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 ...

for the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie was divided into two groups, as next season there would only be one division of sixteen teams: this meant that many teams were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

Heracles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...

won the championship after a play-off against

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 ...

and were promoted to the Eredivisie.

New entrants and group changes

Group A

Promoted from the

1960–61 Tweede Divisie The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 18 teams, that would for the first time play in one league instead of two. Two teams would be directly promoted to the Eerste Divisie. The 3rd- and 4th-place finishers would play ag ...

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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 ...

Relegated from the

1960–61 Eredivisie The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship. League standings Relegation/Promotion play-off Elinkwijk were relegated to the Eerste Divisie. Results See also * 1960–61 Eers ...

: * Alkmaar '54 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 ...

* Go Ahead * 't Gooi *

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 ...

Sittardia HV Sittardia is a Dutch handball club in Sittard. The club was founded in 1949. 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, 1 ...

* SVV

Group B

Promoted from the

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FC Hilversum FC Hilversum is a football club from Hilversum, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1906 as ''Voorwaarts'' and is currently playing in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It will play in the inaugural season o ...

* RKVV Wilhelmina Relegated from the

: * Elinkwijk *

TSV NOAD TSV NOAD was an association football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands. Founded in 1910, the club played at the highest level of Dutch football between 1918 and 1961. History NOAD was founded on 5 June 1910. Unlike most other clubs in North B ...

Entered from the A-group: *

Enschedese Boys Enschedese Boys is a non-league football club from the Dutch city Enschede. In 1965 the professional team of ''De Boys'' merged with their rivals Sportclub Enschede to FC Twente (both clubs continued in non-league football). Currently ''Enschedese ...

Hermes DVS Hermes DVS is a Dutch omnisport club based in Schiedam. The club has football, cricket, squash and rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league * ...

Hollandia Victoria Combinatie Sportclub Amersfoort was a Dutch football club based in Amersfoort, Utrecht. It was founded on July 30, 1973, and played in the Dutch second league of professional football, Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the secon ...

* Limburgia * RBC

Final Tables

Group A

Group B

Play-offs

Promotion Play-off

promoted to

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 ...

Relegation Play-off

SVV relegated to

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

References

Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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