1978–79 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1978–79
Champions	SBV Excelsior
Promoted	SBV Excelsior; Willem II;
Goals scored	937
Average goals/game	2.73
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1977–78 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	SBV Excelsior	36	22	7	7	76	32	+44	51	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Groningen	36	20	10	6	60	31	+29	50	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	Willem II	36	17	14	5	60	32	+28	48
4	Fortuna SC	36	17	13	6	64	35	+29	47
5	FC Eindhoven	36	14	16	6	53	32	+21	44
6	FC Wageningen	36	17	10	9	59	44	+15	44
7	FC Den Bosch	36	16	10	10	58	43	+15	42
8	De Graafschap	36	15	11	10	60	47	+13	41
9	FC Amsterdam	36	13	11	12	52	40	+12	37
10	Telstar	36	12	10	14	45	45	0	34	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
11	sc Heerenveen	36	10	13	13	34	47	−13	33
12	SC Veendam	36	13	6	17	51	67	−16	32
13	SC Heracles	36	10	11	15	46	49	−3	31
14	SVV	36	11	9	16	42	48	−6	31
15	SC Cambuur	36	9	10	17	33	54	−21	28
16	FC Vlaardingen	36	7	12	17	35	54	−19	26
17	Helmond Sport	36	9	8	19	42	71	−29	26
18	SC Amersfoort	36	8	7	21	34	78	−44	23
19	FC Dordrecht	36	5	6	25	33	88	−55	16	Changed name to DS '79 for next season.

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion competition

In the promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the Eredivisie.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Willem II	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Fortuna SC	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	8	Changed name to Fortuna Sittard for next season.
3	FC Groningen	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
4	Telstar	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	2