The Dutch
Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...
in the 1958–59 season was contested by 29 teams, fifteen of which playing in group A, fourteen in group B. Teams occupying the lowest two places from each group at the end of the season, would have to play in a relegation play-off (however, two teams chose to relegate to amateur football immediately). That play-off would not be played this season, but in the next. The worst placed teams from that year would also enter. In the play-off (played after the
1959–60 season), teams would play against relegation to amateur football. The changes were part of an attempt by the
KNVB
The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch Netherlands nati ...
to eventually make the
Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...
one league instead of two.
New entrants
Relegated from the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
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HFC EDO
Haarlemsche Football Club Eendracht Doet Overwinnen (Dutch: Haarlemsche Football Club Unity Makes Win), known as HFC EDO or just EDO, is an amateur association football club in Haarlem, Netherlands. It competes in the 2017–18 Eerste Klasse
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(entered in the A-group)
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Xerxes (entered in the A-group)
Entered from amateur football
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Velox (entered in the A-group)
Final tables
Tweede Divisie A
Tweede Divisie B
See also
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1958–59 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 18 teams. Sparta won the championship.
League standings
Results
See also
* 1958–59 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 31 teams, ...
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1958–59 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 31 teams, divided in one group of sixteen teams and one of fifteen. One team less participated this year, due to the merger of DWS with eredivisie-club BVC Amsterdam. FC Volendam ...
References
Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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Tweede Divisie seasons
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