1985–86 Eerste Divisie

30th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands

Football league season

Eerste DivisieSeason| 1985–86

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Champions| FC Den Haag
Promoted|

* FC Den Haag
* PEC Zwolle
* SC Veendam

Goals scored| 1,036
Average goals/game| 3.02

← 1984–85

1986–87 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1985–86 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to FC Emmen entering from the amateurs. FC Den Haag won the championship without losing a single match.

## Contents

* 1 New entrants
* 2 League standings
* 3 Promotion competition
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## New entrants[edit]

Entered from amateur football

* FC Emmen

Relegated from the 1984–85 Eredivisie

* NAC Breda
* PEC Zwolle
* FC Volendam

## League standings[edit]

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

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1  | FC Den Haag | 36  | 26  | 10  | 0  | 85  | 33  | +52  | 62  | Promoted to Eredivisie.
2  | PEC Zwolle | 36  | 21  | 9  | 6  | 71  | 31  | +40  | 51
3  | RKC Waalwijk | 36  | 17  | 11  | 8  | 67  | 51  | +16  | 45  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
4  | SC Veendam | 36  | 18  | 8  | 10  | 63  | 35  | +28  | 44
5  | Willem II | 36  | 15  | 12  | 9  | 63  | 48  | +15  | 42
6  | Telstar | 36  | 16  | 9  | 11  | 55  | 51  | +4  | 41  |
7  | FC Volendam | 36  | 14  | 12  | 10  | 62  | 55  | +7  | 40
8  | Vitesse Arnhem | 36  | 13  | 12  | 11  | 52  | 54  | −2  | 38  | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
9  | De Graafschap | 36  | 10  | 13  | 13  | 57  | 62  | −5  | 33  |
10  | RBC Roosendaal | 36  | 13  | 7  | 16  | 52  | 58  | −6  | 33
11  | SVV | 36  | 11  | 11  | 14  | 59  | 68  | −9  | 33
12  | Helmond Sport | 36  | 11  | 10  | 15  | 52  | 58  | −6  | 32
13  | NAC Breda | 36  | 10  | 12  | 14  | 54  | 61  | −7  | 32
14  | FC Wageningen | 36  | 12  | 6  | 18  | 48  | 61  | −13  | 30
15  | DS '79 | 36  | 8  | 13  | 15  | 44  | 61  | −17  | 29
16  | FC Eindhoven | 36  | 11  | 7  | 18  | 40  | 61  | −21  | 29
17  | sc Heerenveen | 36  | 8  | 11  | 17  | 50  | 66  | −16  | 27
18  | FC Emmen | 36  | 6  | 12  | 18  | 30  | 54  | −24  | 24
19  | SC Cambuur | 36  | 3  | 13  | 20  | 32  | 68  | −36  | 19

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  | SC Veendam | 6  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 5  | +10  | 12  | Promoted to Eredivisie,
2  | Willem II | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 7  |
3  | RKC Waalwijk | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 12  | 13  | −1  | 3
4  | Vitesse Arnhem | 6  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 5  | 17  | −12  | 2

Source: rsssf.com

## See also[edit]

* 1985–86 Eredivisie
* 1985–86 KNVB Cup

## References[edit]

* Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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