Tweede Divisie
Founded | 1956 refounded in 2016 | ;
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Country | Netherlands |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 18 |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Promotion to | Eerste Divisie (for reserve teams) |
Relegation to | Derde Divisie U21 Division 1 (for reserve teams) |
Domestic cup(s) | KNVB Cup |
Current champions | Katwijk (3rd title) (2022–23) |
Current: 2023–24 Tweede Divisie |
Tweede Divisie (Dutch pronunciation: ), while the other eleven teams became amateur clubs.
Plans for a new, amateur Tweede Divisie, to be made up of 4 reserve teams and 14 Topklasse clubs, were approved in a KNVB assembly in December 2014. Thus, the Topklasse, renamed the Derde Divisie (English: Third Division), and leagues below decremented by one level, and furthermore, promotion and relegation among the second to fourth divisions were implemented starting in 2016–17.[1][2] Despite its amateurism, the league obliges its clubs to have a minimum number of players under contract.[3] No first team will be promoted to the Eerste Divisie until after 2022–23, but from the end of 2020–21 at first, the highest-ranked second (i.e., reserve) team gains promotion, while the lowest-ranked reserves are relegated to a new under-21 division. An under-23 competition has been established for the Tweede Divisie's amateur clubs that are not directly eligible for its under-21 equivalent.[4] Because of the 2020–21 season's cancellation,[5] promotion or relegation was suspended for five to 10 years in June 2022.[6]
Champions
- 1956–57: Leeuwarden & RBC
- 1957–58: ZFC & Heracles
- 1958–59: 't Gooi & Go Ahead
- 1959–60: EDO & Be Quick
- 1960–61: HFC Haarlem
- 1961–62: Velox
- 1962–63: VSV (beat HFC Haarlem in a play-off)
- 1963–64: NEC (beat Alkmaar '54 in a play-off)
- 1964–65: SC Cambuur (beat DFC in a play-off)
- 1965–66: Vitesse Arnhem & FC Den Bosch
- 1966–67: HFC Haarlem
- 1967–68: FC Wageningen
- 1968–69: De Graafschap
- 1969–70: SC Heerenveen
- Volewijckers
- 2016–17: Jong AZ
- 2017–18: Katwijk
- 2018–19: AFC
- 2019–20: No champions[7]
- 2020–21: No champions[5]
- 2021–22: Katwijk
- 2022–23: Katwijk
2023–24 teams
Club | City | 2022–23 season | Home ground | Capacity |
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AFC | Amsterdam | 3rd | Sportpark Goed Genoeg | 3,000 |
Excelsior Maassluis | Maassluis | 14th | Sportpark Dijkpolder | 5,000 |
HHC | Hardenberg | 4th | Sportpark De Boshoek | 4,500 |
Koninklijke HFC | Haarlem | 7th | Sportpark Spanjaardslaan | 1,500 |
IJsselmeervogels | Spakenburg | 16th | Sportpark De Westmaat | 6,000 |
Jong Sparta | Rotterdam | 10th | Het Kasteel | 11,000 |
Jong Volendam | Volendam | 17th | Kras Stadion | 7,384 |
Katwijk | Katwijk | 1st | Sportpark De Krom | 6,000 |
Kozakken Boys | Werkendam | 13th | Sportpark De Zwaaier | 3,000 |
Lisse | Lisse | 12th | Sportpark Ter Specke | 7,000 |
Noordwijk | Noordwijk | 9th | Sportpark Duin Wetering | 3,500 |
OFC | Oostzaan | 18th | Sportpark OFC | 1,500 |
Quick Boys | Katwijk aan Zee | 6th | Sportpark Nieuw Zuid | 8,100 |
Rijnsburgse Boys | Rijnsburg | 2nd | Sportpark Middelmors | 6,100 |
Scheveningen | Scheveningen | 8th | Sportpark Houtrust | 3,500 |
Spakenburg | Spakenburg | 11th | Sportpark De Westmaat | 8,500 |
TEC | Tiel | 15th | Sportpark De Lok | 2,500 |
De Treffers | Groesbeek | 5th | Sportpark Zuid | 4,000 |
References
- ^ "Plans for a new Tweede Divisie starting 2016–17". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Vanaf seizoen 2016/17: promotie/degradatie tussen amateurvoetbal en betaald voetbal". KNVB.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Richtlijn Licentiesysteem tweede en derde divisie seizoen 2019/'20" [Licensing system guidelines - Second and Third Division Season 2019–20] (in Dutch). KNVB. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Bondsvergadering kiest voor nieuwe competitiestructuur in jeugdvoetbal" [Association assembly opts for a new league structure in youth football] (in Dutch). KNVB. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Competities senioren categorie A niet hervat" [Seniors category A competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "6. Agenda bondsvergadering". Agenda (in Dutch). KNVB. 24 June 2023. p. 24.
- ^ "Competities amateurvoetbal niet hervat" [Amateur competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.