1974–75 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1974–75
Champions	NEC Nijmegen
Promoted	NEC Nijmegen; FC Eindhoven;
Goals scored	871
Average goals/game	2.54
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1974–75 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous year. This was due to the absorption of Volewijckers by eredivisie-club FC Amsterdam. NEC Nijmegen won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1973–74 Eredivisie

Fortuna Vlaardingen changed their name to FC Vlaardingen for this season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	NEC	36	15	18	3	50	23	+27	48	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Groningen	36	21	6	9	63	40	+23	48	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	Vitesse Arnhem	36	18	9	9	64	40	+24	45
4	PEC Zwolle	36	17	11	8	50	35	+15	45
5	VVV-Venlo	36	15	13	8	59	30	+29	43
6	FC Eindhoven	36	16	11	9	59	37	+22	43	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
7	sc Heerenveen	36	17	8	11	47	34	+13	42
8	FC Volendam	36	15	8	13	56	46	+10	38
9	Fortuna SC	36	15	8	13	44	35	+9	38
10	FC Den Bosch	36	11	14	11	41	48	−7	36
11	SC Heracles	36	11	13	12	49	56	−7	35
12	SC Amersfoort	36	9	12	15	37	46	−9	30
13	SC Cambuur	36	10	10	16	43	57	−14	30
14	Willem II	36	12	5	19	42	51	−9	29
15	SVV	36	9	10	17	34	52	−18	28
16	FC Vlaardingen	36	10	8	18	34	56	−22	28
17	FC Dordrecht	36	9	9	18	40	60	−20	27
18	Helmond Sport	36	9	9	18	28	49	−21	27
19	SC Veendam	36	9	6	21	31	76	−45	24

Source: rsssf.com

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	FC Eindhoven	6	5	1	16	5	+11	10	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Groningen	6	3	3	10	9	+1	6
3	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	4	12	13	−1	4
4	PEC Zwolle	6	2	4	3	14	−11	4