2023–24 Tweede Divisie

Tweede Divisie
Season	2023–24
Dates	19 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played	261
Goals scored	817 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed El Azzouti (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Spakenburg 8–0 Noordwijk (6 April 2024)
Biggest away win	Lisse 0–5 HHC Hardenberg (9 September 2023) Quick Boys 0–5 Noordwijk (11 November 2023) Scheveningen 0–5 Quick Boys (20 January 2024) Kozakken Boys 0–5 AFC (27 January 2024)
Highest scoring	Lisse 4–7 Jong Sparta (16 September 2023)
Longest winning run	9 matches Spakenburg
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches Spakenburg
Longest winless run	13 matches Scheveningen Kozakken Boys
Longest losing run	8 matches Scheveningen
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 13 April 2024.

The 2023–24 Tweede Divisie, known as Betnation Divisie for sponsorship reasons,^[1] season is the eighth edition of the Dutch third tier since ending its hiatus since the 1970–71 season and the 23rd edition using the Tweede Divisie name.^[2]

On 2 October 2017, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement during the extraordinary general meeting of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) regarding the path to renewal of the football pyramid.

During the extraordinary general meeting of 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached on the number of allowed reserve teams (belofteteams) in each division. For the Tweede Divisie, there are two. It was also decided that only two reserve teams would compete in the Tweede Divisie, with the remaining reserve teams participating in the new Under 21 Eredivisie. This is accompanied by its own relegation system.

After two extensions of the non-existent promotion/relegation system (due to Tweede Divisie club's not having the economic capacity to compete in a fully professional league) in 2022, a decision was made to suspend the mandatory promotion/relegation system between the Eerste Divisie and Tweede Divisie for the next five to ten seasons for standard teams. The suspension does not apply to reserve teams. During the general meeting on 24 June 2022, it was announced that a proposal would be put forth for an admission arrangement to the Eerste Divisie.^[3]

Overview before the season

The league distinguishes between first team (standard team) of a football club and second team, also known as a reserve team or reserve squad (teams starting with "Jong"). For this season, there are two reserve teams playing in the Tweede Divisie, namely Jong Sparta and Jong Almere City FC.

For promotion, the following applies:

If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes in 19th or 20th place, a reserve team will be promoted directly from the Tweede Divisie if it finishes in first or second place.
If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes between 11th and 18th place, and a reserve team becomes the champion of the Tweede Divisie, a play-off match will take place for one spot in the Eerste Divisie.
If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes in the top ten, there will be no promotion or relegation between the Eerste Divisie and Tweede Divisie.

For relegation, the following applies:

The two standard teams that, based solely on the first teams, finish in 14th and 15th place, will play a relegation playoff with the period champions of the Derde Divisie for one spot in the1 Tweede Divisie.
The standard team that finishes 16th, based solely on the first teams, will be relegated to the Derde Divisie.
If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes in 17th or 18th place, it will be directly relegated to the Under 21 competition.
If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes between 10th and 16th place, it will play a playoff match against the champion of the Under 21 competition for one spot in the Tweede Divisie.
If the lowest-ranked reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes in the top nine, there will be no promotion or relegation between the Tweede Divisie and the Under 21 competition.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 Derde Divisie	Promoted from 2022–23 Divison 1 U21	Relegated to 2023-24 Derde Divisie	Relegated to 2023–24 Divison 1 U21	Withdrawn
ACV ADO '20 GVVV	Jong Almere City	IJsselmeervogels TEC	Jong Volendam	OFC

South Holland

South Holland teams

Excelsior Maassluis
Jong Sparta
Katwijk
Lisse
Noordwijk
Quick Boys
Rijnsburgse Boys
Scheveningen

Location of teams in the Tweede Divisie 2022-23

2023–24 Tweede Divisie is located in South Holland

South Holland clubs in the 2022–23 Tweede Divisie

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ACV	Assen	Univé Sportpark	03,000
ADO '20	Heemskerk	Sportpark de Vlotter	06,000
AFC	Amsterdam	Sportpark Goed Genoeg	03,000
Excelsior Maassluis	Maassluis	Sportpark Dijkpolder	05,000
GVVV	Veenendaal	Sportpark Panhuis	04,500
HHC	Hardenberg	Sportpark De Boshoek	04,500
Koninklijke HFC	Haarlem	Sportpark Spanjaardslaan	01,500
Jong Almere City	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	04,501
Jong Sparta	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,000
Katwijk	Katwijk	Sportpark De Krom	06,000
Kozakken Boys	Werkendam	Sportpark De Zwaaier	03,000
Lisse	Lisse	Sportpark Ter Specke	07,000
Noordwijk	Noordwijk	Sportpark Duin Wetering	03,500
Quick Boys	Katwijk aan Zee	Sportpark Nieuw Zuid	08,100
Rijnsburgse Boys	Rijnsburg	Sportpark Middelmors	06,100
Scheveningen	Scheveningen	Sportpark Houtrust	03,500
Spakenburg	Spakenburg	Sportpark De Westmaat	08,500
De Treffers	Groesbeek	Sportpark Zuid	04,000

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
8	South Holland	Excelsior Maassluis, Jong Sparta, Katwijk, Lisse, Noordwijk, Quick Boys, Rijnsburgse Boys, Scheveningen
3	North Holland	ADO '20, AFC, Koninklijke HFC
2	Utrecht	GVVV, Spakenburg
1	Drenthe	ACV
	Flevoland	Jong Almere City
	Gelderland	De Treffers
	North Brabant	Kozakken Boys
	Overijssel	HHC

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spakenburg	29	21	4	4	73	33	+40	67
2	De Treffers	29	19	5	5	58	35	+23	62
3	Quick Boys	29	17	5	7	60	37	+23	56
4	Katwijk	29	17	2	10	53	38	+15	53
5	GVVV	29	13	8	8	46	43	+3	47
6	AFC	29	12	9	8	50	42	+8	45
7	Jong Almere City	29	12	8	9	54	47	+7	44
8	Jong Sparta	29	13	4	12	48	42	+6	43
9	Koninklijke HFC	29	11	9	9	47	41	+6	42
10	ACV	29	13	3	13	45	47	−2	42
11	HHC Hardenberg	29	12	5	12	41	34	+7	41
12	ADO '20	29	11	3	15	37	47	−10	36
13	Rijnsburgse Boys	29	10	5	14	40	49	−9	35
14	Noordwijk	29	6	13	10	34	44	−10	31
15	Scheveningen	29	6	9	14	36	54	−18	27
16	Excelsior Maassluis	29	5	7	17	33	56	−23	22	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Kozakken Boys	29	4	7	18	31	54	−23	19	Qualification for relegation play-offs
18	Lisse	29	3	6	20	31	74	−43	15	Relegation to Derde Divisie

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: Flashscore
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)^[4]

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	ACV	ADO	AFC	EXM	GVV	HHC	HFC	JAL	JSP	KAT	KOZ	LIS	NOO	QUI	RIJ	SCH	SPA	TRE
ACV		2–2	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–3	4 May	1–0	4–2	18 May	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–3
ADO '20	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–4	21 Apr	1–5	2–1	11 May	1–2	1–1	25 May	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–2
AFC	11 May	2–0		2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–1	3–1	20 Apr	2–1	25 May	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1
Excelsior Maassluis	25 May	0–1	4 May		2–0	0–1	0–3	5–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	5–0	1–0	2–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1
GVVV	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–1		2–1	2–2	0–0	25 May	2–4	2–1	2–2	20 Apr	0–1	1–4	1–0	11 May	1–1
HHC Hardenberg	3–0	1–0	18 May	1–0	0–1		3–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	4 May	3–4	2–0	1–3
Koninklijke HFC	2–4	3–0	0–2	20 Apr	0–1	11 May		25 May	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–2
Jong Almere City	3–1	4–1	1–5	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	6–1	3–1	2–0	18 May	4–1	2–2	4 May
Jong Sparta	3–1	0–1	0–0	18 May	0–3	0–3	4–1	2–0		0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	11 May	2–1	1–2	20 Apr	0–1
Katwijk	2–0	4–2	2–0	11 May	0–2	25 May	3–1	1–3	4 May		3–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	0–1
Kozakken Boys	0–0	2–3	0–5	2–1	4 May	1–1	1–2	3–4	1–2	1–2		2–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	18 May
Lisse	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–5	18 May	1–1	4–7	1–5	2–1		1–3	0–2	1–2	4 May	1–3	0–2
Noordwijk	2–3	4 May	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2		0–0	1–4	18 May	0–3	2–2
Quick Boys	0–3	1–0	2–5	5–0	18 May	3–2	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	20 Apr	3–0	0–5		2–2	5–1	1–1	2–4
Rijnsburgse Boys	20 Apr	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–3	2–1	11 May	25 May	1–1		0–0	4–3	2–4
Scheveningen	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	20 Apr	1–1	11 May	0–3	0–4	25 May	2–2	0–0	0–5	0–2		1–2	5–0
Spakenburg	2–1	18 May	0–2	4–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	4–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	8–0	4 May	2–0	2–0		3–0
De Treffers	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	4–1	20 Apr	11 May	1–3	2–0	2–1	25 May

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 13 April 2024^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed El Azzouti	Spakenburg	22
2	Rob van der Leij	HHC Hardenberg	18
3	Fughill Zeldenrust	Rijnsburgse Boys	15
3	Sem van Duijn	Quick Boys	15
5	Tijmen Wildeboer	Jong Almere City	14
6	Nick Broekhuizen	Quick Boys	13
	Ilias Latif	GVVV
	Tim Waterink	De Treffers
9	Freddy Quispel	ACV	12
10	Mukhtar Suleiman	Spakenburg	11
	Cas Dijkstra	Koninklijke HFC
	Willem den Dekker	De Treffers

References

^ "Naam tweede divisie verandert van Jack's League in Betnation". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "KNVB". KNVB. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Voorjaarsvergadering Ledenraad Amateurvoetbal". Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 24 June 2022. p. 24. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ Flashscore

Tweede Divisie

2023–24
teams

Seasons

20th c.	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71
21st c.	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

2023–24 in Dutch football

« 2022–23

League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie Derde Divisie Vierde Divisie Eerste Klasse Women's Eredivisie
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup Final Johan Cruyff Schaal KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Women's Champions League
National team	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying (Group B)

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax Almere City FC AZ Excelsior Rotterdam Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles SC Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NEC PEC Zwolle PSV RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam FC Twente FC Utrecht Vitesse FC Volendam
Eerste Divisie	ADO Den Haag SC Cambuur FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht FC Eindhoven FC Emmen De Graafschap FC Groningen Helmond Sport Jong Ajax Jong AZ Jong PSV Jong FC Utrecht MVV Maastricht NAC Breda Roda JC Kerkrade Telstar TOP Oss VVV-Venlo Willem II
Women's Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Excelsior Rotterdam SC Heerenveen PEC Zwolle PSV FC Twente FC Utrecht

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