1987–88 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1987-88
Champions	RKC Waalwijk
Promoted	RKC Waalwijk SC Veendam MVV
Goals scored	1053
Average goals/game	3.07
← 1986-87 1988-89 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1987/1988 season was contested by 19 teams. RKC Waalwijk won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1986-87

• Excelsior
• Go Ahead Eagles
• SC Veendam

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	RKC Waalwijk	36	31	3	2	65	104	30	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	SC Veendam	36	19	13	4	51	66	39
3	MVV	36	17	10	9	44	65	39	Period champions
4	De Graafschap	36	16	12	8	44	58	42
5	NEC	36	17	8	11	42	68	51
6	FC Eindhoven	36	14	12	10	40	58	47
7	RBC	36	14	12	10	40	55	50	Period champions
8	Excelsior	36	14	10	12	38	48	42
9	Vitesse Arnhem	36	14	8	14	36	58	67	Period champions
10	sc Heerenveen	36	14	6	16	34	59	52
11	SC Cambuur	36	11	12	13	34	55	57
12	Go Ahead Eagles	36	11	12	13	34	49	51
13	Telstar	36	14	6	16	34	61	71
14	FC Wageningen	36	11	9	16	31	51	67
15	SVV	36	11	7	18	29	57	72
16	Helmond Sport	36	5	15	16	25	36	57
17	NAC Breda	36	9	7	20	25	45	69
18	FC Emmen	36	5	12	19	22	29	59
19	SC Heracles	36	5	6	25	16	31	91

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	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	MVV	6	5	0	1	10	17	6	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	1	3	5	10	14
3	RBC	6	2	1	3	5	8	13
4	De Graafschap	6	1	2	3	4	8	10

See also

• Eredivisie 1987-88
• KNVB Cup 1987-88

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)