Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie (English: First Division) is an association football league in the Netherlands. It is the second-highest league in the country. When a team wins the league, they get promoted to the Eredivisie. Until 2015, when a team did bad in the league, they would get sent to the Topklasse. Recently, the team would get sent to the Tweede Klasse instead. The league has been around since 1956.

 Results 

 Season Winner Runner Up 1956–57 ADO / Blauw Wit Alkmaar '54 / Stormvogels 1957–58 Willem II / SHS DFC / Stormvogels 1958–59 FC Volendam / Sittardia Leeuwarden / Stormvogels 1959–60 GVAV / Alkmaar '54 Vitesse / DFC 1960–61 FC Volendam / Blauw Wit De Volewijckers / DHC 1961–62 Heracles / Fortuna Vlaardingen Excelsior / DHC 1962–63 DWS Go Ahead 1963–64 Sittardia Telstar 1964–65 Willem II USV Elinkwijk 1965–66 Sittardia Xerxes 1966–67 FC Volendam NEC 1967–68 Holland Sport AZ'67 1968–69 SVV HFC Haarlem 1969–70 FC Volendam Excelsior 1970–71 FC Den Bosch GVAV 1971–72 HFC Haarlem AZ'67 1972–73 Roda JC PEC Zwolle 1973–74 Excelsior Vitesse 1974–75 NEC FC Groningen 1975–76 HFC Haarlem FC VVV 1976–77 Vitesse PEC Zwolle 1977–78 PEC Zwolle MVV Maastricht 1978–79 Excelsior FC Groningen 1979–80 FC Groningen FC Volendam 1980–81 HFC Haarlem SC Heerenveen 1981–82 Helmond Sport Fortuna Sittard 1982–83 DS '79 FC Volendam 1983–84 MVV Maastricht FC Twente 1984–85 SC Heracles FC VVV 1985–86 FC Den Haag PEC Zwolle 1986–87 FC Volendam Willem II 1987–88 RKC Waalwijk SC Veendam 1988–89 Vitesse FC Den Haag 1989–90 SVV NAC Breda 1990–91 De Graafschap NAC Breda 1991–92 SC Cambuur BVV Den Bosch 1992–93 VVV-Venlo SC Heerenveen 1993–94 Dordrecht '90 NEC 1994–95 Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap 1995–96 AZ FC Emmen 1996–97 MVV Maastricht SC Cambuur 1997–98 AZ SC Cambuur 1998–99 FC Den Bosch FC Groningen 1999–2000 NAC Breda FC Zwolle 2000–01 FC Den Bosch Excelsior 2001–02 FC Zwolle Excelsior 2002–03 ADO Den Haag FC Emmen 2003–04 FC Den Bosch Excelsior 2004–05 Heracles Almelo Sparta Rotterdam 2005–06 Excelsior VVV-Venlo 2006–07 De Graafschap VVV-Venlo 2007–08 FC Volendam RKC Waalwijk 2008–09 VVV-Venlo RKC Waalwijk 2009–10 De Graafschap SC Cambuur 2010–11 RKC Waalwijk FC Zwolle 2011–12 FC Zwolle Sparta Rotterdam 2012–13 SC Cambuur FC Volendam 2013–14 Willem II FC Dordrecht 2014–15 NEC FC Eindhoven

 Other websites 
 Official website 

Category:Football in the Netherlands
Category:1956 establishments in the Netherlands