | Thomas Haan | Heerenveen | 15 |
| 8. | Jo Geyselaers | Fortuna SC | 14 |
| | Kees Kist | Heerenveen | 14 |
| | Willy Coolen | Roda JC | 14 |
| | Guus Hoevenberg | De Graafschap | 14 |
| | Piet van den Berg | Haarlem | 14 |

## Trivia

* De Amsterdamse club Blauw-Wit fuseerde na afloop van dit seizoen met stadsgenoot DWS uit de Eredivisie tot FC Amsterdam. Volewijckers voegde zich in 1974 bij de fusieclub.
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