1956–57 Eerste Divisie

The 1956–57 Eerste Divisie was the first season in the history of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The league had been divided in two, with an Eerste Divisie A and an Eerste Divisie B, each comprising 16 teams. The two champions, ADO Den Haag and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, were promoted to the Eredivisie, while the teams finishing last in each division, Emma and EBOH, both of Dordrecht, were relegated to the Tweede Divisie.

Eerste Divisie
Season1956–57
ChampionsADO Den Haag
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
PromotedNew league
RelegatedEmma
EBOH
From EredivisieNew league
To EredivisieADO Den Haag
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
Goals scored1,730
Average goals/game3.60
1957-58 →

The composition of the league was based on the results of the previous season. The teams that had finished 10th to 18th in the Hoofdklasse A and Hoofdklasse B, then the country's highest tiers, and 14 teams from the Eerste Klasse were placed in the Eerste Divisie.

Eerste Divisie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 ADO Den Haag 30 20 7 3 89 35 +54 47 Promoted to Eredivisie
2 Alkmaar '54 30 15 8 7 75 52 +23 38
3 Limburgia 30 13 11 6 50 37 +13 37 Moved to Eerste-B
4 Xerxes 30 14 9 7 57 46 +11 37
5 SVV 30 14 7 9 60 46 +14 35
6 HVC 30 13 8 9 70 62 +8 34
7 Helmondia '55 30 11 10 9 45 50 −5 32 Moved to Eerste-B
8 HFC Haarlem 30 9 12 9 54 47 +7 30
9 VSV 30 11 8 11 44 45 −1 30
10 De Graafschap 30 8 11 11 44 55 −11 27
11 FC Wageningen 30 8 10 12 55 60 −5 26 Moved to Eerste-B
12 Roda Sport 30 10 6 14 48 60 −12 26
13 KFC 30 10 5 15 56 64 −8 25 Moved to Eerste-B
14 De Volewijckers 30 9 7 14 52 64 −12 25
15 DWS 30 6 9 15 37 63 −26 21
16 Emma 30 2 6 22 30 80 −50 10 Relegated to Tweede Divisie
Source: rsssf.com

Match table
Home \ Away ADO ALK DWS EMM GRA HAA H55 HVC KFC LIM RJC SVV VLW VSV WAG XER
ADO Den Haag 3–1 3–0 10–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 6–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 5–1 3–0 3–1 2–2
Alkmaar '54 0–3 2–2 2–0 5–2 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 5–1 5–2 2–4 4–3 1–2 1–1 5–1
DWS 1–5 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–5 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–4
Emma 1–2 2–4 3–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–6 1–4 0–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 5–1 1–2
De Graafschap 6–4 3–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 6–1 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
HFC Haarlem 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 3–3 5–1 2–2 1–4 0–0 4–0 0–1
Helmondia '55 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–6
HVC 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 6–5 3–2 3–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 1–5 1–3 1–1
KFC 0–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 6–2 1–3 2–3 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–2
Limburgia 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 0–0 1–4
Rapid JC 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 4–3 2–2 2–1 2–0
SVV 3–4 4–5 1–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 3–2
De Volewijckers 3–3 1–4 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–3
VSV 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1
FC Wageningen 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 4–3 1–1 2–2 6–4 0–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 6–1 2–2
Xerxes 1–0 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 3–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Divisie B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 30 22 3 5 74 30 +44 47 Promoted to Eredivisie
2 Stormvogels 30 19 7 4 68 38 +30 45
3 DFC 30 15 8 7 66 49 +17 38 Moved to Eerste-A
4 FC Volendam 30 14 7 9 69 50 +19 35
5 Racing Club Heemstede 30 12 11 7 49 38 +11 35
6 Sittardia 30 13 6 11 64 50 +14 32
7 Vitesse Arnhem 30 11 9 10 52 41 +11 31 Moved to Eerste-A
8 Hermes DVS 30 12 7 11 62 58 +4 31
9 SBV Excelsior 30 7 15 8 36 41 −5 29 Moved to Eerste-A
10 SHS 30 9 10 11 58 59 −1 28
11 VV Helmond 30 11 4 15 53 64 −11 26 Moved to Eerste-A
12 Rigtersbleek 30 8 10 12 48 65 −17 26
13 EDO 30 8 6 16 47 71 −24 22 Moved to Eerste-A
14 Fortuna Vlaardingen 30 7 7 16 42 63 −21 21
15 AGOVV Apeldoorn 30 8 5 17 46 70 −24 21 Moved to Eerste-A
16 EBOH 30 3 7 20 30 77 −47 13 Relegated to Tweede Divisie
Source: rsssf.com

Match table
Home \ Away AGO BWA DFC EBO EDO EXC FVL HEL HER RCH RIG SHS SIT STO VIT VOL
AGOVV Apeldoorn 1–8 1–3 2–0 6–4 0–0 3–2 5–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–2
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 5–1
DFC 4–1 3–2 5–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–0 3–1
EBOH 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–4 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–2
EDO 3–1 3–2 1–4 4–2 3–3 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–3 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1
SBV Excelsior 5–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3
Fortuna Vlaardingen 4–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2
VV Helmond 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–3 2–2 5–2 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–5
Hermes DVS 3–0 1–0 2–4 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 5–2 0–3 3–1 5–3
Racing Club Heemstede 2–1 2–5 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2
Rigtersbleek 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 7–2 4–2 3–3 0–2 3–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–4
SHS 3–1 3–4 4–4 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–3 2–4 4–3 2–0
Sittardia 2–2 1–2 3–1 6–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 5–4 4–2 3–0 4–0 4–3 1–4 1–2 3–0
Stormvogels 3–1 1–5 4–3 5–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–2 7–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 2–1
Vitesse Arnhem 1–0 1–1 6–1 5–0 6–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–5 1–2 1–1
FC Volendam 4–0 1–0 4–5 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–2 3–3
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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