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The Dutch Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem

HFC Haarlem

HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...

won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...	36	24	6	6	54	78	25	Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1981-82 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards, three clubs relegated instead of two.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup.-References:* *...
2	sc Heerenveen	36	18	10	8	46	68	41	Period champions
3	FC Volendam FC Volendam Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...	36	17	12	7	46	68	49
4	Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...	36	18	7	11	43	65	50
5	DS '79 FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...	36	17	8	11	42	64	49	Period champions
6	FC Den Bosch	36	17	8	11	42	46	41
7	De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...	36	15	11	10	41	55	43
8	Vitesse	36	14	10	12	38	55	58
9	SC Cambuur	36	13	10	13	36	46	38
10	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....	36	12	12	12	36	47	44
11	Telstar	36	12	11	13	35	43	56
12	Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...	36	11	12	13	34	45	45
13	FC VVV	36	14	5	17	33	68	74
14	SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Dutch professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949. In 1991, SVV and neighbouring Dordrecht'90 merged to form FC Dordrecht.-History:...	36	10	13	13	33	35	47
15	SC Veendam BV Veendam SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :...	36	11	9	16	31	53	65
16	FC Amsterdam FC Amsterdam FC Amsterdam was a Dutch football club which was founded on June 20, 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw Wit and DWS. The club Volewijckers joined the side for the 1973-1974 season...	36	9	11	16	29	45	62
17	SC Amersfoort SC Amersfoort Sportclub Amersfoort was a Dutch football club which was founded on July 30, 1973, and played in the Dutch second league of professional football, Eerste Divisie.Due to financial problems the club based in Amersfoort, Utrecht, folded on June 30, 1982....	36	7	9	20	23	30	59
18	FC Vlaardingen	36	6	10	20	22	31	59	Bankruptcy
19	SC Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...	36	7	6	23	20	35	72

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	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...	6	3	2	1	8	8	5	Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1981-82 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards, three clubs relegated instead of two.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup.-References:* *...
2	sc Heerenveen	6	2	3	1	7	9	7
3	FC Den Bosch	6	2	2	2	6	10	9
4	DS '79	6	1	1	4	3	9	15

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