1978–79 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season1978–79
ChampionsAFC Ajax (18th title)
Promoted
Relegated
European CupAFC Ajax
Cup Winners' CupFC Twente
UEFA Cup
Goals scored873
Average goals/game2.85
Top goalscorerNetherlands Kees Kist
AZ '67 34 goals [1]

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978–79 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Ajax 34 24 6 4 93 31 +62 54 Qualified for 1979–80 European Cup
2 Feyenoord 34 19 13 2 62 19 +43 51 Qualified for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
3 PSV Eindhoven 34 20 9 5 65 23 +42 49
4 AZ '67 34 19 7 8 84 43 +41 45
5 Roda JC 34 18 8 8 58 33 +25 44
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 14 5 15 47 48 −1 33
7 FC Den Haag 34 11 11 12 43 55 −12 33
8 PEC Zwolle 34 7 18 9 36 46 −10 32
9 Go Ahead Eagles 34 11 9 14 48 48 0 31
10 NAC 34 8 15 11 41 51 −10 31
11 MVV Maastricht 34 9 13 12 26 45 −19 31
12 FC Twente 34 9 12 13 54 58 −4 30 Qualified for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup[a]
13 FC Utrecht 34 10 10 14 43 55 −12 30
14 Vitesse Arnhem 34 7 15 12 42 63 −21 29
15 NEC 34 7 14 13 35 49 −14 28
16 HFC Haarlem 34 6 13 15 31 64 −33 25
17 FC Volendam 34 7 8 19 42 63 −21 22 Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18 VVV-Venlo 34 4 6 24 23 79 −56 14
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ AFC Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists FC Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away AJA AZ FEY GAE DHA HFC MVV NAC NEC PEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VOL VVV
Ajax 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 4–1 6–0 0–0 3–2 4–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 8–1 6–1 4–0 7–3 4–0
AZ '67 1–2 2–2 1–0 7–1 3–0 0–0 5–1 8–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 4–1 8–1
Feyenoord 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 5–0
Go Ahead Eagles 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 5–3 1–0 2–3 4–0 2–1 2–0
FC Den Haag 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–1
Haarlem 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–5 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0
MVV 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1
NAC 1–7 2–3 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 5–1 2–0
N.E.C. 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 4–1
PEC Zwolle 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2
PSV 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 2–0
Roda JC 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 4–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 2–1
Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–0
FC Twente '65 2–3 4–2 0–0 1–2 5–2 7–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 2–0
FC Utrecht 1–4 1–2 1–3 2–1 5–3 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Vitesse 0–0 3–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–5 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
FC Volendam 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 5–0 0–1 2–2 4–0
FC VVV 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–5 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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