1986–87 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1986-87
Champions	FC Volendam
Promoted	FC Volendam Willem II DS '79
Goals scored	1130
Average goals/game	3.30
← 1985-86 1987-88 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1986/1987 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1985-86

• SC Heracles
• MVV
• NEC Nijmegen

League standings

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

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	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	DS '79	6	5	0	1	12	5	10	+7	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	SC Cambuur	6	3	0	3	15	11	6	+4
3	RKC Waalwijk	6	3	0	3	15	11	6	+4
4	NEC	6	1	1	4	10	22	3	-12

See also

• Eredivisie 1986-87
• KNVB Cup 1986-87

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)