The 2016–17 Tweede Divisie season was the first edition of the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

third tier since its initial dissolution from the 1970-71 season and the fifteenth overall using "

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 ...

" name. Fourteen teams were completed from the

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 ...

Saturday and Sunday divisions. Seven highest-placed teams of each division earned promotion to constitute a new, amateur

. This change in the league system was approved in a

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 ...

assembly in December 2014. Thus, the Topklasse and leagues below it decremented by one level, and furthermore, promotion and relegation between the Tweede Divisie and the Topklasse were implemented.

Teams

League standings

Relegation Play-offs

See (Derde Divisie) Promotion/Relegation Play-offs Tweede and Derde Divisie.

Number of teams by provinces

Attendances

References

External links

Tweede Divisie
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