Eredivisie 1978-79
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The Dutch Eredivisie
in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double
. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax 1 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 93 | 31 | 62 | European Cup European Cup 1979-80 The season 1979–80 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area... |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 51 | 62 | 19 | 43 | UEFA Cup |
| 3 | PSV | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 65 | 23 | 42 | |
| 4 | AZ '67 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 84 | 43 | 41 | |
| 5 | Roda JC | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 58 | 33 | 25 | |
| 6 | Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887.... |
34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 48 | -1 | |
| 7 | FC Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 55 | -12 | |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 46 | -10 | |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 48 | 0 | |
| 10 | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 51 | -10 | |
| 11 | MVV | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 26 | 45 | -19 | |
| 12 | FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... 1 |
34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 58 | -4 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979-80 The season 1979-80 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won on penalties by Valencia CF in a goalless final against Arsenal FC. It was the only Cup Winners' Cup to be decided in this way , and was Valencia's third European title after two Fairs Cup victories.- Preliminary round :- First round... |
| 13 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 55 | -12 | |
| 14 | Vitesse | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 63 | -21 | |
| 15 | NEC | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 49 | -14 | |
| 16 | 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... |
34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 64 | -33 | |
| 17 | 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... |
34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 42 | 63 | -21 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1979-80 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1979/1980 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Groningen won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1978-79* FC Volendam* FC VVVDordrecht changed their name to DS '79 this season... |
| 18 | FC VVV | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 79 | -56 |
1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.