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2012–13 Hoofdklasse
The 2012–13 season of the Hoofdklasse is competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The champions of each group promoted direct to the 2013–14 Topklasse. Teams Saturday A Saturday B Saturday C Sunday A Sunday B Sunday C League tables Saturday A In determining which teams relegate directly and which teams are allowed to play the playoffs to avoid relegation, only the achieved number of points is considered. The goal difference is completely ignored. Therefore, SV ARC, ARC and RKAV Volendam, Volendam were considered to have ended equal and had to play an additional match against each other on neutral ground to decide which team was allowed to enter the playoffs. Saturday B Saturday C Sunday A Sunday B Sunday C Promotion/Relegation play-off Topklasse – Hoofdklasse First round The 3 period winners of each league are grouped together and play a semi-competition to decide which of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoofdklasse
The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation ( nl, verzuiling), the segregation of Dutch society. The ''Saturday'' clubs are mainly Protestant Christian clubs, who were not allowed to play on Sunday. The ''Sunday'' clubs were in general Catholic and working class clubs, whose players had to work on Saturday and therefore could only play on Sunday. Although the pillarisation ended in the 1960s and 1970s, the clubs and the league have maintained this division. The Saturday Hoofdklasse and the Sunday Hoofdklasse are divided into two leagues each since the 2016–17 season: * Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A and Sunday Hoofdklasse A are from the central, northern and western parts of the Netherlands. * Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse B and Sunday Hoofdkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |