The 2013–14 Topklasse season is the fourth edition of the Dutch third tier since its inauguration in the current form in 2010. A total 32 teams are participating in the league: 25 from the 2012–13 Topklasse, and the remaining seven from the 2012–13 Hoofdklasse. As usual, the competition is divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played.

Topklasse
Season2013–14
ChampionsOverall: Spakenburg
Sat: Spakenburg
Sun: AFC
RelegatedSat: Noordwijk,
Sat: Katwijk,
Sat: Excelsior '31,
Sat: Ter Leede
Sun: Haaglandia,
Sun: Be Quick 1887,
Sun: Juliana '31,
Sun: Chabab

For the third consecutive season, no team was relegated from the Eerste Divisie, this time due to the fact all 2012–13 Topklasse have declined promotion into professionalism. However, Achilles '29 did promote from last season's Topklasse to the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie, being the first amateur club to do so.[1]

Teams

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Saturday league

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Club City 2012–13 season
Barendrecht Barendrecht 2nd in Topklasse Saturday
Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel 7th in Topklasse Saturday
Excelsior '31 Rijssen 10th in Topklasse Saturday
Excelsior Maassluis Maassluis 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday B
GVVV Veenendaal 3rd in Topklasse Saturday
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 4th in Topklasse Saturday
Katwijk Katwijk 1st in Topklasse Saturday
Kozakken Boys Werkendam 8th in Topklasse Saturday
Lisse Lisse 6th in Topklasse Saturday
Noordwijk Noordwijk 9th in Topklasse Saturday
ONS Sneek Sneek 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday C
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 5th in Topklasse Saturday
Scheveningen Scheveningen (The Hague) 11th in Topklasse Saturday
Ter Leede Sassenheim 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday A
Spakenburg Bunschoten-Spakenburg 13th in Topklasse Saturday
IJsselmeervogels Bunschoten-Spakenburg 12th in Topklasse Saturday

Source: Voetbal op Zaterdag[2]

Sunday league

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Club City 2012–13 season
ADO '20 Heemskerk 2nd in Topklasse Sunday
AFC Amsterdam 11th in Topklasse Sunday
Be Quick 1887 Groningen 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday C
Chabab Amsterdam 12th in Topklasse Sunday
De Treffers Groesbeek 3rd in Topklasse Sunday
EVV Echt 5th in Topklasse Sunday
HBS Craeyenhout The Hague 8th in Topklasse Sunday
Haaglandia Rijswijk 13th in Topklasse Sunday
HSC '21 Haaksbergen 6th in Topklasse Sunday
Juliana '31 Malden 6th in Hoofdklasse Sunday C
JVC Cuijk Cuijk 10th in Topklasse Sunday
Leonidas Rotterdam 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday A
Lienden Lienden 7th in Topklasse Sunday
UNA Veldhoven 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday B
VVSB Noordwijkerhout 9th in Topklasse Sunday
WKE Emmen 4th in Topklasse Sunday

Source: Amateurvoetbal op Zondag[3]

League tables

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Saturday league

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 GVVV 30 17 3 10 73 44 +29 54
2 Spakenburg (C) 30 16 6 8 57 38 +19 54 Advance to the championship final
3 HHC Hardenberg 30 16 3 11 67 43 +24 51
4 IJsselmeervogels 30 14 8 8 62 43 +19 50
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 30 14 7 9 72 41 +31 49
6 Excelsior Maassluis 30 15 3 12 49 51 −2 48
7 Kozakken Boys 30 14 5 11 57 49 +8 47
8 Lisse 30 13 8 9 48 42 +6 47
9 Scheveningen 30 13 4 13 43 49 −6 43
10 ONS Sneek 30 13 3 14 52 66 −14 42
11 Barendrecht 30 12 3 15 53 57 −4 39
12 Capelle 30 10 8 12 37 45 −8 38
13 Noordwijk (R) 30 9 9 12 40 56 −16 36 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
14 Katwijk (R) 30 8 6 16 52 69 −17 30 Relegation to the 2014–15 Hoofdklasse
15 Excelsior '31 (R) 30 8 4 18 52 83 −31 28
16 Ter Leede (R) 30 6 4 20 32 70 −38 22
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Saturday championship playoff

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In determining which team becomes champion, only the achieved number of points is considered. The goal difference is completely ignored.
Therefore, GVVV and Spakenburg were considered to have ended equal and had to play an additional match against each other on neutral ground to decide which team would become champion.

Spakenburg2-1GVVV
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Sunday league

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AFC 30 19 5 6 73 41 +32 62 Advance to the championship final
2 UNA 30 17 6 7 74 39 +35 57
3 VVSB 30 16 9 5 54 31 +23 57
4 JVC Cuijk 30 16 6 8 68 42 +26 54
5 EVV 30 15 7 8 49 32 +17 52
6 HBS Craeyenhout 30 14 9 7 64 43 +21 51
7 Leonidas 30 12 8 10 47 53 −6 44
8 ADO '20 30 10 8 12 49 52 −3 38
9 HSC '21 30 11 5 14 61 66 −5 38
10 Lienden 30 10 8 12 41 56 −15 38
11 De Treffers 30 10 7 13 46 47 −1 37
12 WKE 30 9 9 12 56 51 +5 36
13 Haaglandia (R) 30 9 6 15 56 66 −10 33 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
14 Be Quick 1887 (R) 30 6 9 15 45 64 −19 27 Relegation to the 2014–15 Hoofdklasse
15 Juliana '31 (R) 30 4 8 18 31 83 −52 20
16 Chabab (R) 30 5 4 21 38 86 −48 19
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points
(R) Relegated

Championship final

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Spakenburg4-1AFC
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Sportpark De Westmaat, Spakenburg
AFC3-2Spakenburg
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Sportpark Goed Genoeg, Amsterdam

Spakenburg won overall Topklasse title 6-4 on aggregate.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff first round

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In the first round the 3 period winners of each Hoofdklasse league decide which of them 3 continues in the semi-final. 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 2014–15 Topklasse Sunday league.

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals

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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SteDoCo 5 - 4 Staphorst 3 - 2 2 - 2
Ajax (amateurs) 8 - 7 Noordwijk 6 - 1 2 - 6
MSC 5 - 4 Dongen 5 - 1 0 - 3
EDO CANC Haaglandia[a] CANC CANC

Source:[7]
Notes:

  1. ^ Haaglandia had to play at the same date the final of a regional tournament. They requested EDO to cooperate in moving the match to a different date. After EDO refused to cooperate, Haaglandia withdrew from the semi-finals and EDO proceeded automatically to the finals.[6]

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Ajax (amateurs) 5 - 2 SteDoCo
EDO 1 - 0 MSC

Source:[8]

Ajax (amateurs) and EDO promoted to the 2014–15 Topklasse.

References

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  1. ^ "Achilles'29 gaat het hogerop proberen" (in Dutch). NOS.nl. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Indeling topklasse seizoen 2013/2014" (in Dutch). voetbalopzaterdag.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Topklasse: indeling seizoen 2013-2014" (in Dutch). amateurvoetbalopzondag.nl. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Summary - Topklasse Saturday - Netherlands". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Summary - Topklasse Sunday - Netherlands". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Haaglandia uit de nacompetitie". omroepwest.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Summary - Play-offs 3/4 Semi-finals - Netherlands". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Summary - Play-offs 3/4 Final Stages - Netherlands". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2017.