1972–73 Eerste Divisie

17th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands

Football league season

Eerste DivisieSeason| 1972–73

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Champions| Roda JC
Promoted| None: Tweede Divisie disbanded; promotion to Eredivisie shown here starting next season
From Eredivisie|

* Vitesse Arnhem
* FC Volendam

To Eredivisie|

* Roda JC
* De Graafschap

Goals scored| 913
Average goals/game| 2.40

← 1971–72

1973–74 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972–73 season was contested by 20 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club DWS to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship.

It was the first season in which a promotion competition was held. In this promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the eredivisie.

## New entrants

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Relegated from the 1971–72 Eredivisie

* Vitesse Arnhem
* FC Volendam

DFC changed their name to FC Dordrecht for this season.

## League standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification

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1  | Roda JC | 38  | 19  | 14  | 5  | 54  | 32  | +22  | 52  | Promoted to Eredivisie.
2  | PEC Zwolle | 38  | 20  | 8  | 10  | 72  | 48  | +24  | 48  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3  | Vitesse Arnhem | 38  | 19  | 10  | 9  | 58  | 38  | +20  | 48  |
4  | De Graafschap | 38  | 15  | 17  | 6  | 52  | 34  | +18  | 47  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
5  | Helmond Sport | 38  | 15  | 17  | 6  | 53  | 38  | +15  | 47  |
6  | FC Volendam | 38  | 19  | 7  | 12  | 65  | 35  | +30  | 45  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7  | SC Cambuur | 38  | 12  | 20  | 6  | 53  | 40  | +13  | 44  |
8  | FC Wageningen | 38  | 17  | 10  | 11  | 57  | 52  | +5  | 44  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
9  | Fortuna SC | 38  | 14  | 14  | 10  | 40  | 36  | +4  | 42  |
10  | sc Heerenveen | 38  | 14  | 13  | 11  | 44  | 43  | +1  | 41
11  | FC Eindhoven | 38  | 14  | 9  | 15  | 48  | 45  | +3  | 37
12  | Veendam | 38  | 9  | 16  | 13  | 40  | 50  | −10  | 34
13  | SVV | 38  | 8  | 17  | 13  | 26  | 41  | −15  | 33
14  | Willem II | 38  | 9  | 14  | 15  | 39  | 55  | −16  | 32
15  | Heracles | 38  | 9  | 12  | 17  | 45  | 58  | −13  | 30
16  | HVC | 38  | 5  | 18  | 15  | 40  | 52  | −12  | 28  | Changed name next season to SC Amersfoort.
17  | Fortuna Vlaardingen | 38  | 9  | 10  | 19  | 30  | 48  | −18  | 28  |
18  | VVV-Venlo | 38  | 6  | 16  | 16  | 25  | 45  | −20  | 28
19  | De Volewijckers | 38  | 6  | 16  | 16  | 43  | 65  | −22  | 28
20  | FC Dordrecht | 38  | 3  | 18  | 17  | 29  | 58  | −29  | 24

Source: rsssf.com

## Promotion competition

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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

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1  | De Graafschap | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 9  | Promoted to Eredivisie.
2  | FC Volendam | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 15  | 6  | +9  | 8  |
3  | FC Wageningen | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 8  | 14  | −6  | 4
4  | PEC Zwolle | 6  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 8  | 15  | −7  | 3

Source: rsssf.com

## See also

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* 1972–73 Eredivisie
* 1972–73 KNVB Cup

## References

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* Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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