The Beloften Eredivisie (; ''"Promised Honor Division"'') was the highest

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(KNVB). The league was founded in 1992 as ''Reserve Teams Eredivisie'' and this name was in use until the 2000–01 season. The second teams are called ''beloften'' teams. Until the 2009–10 season the league champion, as well as the

KNVB Reserve Cup The KNVB Reserve Cup ( nl, KNVB Beker voor beloften) is a cup competition for the reserve teams of professional football clubs in the Netherlands. The winner qualifies for next year's KNVB Cup; if the cup winner is also the champion in the na ...

winner, was awarded a ticket for the regular

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but the reserve teams were disbanded from the KNVB Cup. A Super Cup was installed instead. There was no promotion and the team finishing at the bottom of the table was relegated to the Beloften Eerste Divisie. The competition was a stand-alone competition and was not incorporated in the Dutch professional or amateur league structure. In recent years there was less interest in the competitions. A lot of teams merged their youth programs and brought joined team into the beloften leagues. The 2012–13 season also saw a big change to the format: the best 3 teams of that season were allowed to promote to 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 ...

. As a result, the reserve teams of PSV Eindhoven, Ajax and FC Twente left the Beloften Eredivisie and played in the aforementioned Eerste Divisie. The Beloften Eredivisie was dissolved in 2016. The 11 teams that competed in the 2015–16 season were integrated into the league pyramid and assigned to three leagues below the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

based on points, as indicated in the table below. ¹ Formerly Brabant United. ² Since the three best clubs were preferred for Saturday, Achilles was assigned to play on Sunday. ;Key:

Champions

* 1992 SC Heerenveen 2 * 1993 Vitesse 2 * 1994 Ajax 2 * 1995 Sparta Rotterdam 2 * 1996 Ajax 2 * 1997 PSV 2 * 1998 Ajax 2 * 1999 De Graafschap 2 * 2000 PSV 2 * 2001 Ajax 2 * 2002

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* 2003 Jong SC Heerenveen * 2004

* 2005

* 2006

Jong AZ Jong AZ is a Dutch association football team, based in Zaandam in the Zaanstreek The Zaan () is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs. The river was origina ...

* 2007 Jong SC Heerenveen * 2008

Jong FC Twente Jong FC Twente (English: Young FC Twente) are the reserve team of FC Twente, a team from Enschede which played in the Eerste Divisie from 2013 to 2015. Staff * ''Head coach:'' Michel Jansen * ''Assistant coach:'' Boudewijn Pahlplatz * ''Tea ...

* 2009

* 2010 Jong PSV * 2011 Jong PSV * 2012

* 2013 Jong SC Heerenveen * 2014 Jong Feyenoord/Excelsior * 2015 Jong Vitesse * 2016

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