Relegation for reserve teams
On 1 August 2020, the KNVB detailed on its website in what scenarios will the reserve teams in the league be relegated from the Eerste Divisie.Relegation to the Tweede Divisie
* No reserve team from the Eerste Divisie can be relegated to the Tweede Divisie if the lowest classified reserves team in the Eerste Divisie is in the top 10. * If the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes between 11th through 18th and the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes first, the two teams play each other in aTeams
Team changes
A total of 20 teams will take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2020–21 Eredivisie.Stadiums and locations
Number of teams by provinces
Personnel
Managerial changes
Standings
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.Period tables
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Results
Fixtures and results
Results by round
Promotion/relegation play-offs
The seeds are assigned based on the final ranking after the regular season. The best ranked team will get the highest seed (lowest number). Eredivisie teams are considered to be better ranked than eerste divisie teams. In the second leg, if a match is leveled at the end of the normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. Seven teams, six from the Eerste Divisie and one from the Eredivisie, will play for a spot in the 2022–23 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams will play in the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. The highest seeded team or the team from the Eredivisie will always host the second leg.Qualified teams
Bracket
First round
First legs
Second legs
Semifinals
First legs
Second legs
Final
First leg
Second leg
Statistics
Top scorers
Top assists
Clean sheets
Discipline
Player
* Most yellow cards: 9 ** Yuya Ikeshita ( Jong FC Utrecht) ** Alessio Miceli ( FC Dordrecht) ** Brian Koglin (Club
* Most yellow cards: 87 ** FC Dordrecht * Most red cards: 4 ** Jong PSVReferences
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