The 2021–22 Tweede Divisie, known as Jack's League for sponsorship reasons, season was the sixth edition of the Dutch third tier since ending its hiatus since the 1970-71 season and the 21st edition using the Tweede Divisie name.
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of this agreement was that no promotion or relegation took place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the 2017–18 season at first.Traject naar vernieuwing voetbalpiramide van start , KNVB.nl, 2 October 2017
At another extraordinary KNVB meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached on the number of reserves teams allowed in each division after the 2019–20 season and the extension of the non-promotion or relegation clause to initially two more seasons.In seizoen 2019/'20 gewijzigde opzet beloftenteams in voetbalpiramide , KNVB.nl, 27 January 2019 For the Tweede Divisie it was two teams.
The KNVB met again on 16 December 2019 and decided to further extend the clause to last until 2022–23 and to relegate reserve teams from the Tweede Divisie along with the other second teams in the new under-21 competition.Bondsvergadering kiest voor nieuwe competitiestructuur in jeugdvoetbal , KNVB.nl, 16 December 2019
Teams
Club Location Venue Capacity AFC Amsterdam Sportpark Goed Genoeg 3,000 ASWH Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Sportpark Schildman 3,000 Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis Sportpark Dijkpolder 5,000 GVVV Veenendaal Sportpark Panhuis 3,950 HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg Sportpark De Boshoek 4,500 Koninklijke HFC Haarlem Sportpark Spanjaardslaan 1,500 IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 9,000 Jong Sparta Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,000 Jong Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 7,384 Katwijk Katwijk Sportpark De Krom 6,000 Kozakken Boys Werkendam Sportpark De Zwaaier 4,000 Noordwijk Noordwijk Sportpark Duinwetering 6,100 Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee Sportpark Nieuw Zuid 8,100 Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg Sportpark Middelmors 6,100 Scheveningen Scheveningen Sportpark Houtrust 3,500 SV Spakenburg Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 8,500 TEC Tiel Sportpark De Lok 2,500 De Treffers Groesbeek Sportpark Zuid 4,000
Number of teams by province Number of teams Province Team(s)8ASWH, Excelsior Maassluis, Jong Sparta, Katwijk, Noordwijk, Quick Boys, Rijnsburgse Boys, Scheveningen3AFC, Koninklijke HFC, Jong VolendamGVVV, IJsselmeervogels, SV Spakenburg2TEC, De Treffers1Kozakken BoysHHC Hardenberg
Standings Regular competition
Fixtures/results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
U21 play-offs Since Jong Volendam finished as the lowest reserve team in the regular league season, they had to play a promotion-relegation play-offs tie against the champions of the Under-21 league, Almere City U21, for a spot in the 2022–23 Tweede Divisie.
Derde Divisie promotion/relegation playoffs Since Kozakken Boys and GVVV finished 16th and 17th respectively, they will have to play relegation playoffs against teams from the Derde Divisie for one spot in the 2022–23 Tweede Divisie. That means at least one team will be relegated from the Tweede Divisie through playoffs.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
First legs
Second legs
Semifinals
First legs
Second legs
Final
First leg
Second leg
Top scorers Flashscore RankPlayerClubGoals1 Floris van der LindenSV Spakenburg262 Koen BlommestijnJong Volendam20 Raily IgnacioAFC4 Marouane AfakerJong Sparta195 Michael de NietScheveningen186 Ahmed El AzzoutiKatwijk177 Jeroen SpruijtRijnsburgse Boys168 Sietse BrandsmaKoninklijke HFC159 Jesper DrostHHC Hardenberg14 Killian van MilKatwijk
References