Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (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 (De Volewijckers, FC Eindhoven, FC VVV, Fortuna Vlaardingen, PEC and Roda JC), 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 (), and leagues below decremented by one level, and furthermore, promotion and relegation among the second to fourth divisions were implemented starting in 2016–17. Despite its amateurism, the league obliges its clubs to have a minimum number of players under contract. 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. Because of the 2020–21 season's cancellation, promotion or relegation was suspended for five to 10 years in June 2022.
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 1970–71: Volewijckers 2016–17: Jong AZ 2017–18: Katwijk 2018–19: AFC 2019–20: No champions 2020–21: No champions 2021–22: Katwijk 2022–23: Katwijk 2023–24: Spakenburg 2024–25: Quick Boys
All-time topscorers # Name Clubs Goals 1 Tonny Roosken VV Zwartemeer, SC Drente 202 2 Leo Koopman PEC Zwolle 128 3 Cees van Kooten Hermes DVS 114 4 Evert Pluim FC Hilversum, HVC 113 5 Kees Groeneveld VV Baronie 93
2025–26 teams
Club City 2024–25 season Home ground Capacity ACV Assen Assen 12th Sportpark ICT Specialist 5,000 AFC Amsterdam 3rd Sportpark Goed Genoeg 3,000 BVV Barendrecht Barendrecht 9th Sportpark De Bongerd 1,800 Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis 14th Sportpark Dijkpolder 5,000 GVVV Veenendaal 7th Sportpark Panhuis 4,500 Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 8th Sportpark Spanjaardslaan 1,500 HHC Hardenberg 11th Sportpark De Boshoek 4,500 HSV Hoek Hoek newly promoted Sportpark Denoek 2,500 IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg newly promoted Sportpark De Westmaat 6,000 Jong Almere City Almere 6th Yanmar Stadion 4,501 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 16th Het Kasteel 11,000 VV Katwijk Katwijk 4th Sportpark De Krom 6,000 Kozakken Boys Werkendam newly promoted Sportpark De Zwaaier 3,000 Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee 1st Sportpark Nieuw Zuid 8,100 Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 2nd Sportpark Middelmors 6,100 Spakenburg Spakenburg 5th Sportpark De Westmaat 8,500 De Treffers Groesbeek 10th Sportpark Zuid 4,000 RKAV Volendam Volendam 13th Sportpark Volendam —
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