1973–74 Eerste Divisie

18th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands

Football league season

Eerste DivisieSeason| 1973–74

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Champions| SBV Excelsior
Promoted|

* SBV Excelsior
* FC Wageningen

Goals scored| 963
Average goals/game| 2.53

← 1972–73

1974–75 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973–74 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.

## New entrants[edit]

Relegated from the 1972–73 Eredivisie

* FC Den Bosch
* Excelsior

HVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.

## League standings[edit]

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

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1  | SBV Excelsior | 38  | 21  | 10  | 7  | 68  | 35  | +33  | 52  | Promoted to Eredivisie.
2  | Vitesse Arnhem | 38  | 20  | 8  | 10  | 68  | 44  | +24  | 48  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3  | sc Heerenveen | 38  | 18  | 11  | 9  | 53  | 30  | +23  | 47  |
4  | FC Wageningen | 38  | 18  | 10  | 10  | 48  | 36  | +12  | 46  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
5  | Fortuna SC | 38  | 16  | 12  | 10  | 47  | 33  | +14  | 44
6  | Helmond Sport | 38  | 17  | 9  | 12  | 53  | 44  | +9  | 43  |
7  | PEC Zwolle | 38  | 14  | 12  | 12  | 55  | 46  | +9  | 40
8  | FC Volendam | 38  | 16  | 7  | 15  | 55  | 44  | +11  | 39
9  | SVV | 38  | 14  | 11  | 13  | 41  | 55  | −14  | 39
10  | Heracles | 38  | 12  | 14  | 12  | 47  | 39  | +8  | 38
11  | SC Cambuur | 38  | 13  | 12  | 13  | 47  | 43  | +4  | 38
12  | FC Eindhoven | 38  | 12  | 12  | 14  | 42  | 47  | −5  | 36
13  | Fortuna Vlaardingen | 38  | 10  | 15  | 13  | 38  | 44  | −6  | 35  | Changed name to FC Vlaardingen for next season.
14  | SC Amersfoort | 38  | 12  | 11  | 15  | 38  | 47  | −9  | 35  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
15  | FC Dordrecht | 38  | 12  | 11  | 15  | 45  | 66  | −21  | 35  |
16  | VVV-Venlo | 38  | 8  | 17  | 13  | 46  | 53  | −7  | 33
17  | FC Den Bosch | 38  | 10  | 10  | 18  | 46  | 52  | −6  | 30
18  | Willem II | 38  | 8  | 13  | 17  | 41  | 65  | −24  | 29
19  | Veendam | 38  | 9  | 9  | 20  | 44  | 74  | −30  | 27
20  | De Volewijckers | 38  | 8  | 10  | 20  | 41  | 66  | −25  | 26  | Merged into FC Amsterdam for next season.

Source: rsssf.com

## Promotion competition[edit]

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  | FC Wageningen | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 12  | 6  | +6  | 8  | Promoted to Eredivisie.
2  | Fortuna SC | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 8  | 4  | +4  | 8  |
3  | Vitesse Arnhem | 6  | 0  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 8  | −4  | 4
4  | SC Amersfoort | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 10  | −6  | 4

Source: rsssf.com

## See also[edit]

* 1973–74 Eredivisie
* 1973–74 KNVB Cup

## References[edit]

* Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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* KNVB Cup (Final)

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