2023–24 Tweede Divisie

Tweede Divisie
Season2023–24
Dates19 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsSpakenburg
RelegatedKozakken Boys
Lisse
Matches played306
Goals scored966 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerAhmed El Azzouti
(25 goals)
Biggest home winSpakenburg 8–0 Noordwijk
(6 April 2024)
Biggest away winLisse 0–5 HHC Hardenberg
(9 September 2023)
Quick Boys 0–5 Noordwijk
(11 November 2023)
Scheveningen 0–5 Quick Boys
(20 January 2024)
Kozakken Boys 0–5 AFC
(27 January 2024)
Highest scoringLisse 4–7 Jong Sparta
(16 September 2023)
Longest winning run9 matches
Spakenburg
Longest unbeaten run19 matches
Spakenburg
Longest winless run13 matches
Scheveningen
Kozakken Boys
Longest losing run8 matches
Scheveningen

The 2023–24 Tweede Divisie, known as Betnation Divisie for sponsorship reasons,[1] season is the eighth edition of the Dutch third tier since ending its hiatus since the 1970–71 season and the 23rd edition using the Tweede Divisie name.[2]

On 2 October 2017, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement during the extraordinary general meeting of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) regarding the path to renewal of the football pyramid.

During the extraordinary general meeting of 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached on the number of allowed reserve teams (belofteteams) in each division. For the Tweede Divisie, there are two. It was also decided that only two reserve teams would compete in the Tweede Divisie, with the remaining reserve teams participating in the new Under 21 Eredivisie. This is accompanied by its own relegation system.

After two extensions of the non-existent promotion/relegation system (due to Tweede Divisie club's not having the economic capacity to compete in a fully professional league) in 2022, a decision was made to suspend the mandatory promotion/relegation system between the Eerste Divisie and Tweede Divisie for the next five to ten seasons for standard teams. The suspension does not apply to reserve teams. During the general meeting on 24 June 2022, it was announced that a proposal would be put forth for an admission arrangement to the Eerste Divisie.[3]

Overview before the season

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The league distinguishes between first team (standard team) of a football club and second team, also known as a reserve team or reserve squad (teams starting with "Jong"). For this season, there are two reserve teams playing in the Tweede Divisie, namely Jong Sparta and Jong Almere City FC.

For promotion, the following applies:

  • If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes in 19th or 20th place, a reserve team will be promoted directly from the Tweede Divisie if it finishes in first or second place.
  • If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes between 11th and 18th place, and a reserve team becomes the champion of the Tweede Divisie, a play-off match will take place for one spot in the Eerste Divisie.
  • If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes in the top ten, there will be no promotion or relegation between the Eerste Divisie and Tweede Divisie.

For relegation, the following applies:

  • The two standard teams that, based solely on the first teams, finish in 14th and 15th place, will play a relegation playoff with the period champions of the Derde Divisie for one spot in the1 Tweede Divisie.
  • The standard team that finishes 16th, based solely on the first teams, will be relegated to the Derde Divisie.
  • If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes in 17th or 18th place, it will be directly relegated to the Under 21 competition.
  • If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes between 10th and 16th place, it will play a playoff match against the champion of the Under 21 competition for one spot in the Tweede Divisie.
  • If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes in the top nine, there will be no promotion or relegation between the Tweede Divisie and the Under 21 competition.

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from
2022–23 Derde Divisie 		Promoted from
2022–23 Division 1 U21 		Relegated to
2023-24 Derde Divisie 		Relegated to
2023–24 Division 1 U21 		Withdrawn
ACV
ADO '20
GVVV 		Jong Almere City IJsselmeervogels
TEC 		Jong Volendam OFC
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Location of teams in the Tweede Divisie 2022-23
Club Location Venue Capacity
ACV Assen Univé Sportpark 03,000
ADO '20 Heemskerk Sportpark de Vlotter 06,000
AFC Amsterdam Sportpark Goed Genoeg 03,000
Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis Sportpark Dijkpolder 05,000
GVVV Veenendaal Sportpark Panhuis 04,500
HHC Hardenberg Sportpark De Boshoek 04,500
Koninklijke HFC Haarlem Sportpark Spanjaardslaan 01,500
Jong Almere City Almere Yanmar Stadion 04,501
Jong Sparta Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,000
Katwijk Katwijk Sportpark De Krom 06,000
Kozakken Boys Werkendam Sportpark De Zwaaier 03,000
Lisse Lisse Sportpark Ter Specke 07,000
Noordwijk Noordwijk Sportpark Duin Wetering 03,500
Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee Sportpark Nieuw Zuid 08,100
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg Sportpark Middelmors 06,100
Scheveningen Scheveningen Sportpark Houtrust 03,500
Spakenburg Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 08,500
De Treffers Groesbeek Sportpark Zuid 04,000

Number of teams by province

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Number of teams Province Team(s)
8  South Holland Excelsior Maassluis, Jong Sparta, Katwijk, Lisse, Noordwijk, Quick Boys, Rijnsburgse Boys, Scheveningen
3  North Holland ADO '20, AFC, Koninklijke HFC
2  Utrecht GVVV, Spakenburg
1  Drenthe ACV
 Flevoland Jong Almere City
 Gelderland De Treffers
 North Brabant Kozakken Boys
 Overijssel HHC

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spakenburg (C) 34 26 4 4 89 38 +51 82
2 De Treffers 34 22 5 7 66 42 +24 71
3 Quick Boys 34 18 8 8 69 47 +22 62
4 Katwijk 34 19 2 13 62 49 +13 59
5 AFC 34 16 9 9 63 47 +16 57
6 GVVV 34 15 9 10 57 53 +4 54
7 Jong Sparta 34 14 7 13 59 53 +6 49
8 Jong Almere City 34 13 10 11 60 55 +5 49
9 ACV 34 14 5 15 49 54 −5 47
10 HHC Hardenberg 34 12 8 14 48 43 +5 44
11 Koninklijke HFC 34 11 11 12 50 48 +2 44
12 ADO '20 34 12 6 16 45 56 −11 42
13 Rijnsburgse Boys 34 11 8 15 49 57 −8 41
14 Noordwijk 34 8 15 11 43 52 −9 39
15 Scheveningen 34 7 12 15 44 61 −17 33
16 Excelsior Maassluis (O) 34 8 8 18 42 62 −20 32 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 Kozakken Boys (R) 34 5 8 21 36 65 −29 23
18 Lisse (R) 34 4 7 23 35 84 −49 19 Relegation to Derde Divisie
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated


Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away ACV ADO AFC EXM GVV HHC HFC JAL JSP KAT KOZ LIS NOO QUI RIJ SCH SPA TRE
ACV 2–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–3
ADO '20 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–5 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–2
AFC 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1
Excelsior Maassluis 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 5–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 5–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1
GVVV 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–4 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–3 1–1
HHC Hardenberg 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 3–4 2–0 1–3
Koninklijke HFC 2–4 3–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–2
Jong Almere City 3–1 4–1 1–5 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 6–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 2–2 1–3
Jong Sparta 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–3 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1
Katwijk 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–4 3–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–4 0–1
Kozakken Boys 0–0 2–3 0–5 2–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 3–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–2
Lisse 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–5 2–1 1–1 4–7 1–5 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–2
Noordwijk 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–4 2–2 0–3 2–2
Quick Boys 0–3 1–0 2–5 5–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–5 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–4
Rijnsburgse Boys 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–3 2–4
Scheveningen 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–5 0–2 1–2 5–0
Spakenburg 2–1 3–0 0–2 4–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–3 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 8–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
De Treffers 2–1 3–0 5–1 4–0 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–3
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Tweede divisie promotion/relegation play-offs

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8 teams (16th and 17th place in the Tweede Divisie and three teams each from the Derde Divisie A and Derde Divisie B) play for one spot in next season's Tweede Divisie.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
Genemuiden 0 5 5
TEC 1 1 2
Genemuiden (p) 3 4 7(4)
Blauw Geel '38 4 3 7(3)
Kozakken Boys 1 2 3(4)
Blauw Geel '38 (p) 2 1 3(5)
Genemuiden 1 0 1
Excelsior Maassluis 3 3 6
Excelsior Maassluis 1 3 4
Hercules 1 0 1
Excelsior Maassluis 1 2 3
Harkemase Boys 1 1 2
SteDoCo 1 1 2(5)
Harkemase Boys (p) 1 1 2(6)

Quarterfinals

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Blauw Geel '382–1Kozakken Boys
Kozakken Boys2–1 (a.e.t.)Blauw Geel '38
Penalties
4–5

3–3 on aggregate. Blauw Geel '38 won 5–4 on penalties

TEC1–0Genemuiden
Genemuiden5–1TEC

Genemuiden won 5–2 on aggregate.

Harkemase Boys1–1SteDoCo
SteDoCo1–1 (a.e.t.)Harkemase Boys
Penalties
5–6

2–2 on aggregate. Harkemase Boys won 6–5 on penalties

Hercules1–1Excelsior Maassluis
Excelsior Maassluis3–0Hercules

Excelsior Maassluis won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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Blauw Geel '384–3Genemuiden
Genemuiden4–3 (a.e.t.)Blauw Geel '38
Penalties
4–3

7–7 on aggregate. Genemuiden won 4–3 on penalties

Harkemase Boys1–1Excelsior Maassluis
Excelsior Maassluis2–1Harkemase Boys

Excelsior Maassluis won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Excelsior Maassluis3–1Genemuiden
Genemuiden0–3Excelsior Maassluis

Excelsior Maassluis won 6–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 25 May 2024[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Ahmed El Azzouti Spakenburg 25
2 Netherlands Rob van der Leij HHC Hardenberg 22
3 Netherlands Nick Broekhuizen Quick Boys 17
4 Netherlands Mukhtar Suleiman Spakenburg 16
5 Netherlands Sem van Duijn Quick Boys 15
Netherlands Fughill Zeldenrust Rijnsburgse Boys
Netherlands Tijmen Wildeboer Jong Almere City
Netherlands Ilias Latif GVVV
9 Netherlands Tim Waterink De Treffers 14
Netherlands Milan Zonneveld ADO '20

References

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  1. ^ "Naam tweede divisie verandert van Jack's League in Betnation". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "KNVB". KNVB. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Voorjaarsvergadering Ledenraad Amateurvoetbal". Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 24 June 2022. p. 24. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ^ Flashscore
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