1979–80 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1979–80
Champions	AFC Ajax (19th title)
Promoted	Willem II SBV Excelsior
Relegated	Vitesse Arnhem HFC Haarlem
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Cup Winners' Cup	Feyenoord
UEFA Cup	AZ '67 PSV Eindhoven FC Utrecht FC Twente
Goals scored	883
Average goals/game	2.88
Top goalscorer	Kees Kist AZ '67 27 goals
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1979–80 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	6	6	77	41	+36	50	Qualified for 1980–81 European Cup
2	AZ '67	34	20	7	7	77	36	+41	47	Qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	8	8	66	37	+29	44
4	Feyenoord	34	15	13	6	58	36	+22	43	Qualified for 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup
5	FC Utrecht	34	14	11	9	49	35	+14	39	Qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup
6	FC Twente	34	16	7	11	49	41	+8	39
7	Roda JC	34	14	8	12	51	49	+2	36
8	Willem II	34	11	12	11	43	63	−20	34
9	SBV Excelsior	34	10	11	13	56	60	−4	31
10	FC Den Haag	34	11	9	14	38	43	−5	31
11	MVV Maastricht	34	10	11	13	46	53	−7	31
12	Go Ahead Eagles	34	12	6	16	51	52	−1	30
13	Sparta Rotterdam	34	10	7	17	45	55	−10	27
14	PEC Zwolle	34	9	9	16	36	47	−11	27
15	NEC	34	11	5	18	33	50	−17	27
16	NAC	34	10	7	17	35	59	−24	27
17	Vitesse Arnhem	34	6	13	15	35	59	−24	25	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18	HFC Haarlem	34	7	10	17	38	67	−29	24

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	EXC	FEY	GAE	DHA	HFC	MVV	NAC	NEC	PEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	WIL
Ajax		2–2	6–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–6	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	3–2	3–2	3–0	7–1
AZ '67	2–3		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	7–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Excelsior	2–2	1–5		0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2
Feyenoord	4–0	3–1	0–4		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	5–1
Go Ahead Eagles	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	5–1	3–0
FC Den Haag	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–4		2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
Haarlem	1–3	0–3	1–5	0–2	2–3	1–1		2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–3	5–3	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–1
MVV	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	4–1		3–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1
NAC	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1
N.E.C.	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1		4–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	2–3
PEC Zwolle	3–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–0		1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–2
PSV	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–1	1–0	7–1	3–0	1–1	3–0
Roda JC	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3		2–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–2
Sparta Rotterdam	3–4	3–3	3–1	0–4	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–2	4–0
FC Twente '65	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		0–1	4–1	0–0
FC Utrecht	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	0–0		4–0	2–2
Vitesse	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–3	3–5	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0		3–1
Willem II	1–3	0–6	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1979–80 Eerste Divisie
• 1979–80 KNVB Cup

References

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)
• RSSSF