1979–80 Eerste Divisie
# 1979–80 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1979–80 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Groningen won the championship.

## New entrants

Relegated from the 1978–79 Eredivisie

* FC Volendam
* VVV-Venlo

Dordrecht changed their name to DS '79 this season Fortuna SC changed their name to Fortuna Sittard this season

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Groningen | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 79 | 21 | +58 | 57 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 51 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 3 | FC Wageningen | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 51 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 4 | FC Den Bosch | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 50 | |
| 5 | SC Cambuur | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 42 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 42 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 39 | |
| 8 | DS '79 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 39 | |
| 9 | FC Amsterdam | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 38 | |
| 10 | SC Heracles | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 37 | |
| 11 | sc Heerenveen | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 36 | |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 35 | |
| 13 | Telstar | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 31 | |
| 14 | FC Eindhoven | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 30 | |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 27 | |
| 16 | SC Veendam | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 44 | 74 | −30 | 22 | |
| 17 | SVV | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 51 | 90 | −39 | 22 | |
| 18 | FC Vlaardingen | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 21 | |
| 19 | SC Amersfoort | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 34 | 99 | −65 | 14 | |

## 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 | FC Wageningen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | SC Cambuur | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | |
