The Dutch
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
in the 1959–60 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams.
GVAV and
Alkmaar '54 won the championship.
New entrants and group changes
Eerste Divisie A
Promoted from the
1958–59 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 29 teams, fifteen of which playing in group A, fourteen in group B. Teams occupying the lowest two places from each group at the end of the season, would have to play in a relegation ...
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Veendam
Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.
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Relegated from the
1958–59 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 18 teams. Sparta
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TSV NOAD
TSV NOAD was an association football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands. Founded in 1910, the club played at the Eredivisie, highest level of Football in the Netherlands, Dutch football between 1918 and 1961.
History
NOAD was founded on 5 June 1 ...
Entered from the B-group:
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SBV Excelsior
Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste D ...
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GVAV
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HVC
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KFC
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Rigtersbleek
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Stormvogels
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Vitesse Arnhem
SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...
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De Volewijckers
ASC De Volewijckers is a Dutch football club that plays in the Vierde Klasse. It is a continuation of ASV–DWV and AVV De Volewijckers.
History ASV–DWV
ASV-DWV or Door Wilskracht Verkregen was founded on 12 May 1912 in present-day Amsterda ...
Eerste Divisie B
Promoted from the
1958–59 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 29 teams, fifteen of which playing in group A, fourteen in group B. Teams occupying the lowest two places from each group at the end of the season, would have to play in a relegation ...
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Relegated from the
1958–59 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 18 teams. Sparta
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SHS ''(relegated as Holland Sport)''
Entered from the A-group:
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AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's men's first squad plays in 2024–25 in the Derde ...
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Alkmaar '54
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FC Eindhoven
Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...
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De Graafschap
Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system.
Founded o ...
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Leeuwarden
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Limburgia
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VSV
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ZFC
Final tables
Eerste Divisie A
Eerste Divisie B
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
See also
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1959–60 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship, after a decision match against Feijenoord which was won by 5–1.
League standings
Championship play-off
AFC Ajax qualified for the 1960 ...
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1959–60 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 25 teams, twelve of which playing in group A, thirteen in group B.
Eight teams would play against relegation this season in a play-off. Two teams already had to play in it on the ba ...
References
Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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Eerste Divisie seasons
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