Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
in the 1957–58 season was contested by 32 teams, divided in two groups. Willem II and SHS won the championship.
New entrants and group changes
Group A
Promoted from the
1956–57 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1956–57 season was contested by 30 teams, divided in two groups. It was the first season of the new lowest tier of Dutch professional football, organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Teams could ...
1956–57 Eredivisie
The 1956–57 season of the Eredivisie was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Netherlands, represented by the country's best clubs.Willem II
Entered from the B-group:
* AGOVV Apeldoorn
* DFC
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EDO
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VV Helmond
Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...
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Vitesse Arnhem
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* Triumph Vites ...
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FC Volendam
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Group B
Promoted from the
1956–57 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1956–57 season was contested by 30 teams, divided in two groups. It was the first season of the new lowest tier of Dutch professional football, organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Teams could ...
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Leeuwarden
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Relegated from the
1956–57 Eredivisie
The 1956–57 season of the Eredivisie was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Netherlands, represented by the country's best clubs.FC Eindhoven
FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...
Transferred from the A-group:
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HFC Haarlem
HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982 ...
KFC
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De Volewijckers
ASC De Volewijckers is a Dutch football club that plays in the Vierde Klasse. It is a continuation of ASV–DWV and AVV De Volewijckers.
History ASV–DWV
ASV-DWV or Door Wilskracht Verkregen was founded on 12 May 1912 in present-day Amster ...
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FC Wageningen
FC Wageningen (before 1978 ''Wageningen'' and ''WVV Wageningen'') was a Dutch football club which was founded on 27 August 1911., The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium.
Its first success came on 18 June 1939, when the team w ...
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
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Eerste Divisie B
See also
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1957–58 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1957–58 season was contested by 18 teams. At the end of the competition, Door Oefening Sterk (DOS) and SC Enschede shared the lead with 47 points. According to the rules, an extra match was required. It was played a ...
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1957–58 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1957–58 season was contested by 29 teams, one less than in the previous season due to the voluntary return of FC Oss to amateur football. The teams were divided in two groups of fifteen and fourteen teams respectiv ...