1962–63 Tweede Divisie

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1962–63 season was contested by 34 teams. Due to a large number of teams entering from the higher Eerste Divisie after mass relegations there, there were 22 new entrants.

Tweede Divisie
Season1962–63
ChampionsVSV
Promoted
Goals scored1,825
Average goals/game3.35

Teams were divided in two groups of seventeen teams. The champions played a play-off for promotion. After that match, a mini-tournament was held to determine a second team that would be promoted. It turned out that group B runners-up BVV would be promoted and not group B champions Haarlem.

New entrants

There were only twelve teams that had been participating in this league last season, meaning there were 22 new entrants. Many of the new entrants were teams that were promoted in the previous seasons of the Tweede Divisie. Due to the reorganisation in professional football by the KNVB, many teams were back to where they started.

Final tables

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 VSV 32 20 7 5 63 34 +29 47 Qualified for Championship play-off[lower-alpha 1]
2 AGOVV Apeldoorn 32 16 10 6 62 39 +23 42 Qualified for Promotion play-off
3 NEC 32 17 7 8 71 48 +23 41 Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off
4 Alkmaar '54 32 15 9 8 64 39 +25 39
5 KFC 32 15 8 9 57 41 +16 38
6 Vitesse Arnhem 32 12 12 8 54 45 +9 36 Tweede Divisie B next season
7 Leeuwarden 32 13 7 12 60 64 −4 33
8 ZFC 32 11 9 12 43 44 −1 31
9 FC Wageningen 32 11 8 13 56 59 −3 30 Tweede Divisie B next season
10 Stormvogels 32 8 13 11 35 44 −9 29 Merged with VSV to form Telstar
11 Be Quick 1887 32 11 6 15 55 62 −7 28
12 sc Heerenveen 32 10 8 14 48 60 −12 28
13 HVV Tubantia 32 9 9 14 55 66 −11 27
14 Zwolsche Boys 32 9 8 15 43 58 −15 26
15 De Graafschap 32 9 7 16 32 52 −20 25 Tweede Divisie B next season
16 VV Zwartemeer 32 8 8 16 44 58 −14 24
17 VV Oldenzaal 32 6 8 18 40 69 −29 20 Qualified for Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. Stormvogels merged with promoted VSV to form Telstar.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Haarlem 32 18 8 6 71 46 +25 44 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 BVV 32 19 5 8 58 28 +30 43 Qualified for Promotion play-off
3 HVC 32 18 6 8 72 42 +30 42 Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off
4 VV Baronie 32 14 10 8 59 44 +15 38
5 RCH 32 13 10 9 65 47 +18 36 Tweede Divisie A next season
6 DFC 32 16 4 12 52 42 +10 36
7 Hermes DVS 32 13 9 10 50 46 +4 35
8 HVV 't Gooi 32 14 5 13 60 42 +18 33 Tweede Divisie A next season
9 TSV NOAD 32 10 13 9 58 59 −1 33
10 Xerxes 32 13 6 13 80 64 +16 32
11 FC Hilversum 32 11 8 13 36 48 −12 30 Tweede Divisie A next season
12 SVV 32 8 12 12 50 63 −13 28
13 Helmondia '55 32 8 11 13 43 52 −9 27
14 LONGA 32 11 3 18 66 81 −15 25
15 RKVV Wilhelmina 32 10 3 19 44 79 −35 23
16 HFC EDO 32 7 9 16 39 73 −34 23 Tweede Divisie A next season
17 PEC 32 7 2 23 40 87 −47 16 Qualified for Relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com

Play-offs

Several play-offs were held to determine the league champions, who would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie, and who would leave the Professional leagues altogether.

Championship play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VSV 5 - 4 HFC Haarlem 2 - 2 3 - 2

VSV were promoted to the Eerste Divisie (playing as Telstar), while HFC Haarlem entered the Promotion Tournament.

Best 3rd-place play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
HVC 2 - 1 NEC

HVC entered the promotion tournament, while NEC remained in the Tweede Divisie (and moved to Tweede B for next season).

Promotion tournament

To determine the second team to be promoted. Entering teams:

  • the two 2nd-placed from the "regular season",
  • the loser of the Championship play-off,
  • and the winner of the Best 3rd-place play-off.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BVV 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 4 Play-off as level on points.
2 HVC 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 4
3 HFC Haarlem 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2
4 AGOVV Apeldoorn 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2
Source: rsssf.com

Play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
BVV 2-1 HVC

BVV were promoted to the Eerste Divisie, HVC and HFC Haarlem moved to the Tweede Group A next season, and AGOVV Apeldoorn moved to the Tweede Group B.

Relegation play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
VV Oldenzaal 5 - 2 PEC

However, as no amateur team wanted to enter professional football and VV Oldenzaal decided to return to amateur football on a voluntary basis, PEC weren't relegated.

See also

References
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