title: 1983–84 Eerste Divisie
text: # 1983–84 Eerste Divisie
  
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1983–84 season was contested by 17 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to RBC Roosendaal, entering from the amateurs. MVV won the championship.
  
  ## New entrants
  
  Entered from amateur football
  
  * RBC Roosendaal
  
  Relegated from the 1982–83 Eredivisie
  
  * NAC Breda
  * NEC
  * FC Twente
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | MVV Maastricht | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 48 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
  | 2 | FC Twente | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 82 | 41 | +41 | 47 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
  | 3 | NAC Breda | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 41 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
  | 4 | SC Cambuur | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 38 | |
  | 5 | Telstar | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 37 | |
  | 6 | De Graafschap | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 36 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
  | 7 | FC Den Haag | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 35 | |
  | 8 | FC Wageningen | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 35 | |
  | 9 | NEC | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 33 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
  | 10 | VVV-Venlo | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 32 | Qualified for Promotion play-off as Period champions. |
  | 11 | Vitesse Arnhem | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 32 | |
  | 12 | SC Heracles | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 30 | |
  | 13 | sc Heerenveen | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 25 | |
  | 14 | RBC Roosendaal | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 21 | |
  | 15 | FC Eindhoven | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 82 | −30 | 21 | |
  | 16 | SC Veendam | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 19 | |
  | 17 | SVV | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 14 | |
  
  ## 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 | NAC Breda | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 | Promoted to Eredivisie. |
  | 2 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | |
  | 3 | De Graafschap | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |
  | 4 | NEC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | |
  