2014–15 Topklasse

The 2014–15 Topklasse season is the fifth edition of the Dutch third tier since its inauguration in the current form in 2010. A total 32 teams are participating in the league: 24 from the 2012–13 Topklasse, and the remaining eight from the 2013–14 Hoofdklasse. As usual, the competition is divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played.

Topklasse
Season2014–15
ChampionsOverall: Lienden
Sat: Kozakken Boys
Sun: Lienden
RelegatedSat: Hoek,
Sat: Ajax (amateurs),
Sat: Sparta Nijkerk,
Sat: Genemuiden
Sun: ADO '20,
Sun: Leonidas,
Sun: EDO

For the fourth consecutive season, no team was relegated from the Eerste Divisie, this time due to the fact all 2013–14 Topklasse teams had declined promotion into professionalism.

Teams

Saturday league
Location of teams in the Saturday Topklasse 2014-15
Club City 2013–14 season
Ajax (amateurs) Amsterdam Hoofdklasse Playoff Winners
Barendrecht Barendrecht 11th in Topklasse Saturday
Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel 12th in Topklasse Saturday
Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis 6th in Topklasse Saturday
Genemuiden Genemuiden 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday C
GVVV Veenendaal 2nd in Topklasse Saturday
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 3rd in Topklasse Saturday
Hoek Hoek 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday B
Kozakken Boys Werkendam 7th in Topklasse Saturday
Lisse Lisse 8th in Topklasse Saturday
ONS Sneek Sneek 10th in Topklasse Saturday
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 5th in Topklasse Saturday
Scheveningen Scheveningen (The Hague) 9th in Topklasse Saturday
Spakenburg Bunschoten-Spakenburg 1st in Topklasse Saturday
Sparta Nijkerk Nijkerk 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday A
IJsselmeervogels Bunschoten-Spakenburg 4th in Topklasse Saturday

Sunday league
Club City 2013–14 season
ADO '20 Heemskerk 8th in Topklasse Sunday
AFC Amsterdam 1st in Topklasse Sunday
EDO Haarlem Hoofdklasse Playoff Winners
De Treffers Groesbeek 11th in Topklasse Sunday
EVV Echt 5th in Topklasse Sunday
HBS Craeyenhout The Hague 6th in Topklasse Sunday
Hercules Utrecht 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday C
HSC '21 Haaksbergen 9th in Topklasse Sunday
Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday A
JVC Cuijk Cuijk 4th in Topklasse Sunday
Leonidas Rotterdam 7th in Topklasse Sunday
Lienden Lienden 10th in Topklasse Sunday
OJC Rosmalen Rosmalen 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday B
UNA Veldhoven 2nd in Topklasse Sunday
VVSB Noordwijkerhout 3rd in Topklasse Sunday
WKE Emmen 12th in Topklasse Sunday

League tables

Saturday league
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kozakken Boys 30 19 2 9 70 41 +29 59 Advance to the championship final
2 Spakenburg 30 16 8 6 65 37 +28 56
3 HHC Hardenberg 30 15 8 7 57 31 +26 53
4 Barendrecht 30 14 9 7 44 31 +13 51
5 IJsselmeervogels 30 14 6 10 48 40 +8 48
6 GVVV 30 14 4 12 56 46 +10 46
7 Rijnsburgse Boys 30 13 7 10 41 41 0 46
8 Capelle 30 12 8 10 41 37 +4 44
9 Scheveningen 30 10 9 11 54 51 +3 39
10 Excelsior Maassluis 30 11 6 13 37 48 −11 39
11 Lisse 30 10 6 14 36 47 −11 36
12 ONS Sneek 30 9 7 14 44 64 −20 34
13 Hoek (R) 30 8 8 14 39 51 −12 32 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
14 Ajax (amateurs) (R) 30 6 10 14 38 57 −19 28 Relegation to the Hoofdklasse
15 Sparta Nijkerk (R) 30 6 10 14 41 64 −23 28
16 Genemuiden (R) 30 6 6 18 51 76 −25 24
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points
(R) Relegated.

Sunday league
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lienden (C) 30 18 8 4 65 33 +32 62 Advance to the championship final
2 UNA 30 17 7 6 70 41 +29 58
3 VVSB 30 16 6 8 67 48 +19 54
4 De Treffers 30 13 8 9 62 45 +17 47
5 JVC Cuijk 30 14 5 11 58 46 +12 47
6 Koninklijke HFC 30 13 8 9 56 49 +7 47
7 EVV 30 12 10 8 33 28 +5 46
8 WKE 30 12 7 11 62 60 +2 43
9 OJC Rosmalen 30 10 10 10 41 42 −1 40
10 AFC 30 10 10 10 37 41 −4 40
11 HSC '21 30 11 6 13 63 54 +9 39
12 Hercules 30 10 9 11 41 49 −8 39
13 HBS Craeyenhout (O) 30 9 8 13 53 51 +2 35 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
14 ADO '20 (R) 30 8 5 17 48 78 −30 29 Relegation to the Hoofdklasse
15 Leonidas (R) 30 6 5 19 43 87 −44 23
16 EDO (R) 30 2 6 22 33 80 −47 12
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Championship final
Kozakken Boys0-1Lienden
Report
Sportpark De Zwaaier, Werkendam
Lienden2-0Kozakken Boys
Report
Sportpark De Abdijhof, Lienden

Lienden won overall Topklasse title 3-0 on aggregate.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff first round

In the first round the 3 period winners of each Hoofdklasse league decide which of them 3 continues in the semifinal. For details see Promotion/Relegation play-off Topklasse - Hoofdklasse.

In the second/semifinal round, the 3 winners from the 3 Saturday Hoofdklasse leagues are joined with the team ranked 13th in the Saturday Topklasse league to play for 1 spot in the 2014–15 Topklasse Saturday league. Likewise, the 3 winners from the 3 Sunday Hoofdklasse leagues are joined with the team ranked 13th in the Sunday Topklasse league to play for 1 spot in the 2015–16 Topklasse Sunday league.

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DOVO 1 - 3 Hoek 0 - 0 1 - 3
ACV 3 - 5 RVVH 2 - 3 1 - 2
HBS Craeyenhout 6 - 1 MSC 3 - 0 3 - 1
Oss '20 1 - 2 Vlissingen 0 - 0 1 - 2

Source: [3]

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
RVVH 3 - 1 Hoek
HBS Craeyenhout 3 - 1 Vlissingen

Source: [4]

RVVH and HBS Craeyenhout promoted to the 2015–16 Topklasse.

References
  1. "Summary - Topklasse Saturday - Netherlands". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  2. "Summary - Topklasse Sunday - Netherlands". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  3. "Summary - Play-offs 3/4 Semi Finals - Netherlands". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  4. "Summary - Play-offs 3/4 Final Stages - Netherlands". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
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