1990–91 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1990-91
Champions	De Graafschap
Promoted	De Graafschap VVV-Venlo
Goals scored	1148
Average goals/game	3.02
Top goalscorer	Ton Cornelissen 35 goals
← 1989-90 1991-92 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1990/1991 season was contested by 20 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to VC Vlissingen entering from the amateurs. De Graafschap won the championship.

New entrants

Entering from amateur football

• VC Vlissingen

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1989-90

• BVV Den Bosch
• HFC Haarlem

DS '79 changed their name to Dordrecht '90 this season.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	De Graafschap	38	25	11	2	61	84	34	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	NAC Breda	38	21	14	3	56	94	50	Play-offs
3	VVV-Venlo	38	21	7	10	49	73	46
4	AZ	38	15	15	8	45	56	38
5	Helmond Sport	38	14	16	8	44	57	43
6	SC Heracles	38	13	18	7	44	50	36
7	Go Ahead Eagles	38	14	15	9	43	57	43
8	Dordrecht '90	38	15	13	10	43	63	51	Play-offs
9	FC Eindhoven	38	17	8	13	42	54	52
10	RBC	38	12	15	11	39	65	56
11	Cambuur Leeuwarden	38	12	13	13	37	41	47
12	FC Emmen	38	10	16	12	36	54	67
13	Telstar	38	9	15	14	33	51	58
14	HFC Haarlem	38	11	10	17	32	52	78
15	FC Wageningen	38	10	10	18	30	71	82
16	FC Zwolle	38	8	14	16	30	40	60	Play-offs
17	BVV Den Bosch	38	9	11	18	29	54	60
18	Veendam	38	5	15	18	25	47	78
19	Excelsior	38	8	7	23	23	50	82
20	VC Vlissingen	38	6	7	25	19	35	87

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The promotion/relegation play-offs consisted of three rounds. In the group round, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) and two (other) best placed teams in the league, played in two groups of three teams. The group winners would play in play-off 1. The winners of that play-off would be promoted to the Eredivisie, the loser had to take on the number 16 of the Eredivisie in play-off 2. These two teams played for the third and last position in the Eredivisie of next season.

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	NAC Breda	4	2	2	0	4	8	3	Play-off 1
2	FC Zwolle	4	1	2	1	4	5	6
3	AZ	4	0	2	2	2	5	9

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	VVV-Venlo	4	2	2	0	6	6	3	Play-off 1
2	FC Eindhoven	4	1	1	2	3	5	6
3	Dordrecht '90	4	1	1	2	3	4	6	1

¹Dordrecht '90 would merge with eredivisie-club SVV next year to form SVV/Dordrecht '90.

Play-off 1

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VVV-Venlo	2-2(a)	NAC Breda	1-0	1-2

VVV-Venlo: promoted to Eredivisie
NAC Breda: play-off 2

Play-off 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NAC Breda	2-5	SVV	1-4	1-1

SVV: remain in Eredivisie and merge with Dordrecht '90
NAC Breda: remain in Eerste Divisie

See also

• Eredivisie 1990-91
• KNVB Cup 1990-91

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)