2017–18 Derde Divisie

The 2017–18 Derde Divisie season is the second edition of the new Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.

Derde Divisie

Season	2017–18
Champions	Sat: SV Spakenburg Sun: Jong Vitesse
Promoted	Sat: SV Spakenburg Sat: Jong Almere City Sat: Scheveningen Sun: Jong Vitesse
Relegated	Sat: Magreb '90 Sat: ACV Sat: VV Spijkenisse Sat: Capelle Sun: De Meern Sun: Jong De Graafschap Sun: Be Quick 1887
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Teams

Saturday league

 

 

ACV

 

Jong Almere

 

Capelle

 

DOVO

 

DVS '33

 

ONS Sneek

 

Jong Volendam

 

Jong Groningen

 

Harkemase B

 

Magreb '90

 

ODIN '59

 

Scheveningen

 

Spakenburg

 

Spijkenisse

 

Jong FC Twente

 

VVOG

 

Quick Boys

 

ASWH

 

ADO '20

 

Blauw Geel '38

 

EVV

 

Jong De Graafschap

 

Be Quick 1887

 

Hercules

 

HBS

 

JVC Cuijk

 

De Meern

 

OJC

 

Westlandia

 

Dongen

 

HSC '21

 

Quick '20

 

Quick (H)

 

OFC

 

UNA

 

Jong Vitesse

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Location of teams in the Saturday Derde Divisie 2017–18. Saturday clubs are green dots, while Sunday clubs are red dots.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Manager
ACV	Assen	Univé-Sportpark	5,000	Fred de Boer
Jong Almere City	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	3,200	Ivar van Dinteren
ASWH	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	Sportpark Schildman	3,000	Jack van den Berg^[1] Cesco Agterberg^[2]
Capelle	Capelle aan den IJssel	Sportpark 't Slot	3,000	Ton van Bremen
DOVO	Veenendaal	Sportpark Panhuis	3,200	Gert Kruys
DVS '33	Ermelo	Sportlaan	5,000	Willem Leushuis
Jong Groningen	Groningen	Sportpark Corpus den Hoorn	1,500	Alfons Arts
Harkemase Boys	Harkema	Sportpark De Bosk	6,000	Henk Herder
Magreb '90	Utrecht	Sportpark Papendorp	1,000	Jamal Yahiaoui
ODIN '59	Heemskerk	Sportpark Assumburg	3,000	Richard Plug
ONS Sneek	Sneek	Zuidersportpark	3,150	Richard Karrenbelt
Quick Boys	Katwijk aan Zee	Sportpark Nieuw Zuid	8,200	Jan Zoutman
Scheveningen	Scheveningen	Sportpark Houtrust	3,000	John Blok
SV Spakenburg	Spakenburg	Sportpark De Westmaat	8,000	John de Wolf
VV Spijkenisse	Spijkenisse	Sportpark Jaap Riedijk	3,500	Peter Wubben
Jong FC Twente	Hengelo	FC Twente-trainingscentrum	1,000	Paul Bosvelt
Jong Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,164	Berry Smit
VVOG	Harderwijk	Sportpark De Strokel	10,000	Ed Engelkes

Sunday league

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Manager
ADO '20	Heemskerk	Sportpark De Vlotter	1,100	Thijs Sluijter
Be Quick 1887	Haren	Stadion Esserberg	12,000	Mischa Visser
Blauw Geel '38	Veghel	PWA Sportpark	2,500	Erwin van Breugel
Jong De Graafschap	Varsselder	De Buitenham ^[3]	1,500	Richard Roelofsen
VV Dongen	Dongen	Sportpark De Biezen	1,800	Ron Timmers
EVV	Echt	Sportpark In de Bandert	2,000	Leo Beckers
HBS Craeyenhout	Den Haag	Sportpark Daal en Bergselaan	1,000	Marcel Koning
USV Hercules	Utrecht	Sportpark Voordorp	800	Erik Speelziek
HSC '21	Haaksbergen	Groot Scholtenhagen	4,500	Eddy Boerhof
JVC Cuijk	Cuijk	Sportpark De Groenendijkse	3,000	Ruud Kaiser
VV De Meern	Utrecht	Sportpark De Meern	2,000	Joël Titaley
OFC	Oostzaan	Sportpark OFC	1,500	Imdat Ilgüy
OJC Rosmalen	Rosmalen	Sportpark De Groote Wielen	3,000	David Vecht
Quick '20	Oldenzaal	Vondersweijde	7,000	René Nijhuis
Quick (H)	Den Haag	Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg	1,500	Paul van der Zwaan
VV UNA	Veldhoven	Sportpark Zeelst	1,000	Mark Schenning
Jong Vitesse	Arnhem	NSC Papendal	2,000	Joseph Oosting^[4]
RKVV Westlandia	Naaldwijk	Sportpark De Hoge Bomen	4,000	Edwin Grünholz

League tables

Saturday league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SV Spakenburg (C, P)	34	22	5	7	68	32	+36	71	Promotion to Tweede Divisie
2	Scheveningen^[a] (O, P)	34	20	5	9	68	44	+24	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	DVS '33	34	19	5	10	74	37	+37	62
4	Jong Almere City^[b] (O, P)	34	18	7	9	73	54	+19	61	Qualification to promotion play-offs
5	Jong Groningen	34	17	7	10	72	34	+38	58
6	Quick Boys	34	18	4	12	63	45	+18	58
7	Jong Volendam^[c]	34	18	2	14	60	48	+12	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
8	ODIN '59	34	14	7	13	56	51	+5	49
9	DOVO	34	13	10	11	54	52	+2	49
10	Jong Twente	34	14	6	14	52	45	+7	48
11	ASWH	34	12	11	11	52	51	+1	47
12	Harkemase Boys	34	14	4	16	55	56	−1	46
13	VVOG	34	11	9	14	36	51	−15	42
14	ONS Sneek	34	10	7	17	62	88	−26	37
15	Capelle (R)	34	9	8	17	44	57	−13	35	Qualification to relegation play-offs
16	VV Spijkenisse (R)	34	7	12	15	56	83	−27	33
17	ACV (R)	34	9	5	20	57	83	−26	32	Relegation to Hoofdklasse
18	Magreb '90^[d] (R)	34	2	4	28	31	122	−91	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Winner of the Second Period (games 13-23).
2. Winner of the First Period (games 1-12).
3. Winner of the Third Period (games 24-34).
4. Magreb '90 were deducted three points for no certified youth training and not having three registered contracted players. They were deducted an additional point for still not meeting the same criteria on February 8, 2018. On top on that they were deducted three more points for not meeting the criteria regarding the annual financial report.^[5][6][7]

Sunday league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Jong Vitesse^[a] (C, P)	34	23	6	5	96	36	+60	75	Promotion to Tweede Divisie
2	UNA^[b]	34	22	5	7	74	38	+36	71	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Quick (H)^[c]	34	18	9	7	74	58	+16	63
4	Dongen	34	17	4	13	61	65	−4	55
5	Westlandia	34	17	3	14	77	74	+3	54
6	OFC^[d]	34	14	11	9	64	47	+17	52
7	ADO '20	34	14	10	10	76	70	+6	52
8	JVC Cuijk^[e]	34	15	5	14	60	58	+2	50	Qualification to promotion play-offs
9	USV Hercules	34	14	7	13	63	59	+4	49
10	Blauw Geel '38	34	14	5	15	60	62	−2	47
11	OJC Rosmalen	34	14	5	15	52	61	−9	47
12	HBS Craeyenhout	34	11	7	16	43	43	0	40
13	EVV	34	11	6	17	32	48	−16	39
14	HSC '21	34	11	5	18	44	57	−13	38
15	Quick '20 (O)	34	11	5	18	52	67	−15	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs
16	Be Quick 1887 (R)	34	9	6	19	61	85	−24	33
17	Jong De Graafschap (R)	34	8	8	18	48	61	−13	32	Relegation to Hoofdklasse
18	De Meern (R)	34	6	7	21	28	76	−48	25

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Winner of the Third Period (games 24-34).
2. Winner of the First Period (games 1-12).
3. Substitute winner of the Third Period (games 24-34).
4. OFC were deducted one point for not supplying the annual report in time.^[8]
5. Winner of the Second Period (games 13-23).

Promotion/relegation play-offs Tweede and Derde Divisie

The numbers 15 and 16 from the 2017–18 Tweede Divisie and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the 2017–18 Derde Divisie's, making a total of 8 teams, decide in a 2-round knockout system which 2 teams will play next season in the 2018–19 Tweede Divisie. The remaining 6 teams will play next season in the 2018–19 Derde Divisie.

Qualified Teams

Club	Qualification
Lisse	15th in the Tweede Divisie
TEC	16th in the Tweede Divisie
Jong Almere City	Winner of the First Period in the Derde Divisie Saturday
Scheveningen	Winner of the Second Period in the Derde Divisie Saturday
Jong Volendam	Winner of the Third Period in the Derde Divisie Saturday
UNA	Winner of the First Period in the Derde Divisie Sunday
JVC Cuijk	Winner of the Second Period in the Derde Divisie Sunday
Quick (H)	3rd in the Derde Divisie Sunday (Third Period won by the league champions)

Results

	First round						Final round
	A
	Jong Almere City (pen. 3–1)	1	1	2
							E
	UNA	1	1	2
							Jong Almere City	2	3	5
	B
							JVC Cuijk	1	1	2
	JVC Cuijk	0	3	3
	Lisse	2	0	2
	C
	Quick (H)	1	0	1
							F
	Scheveningen	1	1	2
							Scheveningen	2	1	3
	D
							TEC	0	2	2
	Jong Volendam	1	0	1
	TEC	2	1	3

Jong Almere City and Scheveningen promoted to the 2018–19 Tweede Divisie.
Lisse and TEC relegated to the 2018–19 Derde Divisie.
The other teams remain in the 2018–19 Derde Divisie.

First round

Match A

Jong Almere City v UNA

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) First leg	Jong Almere City	1–1	UNA	Almere
	Khalid Tadmine   22'	[1]	62' (pen.) Mart van de Gevel	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 350 Referee: Wim Bronsvoort

UNA v Jong Almere City

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Second leg	UNA	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (3–1 p)	Jong Almere City	Veldhoven
	Brian Boogers   71'	[2]	48' Goselink	Stadium: Sportpark Zeelst Attendance: 550 Referee: Robin Gansner
	Penalties
	Brian Boogers   Jeroen Stottelaar   Bassou Boulghalgh   Nick Tielemans		Krant   Balker   Adrian Ramadani

Match B

JVC Cuijk v Lisse

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) First leg	JVC Cuijk	0–2	Lisse	Cuijk
		[3]	45' (pen.) Ayoub Ait Afkir   89' Bas Buimer	Stadium: Sportpark De Groenendijkse Attendance: 750 Referee: Alex Bos

Lisse v JVC Cuijk

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Second leg	Lisse	0–3 (3–2 agg.)	JVC Cuijk	Lisse
		[4]	20', 68' van der Laan   90+3' Lars Loermans	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Specke Attendance: 800 Referee: Frank van den Elzen

Match C

Quick (H) v Scheveningen

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) First leg	Quick (H)	1–1	Scheveningen	Den Haag
	Frank van der Heiden   74'	[5]	66' Tim Peters	Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sander de Brito Roque

Scheveningen v Quick (H)

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Second leg	Scheveningen	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Quick (H)	Scheveningen
	Barry Rog   27'	[6]		Stadium: Sportpark Houtrust Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sam Dröge

Match D

Jong Volendam v TEC

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) First leg	Jong Volendam	1–2	TEC	Volendam
	Derry John Murkin   41'	[7]	85' Brandon Fijneman   87' (pen.) Serhat Koç	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

TEC v Jong Volendam

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Second leg	TEC	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Jong Volendam	Tiel
	Sherwin Grot   67'	[8]		Stadium: Sportpark De Lok Attendance: 650 Referee: Derya Serik

Final round

Match E

Jong Almere City v JVC Cuijk

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06) First leg	Jong Almere City	2–1	JVC Cuijk	Almere
	Khalid Tadmine   4' Julian Nak  10'	Report	35' Rik Renirie	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 350 Referee: Sam Dröge

JVC Cuijk v Jong Almere City

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) Second leg	JVC Cuijk	1–3 (5–2 agg.)	Jong Almere City	Cuijk
	van der Laan   22' (pen.)	Report	36' (o.g.) Jurre Grotenhuis   45+1' Mannes   72' Tarik Evre	Stadium: Sportpark De Groenendijkse Attendance: 750 Referee: Frank de Winter

Match F

Scheveningen v TEC

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06) First leg	Scheveningen	2–0	TEC	Scheveningen
	Tim Peters   3' Kevin Gomez-Nieto  45+2'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Houtrust Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kevin Puts

TEC v Scheveningen

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) Second leg	TEC	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Scheveningen	Tiel
	Vinnie Vermeer   30' Sherwin Grot   43'	Report	90+1' Leroy Resodihardjo	Stadium: Sportpark De Lok Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Promotion/relegation play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse

The numbers 15 and 16 from the 2017–18 Derde Divisie Saturday league and 3 (substitute) period winners of each of the two 2017–18 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues, making a total of 8 teams, decide in a 2-round knockout system which 2 teams play next season in the 2018–19 Derde Divisie Saturday league. The remaining 6 teams play next season in the 2018–19 Hoofdklasse Saturday leagues.

The same applies for the 2017–18 Derde Divisie Sunday league and each of the two 2017–18 Hoofdklasse Sunday leagues.

See Promotion/relegation play-offs Derde Divisie and Hoofdklasse on the Hoofdklasse page

References

1. Van Geen, Gertjan (12 February 2018). "Katwijk haalt trainer Jack van den Berg" [Katwijk gets trainer Jack van den Berg]. Leidsch Dagblad. Retrieved 24 February 2018. Jack van den Berg is per direct aangesteld als nieuwe hoofdtrainer van vv Katwijk. De Rotterdammer tekende gisteren een contract voor anderhalf seizoen.
2. "ASWH stelt Cesco Agterberg aan als nieuwe hoofdtrainer" [ASWH appoints Cesco Agterberg new chief coach]. Voetbal Rotterdam. Rotterdam. Retrieved 24 February 2018. Het bestuur van ASWH is er in geslaagd om de vacante positie van hoofdtrainer in te vullen. Cesco Agterberg is per direct aangesteld als nieuwe trainer van ASWH. Hij wordt daarmee de opvolger van de naar Katwijk vertrokken Jack van den Berg.
3. "Puntenaftrek dreigt voor Juliana'31 in derde divisie | Amateurvoetbal | gelderlander.nl".
4. "Trainer Jong Vitesse na nederlaag in topper: 'Waardeloos, onverdiend' | Voetbal Arnhem | gelderlander.nl".
5. "Magreb '90 (derde divisie) krijgt drie punten in mindering" (in Dutch). Retrieved January 26, 2018.
6. "Magreb '90 (derde divisie) krijgt één punt in mindering" (in Dutch). Retrieved January 26, 2018.
7. "Magreb '90 krijgt opnieuw drie punten in mindering" (in Dutch). Retrieved April 14, 2018.
8. "OFC krijgt na beroep één punt in mindering" (in Dutch). Retrieved April 30, 2018.