The 2018–19 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-third season of
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2018 and ended in May 2019 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the
2018–19 Eredivisie.
Teams
A total of 20 teams are taking part in the league.
Fortuna Sittard gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by
FC Twente
Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...
, who finished bottom in the
2017–18 Eredivisie
The 2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month. Feyenoord we ...
.
FC Emmen and
De Graafschap won the
post-season playoff, and are replaced in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie by
Roda JC and
Sparta Rotterdam.
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on June 7, 2018, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement to renew the football pyramid in the 2019–20 season. Part of the Agreement was that no promotion/relegation would take place between the Eerste and
Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie (; ) 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 between 1962 and 19 ...
this season.
Personnel and kits
Standings
Period tables
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Results
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2019.
Source: nos.nl
Hat-tricks(+)
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2019.
Assists
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2019.
Source: nos.nl
References
External links
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Eerste Divisie seasons
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
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