2016–17 Tweede Divisie


The 2016–17 Tweede Divisie season was the first edition of the Dutch third tier since its initial dissolution from the 1970-71 season and the fifteenth overall using "Tweede Divisie" name. Fourteen teams were completed from the Topklasse Saturday and Sunday divisions. Seven highest-placed teams of each division earned promotion to constitute a new, amateur Tweede Divisie. This change in the league system was approved in a KNVB assembly in December 2014. Thus, the Topklasse and leagues below it decremented by one level, and furthermore, promotion and relegation between the Tweede Divisie and the Topklasse were implemented.

Teams



ClubCity2015–16 season
Excelsior MaassluisMaassluisTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
HHCHardenbergTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
KatwijkKatwijkTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
Kozakken BoysWerkendamTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
BarendrechtBarendrechtTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
SpakenburgBunschoten-SpakenburgTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
GVVVVeenendaalTop 7 in Topklasse Saturday
LiendenLiendenTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
TECTielTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
VVSBNoordwijkerhoutTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
Koninklijke HFCHaarlemTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
De TreffersGroesbeekTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
AFCAmsterdamTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
UNAVeldhovenTop 7 in Topklasse Sunday
Jong AZWijdewormer3rd in Beloften Eredivisie
Jong TwenteHengelo6th in Beloften Eredivisie
Jong SpartaRotterdam4th in Beloften Eredivisie
Jong VitesseArnhem2nd in Beloften Eredivisie

League standings

Relegation Play-offs

See Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Tweede and Derde Divisie.

Number of teams by provinces

Attendances

TeamHome average
Spakenburg1,670
GVVV1,126
HHC Hardenberg1,090
Katwijk1,084
Kozakken Boys1,015
VVSB821
Barendrecht674
De Treffers657
Excelsior Maassluis655
FC Lienden553
TEC483
UNA475
Jong AZ419
Koninklijke HFC369
Jong Vitesse346
AFC328
Jong Sparta Rotterdam235
Jong FC Twente192