1982–83 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	1982–83
Champions	DS '79
Promoted	DS '79; FC Volendam; FC Den Bosch;
Goals scored	772
Average goals/game	3.21
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1982–83 season was contested by 16 teams, two less than the previous season. This was due to the disbandment of FC Amsterdam at the end of last season and the disbandment of SC Amersfoort halfway this year. DS '79 won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1981–82 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	DS '79	30	16	10	4	59	37	+22	42	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	FC Volendam	30	17	6	7	73	41	+32	40	Promoted to Eredivisie.
3	FC Den Bosch	30	15	8	7	51	28	+23	38	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
4	MVV Maastricht	30	13	10	7	52	31	+21	36
5	SC Cambuur	30	15	6	9	48	35	+13	36
6	FC Den Haag	30	11	10	9	60	44	+16	32
7	VVV-Venlo	30	14	3	13	54	56	−2	31	Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions.
8	sc Heerenveen	30	9	12	9	46	50	−4	30
9	SVV	30	10	10	10	42	55	−13	30
10	Vitesse Arnhem	30	12	5	13	44	41	+3	29
11	FC Eindhoven	30	10	8	12	41	54	−13	28
12	SC Veendam	30	7	12	11	44	50	−6	26
13	FC Wageningen	30	9	5	16	43	62	−19	23
14	De Graafschap	30	8	5	17	37	56	−19	21
15	Telstar	30	7	6	17	37	56	−19	20
16	SC Heracles	30	8	2	20	41	76	−35	18
0	SC Amersfoort	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	The club withdrew after 15 games, their results were expunged, and the club was disbanded.

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion competition

In the promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the Eredivisie.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	FC Den Bosch	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	9	Promoted to Eredivisie.
2	SC Cambuur	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8
3	VVV-Venlo	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	4
4	MVV Maastricht	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	3