2004–05 Eerste Divisie

The 2004–05 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2004 and ended in April 2005. The title was won by Heracles Almelo.

Eerste Divisie

Season	2004–05
Champions	Heracles Almelo
Promoted	Heracles Almelo Sparta Rotterdam
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Promoted teams

The following teams were promoted to the Eredivisie at the end of the season:

• Heracles Almelo (champion)
• Sparta Rotterdam (promoted through playoffs)

New teams

These teams were relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season:

• FC Volendam (17th position, relegated through playoffs)
• FC Zwolle (18th position)

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Heracles Almelo	36	23	6	7	67	34	+33	75	Champion, promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Sparta Rotterdam	36	21	11	4	93	39	+54	74	Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs
3	VVV-Venlo	36	18	8	10	56	36	+20	62	Qualified for the play-offs
4	FC Zwolle	36	17	10	9	66	50	+16	61
5	FC Volendam	36	18	7	11	52	38	+14	61
6	Helmond Sport	36	16	9	11	61	44	+17	57
7	Stormvogels Telstar	36	15	11	10	58	46	+12	56
8	FC Dordrecht	36	15	8	13	46	51	−5	53
9	Cambuur Leeuwarden	36	13	8	15	44	54	−10	47
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	36	15	1	20	55	60	−5	46
11	BV Veendam	36	11	12	13	47	56	−9	45
12	Excelsior Rotterdam	36	12	8	16	56	59	−3	44
13	HFC Haarlem	36	11	9	16	47	56	−9	42
14	MVV	36	9	12	15	40	46	−6	39
15	FC Eindhoven	36	10	9	17	60	80	−20	39
16	TOP Oss	36	10	9	17	41	66	−25	39
17	Go Ahead Eagles	36	9	11	16	40	60	−20	35[lower-alpha 1]
18	FC Emmen	36	7	9	20	38	71	−33	30
19	Fortuna Sittard	36	8	10	18	46	67	−21	28[lower-alpha 2]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Deducted 3 points for financial mismanagement
2. Deducted 6 points for financial mismanagement

Playoff standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RBC Roosendaal	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Promoted to the Eredivisie
2	FC Volendam	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9
3	Stormvogels Telstar	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
4	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Sparta Rotterdam	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	15	Promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Helmond Sport	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
3	De Graafschap	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
4	FC Zwolle	6	0	1	5	6	20	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
24	Danny Koevermans	Sparta Rotterdam
22	Ricky van den Bergh	Sparta Rotterdam
	Riga Mustapha	Sparta Rotterdam
19	Ivan Cvetkov	Helmond Sport
18	Dirk Jan Derksen	Fortuna Sittard
16	Ronald Hamming	BV Veendam
15	Bernard Hofstede	VVV-Venlo
	Leon Kantelberg	Stormvogels Telstar
13	Ruud Berger	FC Zwolle
	Santinho Lopes Monteiro	AGOVV Apeldoorn
	Ibad Muhamadu	MVV
	Gert-Jan Tamerus	Heracles Almelo

See also

• 2004–05 Eredivisie
• 2004–05 KNVB Cup
• 2004–05 Sparta Rotterdam season

References

• JupilerLeague.nl - Official website Eerste Divisie (in Dutch)
• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)