2023–24 Derde Divisie

Derde Divisie

Season	2023–24
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Derde Divisie season is the eighth edition of the Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.

Derde Divisie A

Derde Divisie A

Season	2023–24
Relegated	Kampong ODIN '59
Matches played	297
Goals scored	1,050 (3.54 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2024.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 Vierde Divisie	Relegated from 2022–23 Tweede Divisie	Promoted to 2023–24 Tweede Divisie	Relegated to 2023–24 Vierde Divisie
Eemdijk Genemuiden Hoogeveen Kampong ODIN '59	IJsselmeervogels	ACV GVVV	ASWH Excelsior '31 Ter Leede VVOG

DEM

DVS '33

Genemuiden

Harkemase Boys

Hoogeveen

HSC '21

ODIN '59

Rijnvogels

Sparta Nijkerk

Staphorst

Urk

RKAV Volendam

VVSB

Utrecht

Utrecht teams

DOVO
Eemdijk
Hercules
IJsselmeervogels
Kampong

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Location of teams in the Derde Divisie A 2023-24

DOVO

Eemdijk

Hercules

IJsselmeervogels

Kampong

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Utrecht clubs in the Derde Divisie A 2023-24

Club	Location
DEM	Beverwijk
DOVO	Veenendaal
DVS '33	Ermelo
Eemdijk	Bunschoten
Genemuiden	Genemuiden
Harkemase Boys	Harkema
Hercules	Utrecht
Hoogeveen	Hoogeveen
HSC '21	Haaksbergen
IJsselmeervogels	Spakenburg
Kampong	Utrecht
ODIN '59	Heemskerk
Rijnvogels	Katwijk
Sparta Nijkerk	Nijkerk
Staphorst	Staphorst
Urk	Urk
RKAV Volendam	Volendam
VVSB	Noordwijkerhout

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
5	Utrecht	DOVO, Eemdijk, Hercules, IJsselmeervogels, Kampong
3	North Holland	DEM, ODIN '59, RKAV Volendam
	Overijssel	Genemuiden, HSC '21, Staphorst
2	Gelderland	DVS '33, Sparta Nijkerk
	South Holland	Rijnvogels, VVSB
1	Drenthe	Hoogeveen
	Flevoland	Urk
	Friesland	Harkemase Boys

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	RKAV Volendam (X)	33	20	3	10	89	52	+37	63	Promotion to Tweede Divisie
2	IJsselmeervogels (X)	33	18	6	9	70	42	+28	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Genemuiden (Q)	33	16	11	6	67	38	+29	59
4	Sparta Nijkerk	33	18	2	13	78	62	+16	56
5	Hercules	33	16	6	11	60	43	+17	54
6	DOVO	33	14	10	9	62	44	+18	52
7	HSC '21	33	14	10	9	60	50	+10	52
8	Harkemase Boys (Q)	33	13	12	8	59	47	+12	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs
9	DVS '33	33	14	5	14	60	41	+19	47
10	VVSB	33	14	5	14	62	64	−2	47
11	Rijnvogels	33	14	5	14	59	61	−2	47
12	DEM	33	14	4	15	48	53	−5	46
13	Eemdijk	33	12	9	12	53	59	−6	45
14	Staphorst	33	13	4	16	55	63	−8	43
15	Urk	33	11	9	13	55	73	−18	42	Qualification for relegation play-offs
16	Hoogeveen (Q)	33	10	3	20	44	84	−40	33
17	Kampong (R)	33	5	7	21	42	69	−27	22	Relegation to Vierde Divisie
18	ODIN '59 (R)	33	3	5	25	28	106	−78	14

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: Flashsore
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs
Notes:

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	DEM	DOV	DVS	EEM	GEN	HAR	HER	HOO	HSC	IJS	KAM	ODI	RIJ	SPA	STA	URK	VOL	VVS
DEM		2–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–4	0–2
DOVO	3–0		2–0	5–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	4–2	4–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
DVS '33	2–0	2–2		5–0	0–3	1–3	0–2	3–0	4–0	1–2	3–2	7–1	5–1	2–3	25 May	0–1	0–3	1–1
Eemdijk	0–3	1–1	0–1		1–4	1–0	1–0	3–4	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–4	25 May	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
Genemuiden	1–2	4–1	1–1	4–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	3–1	3–3
Harkemase Boys	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–3		3–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–4	2–1	25 May
Hercules	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–2		5–0	25 May	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	5–1	4–0	0–1
Hoogeveen	1–2	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–2		4–1	0–3	0–3	3–2	0–5	2–1	1–3	1–1	25 May	2–4
HSC '21	1–2	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2		2–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	5–2	2–0	1–1
IJsselmeervogels	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–0	7–1	0–4		2–0	25 May	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–3	4–1
Kampong	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	25 May	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–4		2–2	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
ODIN '59	1–4	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–3		2–1	0–7	1–4	1–1	0–5	1–0
Rijnvogels	25 May	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–3	3–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–0	5–2	3–0		3–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0
Sparta Nijkerk	4–1	1–0	1–5	2–2	3–2	4–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	5–1	2–1		3–2	1–2	4–1	4–0
Staphorst	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	0–5	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	5–1		1–4	3–6	1–0
Urk	1–0	25 May	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–6	1–2	4–1	2–2	1–6	1–3	4–0	2–4	4–3	1–3		4–2	2–2
RKAV Volendam	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	4–2	1–2	6–0	11–2	3–1	3–1	3–3	3–0		3–1
VVSB	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–3	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–6	6–4	4–0	2–3	2–5	3–2	1–3	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: Flashsore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Derde Divisie B

Derde Divisie B

Season	2023–24
Relegated	Baronie
Matches played	297
Goals scored	951 (3.2 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2024.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 Vierde Divisie	Relegated from 2022–23 Tweede Divisie	Promoted to 2023–24 Tweede Divisie	Relegated to 2023–24 Vierde Divisie
AWC Kloetinge Meerssen	TEC	ADO '20	Dongen JOS Watergraafsmeer UDI '19

AWC

Barendrecht

Baronie

Blauw Geel '38

Gemert

Groene Ster

Hoek

Kloetinge

Meerssen

OJC

OSS '20

Quick

Sportlust '46

SteDoCo

TEC

TOGB

UNA

Unitas

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Location of teams in the Derde Divisie B 2023-24

Club	Location
AWC	Wijchen
Barendrecht	Barendrecht
Baronie	Breda
Blauw Geel '38	Veghel
Gemert	Gemert
Groene Ster	Heerlerheide
Hoek	Hoek
Kloetinge	Kloetinge
Meerssen	Meerssen
OJC	Rosmalen
OSS '20	Oss
Quick	Den Haag
Sportlust '46	Woerden
SteDoCo	Hoornaar
TEC	Tiel
TOGB	Berkel en Rodenrijs
UNA	Veldhoven
Unitas	Gorinchem

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
6	North Brabant	Baronie, Blauw Geel '38, Gemert, OJC, OSS '20, UNA
5	South Holland	Barendrecht, Quick, SteDoCo, TOGB, Unitas
2	Gelderland	AWC, TEC
	Limburg	Groene Ster, Meerssen
	Zeeland	Hoek, Kloetinge
1	Utrecht	Sportlust '46

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Barendrecht (X)	33	21	5	7	74	37	+37	68	Promotion to Tweede Divisie
2	SteDoCo (X)	33	19	9	5	69	32	+37	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Blauw Geel '38 (X)	33	20	6	7	67	35	+32	66
4	TEC	33	17	9	7	66	32	+34	60
5	Sportlust '46	33	17	7	9	51	35	+16	58
6	Gemert	33	16	7	10	60	59	+1	55
7	Meerssen	33	15	8	10	67	51	+16	53
8	TOGB	33	16	1	16	47	43	+4	49
9	Hoek	33	13	8	12	72	51	+21	47
10	UNA	33	13	8	12	50	45	+5	47
11	Quick	33	15	2	16	61	59	+2	47
12	Kloetinge	33	13	8	12	45	46	−1	47
13	OJC	33	8	11	14	54	69	−15	35
14	OSS '20	33	9	6	18	44	69	−25	33
15	AWC	33	8	7	18	27	62	−35	30	Qualification for relegation play-offs
16	Unitas (Y)	33	8	5	20	39	61	−22	29
17	Groene Ster (Y)	33	7	5	21	26	75	−49	26	Relegation to Vierde Divisie
18	Baronie (R)	33	5	2	26	32	90	−58	17

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: Flashsore
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs; (Y) May at best reach relegation play-offs
Notes:

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	AWC	BAR	BAO	BLA	GEM	GRO	HOE	KLO	MEE	OJC	OSS	QUI	SPO	SDC	TEC	TOG	UNA	UNI
AWC		1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–4	2–0	25 May	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–1	2–1	2–0
Barendrecht	6–0		4–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–4	5–0	5–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–0
Baronie	1–0	2–4		0–1	3–4	0–1	25 May	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–4	0–6	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–3	2–0
Blauw Geel '38	3–3	2–2	4–0		2–3	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–4	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–2
Gemert	0–0	4–1	7–0	2–1		3–1	0–4	3–1	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–1	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–2
Groene Ster	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–3	25 May		2–2	0–1	0–2	1–5	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–10	1–2	3–1	1–2
Hoek	4–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	3–0	4–1		1–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–3
Kloetinge	3–0	25 May	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Meerssen	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–0		4–2	3–1	5–1	1–3	2–2	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–0
OJC	0–0	0–2	4–4	1–4	1–2	4–1	1–5	2–2	2–2		2–2	1–4	0–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–1
OSS '20	1–0	0–3	3–4	1–5	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–5		5–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–5	2–1
Quick	1–2	0–4	2–3	0–3	5–0	6–0	1–6	3–1	4–1	4–1	3–2		3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–2
Sportlust '46	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	4–2	3–1	25 May		2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
SteDoCo	3–3	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	5–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	5–0
TEC	3–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	25 May	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–2		1–0	3–0	2–1
TOGB	3–0	1–2	2–0	25 May	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–2		3–0	3–0
UNA	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	25 May	1–1	4–2		3–2
Unitas	4–1	2–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–2	25 May	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: Flashsore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

8 teams (16th and 17th place in the Tweede Divisie and three teams each from the Derde Divisie A and Derde Divisie B) play for one spot in next season's Tweede Divisie.

Qualified teams

• Excelsior Maassluis - Tweede Divisie
• SC Genemuiden - Derde Divisie A
• Harkemase Boys - Derde Divisie A

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Quarterfinals

First legs

TBD v TBD

Match A

TBD

–

TBD

TBD v TBD

Match B

TBD

–

TBD

TBD v TBD

Match C

TBD

–

TBD

TBD v TBD

Match D

TBD

–

TBD

Second legs

TBD v TBD

Match A

TBD

– (– agg.)

TBD

TBD v TBD

Match B

TBD

– (– agg.)

TBD

TBD v TBD

Match C

TBD

– (– agg.)

TBD

TBD v TBD

Match D

TBD

– (– agg.)

TBD

Semifinals

First legs

Match A winner v Match B winner

Match E

Match A winner

–

Match B winner

Match C winner v Match D winner

Match F

Match C winner

–

Match D winner

Second legs

Match B winner v Match A winner

Match E

Match B winner

– (– agg.)

Match A winner

Match D winner v Match C winner

Match F

Match D winner

– (– agg.)

Match C winner

Final

First leg

Lower remaining seed v Higher remaining seed

Lower remaining seed

–

Higher remaining seed

Second leg

Higher remaining seed v Lower remaining seed

Higher remaining seed

– (– agg.)

Lower remaining seed

The teams who finish 15th and 16th in both the Derde Divisie A and B will play relegation playoffs against teams from the Vierde Divisie. The four bracket winners will play in next season's Derde Divisie.

Qualified teams

• VV Hoogeveen - Derde Divisie A
• TBD - Derde Divisie A
• TBD - Derde Divisie B
• TBD - Derde Divisie B
• RKSV HBC - Vierde Divisie A
• TBD - Vierde Divisie A
• TBD - Vierde Divisie A
• FC 's-Gravenzande - Vierde Divisie B
• VV Capelle - Vierde Divisie B
• TBD - Vierde Divisie B
• Achilles Veen - Vierde Divisie C
• VV Dongen - Vierde Divisie C
• RKSV Halsteren - Vierde Divisie C
• Rohda Raalte - Vierde Divisie D
• VV Scherpenzeel - Vierde Divisie D
• TBD - Vierde Divisie D

Derde Divisie A

Bracket 1

	Semifinals							Final
	1
	4
	3
	2

Bracket 2

	Semifinals							Final
	1
	4
	3
	2

Derde Divisie B

Bracket 1

	Semifinals							Final
	1
	4
	3
	2

Bracket 2

	Semifinals							Final
	1
	4
	3
	2