2022–23 Derde Divisie

The 2022–23 Derde Divisie season was the seventh edition of the Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.^[1]

Derde Divisie

Season	2022–23
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Saturday league

Derde Divisie Saturday

Season	2022–23
Champions	ACV
Promoted	ACV
Relegated	VVOG Excelsior '31 Ter Leede ASWH
Matches played	306
Goals scored	990 (3.24 per match)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

ACV

ASWH

Barendrecht

DOVO
GVVV

DVS '33

Excelsior '31

Harkemase Boys

Hoek

Rijnvogels

RKAV Volendam

Sparta Nijkerk

Sportlust '46

Staphorst

SteDoCo

Ter Leede

Urk

VVOG

Location of teams in the Saturday Derde Divisie 2022-23

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
ACV	Assen	Univé Sportpark
ASWH	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	Sportpark Schildman	3,000
Barendrecht	Barendrecht	Sportpark De Bongerd	1,500
DOVO	Veenendaal	Sportpark Panhuis	4,500
DVS '33	Ermelo	Sportpark Zuid
Excelsior '31	Rijssen	Sportpark De Koerbelt	4,150
GVVV	Veenendaal	Sportpark Panhuis	4,500
Harkemase Boys	Harkema	De Bosk	5,000
Hoek	Hoek	Sportpark Denoek	3,500
Rijnvogels	Katwijk	Sportpark de Kooltuin
RKAV Volendam	Volendam	KWABO Stadium
Sparta Nijkerk	Nijkerk	De Ebbenhorst	5,350
Sportlust '46	Woerden	Sportpark Cromwijck	2,000
Staphorst	Staphorst	Het Noorderslag	2,500
SteDoCo	Hoornaar	Sportpark SteDoCo
Ter Leede	Sassenheim	Roodemolen	2,000
Urk	Urk	De Vormt
VVOG	Harderwijk	De Strokel	2,000

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
5	South Holland	ASWH, Barendrecht, Rijnvogels, SteDoCo, Ter Leede
3	Gelderland	DVS '33, Sparta Nijkerk, VVOG
	Utrecht	DOVO, GVVV, Sportlust '46
2	Overijssel	Excelsior '31, Staphorst
1	Drenthe	ACV
	Flevoland	Urk
	Friesland	Harkemase Boys
	North Holland	RKAV Volendam
	Zeeland	Hoek

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	ACV[a] (C, P)	34	22	9	3	71	33	+38	75	Promotion to Tweede Divisie
2	GVVV (O, P)	34	21	6	7	77	40	+37	69	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	SteDoCo	34	18	4	12	59	42	+17	58
4	Rijnvogels	34	17	5	12	64	55	+9	56
5	Barendrecht	34	18	5	11	71	54	+17	55[b]
6	Sportlust '46	34	15	8	11	52	50	+2	53
7	DVS '33	34	15	7	12	54	43	+11	52
8	Sparta Nijkerk	34	13	11	10	45	45	0	50
9	Hoek	34	16	2	16	71	72	−1	50
10	DOVO[c]	34	15	3	16	51	56	−5	48	Qualification for promotion play-offs
11	Staphorst	34	12	9	13	38	41	−3	45
12	Urk	34	13	3	18	62	76	−14	42
13	Harkemase Boys	34	10	8	16	52	56	−4	38
14	RKAV Volendam	34	9	9	16	52	72	−20	36
15	VVOG (R)	34	10	5	19	49	71	−22	35	Qualification for relegation play-offs
16	Excelsior '31 (R)	34	8	9	17	47	58	−11	33
17	Ter Leede (R)	34	8	9	17	50	65	−15	33	Relegation to Vierde Divisie
18	ASWH (R)	34	7	6	21	25	61	−36	27

Source: Flashsore
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)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Winner of the Second and Third Period (Rounds 13–23 and 24–34)
2. Barendrecht were deducted 4 points for losing on purpose in order to qualify for the promotion play-offs
3. Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–12)

Fixtures/results

Home \ Away	ACV	ASW	BAR	DOV	DVS	EXC	GVV	HAR	HOE	RIJ	RKA	SPA	SPO	STA	SDC	TER	URK	VVO
ACV		4–0	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0
ASWH	0–3		0–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–6	3–0	0–3
Barendrecht	2–2	1–1		6–1	0–2	3–2	3–4	1–2	5–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–0	5–1	3–0
DOVO	1–2	2–0	3–1		1–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–4	4–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	5–1
DVS '33	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0		1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–4	2–0
Excelsior '31	0–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	4–0		2–1	4–2	3–5	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	5–3	1–4	2–1
GVVV	1–2	0–0	2–5	3–1	3–2	3–1		3–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	6–0	1–2	0–0	5–3	2–1	3–1
Harkemase Boys	1–2	1–3	1–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	4–2	2–2	3–1	1–2
Hoek	1–4	3–0	1–5	6–0	3–1	1–1	4–7	2–1		2–3	3–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–1
Rijnvogels	0–1	5–1	0–1	2–1	2–4	0–4	2–3	4–3	1–0		5–0	0–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	3–3
RKAV Volendam	1–1	3–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2		2–2	2–1	2–0	3–4	2–2	4–1	3–1
Sparta Nijkerk	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	3–1		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2
Sportlust '46	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–4	2–2	5–1	2–2	3–0	4–2		0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–3
Staphorst	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	1–4	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2		1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0
SteDoCo	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	0–2		3–0	3–1	2–1
Ter Leede	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–4	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–4		3–0	0–2
Urk	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–3	4–3	2–4	3–3	5–1	3–0	1–3	6–4	3–0		3–1
VVOG	1–4	2–1	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–5	0–2	3–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–2

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

Sunday league

Derde Divisie Sunday

Season	2022–23
Champions	ADO '20
Promoted	ADO '20
Relegated	JOS Watergraafsmeer Dongen UDI '19
Matches played	306
Goals scored	974 (3.18 per match)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

ADO '20

Baronie

Blauw Geel '38

DEM

Dongen

Gemert

Groene Ster

Hercules

HSC '21

JOS Watergraafsmeer

OJC

OSS '20

Quick (H)

TOGB

UDI '19

UNA

Unitas

VVSB

Location of teams in the Sunday Derde Divisie 2022-23

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
ADO '20	Heemskerk	Sportpark de Vlotter	6,000
Baronie	Breda	De Blauwe Kei	7,000
Blauw Geel '38	Veghel	Prins Willem Alexander Sportpark	2,500
DEM	Beverwijk	Sportpark Adrichem
Dongen	Dongen	De Biezen
Gemert	Gemert
Groene Ster	Heerlerheide	Pronsebroek	2,500
Hercules	Utrecht	Sportpark Voordorp	1,000
HSC '21	Haaksbergen	Groot Scholtenhagen	4,500
HV & CV Quick	Den Haag	Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg
JOS Watergraafsmeer	Amsterdam	Sportpark Drieburg	1,000
OJC	Rosmalen	Sportpark De Groote Wielen	1,000
OSS '20	Oss	Sportpark De Rusheuvel
TOGB	Berkel en Rodenrijs	Sportpark Het Hoge Land	1,800
UDI '19	Uden	Sportpark Parkzicht
UNA	Veldhoven	Sportpark Zeelst	2,000
Unitas	Gorinchem	Sportpark Molenvliet	3,000
VVSB	Noordwijkerhout	Sportpark De Boekhorst	2,000

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
8	North Brabant	Baronie, Blauw Geel '38, Dongen, Gemert, OJC, OSS '20, UDI '19, UNA
4	South Holland	Quick (H), TOGB, Unitas, VVSB
3	North Holland	ADO '20, DEM, JOS Watergraafsmeer
1	Limburg	Groene Ster
	Overijssel	HSC '21
	Utrecht	USV Hercules

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	ADO '20[a] (C, P)	34	27	3	4	85	34	+51	84	Promotion to Tweede Divisie
2	VVSB[b]	34	22	5	7	87	52	+35	71	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Hercules	34	18	9	7	61	33	+28	63
4	Blauw Geel '38	34	15	10	9	53	45	+8	55
5	OJC	34	16	6	12	58	56	+2	54
6	HSC '21	34	14	9	11	64	42	+22	51
7	UNA	34	12	13	9	55	41	+14	49
8	TOGB	34	13	10	11	68	56	+12	49
9	Quick (H)	34	13	10	11	59	47	+12	49
10	DEM	34	13	9	12	58	53	+5	48
11	Gemert	34	14	5	15	52	59	−7	47
12	Unitas	34	13	6	15	43	59	−16	45
13	Groene Ster	34	10	13	11	42	44	−2	43	Qualification for promotion play-offs
14	OSS '20	34	8	12	14	39	59	−20	36
15	JOS Watergraafsmeer (R)	34	8	8	18	35	80	−45	32	Qualification for relegation play-offs
16	Baronie (O)	34	8	4	22	44	70	−26	28
17	Dongen (R)	34	6	7	21	45	77	−32	25	Relegation to Vierde Divisie
18	UDI '19 (R)	34	4	5	25	26	67	−41	17

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)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Winner of the First and Third Period (Rounds 1–12 and 24–34)
2. Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 13–23)

Fixtures/results

Home \ Away	ADO	BAR	BLA	DEM	DON	GEM	GRO	HER	HSC	JOS	OJC	OSS	QHA	TOG	UDI	UNA	UNI	VVS
ADO '20		2–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–3
Baronie	1–2		1–5	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–3	0–0	4–1	1–3
Blauw Geel '38	1–3	2–1		1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	1–2	3–2
DEM	0–4	3–1	5–0		2–2	3–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	5–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–4
Dongen	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2		2–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	0–1	2–3	2–3	2–6	2–2	1–2	4–2	3–4
Gemert	1–6	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–3	3–1
Groene Ster	0–2	3–1	1–4	4–2	0–0	1–4		1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–3
Hercules	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	4–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
HSC '21	1–4	1–2	0–1	5–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–2		6–0	5–0	1–1	5–0	2–2	3–0	0–3	5–2	2–0
JOS Watergraafsmeer	0–1	1–7	0–0	1–1	0–3	3–5	0–0	0–4	1–0		0–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
OJC	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–2	1–0		4–2	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–5	1–3	1–2
OSS '20	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–0	2–3	1–1		2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–6
Quick (H)	1–2	5–3	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0		4–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
TOGB	6–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–2	1–1		5–1	1–5	0–1	2–0
UDI '19	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–2		0–2	0–0	1–3
UNA	1–3	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	3–0		2–0	1–2
Unitas	1–3	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–0	2–1	0–1	5–2	3–1	0–0	1–5	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–1
VVSB	0–2	4–0	3–2	1–3	6–1	5–2	0–0	2–0	4–2	5–2	2–5	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–2

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

Play-offs

Tweede divisie promotion/relegation play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	GVVV	2	4	6
	Groene Ster	0	0	0
							GVVV	0	3	3
							Hercules	1	0	1
	IJsselmeervogels	0	0	0
	Hercules	6	5	11
													GVVV	2	2	4
													SteDoCo	1	0	1
	VVSB	0	5	5
	DOVO	1	2	3
							VVSB	0	2	2
							SteDoCo	1	2	3
	TEC	1	0	1
	SteDoCo	4	2	6

Quarterfinals

SteDoCo	4–1	TEC

7 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark SteDoCo, Hoornaar

TEC	0–2	SteDoCo

10 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark De Lok, Tiel

SteDoCo won 6–1 on aggregate.

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DOVO	1–0	VVSB
Pluk 4'	Report

31 May 2023

20:00

Sportpark Panhuis, Veenendaal

VVSB	5–2	DOVO

3 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark De Boekhorst, Noordwijkerhout

VVSB won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Hercules	6–0	IJsselmeervogels
van de Groep 26' (o.g.) Waterink 32' van Rooijen 47' Pieters 75', 83' Vermeulen 89'	Report

31 May 2023

20:00

Sportpark Voordorp, Utrecht

IJsselmeervogels	0–5	Hercules
		Waterink 8', 41' Lahri 52' Pieters 61' Vermeulen 71'

3 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark De Westmaat, Spakenburg

Hercules won 11–0 on aggregate.

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Groene Ster	0–2	GVVV
	Report	Veenhof 50' Burgering 62' (pen.)

31 May 2023

20:00

Pronsebroek, Heerlerheide

GVVV	4–0	Groene Ster

3 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark Panhuis, Veenendaal

GVVV won 6–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

SteDoCo	1–0	VVSB

14 June 2023

Sportpark SteDoCo, Hoornaar

VVSB	2–2	SteDoCo

17 June 2023

15:30

Sportpark De Boekhorst, Noordwijkerhout

SteDoCo won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Hercules	1–0	GVVV

10 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark Voordorp, Utrecht

GVVV	3–0	Hercules

17 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark Panhuis, Veenendaal

GVVV won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

SteDoCo	1–2	GVVV

21 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark SteDoCo, Hoornaar

GVVV	2–0	SteDoCo

24 June 2023

18:00

Sportpark Panhuis, Veenendaal

Derde divisie promotion/relegation play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Saturday league

Bracket

	Semifinals						Final
	VVOG	0	2	2
	Smitshoek	1	4	5
							Smitshoek	1	2	3
							ODIN '59	3	3	6
	Swift	2	0	2
	ODIN '59	3	4	7

Semifinals

Smitshoek	1–0	VVOG

30 May 2023

19:00

Sportpark Smitshoek, Barendrecht

VVOG	2–4	Smitshoek

3 June 2023

14:30

De Strokel, Harderwijk

Smitshoek won 5–2 on aggregate.

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ODIN '59	3–2	Swift

30 May 2023

20:00

Sportpark Assumburg, Heemskerk

Swift	0–4	ODIN '59

3 June 2023

14:30

Olympiaplein, Amsterdam

ODIN '59 won 7–2 on aggregate.

Final

ODIN '59	3–1	Smitshoek

6 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark Assumburg, Heemskerk

Smitshoek	2–3	ODIN '59

10 June 2023

14:30

Sportpark Smitshoek, Barendrecht

ODIN '59 won 6–3 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Semifinals						Final
	Capelle	2	4	6
	AZSV	2	1	3
							Capelle	1	2	3
							Genemuiden	3	3	6
	Excelsior '31	0	1	1
	Genemuiden	2	1	3

Semifinals

AZSV	2–2	Capelle

30 May 2023

19:30

Sportpark Villekamp, Aalten

Capelle	4–1	AZSV

3 June 2023

14:30

Sportpark 't Slot, Capelle aan den IJssel

Capelle won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Genemuiden	2–0	Excelsior '31
Streutker 29' Popovic 31'	Report

30 May 2023

20:00

Sportpark de Wetering, Genemuiden

Excelsior '31	1–1	Genemuiden

3 June 2023

14:30

Sportpark De Koerbelt, Rijssen

Genemuiden won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Genemuiden	3–1	Capelle

6 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark de Wetering, Genemuiden

Capelle	2–3	Genemuiden

10 June 2023

14:30

Sportpark 't Slot, Capelle aan den IJssel

Genemuiden won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sunday league

Bracket

	Semifinals						Final
	Kampong	0	4	4
	Be Quick	0	1	1
							Kampong (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
							JOS Watergraafsmeer	1	0	0
	JOS Watergraafsmeer	2	4	6
	HBS	2	0	2

Semifinals

HBS	2–2	JOS Watergraafsmeer

1 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark Daal en Bergselaan, The Hague

JOS Watergraafsmeer	4–0	HBS

4 June 2023

14:00

Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam

JOS Watergraafsmeer won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Be Quick	0–0	Kampong

1 June 2023

20:00

Stadion Esserberg, Haren

Kampong	4–1	Be Quick

4 June 2023

14:30

De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Kampong won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

JOS Watergraafsmeer	1–0	Kampong

8 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam

Kampong	3–0 (a.e.t.)	JOS Watergraafsmeer

11 June 2023

18:00

De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Kampong won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Semifinals						Final
	Baronie	0	2	2
	Juliana '31	1	0	1
							Baronie	1	0	1
							AWC	1	1	2
	RKAVV	0	1	1
	AWC	0	2	2

Semifinals

Juliana '31	1–0	Baronie

1 June 2023

20:00

De Broeklanden, Malden

Baronie	2–0	Juliana '31

4 June 2023

14:00

De Blauwe Kei, Breda

Baronie won 2–1 on aggregate.

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AWC	0–0	RKAVV

1 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark De Wijchert, Wijchen

RKAVV	1–2	AWC

4 June 2023

14:00

Kastelenring, Leidschendam

AWC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

AWC	1–1	Baronie

8 June 2023

20:00

Sportpark De Wijchert, Wijchen

Baronie	0–1	AWC

11 June 2023

14:00

De Blauwe Kei, Breda

AWC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Relegation play-off

Because Tweede Divisie team OFC, which placed last, withdrew its team, sunday league teams JOS Watergraafsmeer and Baronie played extra play-off matches. The best team over two legs remained in the Derde Divisie, whilst the loser relegated to the Vierde Divisie

Baronie	3–1	JOS Watergraafsmeer

15 June 2023

20:00

De Blauwe Kei, Breda

JOS Watergraafsmeer	4–3	Baronie

18 June 2023

14:00

Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam

Baronie won 6–5 on aggregate.