2020–21 Tweede Divisie

The 2020–21 Tweede Divisie season is the fifth edition of the Dutch third tier since on hiatus from 1970-71 season and the 20th edition using Tweede Divisie name.

Tweede Divisie
Season2020–21

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.[1]

At another extraordinary KNVB meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached about the number of reserves teams allowed in each division as of the 2019–20 season and the extension of the non-promotion or relegation clause to initially two more seasons.[2] For the Tweede Divisie it has been 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.[3]

Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

In the previous season, on 31 March 2020, the KNVB decided to cancel all competitions at amateur level. They also decided, for those competitions involved, there would be no final standings, and therefore no champions, no promotions and no relegations.[4]

As a result this season starts with the exact same teams as the previous season.

On 3 December 2020, the KNVB announced that the regular competition would no longer be continued. Instead, the league will be split in 2 groups of 9 teams followed by playoffs.[5]

Promotion and relegation for reserve teams

On 1 August 2020, the KNVB detailed on its website the scenarios in which the reserve teams in the league would be promoted to Eerste Divisie and where they would be relegated to the newly formed U21 league.[6]

Promotion to the Eerste Divisie
  • No reserve team from the Tweede Divisie can be promoted to the Eerste Divisie if the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finished in the top 10.
  • If the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finished 11th through 18th and the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished first the two teams will play each other in a two-legged tie to decide which team will play in the Eerste Divisie the next season and which team will play in the Tweede Divisie.
  • If the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finished 19th or 20th and the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished first or second the lowest classified reserve team from the Eerste Divisie will be relegated to the Tweede Divisie while the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie will be promoted to the Eerste Divisie.

Relegation to the Tweede Divisie
  • If a reserve team plays in the Eerste Divisie and the first team is relegated from the Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie, the reserves are automatically relegated to the Tweede Divisie. In case this reserve team finished first through third in the final ranking of reserves, the fourth-placed team is not relegated.

Relegation to the U21 League
  • No reserve team from the Tweede Divisie will be relegated to the U21 League if the lowest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished in the top 9.
  • If the lowest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished 10th through 16th it will play a two-legged tie against the U21 League's champions to decide which team will play in the Tweede Divisie next season and which team will play in the U21 League.
  • If the lowest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished 17th or 18th they will be relegated to the U21 League and the U21 League's champions will be promoted to the Tweede Divisie.

Teams
Location of teams in the Tweede Divisie 2020-21
Club Location Venue Capacity
AFC Amsterdam Sportpark Goed Genoeg 03,000
ASWH Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Sportpark Schildman 03,000
Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis Sportpark Dijkpolder 05,000
GVVV Veenendaal Sportpark Panhuis 03,950
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg Sportpark De Boshoek 04,500
Koninklijke HFC Haarlem Sportpark Spanjaardslaan 01,500
IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 09,000
Jong Sparta Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,000
Jong Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 07,384
Katwijk Katwijk Sportpark De Krom 06,000
Kozakken Boys Werkendam Sportpark De Zwaaier 04,000
Noordwijk Noordwijk Sportpark Duin Wetering 06,100
Quick Boys Katwijk aan Zee Sportpark Nieuw Zuid 08,100
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg Sportpark Middelmors 06,100
Scheveningen Scheveningen Sportpark Houtrust 03,500
SV Spakenburg Spakenburg Sportpark De Westmaat 08,500
TEC Tiel Sportpark De Lok 02,500
De Treffers Groesbeek Sportpark Zuid 04,000

Standings

Regular competition
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AFC 5 4 1 0 15 5 +10 13
2 ASWH 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
3 SV Spakenburg 6 3 3 0 11 6 +5 12
4 Quick Boys 6 4 0 2 7 8 −1 12
5 IJsselmeervogels 5 3 0 2 9 10 −1 9
6 Rijnsburgse Boys 5 2 2 1 10 6 +4 8
7 Kozakken Boys 5 2 2 1 12 10 +2 8
8 Katwijk 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8
9 HHC Hardenberg 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
10 Koninklijke HFC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
11 Jong Volendam 6 1 2 3 9 13 −4 5
12 GVVV 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
13 TEC 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
14 Excelsior Maassluis 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
15 Jong Sparta 6 0 4 2 6 9 −3 4
16 Scheveningen 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 3
17 Noordwijk 5 0 3 2 7 10 −3 3
18 De Treffers 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[7]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 De Treffers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jong Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 GVVV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 HHC Hardenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 IJsselmeervogels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Koninklijke HFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 SV Spakenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[7]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 ASWH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Excelsior Maassluis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Katwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kozakken Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Noordwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Quick Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rijnsburgse Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Scheveningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jong Sparta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[7]

Fixtures/results
Home \ Away AFC ASW EXM GVV HFC HHC IJS JSP JVO KAT KOZ NOO QUI RIJ SCH SPA TEC TRE
AFC 3–2 5–1
ASWH 3–1 2–0 2–0
Excelsior Maassluis 1–3 0–2 2–2
GVVV 0–2 2–1 0–3
Koninklijke HFC 1–2 3–1
HHC Hardenberg 0–2 0–2 3–1
IJsselmeervogels 4–3 2–1
Jong Sparta 2–2 0–1 1–1
Jong Volendam 0–2 2–2 1–1
Katwijk 2–2 2–1
Kozakken Boys 3–2 4–1
Noordwijk 2–2 2–2 1–1
Quick Boys 2–1 1–0 2–0
Rijnsburgse Boys 3–0 3–1 1–1
Scheveningen 0–1 1–1
SV Spakenburg 0–0 3–2 2–2
TEC 3–1 1–1 1–2
De Treffers 0–3 3–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. Traject naar vernieuwing voetbalpiramide van start (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 2 October 2017
  2. In seizoen 2019/'20 gewijzigde opzet beloftenteams in voetbalpiramide (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 27 January 2019 (in Dutch)
  3. Bondsvergadering kiest voor nieuwe competitiestructuur in jeugdvoetbal (in Dutch), KNVB.nl, 16 December 2019
  4. "Competities amateurvoetbal niet hervat" [Amateur competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. "Huidige competities Tweede en Derde Divisie en Hoofdklasse niet hervat" [Current Tweede Divisie, Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse competitions not resumed] (in Dutch). KNVB. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. "PROMOTIE–/DEGRADATIEREGELINGBELOFTENTEAMS IN DE 1E EN 2E DIVISIE EN DE COMPETITIE ONDER 21, DIVISIE 1 MANNEN" (in Dutch). KNVB. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. "2019/2020 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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