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Dutch Football League System
The Dutch football league system consists of two fully professional leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie) and eight levels of amateur football leagues. The three highest amateur leagues, the Tweede, Derde and Vierde Divisie play in nationwide leagues and the five levels below are regional leagues. Promotion and relegation All the leagues are connected by a promotion and relegation system, but in order to be promoted to the Eerste Divisie a club has to submit a solid business plan to be approved by the Royal Dutch Football Association, as well as meet certain stadium demands, and some other demands that the association stated for all the teams in the top two leagues. Before 2010 there was no promotion and relegation (based on league result) between the highest amateur level (back then the Hoofdklasse) and the professional leagues. In the 2010–11 season the Topklasse was introduced as an intermediate level between the professional and amateur leagues. Promotion was optional, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In The Netherlands
Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Koninklijke HFC, Haarlemsche Football Club. Over the next 30 years, football gained popularity in the Netherlands and the late 1890s and early 1900s saw the foundation of many new clubs, notably Sparta Rotterdam in 1888, which is the oldest professional football club in the country, AFC Ajax in 1900, Feyenoord, Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1908, and PSV Eindhoven in 1913. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) was founded on 8 December 1889 and joined FIFA in 1904 as one of the founding members alongside the Football Associations of Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Federation, Denmark, French Football Federation, France, Spain, Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Switzerland. Professional sports, Professional football was introduced in 1954, with the establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vierde Klasse
The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday. Each division consists of 12 to 14 teams. The champions are promoted to the Derde Klasse, the bottom two teams are relegated to the Vijfde Klasse The Vijfde Klasse () is the tenth and lowest tier of football in the Netherlands and the eighth tier of Netherlands, Dutch Amateur sports, amateur football. The league is divided into 41 divisions, 19 played on Saturday and 22 on Sunday. Each divi ... (only in districts where a Vijfde Klasse exists). Each season is divided into a number of periods (). The winner of these periods qualify for promotion playoffs, provided they finish in the top nine overall in the season. The teams finishing third from bottom in the final rankings play relegation playoffs. Vierde Klasse divisions References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derde Klasse (women)
The Derde Klasse is a women's football league in the Netherlands. Teams in this league promote to the Tweede Klasse and relegate to the Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday .... The league is organized into Saturday and Sunday divisions. Each of these are further divided into eight groups, creating 16 sections. Sections ;Saturday * Group A: West * Group B: West * Group C: South * Group D: West * Group E: East * Group F: East * Group G: East * Group H: East ;Sunday * Group A: West * Group B: West * Group C: West * Group D: South * Group E: South * Group F: South * Group G: East * Group H: East References Women's football leagues in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweede Klasse (women)
The Tweede Klasse is a women's soccer league in the Netherlands. Teams in this league promote to the Eerste Klasse and relegate to Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, a .... The league is organized in a Saturday and a Sunday division. Each of these are further divided into 4 groups, creating 8 sections. Sections ;Saturday * Group A: West 1 * Group B: West 2 * Group C: East 1 * Group D: East 2 ;Sunday * Group E: West * Group F: South 1 * Group G: South 2 * Group H: South 1 References Women's football leagues in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eerste Klasse (women)
The Eerste Klasse is an association football league for women in the Netherlands. Clubs relegate to this league from the Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ... and promote to the Eerste Klasse from the Tweede Klasse. The Eerste Klasse is divided into a Saturday and a Sunday competition: ;Eerste Klasse Saturday * Group A: 12 clubs * Group B: 12 clubs ;Eerste Klasse Sunday * Group C: 12 clubs * Group D: 12 clubs Women's football leagues in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoofdklasse (women)
The Hoofdklasse is the second highest league of amateur women's football in the Netherlands, and the third tier in general. When the Hoofdklasse was created in 1973, the league was the top-level league of the Netherlands, and the winner was named the national champion. After the 2006/07 season, the professional Eredivisie was established as the top-level league which now plays out the championship. There was no relegation or promotion between those two leagues. In the 2011/12 season the Hoofdklasse became a third level league, and above it the Topklasse was created. The Hoffdklasse thus is the second highest amateur league and now promotes teams to the Topklasse. Format From 1973 to 1994, the Hoofdklasse was Championship Playoff between regional champions. Mostly consisting of 6 regional champions that would play each other once. The winner of the group becoming the champion of the Netherlands. Since the 1994–95 season the Hoofdklasse was played nationwide as a 12 team league. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topklasse (women)
The Topklasse is a nationwide league of amateur women's football in the Netherlands. It is the highest amateur league, and the third tier in Dutch women's football in general. Format The twelve teams play each other two times over the course of the season (a double round-robin system). The team finishing last gets relegated into the Hoofdklasse, while the second and third-last teams play a relegation play-off. There is no promotion as of now. History The Topklasse was created in the 2011/12 season, above the then highest amateur level, the Hoofdklasse. The first title was won by RKTSV from Kerkrade. With three titles, SV Saestum SV Saestum is a sports club from Zeist, Netherlands. It is most known for its successful women's football team. History The club was founded on 6 January 1926. The women's football section opened in 1981. Since the founding of the Hoofdklasse, ... is the Topklasse record champion. Champions External linksTopklasse Women at soccerway.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BeNe League
The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Dutch Football Association. Its first season was played in 2012–13 following the successful cooperation with the one match BeNe Super Cup, that paired both countries' national champions. The competition qualified the highest-placed Belgian and Dutch teams to the UEFA Women's Champions League. After three seasons the league was discontinued and both nations returned to their own top-level leagues. History First talks of the league began in 2011. As a try-out of cooperation in 2011 the BeNe Super Cup was established. The KBVB/URBSFA approved the league on 10 December 2011. The KNVB approved the league on 13 February 2012. UEFA then eventually gave the green light for the 2012–13 season on 23 March 2012 after its meeting of its exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eredivisie (women)
The Vrouwen Eredivisie (; Dutch for "Honour Division"; ''Eredivisie Vrouwen'' before 2020), also known as the Eurojackpot Vrouwen Eredivisie due to a sponsorship contract, is the highest women's football league in the Netherlands. Organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), it was established in 2007 as a professional league and played for five seasons until 2012, when the Netherlands and Belgium merged their leagues into a single combined league, the BeNe League. After three seasons, the BeNe League folded, and the Eredivisie restarted in the 2015–16 season. The top two Eredivisie teams each year qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The third place team qualifies for the UEFA Women's Europa Cup. History Background Since the 1970s, amateur women's football competitions have been played in the Netherlands, with the Hoofdklasse being the highest level. During the 1990s, the popularity of women's football rose, with the sport becoming an Olympic event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achtste Klasse
The Achtste Klasse (1996–2001) was a Dutch association football league for men. It covered only a part of North and South Holland. The champion and the runner-up of the Achtste Klasse gained the right to promote to the Zevende Klasse. It was up to the club to use this right or not. History The foundation of the Achtste Klasse in 1996 was the result of a major KNVB reorganization at which the regional soccer organizations were dismantled and the Netherlands was divided into 9 soccer districts. The Achtste Klasse became the lowest division of Dutch amateur football. Only Sunday District West I had an Achtste Klasse. In 2001 the number of districts was limited to 6, the Achtste Klasse was dismantled, and all Achtste Klasse teams were promoted to the Zevende Klasse or Zesde Klasse, as the restructured Zevende didn't cover all of the Netherlands either. One of the teams in the Achtste Klasse was the college football club DSVV Ouwe Schoen from Delft, founded in 1889 as Delftsche FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zevende Klasse
The Zevende Klasse () was the eleventh and from 2001 through 2010 lowest tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Koninklijke HFC, Haarlemsche Football Club. Ov ... and the ninth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league was divided into 3 divisions, only played on Sunday and only in the North district. The league was abolished after the 2009–10 season. All remaining teams were promoted to higher, geographically appropriate divisions. The divisions consisted of 11, 12, 13 or 14 teams. The champions and the runners-up were promoted to the Zesde Klasse but they could have refused promotion. Because the Zevende Klasse was the lowest football tier, teams were not relegated. Last Zevende Klasse divisions References Defunct football leagues in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zesde Klasse
The Zesde Klasse () was formerly the tenth and lowest tier of football in the Netherlands for most of the districts and the eighth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league was divided into 6 divisions, 4 played on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. The leagues were abolished after the 2014–15 season. All teams were promoted to higher divisions based on geography. The divisions consisted of 11, 12, 13 or 14 teams. The champions were promoted to the Vijfde Klasse. Each season was divided into a number of periods (). The winner of these periods qualified for promotion playoffs, provided they finish in the top nine overall in the season. Because the Zesde Klasse was the lowest football tier, teams were not relegated. In the North district only relegation to the Zevende Klasse The Zevende Klasse () was the eleventh and from 2001 through 2010 lowest tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
