2019–20 Tweede Divisie

The 2019–20 Tweede Divisie season was the fourth edition of the Dutch third tier since on hiatus from 1970-71 season and the 19th edition using Tweede Divisie name. Thirteen teams competed from the last season along with five promoted teams from the Derde Divisie.

Tweede Divisie

Season	2019–20
Champions	No champions.[1]
Promoted	No team promoted.[2]
Relegated	No team relegated.[1]
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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/relegation will take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the current season.^[2]

At another extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached about the number of reserves teams allowed in each division as of season 2019–20.^[3] For the Tweede Divisie it will be 2 teams.

Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

On 12 March 2020, all football leagues were suspended until 31 March as the Dutch government forbade events due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.^[4] On 15 March this period was extended until 6 April.^[5] Due to the decision of the Dutch government to forbid all gatherings and events until 1 June 2020, this period was even further extended.^[6]

Eventually, on 31 March 2020, the KNVB decided not to resume 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. All teams will start next season at the same level as they did this season.^[1]

Teams

AFC

ASWH

Excelsior Maassluis

GVVV

HHC

Koninklijke HFC

IJsselmeervogels

Jong Sparta

Jong Volendam

Katwijk

Kozakken Boys

Noordwijk

Quick Boys

Rijnsburgse Boys

Scheveningen

Spakenburg

TEC

De Treffers

Location of teams in the Tweede Divisie 2019-20

ASWH

Excelsior Maassluis

Jong Sparta

Katwijk

Noordwijk

Quick Boys

Rijnsburgse Boys

Scheveningen

South Holland clubs in the Tweede Divisie 2019/20

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	08,200
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	08,200
TEC	Tiel	Sportpark De Lok	02,500
De Treffers	Groesbeek	Sportpark Zuid	04,000

Standings

>> As the competition was cancelled, below is the situation on 8 March 2020, the date the last matches were played. <<

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Katwijk[a]	24	15	4	5	48	26	+22	49	Champion
2	HHC Hardenberg	24	14	4	6	54	27	+27	46
3	AFC	24	13	6	5	50	33	+17	45
4	Rijnsburgse Boys	24	13	6	5	55	42	+13	45
5	IJsselmeervogels[b]	24	13	5	6	57	37	+20	44
6	Kozakken Boys	24	13	3	8	38	29	+9	42
7	SV Spakenburg	24	10	7	7	37	44	−7	37
8	Koninklijke HFC	23	10	5	8	43	36	+7	35
9	De Treffers	24	9	8	7	42	36	+6	35
10	Noordwijk	24	8	8	8	47	44	+3	32
11	Jong Sparta	24	9	4	11	43	42	+1	31
12	Excelsior Maassluis	24	9	4	11	36	47	−11	31
13	GVVV	24	9	3	12	38	48	−10	30
14	Quick Boys	24	7	6	11	25	32	−7	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Scheveningen	23	7	4	12	24	36	−12	25
16	TEC	24	3	7	14	17	40	−23	16	Relegation to Derde Divisie
17	Jong Volendam	24	3	5	16	40	61	−21	14	Possible relegation to Derde Divisie[c]
18	ASWH	24	3	5	16	26	60	−34	14	Relegation to Derde Divisie

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]
Notes:

1. Winner of the second period (games 13-23).
2. Winner of the first period (games 1-12).
3. Team relegates only if in one (or both) Derde Divisie(s) at least one reserve team ends at rank 1 to 4.

Fixtures/results

Home \ Away	AFC	ASW	EXM	GVV	HFC	HHC	IJS	JSP	JVO	KAT	KOZ	NOO	QUI	RIJ	SCH	SPA	TEC	TRE
AFC		4–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1			2–0			6–3	0–1	2–0		2–2
ASWH			3–4	2–1		0–4	1–3		5–2			0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2
Excelsior Maassluis	2–3	1–0					1–3	1–2	3–2	1–4	1–0	0–1		3–3	2–0		0–0	1–1
GVVV	1–3	3–0	1–2		2–0		0–3		3–1	0–3		2–2		3–4	4–0	1–2		2–2
Koninklijke HFC		4–1	2–3			3–1		3–2	4–0	1–1			1–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–3
HHC Hardenberg	0–2		5–0	4–0	3–0					1–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–3	1–0	6–1	2–1
IJsselmeervogels	5–1	4–1		3–0	1–5	1–2		4–2	3–3	0–3	0–0	4–2		1–1		2–2	5–1
Jong Sparta		6–2		0–1	3–1	1–1	2–3				1–0	4–0	2–1		0–0	2–4	3–1	2–0
Jong Volendam	4–6	1–1	4–1		3–6	1–3		5–0		2–3	1–2				1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1
Katwijk	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–3		2–1	2–1	2–1				3–2	0–0		3–2		2–0	2–0
Kozakken Boys		3–0	2–0	4–2	0–2	2–4	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–0			1–1			4–2	0–1
Noordwijk	2–2	5–1	1–3	1–3	4–1	2–0			5–1		2–5		1–1	3–3		0–3		4–1
Quick Boys	1–1		1–1	2–0			2–1	1–3	3–1		0–2	1–1		0–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–2
Rijnsburgse Boys	2–0		4–3	6–2	2–1			2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	3–1				1–0	2–1
Scheveningen	1–0			0–1	0–0	0–3	0–1		2–1	0–2	3–1	1–4		2–5		5–0		1–1
SV Spakenburg	2–4	1–0	1–0			1–3		2–2	1–1	4–2		2–1	2–0	2–2			1–0
TEC	2–2			1–2	0–2		0–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–2		1–1
De Treffers		3–1			4–1	1–1	3–3	3–1		2–2	1–2		1–3	0–2	1–0	4–0	3–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.