The 2021–22 Tweede Divisie, known as Jack's League for sponsorship reasons, season was the sixth edition of the
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third tier since ending its hiatus since the
1970-71 season and the 21st edition using the
Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie (; ) 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 between 1962 and 19 ...
name.
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of this agreement was that no promotion or relegation took place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the 2017–18 season at first.
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, KNVB.nl, 2 October 2017
At another extraordinary KNVB meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached on the number of reserves teams allowed in each division after the 2019–20 season and the extension of the non-promotion or relegation clause to initially two more seasons.
[In seizoen 2019/'20 gewijzigde opzet beloftenteams in voetbalpiramide](_blank)
, KNVB.nl, 27 January 2019 For the Tweede Divisie it was two teams.
The KNVB met again on 16 December 2019 and decided to further extend the clause to last until 2022–23 and to relegate reserve teams from the Tweede Divisie along with the other second teams in the new under-21 competition.
Teams
Number of teams by province
Standings
Regular competition
Fixtures/results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
U21 play-offs
Since Jong Volendam finished as the lowest reserve team in the regular league season, they had to play a promotion-relegation play-offs tie against the champions of the Under-21 league, Almere City U21, for a spot in the
2022–23 Tweede Divisie.
Derde Divisie promotion/relegation playoffs
Since
Kozakken Boys
Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in the , the fourth tier, and second highest amateur league of Dutch football.
Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. K ...
and
GVVV
Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a football club based in Veenendaal, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system.
It is one of seven football clubs from ...
finished 16th and 17th respectively, they will have to play relegation playoffs against teams from the
Derde Divisie
The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), 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 is placed between the Tweede D ...
for one spot in the
2022–23 Tweede Divisie. That means at least one team will be relegated from the Tweede Divisie through playoffs.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Final
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Top scorers
Flashscore
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References
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Tweede Divisie seasons
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Netherlands
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