1980–81 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1980–81 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.

Season1980–81

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	HFC Haarlem	36	24	6	6	78	25	+53	54	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	sc Heerenveen	36	18	10	8	68	41	+27	46	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
3	FC Volendam	36	17	12	7	68	49	+19	46
4	Fortuna Sittard	36	18	7	11	65	50	+15	43
5	DS '79	36	17	8	11	64	49	+15	42	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
6	FC Den Bosch	36	17	8	11	46	41	+5	42
7	De Graafschap	36	15	11	10	55	43	+12	41
8	Vitesse Arnhem	36	14	10	12	55	58	−3	38
9	SC Cambuur	36	13	10	13	46	38	+8	36
10	FC Eindhoven	36	12	12	12	47	44	+3	36
11	Telstar	36	12	11	13	43	56	−13	35
12	Helmond Sport	36	11	12	13	45	45	0	34
13	VVV-Venlo	36	14	5	17	68	74	−6	33
14	SVV	36	10	13	13	35	47	−12	33
15	SC Veendam	36	11	9	16	53	65	−12	31
16	FC Amsterdam	36	9	11	16	45	62	−17	29
17	SC Amersfoort	36	7	9	20	30	59	−29	23
18	FC Vlaardingen	36	6	10	20	31	59	−28	22	Withdrew owing to bankruptcy.
19	SC Heracles	36	7	6	23	35	72	−37	20

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	De Graafschap	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	sc Heerenveen	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	7
3	FC Den Bosch	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	6
4	DS '79	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	3

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