Eerste Klasse

Eerste Klasse
Founded	1897
Country	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	154 (11 Groups of 14)
Level on pyramid	6
Promotion to	Hoofdklasse
Relegation to	Tweede Klasse
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup
	Current:

The Eerste Klasse (English: First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, five for Saturday clubs and six for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district organises a Saturday competition and a Sunday competition, except for South II, which only has a Sunday competition.

Each division consists of 14 teams. The champion of the Eerste Klasse divisions are promoted to the Hoofdklasse. Furthermore, a season is divided into 2 periods (Dutch: periodes) of eight matches each. The winners of these periods qualify for promotion playoffs, provided they finish in the top nine overall in the season. The numbers 11 and 12 in the final rankings play relegation playoffs, and the numbers 13 and 14 relegated to the Tweede Klasse.

Eerste Klasse divisions[]

District	Saturday division	Sunday division
West I	Eerste Klasse A	Eerste Klasse A
West II	Eerste Klasse B	Eerste Klasse B
South I	Eerste Klasse C	Eerste Klasse C
South II		Eerste Klasse D
East	Eerste Klasse D	Eerste Klasse E
North	Eerste Klasse E	Eerste Klasse F

References[]

^ e.g., "VSV gedegradeerd naar de tweede klasse" [VSV is relegated to Tweede Klasse]. Voetbal in Haarlem (in Dutch). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[1] .g., "VSV gedegradeerd naar de tweede klasse" [VSV is relegated to Tweede Klasse]. Voetbal in Haarlem (in Dutch). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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