The Dutch Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

 in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 16 teams. Willem II

Willem II Tilburg

Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...

 won the championship for the second time.

New entrants

Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1963–64

Tweede Divisie 1963–64

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1963/1964 season was contested by 32 teams, divided in two groups. NEC won the championship after beating Alkmaar '54 in a play-off....

:

• Alkmaar '54
• NEC

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1963-64

Eredivisie 1963-64

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1963/1964 season was contested by 16 teams. DWS won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners of the KNVB Cup 1963-64. 2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1964-65....

:

• Blauw Wit
• FC Volendam
  FC Volendam
  Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...
  
  

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Willem II	30	17	6	7	40	61	37	Promotion to Eredivisie Eredivisie 1965-66 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1965/1966 season was contested by 16 teams. Ajax won the championship. Only one team relegated this year, because next year, the number of participants would be 18 again.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup 1965-66....
2	Elinkwijk	30	18	4	8	40	44	29
3	Blauw Wit	30	14	9	7	37	53	39
4	Velox	30	13	11	6	37	54	42
5	FC Volendam FC Volendam Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...	30	14	6	10	34	64	50
6	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....	30	11	10	9	32	58	53
7	Enschedese Boys FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	30	11	7	12	29	61	61	1
8	VVV	30	9	11	10	29	46	51
9	De Volewijckers	30	8	12	10	28	52	51
10	NEC	30	10	8	12	28	55	59
11	Alkmaar '54	30	13	2	15	28	54	61
12	DHC XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam.The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class of Dutch football...	30	9	8	13	26	47	60
13	Holland Sport ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...	30	7	11	12	25	39	45
14	RBC	30	9	7	14	25	44	54
15	Veendam BV Veendam SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :...	30	7	8	15	22	42	62	Relegation to Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie 1965–66 The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1965/1966 season was contested by 30 teams, divided in two groups. It would be the last season the Tweede Divisie would be divided in two. From next season onwards, all teams would participate in one league. This also meant that more teams then before were promoted...
16	Excelsior	30	5	10	15	20	34	54

¹ Enschedese Boys would merge with Eredivisie-club SC Enschede to form FC Twente, next season.

Championship match

Elinkwijk and Willem II entered a match to determine the league champions. They played on the field of BVV.
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