1960–61 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 36 teams, divided in two groups. FC Volendam and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1960–61
Champions	FC Volendam Blauw Wit
Promoted	HFC EDO Enschedese Boys Be Quick EBOH SC Heerenveen
Relegated	HFC EDO Helmondia '55 Racing Club Heemstede
From Eredivisie	FC Volendam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam Sittardia
To Eredivisie	FC Volendam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam De Volewijckers
Goals scored	2,300
Average goals/game	3.76
← 1959-50 1961–62 →

New entrants and group changes

Group A

Promoted from the 1959–60 Tweede Divisie:

• HFC EDO
• Enschedese Boys

Relegated from the 1959–60 Eredivisie:

• FC Volendam

Entered from the B-group:

• AGOVV Apeldoorn
• DFC
• Helmondia '55
• Hermes DVS
• Leeuwarden
• Limburgia
• RBC Roosendaal

Group B

Promoted from the 1959–60 Tweede Divisie:

• Be Quick 1887
• EBOH
• SC Heerenveen

Relegated from the 1959–60 Eredivisie:

• Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
• Sittardia

Entered from the A-group:

• Excelsior
• 't Gooi
• VV Helmond
• SVV
• FC Wageningen

Final tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Volendam	34	21	7	6	82	37	+45	49	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	De Volewijckers	34	21	5	8	86	49	+37	47	Qualified for promotion play-off.
3	KFC	34	20	6	8	66	40	+26	46
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	19	6	9	73	54	+19	44
5	Enschedese Boys	34	15	9	10	95	69	+26	39	Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season
6	Limburgia	34	16	7	11	61	54	+7	39
7	Hermes DVS	34	16	5	13	49	60	−11	37
8	DFC	34	14	7	13	64	52	+12	35
9	Hollandia Victoria Combinatie	34	13	8	13	62	55	+7	34	Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season
10	Leeuwarden	34	12	8	14	73	80	−7	32
11	BVV	34	14	4	16	51	63	−12	32
12	Fortuna Vlaardingen	34	12	6	16	57	62	−5	30
13	Veendam	34	11	8	15	66	75	−9	30
14	Stormvogels	34	12	5	17	55	73	−18	29
15	RBC Roosendaal	34	9	9	16	68	76	−8	27	Moved to Eerste Divisie B next season
16	AGOVV Apeldoorn	34	9	9	16	70	81	−11	27
17	HFC EDO	34	8	5	21	47	88	−41	21	Qualified for relegation play-off.
18	Helmondia '55	34	4	6	24	47	104	−57	14	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	34	28	5	1	110	34	+76	61	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	DHC	34	21	9	4	70	26	+44	51	Qualified for promotion play-off.
3	Heracles	34	23	3	8	115	47	+68	49
4	SBV Excelsior	34	15	7	12	72	58	+14	37
5	Sittardia	34	15	7	12	61	63	−2	37	Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.
6	SVV	34	14	7	13	52	60	−8	35
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	5	15	70	47	+23	33
8	ZFC	34	13	7	14	51	52	−1	33
9	't Gooi	34	13	7	14	51	72	−21	33	Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.
10	FC Wageningen	34	14	4	16	70	76	−6	32
11	Be Quick 1887	34	11	9	14	65	74	−9	31
12	VSV	34	12	5	17	51	69	−18	29
13	FC Eindhoven	34	8	11	15	46	68	−22	27	Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.
14	SHS	34	9	8	17	50	63	−13	26
15	Go Ahead	34	8	10	16	51	80	−29	26	Moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.
16	EBOH	34	9	7	18	44	89	−45	25
17	VV Helmond	34	9	6	19	41	69	−28	24	Qualified for relegation play-off.
18	Racing Club Heemstede	34	8	7	19	55	78	−23	23	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

Eredivisie/Eerste Divisie play-offs

Promotion play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(Group A) De Volewijckers	5–3	DHC (Group B)	2–2	3–1

DHC moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
De Volewijckers	8–7	Elinkwijk (Eredivisie)	4–3	4–4

De Volewijckers were promoted to the Eredivisie.

Eerste Divisie/Tweede Divisie play-offs

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
(Group B) VV Helmond	6–2	HFC EDO (Group A)

VV Helmond moved to Eerste Divisie A next season.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
(Tweede Divisie) RKVV Wilhelmina	3–2	HFC EDO

HFC EDO were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

See also

• 1960–61 Eredivisie
• 1960–61 Tweede Divisie

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)