1985–86 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1985-86
Champions	FC Den Haag
Promoted	FC Den Haag PEC Zwolle SC Veendam
Goals scored	1036
Average goals/game	3.02
← 1984-85 1986-87 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1985/1986 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to FC Emmen entering from the amateurs. FC Den Haag won the championship without losing a single match.

New entrants

Entered from amateur football

• FC Emmen

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1984-85

• NAC Breda
• PEC Zwolle
• FC Volendam

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Den Haag	36	26	10	0	85	33	62	+52	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	PEC Zwolle	36	21	9	6	71	31	51	+40
3	RKC Waalwijk	36	17	11	8	67	51	45	+16	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
4	SC Veendam	36	18	8	10	63	35	44	+28
5	Willem II	36	15	12	9	63	48	42	+15
6	Telstar	36	16	9	11	55	51	41	+4
7	FC Volendam	36	14	12	10	62	55	40	+7
8	Vitesse Arnhem	36	13	12	11	52	54	38	-2	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
9	De Graafschap	36	10	13	13	57	62	33	-5
10	RBC Roosendaal	36	13	7	16	52	58	33	-6
11	SVV	36	11	11	14	59	68	33	-9
12	Helmond Sport	36	11	10	15	52	58	32	-6
13	NAC Breda	36	10	12	14	54	61	32	-7
14	FC Wageningen	36	12	6	18	48	61	3	-13
15	DS '79	36	8	13	15	44	61	29	-17
16	FC Eindhoven	36	11	7	18	40	61	29	-21
17	sc Heerenveen	36	8	11	17	50	66	27	-16
18	FC Emmen	36	6	12	18	30	54	24	-24
19	SC Cambuur	36	3	13	20	32	68	19	-36

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	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	SC Veendam	6	6	0	0	15	5	12	+10	Promoted to Eredivisie,
2	Willem II	6	3	1	2	8	5	7	+3
3	RKC Waalwijk	6	1	1	4	12	13	3	-1
4	Vitesse Arnhem	6	1	0	5	5	17	2	-12

See also

• Eredivisie 1985-86
• KNVB Cup 1985-86

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)