1988–89 Eerste Divisie
# 1988–89 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988–89 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.

## New entrants

Relegated from the 1987–88 Eredivisie

* AZ
* DS '79
* FC Den Haag

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vitesse Arnhem | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 54 | Promotion to Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Den Haag | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 53 | Promotion to Eredivisie |
| 3 | Excelsior | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 49 | Period champions |
| 4 | NEC | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 48 | Period champions |
| 5 | AZ | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 80 | 42 | +38 | 47 | |
| 6 | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 46 | Period champions |
| 7 | NAC Breda | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 43 | |
| 8 | SVV | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | De Graafschap | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 36 | |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 34 | Period champions |
| 11 | SC Cambuur | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 34 | |
| 12 | SC Heracles | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 34 | |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 29 | |
| 14 | Telstar | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 29 | |
| 15 | DS '79 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 36 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 24 | |
| 17 | RBC | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 21 | |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 39 | 91 | −52 | 20 | |
| 19 | FC Wageningen | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 41 | 83 | −42 | 18 | |

## 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 | NEC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | Promotion to Eredivisie |
| 2 | sc Heerenveen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | |
| 3 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 5 | |
| 4 | Excelsior | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |
