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 t ...

in the 1979–80 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Groningen won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the

1978–79 Eredivisie The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. League standings Results See also * 1978–79 Eerste Divisie * 1978–79 KNVB Cup References Eredivisie official website - info on all s ...

* FC Volendam *

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

''Dordrecht changed their name to

DS '79 Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

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''Fortuna SC changed their name to

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

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League standings

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.

References

Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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