1969–70 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1969–70
Champions	FC Volendam
Promoted	SBV Excelsior; Fortuna Vlaardingen; De Graafschap;
Relegated	De Volewijckers; RCH; Fortuna Vlaardingen;
From Eredivisie	Fortuna SC; FC Volendam;
To Eredivisie	FC Volendam; SBV Excelsior;
Goals	742
Average goals/game	2.42
Top goalscorer	Gerrie Deijkers; Willem II; 24 goals
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1969–70 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1968–69 Eredivisie:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Volendam	34	19	11	4	57	22	+35	49	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	SBV Excelsior	34	19	10	5	56	31	+25	48	Promoted to Eredivisie.
3	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	34	16	13	5	41	20	+21	45
4	Elinkwijk	34	17	9	8	52	35	+17	43	Merged with DOS & Velox to form FC Utrecht.
5	FC Den Bosch	34	13	14	7	39	24	+15	40
6	Willem II	34	15	9	10	42	37	+5	39
7	Vitesse Arnhem	34	13	6	15	54	55	−1	32
8	SC Cambuur	34	9	14	11	41	43	−2	32
9	De Graafschap	34	12	8	14	49	51	−2	32
10	Heracles	34	9	12	13	33	40	−7	30
11	HVC	34	9	12	13	34	45	−11	30
12	Veendam	34	10	10	14	38	49	−11	30
13	Helmond Sport	34	10	9	15	26	32	−6	29
14	Fortuna SC	34	9	11	14	39	51	−12	29
15	DFC	34	8	12	14	36	45	−9	28
16	De Volewijckers	34	10	8	16	37	51	−14	28	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
17	RCH	34	10	6	18	35	56	−21	26
18	Fortuna Vlaardingen	34	7	8	19	33	55	−22	22

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