The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1990–91 season was contested by 20 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to VC Vlissingen entering from the amateurs. De Graafschap won the championship.
New entrants Entering from amateur football VC Vlissingen Relegated from the 1989–90 Eredivisie BVV Den Bosch HFC Haarlem DS '79 changed their name to Dordrecht '90 this season.
League standings
Promotion/relegation play-offs The promotion/relegation play-offs consisted of three rounds. In the group round, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) and two (other) best placed teams in the league, played in two groups of three teams. The group winners would play in play-off 1. The winners of that play-off would be promoted to the Eredivisie, the loser had to take on the number 16 of the Eredivisie in play-off 2. These two teams played for the third and last position in the Eredivisie of next season.
Play-off 1
VVV-Venlo: promoted to Eredivisie NAC Breda: play-off 2
Play-off 2
SVV: remain in Eredivisie and merge with Dordrecht '90 NAC Breda: remain in Eerste Divisie
Attendances
# Club Average 1 De Graafschap 5,554 2 NAC 5,317 3 VVV 3,747 4 AZ 3,635 5 Cambuur 3,531 6 Helmond 3,090 7 Go Ahead 2,587 8 VCV 2,568 9 Emmen 2,307 10 Eindhoven 2,106 11 Heracles 2,100 12 Zwolle 2,100 13 RBC 1,966 14 Veendam 1,895 15 Wageningen 1,749 16 Dordrecht 1,712 17 Telstar 1,699 18 Den Bosch 1,462 19 Haarlem 1,275 20 Excelsior 661
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened91.htm
See also 1990–91 Eredivisie 1990–91 KNVB Cup
References
Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)