1981–82 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1981–82 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was due to the bankruptcy of FC Vlaardingen. Helmond Sport won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1981–82
Champions	Helmond Sport
Promoted	Helmond Sport Fortuna Sittard Excelsior
Goals scored	873
Average goals/game	2.85
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

From this season onwards, instead of two, three teams would promote to the eredivisie. Two were promoted directly and one through a promotion competition which was organized the same as in previous seasons.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1980–81 Eredivisie

• SBV Excelsior
• FC Wageningen

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Helmond Sport	34	17	14	3	53	30	+23	48	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	Fortuna Sittard	34	21	5	8	62	35	+27	47
3	SBV Excelsior	34	18	8	8	74	44	+30	44	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
4	Telstar	34	16	12	6	44	31	+13	44
5	FC Den Bosch	34	17	7	10	62	41	+21	41
6	sc Heerenveen	34	17	7	10	61	43	+18	41	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7	VVV-Venlo	34	15	11	8	64	47	+17	41
8	Vitesse Arnhem	34	12	12	10	52	45	+7	36
9	SVV	34	12	9	13	44	40	+4	33
10	SC Veendam	34	10	10	14	46	54	−8	30
11	SC Cambuur	34	8	13	13	23	38	−15	29
12	FC Volendam	34	9	10	15	42	49	−7	28
13	FC Amsterdam	34	10	8	16	37	54	−17	28	Disbanded as season's end.
14	FC Eindhoven	34	10	7	17	41	64	−23	27
15	DS '79	34	7	12	15	51	66	−15	26
16	Heracles	34	9	8	17	48	68	−20	26
17	FC Wageningen	34	4	14	16	33	52	−19	22
18	SC Amersfoort	34	6	9	19	36	72	−36	21

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	SBV Excelsior	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	8	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	sc Heerenveen	6	4	0	2	5	6	−1	8
3	VVV-Venlo	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	5
4	Telstar	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	3

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1981–82 Eredivisie
• 1981–82 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)