The 2014–15 Topklasse season was the fifth season of the third tier Dutch football league. A total of 32 teams participated: 24 from the 2012–13 Topklasse, and the remaining eight from the 2013–14 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 fourth consecutive season, no team was relegated from the Eerste Divisie, this time because all 2013–14 Topklasse teams had declined promotion into professionalism.
Teams
Saturday league
Club City 2013–14 season Ajax (amateurs) Amsterdam Hoofdklasse Playoff Winners Barendrecht Barendrecht 11th in Topklasse Saturday Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel 12th in Topklasse Saturday Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis 6th in Topklasse Saturday Genemuiden Genemuiden 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday C GVVV Veenendaal 2nd in Topklasse Saturday HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 3rd in Topklasse Saturday Hoek Hoek 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday B Kozakken Boys Werkendam 7th in Topklasse Saturday Lisse Lisse 8th in Topklasse Saturday ONS Sneek Sneek 10th in Topklasse Saturday Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 5th in Topklasse Saturday Scheveningen Scheveningen (The Hague) 9th in Topklasse Saturday Spakenburg Bunschoten-Spakenburg 1st in Topklasse Saturday Sparta Nijkerk Nijkerk 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday A IJsselmeervogels Bunschoten-Spakenburg 4th in Topklasse Saturday
Sunday league
Club City 2013–14 season ADO '20 Heemskerk 8th in Topklasse Sunday AFC Amsterdam 1st in Topklasse Sunday EDO Haarlem Hoofdklasse Playoff Winners De Treffers Groesbeek 11th in Topklasse Sunday EVV Echt 5th in Topklasse Sunday HBS Craeyenhout The Hague 6th in Topklasse Sunday Hercules Utrecht 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday C HSC '21 Haaksbergen 9th in Topklasse Sunday Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday A JVC Cuijk Cuijk 4th in Topklasse Sunday Leonidas Rotterdam 7th in Topklasse Sunday Lienden Lienden 10th in Topklasse Sunday OJC Rosmalen Rosmalen 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday B UNA Veldhoven 2nd in Topklasse Sunday VVSB Noordwijkerhout 3rd in Topklasse Sunday WKE Emmen 12th in Topklasse Sunday
League tables
Saturday league
Sunday league
Championship final
Lienden won overall Topklasse title 3-0 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 semifinal. 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 2015–16 Topklasse Sunday league.
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg DOVO 1 - 3 Hoek 0 - 0 1 - 3 ACV 3 - 5 RVVH 2 - 3 1 - 2 HBS Craeyenhout 6 - 1 MSC 3 - 0 3 - 1 Oss '20 1 - 2 Vlissingen 0 - 0 1 - 2
Source:
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals Team 1 Score Team 2 RVVH 3 - 1 Hoek HBS Craeyenhout 3 - 1 Vlissingen Source:
RVVH and HBS Craeyenhout promoted to the 2015–16 Topklasse.
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