1986–87 Eerste Divisie
# 1986–87 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1986–87 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.

## New entrants

Relegated from the 1985–86 Eredivisie

* SC Heracles
* MVV
* NEC Nijmegen

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Volendam | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 83 | 57 | +26 | 50 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 2 | Willem II | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 48 | +27 | 49 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 80 | 59 | +21 | 47 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 4 | RKC Waalwijk | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 46 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 42 | |
| 6 | NEC | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 40 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 7 | Vitesse Arnhem | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 40 | |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 39 | |
| 9 | DS '79 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 76 | 63 | +13 | 38 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 10 | De Graafschap | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 38 | |
| 11 | FC Eindhoven | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 35 | |
| 12 | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 35 | |
| 13 | RBC Roosendaal | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 69 | −1 | 31 | |
| 14 | SVV | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 30 | |
| 15 | SC Heracles | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 28 | |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 26 | |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 26 | |
| 18 | FC Wageningen | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 53 | 84 | −31 | 23 | |
| 19 | Telstar | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 80 | −41 | 21 | |

## 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 | DS '79 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | NEC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 3 | |
