The 2013–14
Topklasse
The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...
season is the fourth edition of the
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third tier since its inauguration in the current form in 2010. A total 32 teams are participating in the league: 25 from the
2012–13 Topklasse
The 2012–13 Topklasse season is the third edition of the Dutch third tier since its inauguration in the current form in 2010. A total 32 teams are participating in the league: 24 from the 2011–12 Topklasse, and the remaining eight from the ...
, and the remaining seven from the
2012–13 Hoofdklasse. As usual, the competition is divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played.
For the third consecutive season, no team was 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 ...
, this time due to the fact all 2012–13 Topklasse have declined promotion into professionalism. However,
Achilles '29
Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse.
The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and MV ...
did promote from last season's Topklasse to the
2013–14 Eerste Divisie, being the first amateur club to do so.
Teams
Saturday league
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Source: Voetbal op Zaterdag''
Sunday league
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Source: Amateurvoetbal op Zondag''
League tables
Saturday league
Saturday championship playoff
In determining which team becomes champion, only the achieved number of points is considered. The goal difference is completely ignored.
Therefore,
GVVV
Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a Dutch football club
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and
Spakenburg
Spakenburg is a Dutch village north of Bunschoten. Spakenburg is formally called Bunschoten-Spakenburg since its fusion with Bunschoten. The village lies south of the IJsselmeer in the municipality Bunschoten, Utrecht. It is one of the few pla ...
were considered to have ended equal and had to play an additional match against each other on neutral ground to decide which team would become champion.
Sunday league
Championship final
''Spakenburg won overall Topklasse title 6-4 on aggregate.''
Promotion/relegation play-offs
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff first round
In the first round the 3 period winners of each Hoofdklasse league decide which of them 3 continues in the semi-final. For details see
Promotion/relegation play-off Topklasse - Hoofdklasse.
In the second/semifinal round, the 3 winners from the 3 Saturday Hoofdklasse leagues are joined with the team ranked 13th in the Saturday Topklasse league to play for 1 spot in the
2014–15 Topklasse Saturday league. Likewise, the 3 winners from the 3 Sunday Hoofdklasse leagues are joined with the team ranked 13th in the Sunday Topklasse league to play for 1 spot in the
2014–15 Topklasse Sunday league.
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals
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Notes:
Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals
Source: and
EDO promoted to the
2014–15 Topklasse.
References
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