The 2016–17 Derde Divisie season is the first edition of the new Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.
This change in the league system was approved in a KNVB assembly in December 2014. A new semi-professional level Tweede Divisie was added at the third tier, thus the Derde Divisie and leagues below it decremented by one level, and furthermore, promotion and relegation between the Tweede Divisie and the new Derde Divisie became effective.
Teams
Saturday league
Club Location Venue Capacity Manager Jong Almere City Almere Yanmar Stadion 3,200 René Koster ASWH Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Sportpark Schildman 3,000 Jack van den Berg Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel Sportpark 't Slot 4,000 Ton van Bremen DVS '33 Ermelo Sportlaan 1,500 Roeland ten Berge Jong Groningen Groningen Sportpark Corpus den Hoorn 1,500 Alfons Arts Harkemase Boys Harkema Sportpark De Bosk 5,500 Jan Vlap Huizen Huizen Sportpark De Wolfskamer 6,000 Henk van de Pol IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 8,000 Sandor van der Heide Lisse Lisse Sportpark Ter Specke 5,000 Robert de Ruiter ODIN '59 Heemskerk Sportpark Assumburg 3,000 Richard Plug ONS Sneek Sneek Zuidersportpark 3,150 Richard Karrenbelt Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee Sportpark Nieuw Zuid 8,500 Jan Zoutman Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg Sportpark Middelmors 6,100 Pieter Mulders Rijnvogels Katwijk aan den Rijn Sportpark De Kooltuin 3,000 Hein van Heek Scheveningen Scheveningen Sportpark Houtrust 3,500 John Blok SteDoCo Hoornaar Sportpark SteDoCo 1,700 Virgil Breetveld Jong Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 7,200 Berry Smit VVOG Harderwijk Sportpark De Strokel 10,000 Ed Engelkes
Sunday league
Club Location Venue Capacity Manager Jong Achilles '29 Groesbeek Sportpark De Heikant 4,500 Dennis Krijgsman Be Quick 1887 Haren Stadion Esserberg 12,000 Mischa Visser Jong Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Stadion De Vliert 8,500 Arnold Scholten ASV De Dijk Amsterdam Sportpark Schellingwoude 1,500 Jochem Twisker Jong De Graafschap Varsselder De Buitenham 1,500 Richard Roelofsen JVC Cuijk Cuijk Sportpark De Groenendijkse 3,000 Ruud Kaiser VV Dongen Dongen Sportpark De Biezen 1,800 Ron Timmers EVV Echt Sportpark In de Bandert 2,000 Leo Beckers HBS Craeyenhout The Hague Sportpark Daal en Bergselaan 1,000 Marcel Koning USV Hercules Utrecht Sportpark Voordorp 800 Erik Speelziek HSC '21 Haaksbergen Groot Scholtenhagen 4,500 Eddy Boerhof Juliana '31 Malden Sportpark De Broeklanden 1,500 Arnold Brehler Magreb '90 Utrecht Sportpark Papendorp 1,000 Aart Jan van Boksel OFC Oostzaan Oostzaan Sportpark OFC 1,500 Imdat Ilgüy OJC Rosmalen Rosmalen Sportpark De Groote Wielen 3,000 David Vecht Quick '20 Oldenzaal Vondersweijde 7,000 René Nijhuis UDI '19 Uden Sportpark Parkzicht 5,000 Bert Ruijsch RKVV Westlandia Naaldwijk Sportpark De Hoge Bomen 2,000 Edwin Grünholz
League tables
Saturday league
Sunday league
Promotion/relegation play-offs Tweede and Derde Divisie
The numbers 15 and 16 from the 2016–17 Tweede Divisie and three (substitute) period winners of each of the 2016–17 Derde Divisie's, making a total of eight teams, decide in a 2-round knockout system in which two teams will play next season in the 2017–18 Tweede Divisie. The remaining six teams will play next season in the 2017–18 Derde Divisie.
Qualified Teams Club Qualification UNA 15th in the Tweede Divisie Spakenburg 16th in the Tweede Divisie Lisse Winner of the First Period in the Derde Divisie Saturday Harkemase Boys Winner of the Second Period in the Derde Divisie Saturday Rijnsburgse Boys 3rd in the Derde Divisie Saturday (Third Period won by the league champions) Dongen 3rd in the Derde Divisie Sunday (First Period won by the league champions) Westlandia Winner of the Second Period in the Derde Divisie Sunday USV Hercules 4th in the Derde Divisie Sunday (Third Period won by the league champions)
Results
* Promotion to Tweede Divisie
First round Match A
Match B
Match C
Match D
Final round Match E
Match F
Promotion/relegation play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse
The numbers 15 and 16 from the 2016–17 Derde Divisie Saturday league and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the two 2016–17 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues, making a total of 8 teams, decided in a 2-round knockout system which 2 teams play next season in the 2017–18 Derde Divisie Saturday league. The remaining 6 teams play next season in the 2017–18 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues.
The same applied for the 2016–17 Derde Divisie Sunday league and each of the two 2016–17 Hoofdklasse Sunday leagues.
See Hoofdklasse promotion play-offs.
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