Tweede Divisie: Difference between revisions

| promotion = [[Eerste Divisie]] (for reserve teams)

| champions = [[Amsterdamsche FC|AFC]]None

| season = [[2018–192019–20 Tweede Divisie|2018–192019–20]]

| current = [[2019–202020–21 Tweede Divisie]]

The '''Tweede Divisie''' ({{lang-en|Second Division}}) is the onlyhighest semi-professionalamateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the [[Eredivisie]] and the [[Eerste Divisie]]. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The league was disbanded in 1971. Six clubs were promoted to the Eerste Divisie ([[AVV De Volewijckers|De Volewijckers]], [[FC Eindhoven]], [[VVV-Venlo|FC VVV]], [[Fortuna Vlaardingen]], [[PEC Zwolle|PEC]] and [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda JC]]), while the other eleven teams became amateur clubs.

Plans for a new, semi-professionalamateur Tweede Divisie, to be made up of 4 reserve teams and 14 [[Derde Divisie|Topklasse]] clubs, were approved in a [[Royal Dutch Football Association|KNVB]] assembly in December 2014. Thus, the Topklasse, renamed the '''Derde Divisie''' ({{lang-en|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Plans for a new Tweede Divisie starting 2016/20172016–17|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2006876-plannen-tweede-divisie-gaan-door.html |accessdate=16 July 2015|work=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]].nl|date=2 December 2014|languagelang=Dutch}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vanaf seizoen 2016/17: promotie/degradatie tussen amateurvoetbal en betaald voetbal|url=http://home.knvb.nl/nieuws/vanaf-seizoen-2016171617-promotiedegradatie-tussen-amateurvoetbal-en-betaald-voetbal/|accessdate=16 July 2015|work=[[Royal Dutch Football Association|KNVB]].nl|date=2 December 2014|languagelang=Dutch|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717114810/http://home.knvb.nl/nieuws/vanaf-seizoen-2016171617-promotiedegradatie-tussen-amateurvoetbal-en-betaald-voetbal/|archivedate=17 July 2015}}</ref> No first team will be promoted to the Eerste Divisie until after 2022–23, but from the end of 2020–21, the highest-ranked second (i.e., reserve) team gains promotion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/organisatie/berichten/58541/bondsvergadering-kiest-voor-nieuwe-competitiestructuur|title=Bondsvergadering kiest voor nieuwe competitiestructuur in jeugdvoetbal|trans-title=Association assembly opts for a new league structure in youth football|publisher=KNVB|lang=Dutch|date=16 December 2019|accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref>

* [[1956–57 Tweede Divisie|1956-19571956–57]] - [[SC Cambuur|Leeuwarden]] & [[RBC Roosendaal|RBC]]

* [[1957–58 Tweede Divisie|1957-19581957–58]] - [[FC Zaandam|ZFC]] & [[Heracles Almelo|Heracles]]

* [[1958–59 Tweede Divisie|1958-19591958–59]] - [[SC 't Gooi|'t Gooi]] & [[Go Ahead Eagles|Go Ahead]]

* [[1959–60 Tweede Divisie|1959-19601959–60]] - [[HFC EDO|EDO]] & [[Be Quick 1887|Be Quick]]

* [[1960–61 Tweede Divisie|1960-19611960–61]] - [[HFC Haarlem]]

* [[1961–62 Tweede Divisie|1961-19621961–62]] - [[FC Utrecht|Velox]]

* [[1962–63 Tweede Divisie|1962-19631962–63]] - [[SC Telstar|VSV]] (beat [[HFC Haarlem]] in a play-off)

* [[1963–64 Tweede Divisie|1963-19641963–64]] - [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]] (beat [[AZ Alkmaar|Alkmaar '54]] in a play-off)

* [[1964–65 Tweede Divisie|1964-19651964–65]] - [[SC Cambuur]] (beat [[FC Dordrecht|DFC]] in a play-off)

* [[1965–66 Tweede Divisie|1965-19661965–66]] - [[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse Arnhem]] & [[FC Den Bosch]]

* [[1966–67 Tweede Divisie|1966-19671966–67]] - [[HFC Haarlem]]

* [[1967–68 Tweede Divisie|1967-19681967–68]] - [[FC Wageningen]]

* [[1968–69 Tweede Divisie|1968-19691968–69]] - [[De Graafschap]]

* [[1969–70 Tweede Divisie|1969-19701969–70]] - [[SC Heerenveen]]

* [[1970–71 Tweede Divisie|1970-19711970–71]] - [[AVV De Volewijckers|Volewijckers]]

* [[2016–17 Tweede Divisie|2016-20172016–17]] - [[Jong AZ]]

* [[2017–18 Tweede Divisie|2017-20182017–18]] - [[VV Katwijk|Katwijk]]

* [[2018–19 Tweede Divisie|2018-20192018–19]] - [[Amsterdamsche FC|AFC]]

* [[2019–20 Tweede Divisie|2019-20202019–20]] - No champions<ref name=END>{{cite web|url=https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/amateurvoetbal/uitgelicht/59781/competities-amateurvoetbal-niet-hervat|title=Competities amateurvoetbal niet hervat|trans-title=Amateur competitions not resumed|publisher=KNVB|lang=Dutch|date=31 March 2020|accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref>

==2019-202020–21 Teams==

! 2018-192019–20 season

| 1st3rd

| 7th18th {{^|([[2018–19 Derde Divisie#Saturday league|Saturday Derde Divisie]], promoted through playoffs)}}

| 11th9th

| 2nd12th

| 10th13th

| 6th2nd

| 3rd5th

| 12th11th

| 1st17th {{^|([[2018–19 Derde Divisie#Sunday league|Sunday Derde Divisie]])}}

| 5th1st

| 4th8th

| 7th6th

| 1st10th {{^|([[2018–19 Derde Divisie#Saturday league|Saturday Derde Divisie]])}}

| 2nd14th {{^|([[2018–19 Derde Divisie#Saturday league|Saturday Derde Divisie]], promoted through playoffs)}}

| 13th4th

| 14th15th

| 9th7th

| 2nd16th {{^|([[2018–19 Derde Divisie#Sunday league|Sunday Derde Divisie]])}}

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