In 1954 professional football was introduced in the Netherlands, and 1956/57 saw a national first division for the first time in history, called "eredivisie" (division of honour). As feeders, a second level league ("eerste divisie", consisting of two groups in the first few seasons) and a third level league ("tweede divisie", also consisting of two groups in the beginning) were added.
In general, all teams that went through name changes are listed under either their current name or (in case the club has disappeared from professional football) the last name under which they played professionally (so e.g. H.V.C. appear as S.C. Amersfoort, K.F.C. as F.C. Zaanstreek, 't Gooi as S.C. Gooiland, Fortuna Vlaardingen as F.C. Vlaardingen, and Zwartemeer as S.C. Drente). This in spite of the fact that clubs like H.V.C. and Fortuna Vlaardingen (or indeed T.O.P., who appear as F.C. Oss) never played in the tweede divisie under their more modern name. An exception is Xerxes, whose one-season merger with D.H.C. (when playing in the eredivisie) before disappearing from professional football is ignored below.
For teams that were formed by mergers, the records of the prime merger club (i.e. the club whose divisional place was taken by the merger club) have been added to those of the newly created club. (So, for instance, the record of Telstar includes that of V.S.V., whose place in the eerste divisie the merger club took in 1963, and not that of Stormvogels.) However, there are two exceptions to this:
club S Pd W D L GF GA PAct Ded Pts Pts/G GD GAv
1.S.C. Cambuur 49 1710 676 458 576 2590- 2389 2046 - 6 1804 1,055 201 1,084
2.F.C. Eindhoven 54 1876 629 464 783 2746- 3155 1948 - 9 1713 0,913 -409 0,870
3.Helmond Sport 50 1752 574 481 697 2415- 2808 1908 1629 0,930 -393 0,860
4.F.C. Dordrecht 49 1712 580 460 672 2569- 2707 1852 - 4 1616 0,944 -138 0,949
5.F.C. Den Bosch 41 1430 603 366 461 2249- 1891 1857 1572 1,099 349 1,185
6.Veendam 48 1670 516 471 683 2302- 2744 1685 -11 1492 0,893 -442 0,839
7.Heracles Almelo 42 1464 527 374 563 2147- 2160 1565 1428 0,975 - 13 0,994
8.F.C. Volendam 34 1176 552 272 352 2188- 1660 1614 1376 1,170 528 1,318
9.Excelsior 37 1266 522 325 419 2101- 1823 1580 1369 1,081 278 1,152
10.Telstar 44 1522 491 360 671 2083- 2485 1554 - 2 1340 0,880 -402 0,838
11.V.V.V.-Venlo 35 1220 483 291 446 1893- 1828 1486 1257 1,030 65 1,036
12.P.E.C. Zwolle 29 1040 470 292 278 1708- 1244 1487 - 1 1231 1,184 464 1,373
13.De Graafschap 32 1116 463 304 349 1789- 1541 1361 1230 1,102 248 1,161
14.R.B.C. Roosendaal 35 1196 393 272 531 1746- 1987 1192 - 3 1055 0,882 -241 0,879
15.Emmen 30 1064 383 268 413 1555- 1741 1317 - 6 1028 0,966 -186 0,893
16.Vitesse 25 852 379 215 258 1450- 1192 973 973 1,142 258 1,216
17.Fortuna Sittard 28 1002 344 263 395 1330- 1391 1059 - 8 943 0,941 - 61 0,956
18.Go Ahead Eagles 26 910 354 227 329 1495- 1388 1164 - 3 932 1,024 107 1,077
19.S.V.V. 29 1004 322 271 411 1341- 1628 915 915 0,911 -287 0,824
20.Wageningen 27 934 326 251 357 1409- 1519 903 903 0,967 -110 0,928
21.Haarlem 28 980 336 231 413 1359- 1591 1043 903 0,921 -232 0,854
22.S.C. Heerenveen 24 848 326 236 286 1247- 1124 888 888 1,047 123 1,109
23.M.V.V. 23 810 322 218 270 1263- 1115 1069 - 9 853 1,053 148 1,133
24.A.Z. 19 646 304 160 182 1154- 800 810 768 1,189 354 1,443
25.Willem II 20 698 287 187 224 1087- 925 802 761 1,090 162 1,175
26.A.D.O. Den Haag 18 610 288 150 172 1109- 827 858 726 1,190 282 1,341
27.F.C. Oss 23 812 250 175 387 1121- 1489 885 675 0,831 -368 0,753
28.S.C. Amersfoort 21 722 212 189 321 897- 1191 613 613 0,849 -294 0,753
29.N.E.C. 13 450 224 110 116 825- 556 591 558 1,240 269 1,484
30.F.C. Vlaardingen 19 650 175 171 304 792- 1057 521 521 0,802 -265 0,749
31.F.C. Groningen 11 372 209 88 75 663- 331 548 506 1,360 332 2,003
32.N.A.C. Breda 11 384 180 102 102 701- 507 489 462 1,203 194 1,383
33.De Volewijckers 15 498 152 135 211 708- 786 439 439 0,882 - 78 0,901
34.A.G.O.V.V. Apeldoorn 15 518 182 89 247 861- 1025 551 -14 439 0,847 -164 0,840
35.Blauw Wit 10 334 150 92 92 521- 371 392 392 1,174 150 1,404
36.Holland Sport 11 352 154 77 121 626- 535 385 385 1,094 91 1,170
37.R.K.C. Waalwijk 8 290 152 77 61 570- 364 450 381 1,314 206 1,566
38.Sparta Rotterdam 8 280 130 63 87 548- 374 453 323 1,154 174 1,465
39.Sittardia 8 244 129 43 72 496- 334 301 301 1,234 162 1,485
40.D.H.C. 8 256 104 73 79 426- 381 281 281 1,098 45 1,118
41.Almere City 10 362 101 75 186 492- 695 372 - 6 271 0,749 -203 0,708
42.Elinkwijk 7 228 100 58 70 384- 339 258 258 1,132 45 1,133
43.R.C.H. 9 296 86 72 138 412- 534 244 244 0,824 -122 0,772
44.F.C. Zaanstreek 7 224 87 52 85 342- 352 226 226 1,009 - 10 0,972
45.F.C. Amsterdam 7 232 85 55 92 350- 353 225 225 0,970 - 3 0,992
46.Limburgia 7 220 85 52 83 381- 366 220 - 2 220 1,000 15 1,041
47.Stormvogels 6 186 82 38 66 361- 329 202 202 1,086 32 1,097
48.Velox 6 192 66 57 69 299- 328 189 189 0,984 - 29 0,912
49.Hermes D.V.S. 6 188 73 41 74 310- 321 187 187 0,995 - 11 0,966
50.Enschedese Boys 5 158 68 34 56 370- 313 170 170 1,076 57 1,182
51.Roda J.C. 4 146 64 37 45 209- 201 186 165 1,130 8 1,040
52.Helmond 6 188 60 32 96 264- 355 152 152 0,809 - 91 0,744
53.Z.F.C. 4 130 50 26 54 207- 194 126 126 0,969 13 1,067
54.Xerxes 3 88 38 19 31 163- 136 95 95 1,080 27 1,199
55.Rigtersbleek 4 118 28 31 59 185- 289 87 87 0,737 -104 0,640
56.S.C. Gooiland 3 98 31 22 45 148- 189 84 84 0,857 - 41 0,783
57.Jong P.S.V. 2 76 26 22 28 112- 113 100 74 0,974 - 1 0,991
58.N.O.A.D. 2 64 29 14 21 115- 110 72 72 1,125 5 1,045
59.Jong Ajax 2 76 27 16 33 121- 139 97 70 0,921 - 18 0,871
60.Jong F.C. Twente 2 76 24 18 34 96- 125 90 66 0,868 - 29 0,768
61.Be Quick 2 68 24 16 28 134- 147 64 64 0,941 - 13 0,912
62.Roda Sport 3 88 23 15 50 117- 194 61 61 0,693 - 77 0,603
63.E.D.O. 3 94 21 17 56 118- 216 59 59 0,628 - 98 0,546
64.F.C. Twente 1 32 21 5 6 82- 41 47 47 1,469 41 2,000
65.Achilles '29 2 76 14 16 46 84- 160 58 44 0,579 - 76 0,525
66.E.B.O.H. 3 98 13 17 68 103- 297 43 43 0,439 -194 0,347
67.V.C.V. Zeeland 2 76 10 13 53 71- 180 33 33 0,434 -109 0,394
68.Hilversum 1 34 12 5 17 58- 58 29 29 0,853 0 1,000
69.Wilhelmina 1 34 8 7 19 51- 84 23 23 0,676 - 33 0,607
70.S.C. Drente 1 38 5 13 20 35- 73 23 23 0,605 - 38 0,479
71.Emma 1 30 2 6 22 30- 80 10 10 0,333 - 50 0,375
1179 40684 15216 10252 15216 62275 62275 45667 -84 40600 0,998 0 1
Explanations:
S Seasons in eerste divisie (max. 59)
Pd Matches played
W Matches won
D Matches drawn
L Matches lost
GF Goals scored
GA Goals conceded
PAct Number of actual points obtained (counting 3/win from 1995/96 onwards)
Ded Number of points deducted
Pts Number of points obtained (2/win)
Pts/G Points per game ratio (based on 2/win)
GD Goal difference
GAv Goal average
Note: playoff matches, championship deciders, and "nacompetitie" matches not included
NB: for additional information on name changes, mergers, and the disappearance of
clubs from Dutch professional football, see Netherlands - Regional Analysis.
club S Pd W D L GF GA Pts Ded Pts/G GAv GD
1.Baronie 15 464 182 110 172 802 773 474 1,022 1,038 29
2.P.E.C. Zwolle 15 468 167 87 214 766 930 421 0,900 0,824 -164
3.S.C. Drente 14 424 146 103 175 672 720 395 0,932 0,933 - 48
4.S.C. Gooiland 12 380 123 121 136 584 562 367 0,966 1,039 22
5.S.C. Heerenveen 12 374 135 94 145 571 619 364 0,973 0,922 - 48
6.Z.F.C. 11 354 126 92 136 495 480 344 0,972 1,031 15
7.Roda J.C. 8 266 130 72 64 478 315 332 1,248 1,517 163
8.Hilversum 11 342 112 90 140 479 544 314 0,918 0,881 - 65
9.E.D.O. 12 378 105 95 178 469 696 305 0,807 0,674 -227
10.Hermes D.V.S. 9 298 111 78 109 446 413 300 1,007 1,080 33
11.Tubantia 11 332 109 82 141 543 636 300 0,904 0,854 - 93
12.Zwolsche Boys 13 404 98 90 216 493 793 286 0,708 0,622 -300
13.De Graafschap 8 254 112 53 89 438 348 277 1,091 1,259 90
14.N.O.A.D. 9 298 96 85 117 439 492 277 0,930 0,892 - 53
15.Limburgia 8 266 97 82 87 397 396 276 1,038 1,003 1
16.A.G.O.V.V. Apeldoorn 9 300 104 59 137 419 527 267 0,890 0,795 -108
17.Wilhelmina 10 300 100 66 134 546 620 266 0,887 0,881 - 74
18.Haarlem 7 220 106 53 61 442 299 265 1,205 1,478 143
19.Wageningen 7 234 105 55 74 426 355 265 1,132 1,200 71
20.N.E.C. 8 228 103 48 77 473 369 254 1,114 1,282 104
21.Helmond Sport 7 228 92 60 76 374 344 244 1,070 1,087 30
22.Veendam 6 192 93 45 54 344 268 231 1,203 1,284 76
23.F.C. Vlaardingen 6 204 85 59 60 305 254 229 1,123 1,201 51
24.L.O.N.G.A. 9 256 83 54 119 446 548 220 0,859 0,814 -102
25.Velox 6 180 83 44 53 331 273 210 1,167 1,212 58
26.R.C.H. 6 180 71 56 53 296 242 198 1,100 1,223 54
27.S.C. Amersfoort 5 162 73 40 49 291 218 186 1,148 1,335 73
28.Oldenzaal 7 200 64 48 88 298 369 176 0,880 0,808 - 71
29.Be Quick 6 168 63 39 66 316 314 165 0,982 1,006 2
30.Excelsior 4 144 59 39 46 214 176 157 1,090 1,216 38
31.Xerxes 5 140 63 27 50 270 222 153 1,093 1,216 48
32.U.V.S. 6 166 54 44 68 279 276 150 -2 0,904 1,011 3
33.Vitesse 4 120 57 34 29 221 165 148 1,233 1,339 56
34.S.C. Cambuur 4 120 59 29 32 268 185 147 1,225 1,449 83
35.F.C. Dordrecht 4 118 56 29 33 232 162 141 1,195 1,432 70
36.F.C. Zaanstreek 4 120 51 35 34 193 148 137 1,142 1,304 45
37.V.V.V.-Venlo 4 142 47 40 55 190 217 134 0,944 0,876 - 27
38.S.V.V. 4 118 48 30 40 218 205 126 1,068 1,063 13
39.Enschedese Boys 4 106 49 23 34 209 146 121 1,142 1,432 63
40.F.C. Den Bosch 3 90 49 19 22 154 94 117 1,300 1,638 60
41.Zeist 5 140 42 30 68 228 331 114 0,814 0,689 -103
42.De Valk 5 138 45 23 70 250 309 113 0,819 0,809 - 59
43.Rheden 4 106 41 28 37 186 168 110 1,038 1,107 18
44.Go Ahead Eagles 3 82 42 20 20 180 113 104 1,268 1,593 67
45.R.B.C. 3 92 37 30 25 137 117 104 1,130 1,171 20
46.Roda Sport 3 84 43 16 25 168 105 102 1,214 1,600 63
47.Velocitas 4 106 33 25 48 177 210 91 0,858 0,843 - 33
48.F.C. Eindhoven 2 64 31 24 9 94 48 86 1,344 1,958 46
49.E.B.O.H. 3 76 35 16 25 131 121 86 1,132 1,083 10
50.A.Z. 2 62 36 13 13 138 74 85 1,371 1,865 64
51.Heracles Almelo 2 56 38 8 10 143 62 84 1,500 2,306 81
52.D.H.C. 3 82 29 23 30 129 138 81 0,988 0,935 - 9
53.O.N.A. 4 104 31 18 55 159 257 80 0,769 0,619 - 98
54.Oosterparkers 3 82 24 9 49 122 203 57 0,695 0,601 - 81
55.D.O.S.K.O. 3 82 19 18 45 137 204 56 0,683 0,672 - 67
56.De Volewijckers 1 32 20 7 5 65 31 47 1,469 2,097 34
57.Telstar 1 32 20 7 5 63 34 47 1,469 1,853 29
58.Stormvogels 1 32 8 13 11 35 44 29 0,910 0,795 - 9
59.Rigtersbleek 1 34 11 4 19 56 79 26 0,760 0,709 - 23
60.Emma 1 26 7 8 11 38 53 22 0,850 0,717 - 15
61.F.C. Oss 1 28 3 8 17 42 90 14 0,500 0,467 - 48
368 11276 4257 2762 4257 18500 18500 11274 -2 1 1 0
Explanations:
S Seasons in tweede divisie (max. 15)
Pd Matches played
W Matches won
D Matches drawn
L Matches lost
GF Goals scored
GA Goals conceded
Pts Number of points obtained (2/win)
Ded Number of points deducted
Pts/G Points per game ratio (based on 2/win)
GAv Goal average
GD Goal difference
Note: playoff matches, championship deciders, and "nacompetitie" matches not included
NB: for additional information on name changes, mergers, and the disappearance of
clubs from Dutch professional football, see Netherlands - Regional Analysis.
Trivia:
Only Baronie and P.E.C. played in the tweede divisie in all 15 seasons of its existence; alone
among all clubs which played 10 or more seasons at this level, Baronie had a positive record.
Among current (2015) eredivisie clubs, P.E.C. Zwolle, S.C. Heerenveen, Roda J.C., De Graafschap
and N.E.C. featured in the third level tweede divisie in more than half of the seasons it existed;
P.E.C. Zwolle and S.C. Heerenveen had a negative record at this level.
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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 20 Aug 2015
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