2020–21 Tweede Divisie

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Tweede Divisie
Season2020–21
ChampionsNone
PromotedNo promotion
RelegatedNo relegation

The 2020–21 Tweede Divisie season was the fifth edition of the Dutch third tier since on hiatus from 1970-71 season and the 20th edition using Tweede Divisie name.

At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of this agreement was that no promotion or relegation took place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the 2017–18 season at first.[1]

At another extraordinary KNVB meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached about the number of reserves teams allowed in each division as of the 2019–20 season and the extension of the non-promotion or relegation clause to initially two more seasons.[2] For the Tweede Divisie it has been two teams.

The KNVB met again on 16 December 2019 and decided to further extend the clause to last until 2022–23 and to relegate reserve teams from the Tweede Divisie along with the other second teams in the new under-21 competition.[3]

Effects of the coronavirus pandemic[]

In the previous season, on 31 March 2020, the KNVB decided to cancel all competitions at amateur level. They also decided, for those competitions involved, there would be no final standings, and therefore no champions, no promotions and no relegations.[4]

As a result this season started with the exact same teams as the previous season.

On 3 December 2020, the KNVB announced that the regular competition would no longer be continued. Instead, the league would have been split into two groups of nine teams followed by playoffs.[5] On 24 February 2021, the KNVB eventually discontinued ongoing category A senior competitions, from Tweede Divisie and below, again without promotion or relegation.[6]

Teams[]

Location of teams in the Tweede Divisie 2020-21
Club Location Venue Capacity
AFC Amsterdam Sportpark Goed Genoeg 03,000
ASWH Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Sportpark Schildman 03,000
Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis Sportpark Dijkpolder 05,000
GVVV Veenendaal Sportpark Panhuis 03,950
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg Sportpark De Boshoek 04,500
Koninklijke HFC Haarlem Sportpark Spanjaardslaan 01,500
IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 09,000
Jong Sparta Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,000
Jong Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 07,384
Katwijk Katwijk Sportpark De Krom 06,000
Kozakken Boys Werkendam Sportpark De Zwaaier 04,000
Noordwijk Noordwijk Sportpark Duin Wetering 06,100
Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee Sportpark Nieuw Zuid 08,100
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg Sportpark Middelmors 06,100
Scheveningen Scheveningen Sportpark Houtrust 03,500
SV Spakenburg Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 08,500
TEC Tiel Sportpark De Lok 02,500
De Treffers Groesbeek Sportpark Zuid 04,000

Standings[]

Regular competition[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AFC 5 4 1 0 15 5 +10 13
2 ASWH 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
3 SV Spakenburg 6 3 3 0 11 6 +5 12
4 Quick Boys 6 4 0 2 7 8 −1 12
5 IJsselmeervogels 5 3 0 2 9 10 −1 9
6 Rijnsburgse Boys 5 2 2 1 10 6 +4 8
7 Kozakken Boys 5 2 2 1 12 10 +2 8
8 Katwijk 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8
9 HHC Hardenberg 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
10 Koninklijke HFC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
11 Jong Volendam 6 1 2 3 9 13 −4 5
12 GVVV 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
13 TEC 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
14 Excelsior Maassluis 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
15 Jong Sparta 6 0 4 2 6 9 −3 4
16 Scheveningen 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 3
17 Noordwijk 5 0 3 2 7 10 −3 3
18 De Treffers 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7 2
Source: Soccerway
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)[7]


Fixtures/results[]

Home \ Away AFC ASW EXM GVV HFC HHC IJS JSP JVO KAT KOZ NOO QUI RIJ SCH SPA TEC TRE
AFC 3–2 5–1
ASWH 3–1 2–0 2–0
Excelsior Maassluis 1–3 0–2 2–2
GVVV 0–2 2–1 0–3
Koninklijke HFC 1–2 3–1
HHC Hardenberg 0–2 0–2 3–1
IJsselmeervogels 4–3 2–1
Jong Sparta 2–2 0–1 1–1
Jong Volendam 0–2 2–2 1–1
Katwijk 2–2 2–1
Kozakken Boys 3–2 4–1
Noordwijk 2–2 2–2 1–1
Quick Boys 2–1 1–0 2–0
Rijnsburgse Boys 3–0 3–1 1–1
Scheveningen 0–1 1–1
SV Spakenburg 0–0 3–2 2–2
TEC 3–1 1–1 1–2
De Treffers 0–3 3–0 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References[]

  1. ^ Traject naar vernieuwing voetbalpiramide van start (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 2 October 2017
  2. ^ In seizoen 2019/'20 gewijzigde opzet beloftenteams in voetbalpiramide (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 27 January 2019 (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Bondsvergadering kiest voor nieuwe competitiestructuur in jeugdvoetbal (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 16 December 2019
  4. ^ "Competities amateurvoetbal niet hervat" [Amateur competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Huidige competities Tweede en Derde Divisie en Hoofdklasse niet hervat" [Current Tweede Divisie, Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Competities senioren categorie A niet hervat" [Seniors category A competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations profesional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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