1961–62 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1961–62
Champions	Heracles
Promoted	HFC Haarlem; FC Hilversum; RKVV Wilhelmina;
Relegated	Half of each group
From Eredivisie	Alkmaar '54; Elinkwijk; NOAD;
To Eredivisie	Heracles
Goals scored	2,029
Average goals/game	3.31
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie for the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie was divided into two groups, as next season there would only be one division of sixteen teams: this meant that many teams were relegated to the Tweede Divisie. Heracles won the championship after a play-off against Fortuna Vlaardingen and were promoted to the Eredivisie.

New entrants and group changes

Group A

Promoted from the 1960–61 Tweede Divisie:

HFC Haarlem

Relegated from the 1960–61 Eredivisie:

Alkmaar '54

Entered from the B-group:

Group B

Promoted from the 1960–61 Tweede Divisie:

Relegated from the 1960–61 Eredivisie:

Entered from the A-group:

Final Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Vlaardingen	34	19	9	6	82	49	+33	47	Qualified for Promotion play-off.
2	DHC	34	17	12	5	54	22	+32	46
3	Sittardia	34	18	9	7	58	36	+22	45
4	Go Ahead	34	14	14	6	53	32	+21	42
5	Veendam	34	15	11	8	60	38	+22	41
6	FC Eindhoven	34	18	5	11	56	42	+14	41
7	SVV	34	15	11	8	50	42	+8	41	Qualified for Relegation play-off.
8	AGOVV Apeldoorn	34	15	10	9	73	52	+21	40	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
9	DFC	34	13	13	8	45	31	+14	39
10	Vitesse Arnhem	34	14	8	12	62	62	0	36
11	KFC	34	12	10	12	44	50	−6	34
12	Alkmaar '54	34	13	7	14	50	50	0	33
13	Leeuwarden	34	10	10	14	44	49	−5	30
14	't Gooi	34	11	8	15	55	63	−8	30
15	BVV	34	10	5	19	46	63	−17	25
16	HFC Haarlem	34	5	5	24	28	81	−53	15
17	Stormvogels	34	4	6	24	33	79	−46	14
18	VV Helmond	34	6	1	27	30	82	−52	13	Returned to amateur football.

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Heracles	34	22	6	6	103	28	+75	50	Qualified for Promotion play-off.
2	SBV Excelsior	34	19	9	6	70	37	+33	47
3	Elinkwijk	34	19	6	9	68	54	+14	44
4	RBC Roosendaal	34	18	7	9	70	50	+20	43
5	Enschedese Boys	34	18	6	10	84	51	+33	42
6	Limburgia	34	17	7	10	72	48	+24	41
7	SHS	34	17	6	11	57	37	+20	40	Qualified for Relegation play-off.
8	ZFC	34	14	8	12	40	36	+4	36	Relegated to Tweede Divisie.
9	Be Quick 1887	34	13	7	14	69	73	−4	33
10	FC Wageningen	34	12	9	13	69	75	−6	33
11	SC Heerenveen	34	10	11	13	46	52	−6	31
12	Hermes DVS	34	12	7	15	52	62	−10	31
13	TSV NOAD	34	12	7	15	55	71	−16	31
14	FC Hilversum	34	12	5	17	58	58	0	29
15	VSV	34	11	5	18	57	87	−30	27
16	Hollandia Victoria Combinatie	34	11	4	19	55	71	−16	26
17	RKVV Wilhelmina	34	8	7	19	51	84	−33	23
18	EBOH	34	1	3	30	29	131	−102	5	Returned to amateur football.