1987–88 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1987–88
Champions	RKC Waalwijk
Promoted	RKC Waalwijk; SC Veendam; MVV;
Goals scored	1,053
Average goals/game	3.07
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1987–88 season was contested by 19 teams. RKC Waalwijk won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1986–87 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	RKC Waalwijk	36	31	3	2	104	30	+74	65	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	SC Veendam	36	19	13	4	66	39	+27	51	Promotion to Eredivisie
3	MVV	36	17	10	9	65	39	+26	44	Period champions
4	De Graafschap	36	16	12	8	58	42	+16	44	Period champions
5	NEC	36	17	8	11	68	51	+17	42
6	FC Eindhoven	36	14	12	10	58	47	+11	40
7	RBC	36	14	12	10	55	50	+5	40	Period champions
8	Excelsior	36	14	10	12	48	42	+6	38
9	Vitesse Arnhem	36	14	8	14	58	67	−9	36	Period champions
10	sc Heerenveen	36	14	6	16	59	52	+7	34
11	SC Cambuur	36	11	12	13	55	57	−2	34
12	Go Ahead Eagles	36	11	12	13	49	51	−2	34
13	Telstar	36	14	6	16	61	71	−10	34
14	FC Wageningen	36	11	9	16	51	67	−16	31
15	SVV	36	11	7	18	57	72	−15	29
16	Helmond Sport	36	5	15	16	36	57	−21	25
17	NAC Breda	36	9	7	20	45	69	−24	25
18	FC Emmen	36	5	12	19	29	59	−30	22
19	SC Heracles	36	5	6	25	31	91	−60	16

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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	MVV	6	5	0	1	17	6	+11	10	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	5
3	RBC	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	5
4	De Graafschap	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	4