1967–68 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1967-68
Champions	Holland Sport
Promoted	HFC Haarlem HVC VVV-Venlo
Relegated	VVV-Venlo Velox
From Eredivisie	Elinkwijk Willem II
To Eredivisie	Holland Sport AZ'67
Goals scored	948
Average goals/game	2.77
← 1966-67 1968-69 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1967/1968 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous season. This was due to a merger between FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 to form AZ'67. Holland Sport won the championship.

New entrants

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1966–67:

• HFC Haarlem
• HVC
• VVV-Venlo

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1966-67:

• Elinkwijk
• Willem II

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Holland Sport	36	23	7	6	72	30	53	+42	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	AZ'67	36	18	14	4	57	22	50	+35
3	FC Den Bosch	36	18	12	6	62	39	48	+23
4	Willem II	36	20	6	10	69	40	46	+29
5	Vitesse Arnhem	36	15	11	10	53	48	41	+5
6	HFC Haarlem	36	13	14	9	49	41	40	+8
7	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	36	12	16	8	40	34	40	+7
8	Elinkwijk	36	12	15	9	59	53	39	+6
9	SC Cambuur	36	14	10	12	46	40	38	+6
10	DFC	36	13	11	12	65	55	37	+10
11	Heracles	36	13	11	12	49	45	37	+4
12	HVC	36	12	13	11	47	44	37	+3
13	FC Eindhoven	36	10	12	14	50	66	32	-16
14	RBC Roosendaal	36	11	8	17	33	54	30	-21
15	De Volewijckers	36	8	11	17	42	48	27	-6
16	SVV	36	7	13	16	43	66	27	-23
17	Racing Club Heemstede	36	7	9	20	39	65	23	-26	Relegation play-off as level on points.
18	VVV-Venlo	36	9	5	22	47	81	23	-34
19	Velox	36	2	12	22	26	77	16	-51	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.

Relegation play-off

Racing Club Heemstede and VVV-Venlo entered a relegation play-off. After a draw in the first match, a second match was played. Both matches were played on neutral terrain (HVC and Vitesse).

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing Club Heemstede	3 - 3 aet	VVV-Venlo

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing Club Heemstede	4 - 3	VVV-Venlo

VVV-Venlo were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

See also

• Eredivisie 1967-68
• Tweede Divisie 1967–68

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)