The Dutch
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 1958–59 season was contested by 31 teams, divided in one group of sixteen teams and one of fifteen. One team less participated this year, due to the merger of
DWS with eredivisie-club BVC Amsterdam.
FC Volendam
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and
Sittardia
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Sittardia is one of the most successful handball teams in Dutch handball history. They won the Dutch National Championship in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, ...
won the championship.
New entrants and group changes
Eerste Divisie A
Promoted from the
1957–58 Tweede Divisie:
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ZFC
Relegated from the
1957–58 Eredivisie:
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BVV
Entered from the B-group:
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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 ...
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Fortuna Vlaardingen
Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch football club which was founded in 1904 in Vlaardingen. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium.
History
The club entered the Eerste Divisie in 1956. Fortuna never made it towards the Eredivisie and co ...
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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 ...
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Leeuwarden
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Limburgia &
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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 ...
Eerste Divisie B
Promoted from the
1957–58 Tweede Divisie:
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Heracles
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Relegated from the
1957–58 Eredivisie:
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GVAV
GVAV-Rapiditas are a Dutch multi-sport club based in Groningen, Netherlands. Its first association football team competes in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse since 2015, when it relegated from the Eerste Klasse. From 1954 to 1971, the club featured ...
Entered from the A-group:
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Excelsior
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HVC
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RBC Roosendaal
RBC, commonly known under its previous official name RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse after a bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in tenth tier Vijfde Kl ...
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Roda Sport &
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Vitesse Arnhem
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* Triumph Vites ...
Final tables
Eerste Divisie A
Eerste Divisie B
See also
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1958–59 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 18 teams. Sparta won the championship.
League standings
Results
See also
* 1958–59 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 31 teams, ...
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1958–59 Tweede Divisie
References
Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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Eerste Divisie seasons
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