The 2019–20 Eerste Klasse season was a season of the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 12 March 2020, all football leagues were suspended until 31 March as the Dutch government forbade events due to the

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. On 15 March this period was extended until 6 April. Due to the decision of the Dutch government to forbid all gatherings and events until 1 June 2020, this period was even further extended. Eventually, on 31 March 2020, 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 men's and wome ...

decided not to resume competitions at the amateur level. They also decided, for those competitions involved, there would be no final standings, and therefore no champions, initially no promotions and no relegations. All teams will start next season at the same level as they did this season. Following the cancellation,

Meppeler Sport Club MSC is a football club from Meppel, Netherlands. History MSC played in the 2017–18 Sunday Hoofdklasse A. and in the 2019–20 Hoofdklasse The 2019–20 season of the Hoofdklasse was played in four leagues, two Saturday leagues and two Sun ...

and

Quick '20 Quick '20 (short for Katholieke Voetbal Vereniging Quick 1920 , Eng.: Catholic Football Club Quick 1920) is a football club from Oldenzaal, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1920 and is currently playing in the Derde Divisie The Derde Divis ...

gave up playing Sunday football to compete only on Saturdays and the KNVB promoted the four Hoofdklasse group leaders and two best runners-up to the Derde Divisie. A total of six Eerste Klasse clubs were promoted to fill vacancies in the higher league.

Saturday sections

Participating clubs were:

A: West I

* Amsterdamsche FC *

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* BOL *

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist ...

De Bilt De Bilt () is a municipality and town in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. It had a population of in . De Bilt houses the headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). It is the ancestral home and namesake for the pro ...

* HEDW *

Huizen Huizen () is a municipality and a village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. The name "Huizen" is Dutch for "houses" and this usage has been linked to the belief that the first stone houses, instead of the more common sod houses ...

Monnickendam Monnickendam () is a city in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies on the coast of the Markermeer, about southeast of Purmerend. It received city rights in 1355 and was damaged by the fir ...

Roda '46 Roda '46 (self-styled as RODA '46) is a Dutch football club from Leusden. It was founded on 15 September 1946. The club has Saturday and Sunday football teams. Its Saturday football team plays in 2018–2019 in the Eerste Klasse, while its Sunday t ...

* Scherpenzeel Promoted *

Woudenberg Woudenberg () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. There are forests in the western part of the municipality. The Pyramid of Austerlitz is located in the municipality. Etymology The name Woudenbe ...

* ZOB * Zuidvogels * Zwaluwen '30

B: West II

Brielle Brielle (), also called Den Briel in Dutch and Brill in English, is a town, municipality and historic seaport in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten, at the mouth of the New ...

* BVCB * Die Haghe * Forum Sport * Heinenoord *

Honselersdijk Honselersdijk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is home to the historic Huis Honselaarsdijk, former palatial estate of the Dutch Princes of Orange. Huis Honselaarsdijk was one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture ...

* Neptunus-Schiebroek *

Nootdorp Nootdorp () is a small town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of South Holland. It is bordered by Zoetermeer to the north, by The Hague (specifically Leidschenveen-Ypenburg) to the west, by Delfgauw to the south and by Pijnacker to the east. Noot ...

* Poortugaal Promoted * RVVH *

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* VELO * Voorschoten '97 *

XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam. History The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class (tweed ...

C: South

* Almkerk * GRC '14 *

Heerjansdam Heerjansdam () is a village in the western Netherlands, in the municipality of Zwijndrecht, South Holland. It has a population of 3,590. History It was originally called "''Heren Heyenland''", a name which first appeared in a document from 1323. ...

* Kloetinge *

Leerdam Leerdam () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. The municipality was merged with the municipalities of Vianen and Zederik on 1 January 2019. The name of the new municipality is Vijfheerenlan ...

Montfoort Montfoort () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Montfoort received city rights in 1329. Population centres The municipality of Montfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or district ...

Nieuw-Lekkerland Nieuw-Lekkerland () is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is situated on the southern shores of the Lek River, in the north-west of the Alblasserwaard. The town's name evolved slightly over time: in 1280 Leck ...

* Nivo Sparta * Oranje Wit *

Papendrecht Papendrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which ...

Sliedrecht Sliedrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is covered by water. Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including Bosk ...

* SVL * Terneuzense Boys * WNC

D: East

* Bennekom *

CSV Apeldoorn Christelijke Sportvereniging Apeldoorn is a Dutch association football club from Apeldoorn, Gelderland. They are currently members of the Eerste Klasse, the sixth tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded in 1946. History I ...

* DFS * DOS '37 *

DOS Kampen DOS Kampen (acronym of ''Door Oefening Sterk Kampen'') is a Dutch football club based in the city of Kampen, currently competing in the Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands ...

* Ede * DZC '68 * Kampen *

Hierden Hierden is a farming village in the centre-east of Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Harderwijk, Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the ...

* KHC *

Nunspeet Nunspeet () is a municipality and town in the central Netherlands. It has been an agricultural site since prehistoric times. The municipality contains a number of villages, namely Hulshorst, Elspeet, and Vierhouten. Nunspeet has a vivid historica ...

* Barneveld * WHC * SVZW

E: North

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* Blauw Wit '34 * Broeksterwoude * Drachten * VV Groningen * Leeuwarder Zwaluwen * Noordscheschut Promoted * Olde Veste *

Oranje Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands ...

* Pelikaan-S * PKC '83 * SVI *

Winsum Winsum () is a town and a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het H ...

* Zeerobben

Sunday sections

Participating clubs are:

A: West I

* AFC '34 * AGB * DSOV * Fortuna Wormerveer *

Hoofddorp Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the Haarlemmermeer municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained. His ...

* Kolping Boys * Legmeervogels * LSVV *

De Meern De Meern () is an urbanized village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Utrecht, and is located at 6 km west of the inner city of this town. Before 2001 the villages De Meern, Vleuten and Haarzuilens formed a ...

* Papendorp * SDZ *

Uitgeest Uitgeest () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Uitgeest consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Topography ''Dutch topograp ...

* Zaanlandia * De Zouaven Promoted

B: West II

* Boshuizen * DHC *

DOSKO Sportvereniging Door Ons Samenspel Komt Overwinning, usually known as SV DOSKO, is a football club from Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. SV DOSKO plays in the 2021–22 Sunday Eerste Klasse. History Early years SV DOSKO was founded on 1 March 1908. ...

* Den Hoorn * Hillegersberg * Olympia Gouda * ROAC * Rood Wit * Spartaan '20 * TAC '90 Promoted * TOGB Promoted *

Vlissingen Vlissingen (; zea, label= Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river ...

* VUC * Zwervers

C: South I

Alverna La Verna ( la, Alverna is a locality on Mount Penna ( it, Monte Penna), an isolated mountain of situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines, rising above the valley of the Casentino, central Italy. The place is known especially for its asso ...

* Best * Brabantia * FC Eindhoven AV * Erp * HVCH * Leones * SC NEC * Nemelaer * Rhode * SV TOP * Unitas '30 * Woezik * 't Zand

D: South II

* Chevremont * Deurne *

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Heeze Heeze is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, about 9 km southeast of Eindhoven. The Heeze Castle is located east of the town. Further east and to the north lies the Strabrechtse ...

* Limburgia * SSS '18 * De Ster *

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* Wilhelmina '08 * Wittenhorst * ZSV

E: East

* De Bataven * Bemmel * BVC '12 *

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* Orion *

Rigtersbleek VV Rigtersbleek is a football club from Enschede, Netherlands. It plays in the 2017–18 Sunday Eerste Klasse E. History From 1954 to 1961 Rigtersbleek played professional football. In 1954/55 in the Eerste Klasse and in 1955/56 in the Hoofdklas ...

* RKHVV * Raalte * Stevo *

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* TVC '28 * Voorwaarts Twello *

Winterswijk Winterswijk (; also known as ''Winterswiek'' or ''Wenters'') is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It has a population of and is situated in the Achterhoek, which lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland in th ...

* De Zweef

F: North

Dalfsen Dalfsen (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and a town in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. The municipality of Dalfsen was increased to its current size on 1 January 2001 through the amalgamation of the municipalities ...

* FVC * GAVC *

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* GRC Groningen * VV Heerenveen *

Hoogezand Hoogezand is a town in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the province of Groningen in northeast Netherlands. History The name refers to a higher sanded ''(Hooge Sandt)'' place in the peatlands cut through when the Winschoterdiep chann ...

* Noordster * Roden * Sneek Wit Zwart * Stadspark * SVBO * VKW * WVV 1896

References

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