1963–64 Tweede Divisie

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1963–64 season was contested by 32 teams, divided in two groups. NEC won the championship after beating Alkmaar '54 in a play-off.

Tweede Divisie

Season	1963–64
Champions	NEC
Promoted	NEC Alkmaar '54
Goals scored	1,643
Average goals/game	3.42
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Two teams would be promoted: the winners of the championship play-off and the winners of the following promotion competition. None of the teams relegated to amateur football.

New entrants and group changes

Group A Entered from the B-group: HVC HFC Haarlem RCH HVV t' Gooi FC Hilversum HFC EDO PEC

Group B Relegated from the Eerste Divisie: Limburgia Roda JC Entered from the A-group: AGOVV Apeldoorn NEC Vitesse Arnhem FC Wageningen De Graafschap

Final tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alkmaar '54	30	21	4	5	74	35	+39	46	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	VV Zwartemeer	30	18	5	7	62	31	+31	41	Qualified for Promotion play-off
3	RCH	30	16	6	8	55	39	+16	38	Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off
4	sc Heerenveen	30	15	7	8	53	39	+14	37
5	HVC	30	15	6	9	59	40	+19	36	Tweede Divisie B next season
6	HVV Tubantia	30	13	5	12	57	47	+10	31
7	Zwolsche Boys	30	10	9	11	38	49	−11	29
8	HFC Haarlem	30	10	8	12	54	41	+13	28
9	Leeuwarden	30	9	9	12	50	52	−2	27
10	KFC	30	10	7	13	45	49	−4	27	Voluntarily returned to amateur football
11	HVV 't Gooi	30	9	8	13	40	59	−19	26	Tweede Divisie B next season
12	Be Quick 1887	30	10	5	15	45	66	−21	25	Voluntarily returned to amateur football
13	FC Hilversum	30	6	13	11	30	44	−14	25
14	PEC	30	8	8	14	54	60	−6	24
15	ZFC	30	8	6	16	37	61	−24	22
16	HFC EDO	30	6	6	18	33	64	−31	18	Qualified for Relegation play-off

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NEC	30	17	10	3	82	34	+48	44	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	Hermes DVS	30	18	6	6	48	24	+24	42	Qualified for Promotion play-off
3	Roda JC	30	16	8	6	81	40	+41	40	Play-off required as level on points
4	Xerxes	30	18	4	8	58	33	+25	40
5	De Graafschap	30	14	6	10	52	44	+8	34	Tweede Divisie A next season
6	Limburgia	30	13	7	10	49	48	+1	33
7	Helmondia '55	30	12	7	11	56	49	+7	31
8	AGOVV Apeldoorn	30	11	6	13	59	62	−3	28
9	Vitesse Arnhem	30	10	8	12	44	51	−7	28	Tweede Divisie A next season
10	VV Baronie	30	10	6	14	46	55	−9	26
11	TSV NOAD	30	8	10	12	45	54	−9	26
12	SVV	30	8	9	13	54	62	−8	25
13	RKVV Wilhelmina	30	10	5	15	53	69	−16	25
14	DFC	30	6	12	12	46	54	−8	24
15	FC Wageningen	30	7	8	15	49	73	−24	22	Tweede Divisie A next season
16	LONGA	30	4	4	22	35	95	−60	12	Qualified for Relegation play-off

Source: rsssf.com

Play-offs

Several play-offs were held to determine the league champions, who would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie, and who would leave the Professional leagues altogether.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
NEC	3 - 1	Alkmaar '54

NEC were promoted to the Eerste Divisie, while Alkmaar '54 entered the Promotion Tournament.

Group B 3rd-place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Roda JC	1 - 1	Xerxes

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Roda JC	2 - 2	Xerxes

Roda JC qualified for the Best 3rd Place play-off owing to a superior Goal Average in the "regular season".

Best 3rd-place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Roda JC	4 - 2	RCH

Roda JC entered the promotion tournament.

Promotion tournament

To determine the second team to be promoted. Entering teams:

• the two 2nd-placed from the "regular season",
• the loser of the Championship play-off,
• and the winner of the Best 3rd-place play-off.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Alkmaar '54	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	4	Promoted to Eerste Divisie[a]
2	Zwartemeer	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Roda JC	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
4	Hermes DVS	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Alkmaar '54 were promoted owing to a better overall record in the "regular season".

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
HFC EDO	3 - 2	LONGA

However, as KFC & Be Quick 1887 both relegated themselves, LONGA retained their spot.

See also

• 1963–64 Eredivisie
• 1963–64 Eerste Divisie

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)