The Dutch
Tweede Divisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 25 teams, twelve of which playing in group A, thirteen in group B.
Eight teams would play against relegation this season in a play-off. Two teams already had to play in it on the basis of
last season's results:
ONA
Ona or ONA may refer to:
Anthropology
* Ona people, an indigenous people of southern Argentina and Chile
** Ona language, a language once spoken in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
* Ona, a pre-Aksumite culture in Sembel, Eritrea
Geography
* On ...
and
Velocitas 1897. The other six participants were the lowest ranked teams of this season. The changes were part of an attempt by the
KNVB to make the
Tweede Divisie one league next year. Also, one extra team would be promoted to the
Eerste Divisie this year, through a play-off between the third-place finishers of both groups.
New entrants and group changes
Tweede Divisie A
Relegated from the
Eerste Divisie
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HFC Haarlem
HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982 ...
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Roda Sport
Entered from the B-group:
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NEC
Tweede Divisie B
Entered from the A-group:
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FC Hilversum
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Velox
Velox, is a Latin word meaning "swift" or "rapid". Velox may also refer to:
Vehicles
*Heine-Velox, a luxury car made by Gustav Heine
*HMS Velox (D34), a British 'V' class destroyer built in 1918
* ST ''Velox'', a tugboat in service with D Tripcovi ...
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SV Zeist
SV, Sv, sv, etc. may refer to:
Places and language
* El Salvador, ISO 3166-1 country code SV
* South Vietnam, an extinct state
* Svalbard, Norway, FIPS country code SV
* Swedish language, ISO 639-1 language code sv
* Silicon Valley, a region in n ...
Final tables
Tweede Divisie A
Tweede Divisie B
Promotion play-offs / Tweede Divisie A
EBOH
Eendracht Brengt Ons Hoger (EBOH) is a Dutch current amateur and former professional association football club from Dordrecht. The club was founded in 1921 and played in professional football from 1954 to 1962. Its first squad currently plays in 2 ...
were promoted to
Eerste Divisie.
Promotion play-offs / Tweede Divisie B
Enschedese Boys were promoted to
Eerste Divisie.
The two losing sides played off for the final promotion spot:
sc Heerenveen were promoted to
Eerste Divisie.
Relegation play-offs
Play-off
See also
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1959–60 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship, after a decision match against Feijenoord which was won by 5–1.
League standings
Championship play-off
AFC Ajax qualified for the 1960 ...
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1959–60 Eerste Divisie
References
Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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Tweede Divisie seasons
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