Tweede Divisie
| Tweede Division | |
| Association | KNVB |
| First edition | 1956 (dissolved 1971), re-established in 2016 |
| hierarchy | highest amateur league since 2016; acted 1956-1971 as 3rd division |
| Record champions | HFC Haarlem , SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden (2 titles each) |
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↑ First Division (II) ↓ top class (IV)
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The Tweede Divisie (German: Second League ) is a Dutch football league. It was created with the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands in 1956 together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie and was the lowest of the three professional leagues. Founded as a two-track league, it was played in one season from 1960–62 and from 1966 nationwide. In 1971 it was dissolved for lack of profitability. In fact, most of the clubs in the Tweede Divisie were merely semi-professional clubs; thus it played a hinge function between paid and amateur football. In this function, she was followed around 30 years later by the double-track top class introduced in 2010 .
In 2016, the Tweede Divisie was rebuilt and now functions as the highest amateur league, which is intended to facilitate the transition between amateur and professional football. Since then, it has been ranked as the third division above the top class renamed Derde Divisie and the Hoofd class, which was downgraded to the third amateur division .
Master of the Tweede Divisie
| Seizoen | Master (Season A) | Master (Season B) |
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| 1956/57 | Leeuwarden | RBC |
| 1957/58 | ZFC ( Zaandam ) | Heracles |
| 1958/59 | 't Gooi ( Hilversum ) | go ahead |
| 1959/60 | EDO ( Haarlem ) | Be Quick ( Groningen ) |
| 1960/61 | Haarlem | This season was played in a season. |
| 1961/62 | Velox ( Utrecht ) | |
| 1962/63 1 | VSV | Haarlem |
| 1963/64 1 | Alkmaar '54 | NEC |
| 1964/65 1 | SC Cambuur | DFC ( Dordrecht ) |
| 1965/66 | Vitesse | FC Den Bosch |
| 1966/67 | Haarlem | This season was played in a season. |
| 1967/68 | WVV Wageningen | |
| 1968/69 | De Graafschap | |
| 1969/70 | VV Heerenveen | |
| 1970/71 | De Volewijckers |
Web links
- List of Masters (Eerste & Tweede Divisie)
- Eternal Table (Eerste & Tweede Divisie)