The 2013–14 Topklasse season is the fourth edition of the Dutch third tier since its inauguration in the current form in 2010. A total 32 teams are participating in the league: 25 from the 2012–13 Topklasse, and the remaining seven from the 2012–13 Hoofdklasse. As usual, the competition is divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played.
For the third consecutive season, no team was relegated from the Eerste Divisie, this time due to the fact all 2012–13 Topklasse have declined promotion into professionalism. However, Achilles '29 did promote from last season's Topklasse to the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie, being the first amateur club to do so.
Teams
Saturday league
Club City 2012–13 season Barendrecht Barendrecht 2nd in Topklasse Saturday Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel 7th in Topklasse Saturday Excelsior '31 Rijssen 10th in Topklasse Saturday Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday B GVVV Veenendaal 3rd in Topklasse Saturday HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 4th in Topklasse Saturday Katwijk Katwijk 1st in Topklasse Saturday Kozakken Boys Werkendam 8th in Topklasse Saturday Lisse Lisse 6th in Topklasse Saturday Noordwijk Noordwijk 9th in Topklasse Saturday ONS Sneek Sneek 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday C Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 5th in Topklasse Saturday Scheveningen Scheveningen (The Hague) 11th in Topklasse Saturday Ter Leede Sassenheim 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday A Spakenburg Bunschoten-Spakenburg 13th in Topklasse Saturday IJsselmeervogels Bunschoten-Spakenburg 12th in Topklasse Saturday
Source: Voetbal op Zaterdag
Sunday league
Club City 2012–13 season ADO '20 Heemskerk 2nd in Topklasse Sunday AFC Amsterdam 11th in Topklasse Sunday Be Quick 1887 Groningen 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday C Chabab Amsterdam 12th in Topklasse Sunday De Treffers Groesbeek 3rd in Topklasse Sunday EVV Echt 5th in Topklasse Sunday HBS Craeyenhout The Hague 8th in Topklasse Sunday Haaglandia Rijswijk 13th in Topklasse Sunday HSC '21 Haaksbergen 6th in Topklasse Sunday Juliana '31 Malden 6th in Hoofdklasse Sunday C JVC Cuijk Cuijk 10th in Topklasse Sunday Leonidas Rotterdam 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday A Lienden Lienden 7th in Topklasse Sunday UNA Veldhoven 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday B VVSB Noordwijkerhout 9th in Topklasse Sunday WKE Emmen 4th in Topklasse Sunday
Source: Amateurvoetbal op Zondag
League tables
Saturday league
Saturday championship playoff In determining which team becomes champion, only the achieved number of points is considered. The goal difference is completely ignored. Therefore, GVVV and Spakenburg were considered to have ended equal and had to play an additional match against each other on neutral ground to decide which team would become champion.
Sunday league
Championship final
Spakenburg won overall Topklasse title 6-4 on aggregate.
Promotion/relegation play-offs
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff first round In the first round the 3 period winners of each Hoofdklasse league decide which of them 3 continues in the semi-final. For details see Promotion/relegation play-off Topklasse - Hoofdklasse.
In the second/semifinal round, the 3 winners from the 3 Saturday Hoofdklasse leagues are joined with the team ranked 13th in the Saturday Topklasse league to play for 1 spot in the 2014–15 Topklasse Saturday league. Likewise, the 3 winners from the 3 Sunday Hoofdklasse leagues are joined with the team ranked 13th in the Sunday Topklasse league to play for 1 spot in the 2014–15 Topklasse Sunday league.
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg SteDoCo 5 - 4 Staphorst 3 - 2 2 - 2 Ajax (amateurs) 8 - 7 Noordwijk 6 - 1 2 - 6 MSC 5 - 4 Dongen 5 - 1 0 - 3 EDO CANC Haaglandia CANC CANC Source:Notes:
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals Team 1 Score Team 2 Ajax (amateurs) 5 - 2 SteDoCo EDO 1 - 0 MSC Source:
Ajax (amateurs) and EDO promoted to the 2014–15 Topklasse.
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