2018–19 Tweede Divisie

The 2018–19 Tweede Divisie season is the third edition of the Dutch third tier since on hiatus from 1970-71 season and the 18th edition using Tweede Divisie name. Thirteen teams competed from the last season along with one relegated team from the Eerste Divisie and four promoted teams from the Derde Divisie.

Tweede Divisie
Season2018–19
ChampionsAFC
PromotedNo team promoted.[1]
RelegatedJong Almere City
Barendrecht
FC Lienden
VVSB

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/relegation will take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the current season.[1]

At another extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached about the number of reserves teams allowed in each division as of season 2019–20.[2] For the Tweede Divisie it will be 2 teams. Since there are currently 3 reserve teams (Jong Almere, Jong Sparta and Jong Vitesse) in the Tweede Divisie, the reserve team which ends lowest of the three will relegate to the Derde Divisie. In case a reserve team becomes champion in one of the Derde Divisies, the second best reserve team in the Tweede divisie will relegate as well.

On 18 December 2018 FC Lienden withdrew from the competition due to financial difficulties.[3] On 6 January 2019 FC Lienden succeeded in making a restart with the help of their manager Hans van de Haar. The club found a new sponsor and will start working together with two football academies to complement the first team for the second half of the season.[4]

Teams
Location of teams in the Tweede Divisie 2018-19
Club City 2017–18 season
AFC Amsterdam 12th
Barendrecht Barendrecht 4th
Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis 7th
GVVV Veenendaal 6th
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 3rd
Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 10th
IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg 9th
Jong Almere City Almere (D3) Promotion playoff winner
Jong Sparta Rotterdam 11th
Jong Vitesse Arnhem (D3) Sun, 1st
Katwijk Katwijk 1st
Kozakken Boys Werkendam 2nd
Lienden Lienden 14th
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 5th
Scheveningen Scheveningen (D3) Promotion playoff winner
SV Spakenburg Spakenburg (D3) Sat, 1st
De Treffers Groesbeek 13th
VVSB Noordwijkerhout 8th

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 AFC (C) 34 22 5 7 85 43 +42 71 Champion
2 Excelsior Maassluis 34 19 6 9 69 38 +31 63
3 IJsselmeervogels 34 19 6 9 70 52 +18 63
4 Koninklijke HFC 34 18 7 9 62 37 +25 61
5 Katwijk 34 15 10 9 51 39 +12 55
6 HHC Hardenberg 34 16 6 12 68 54 +14 54
7 Kozakken Boys 34 16 6 12 59 49 +10 54
8 Jong Vitesse 34 15 8 11 62 46 +16 53
9 SV Spakenburg 34 16 4 14 55 52 +3 52
10 GVVV 34 14 7 13 61 64 −3 49
11 De Treffers 34 14 6 14 47 48 −1 48
12 Jong Sparta 34 13 8 13 59 54 +5 47
13 Rijnsburgse Boys 34 14 5 15 77 79 −2 47
14 Scheveningen 34 12 7 15 59 65 −6 43
15 VVSB (R) 34 8 6 20 57 82 −25 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
16 Jong Almere City (R) 34 8 4 22 46 69 −23 28 Relegation to Derde Divisie
17 Lienden (R) 34 7 5 22 42 95 −53 26 Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Barendrecht (R) 34 5 4 25 29 92 −63 19 Relegation to Derde Divisie
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. Traject naar vernieuwing voetbalpiramide van start (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 2 October 2017
  2. In seizoen 2819/'20 gewijzigde opzet beloftenteams in voetbalpiramide (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 27 January 2019 (in Dutch)
  3. FC Lienden trekt zich met financiële problemen terug uit Tweede Divisie, NU.nl (18 December 2018) (in Dutch)
  4. FC Lienden maakt definitief doorstart in Tweede Divisie, voetbal247.nl, 27 January 2019 (in Dutch)
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