The Dutch Tweede Divisie

Tweede Divisie

The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...

 in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 18 teams, that would for the first time play in one league instead of two.

Two teams would be directly promoted to the Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

. The 3rd- and 4th-place finishers would play against one-another and the winner would take on a team from the Eerste Divisie itself.

New Entrants

Relegated from the Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie 1959-60

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959/1960 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:* 't Gooi...

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• De Graafschap
  De Graafschap
  De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...
  
  

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1.	Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...	34	21	8	5	50	85	39	+46	Promotion to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1961-62 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie-teams were divided in two groups, next season there would only be one consisting of sixteen teams. This meant a lot of teams would relegate to the Tweede Divisie this year...
2.	FC Hilversum	34	19	10	5	48	85	48	+37
3.	Wilhelmina	34	19	6	9	44	82	60	+22	Promotion play-offs
4.	NEC	34	19	5	10	43	81	55	+26
5.	Baronie	34	18	6	10	42	68	42	-26
6.	Roda Sport	34	19	2	13	40	72	49	+23
7.	Zwartemeer	34	13	13	8	39	72	59	+13
8.	Velox	34	14	8	12	36	67	63	+4
9.	LONGA	34	15	6	13	36	78	76	+2
10.	VV Oldenzaal	34	14	6	14	34	52	61	-9
11.	De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...	34	11	9	14	31	58	61	-3
12.	HVV Tubantia	34	10	8	16	28	66	75	-9
13.	Zwolsche Boys	34	8	12	14	28	32	48	-16
14.	UVS	34	8	11	15	27	48	62	-14
15.	Rigtersbleek	34	11	4	19	26	56	79	-23	Voluntary return to amateur football
16.	PEC FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of...	34	10	5	19	25	54	83	-29
17.	SV Zeist	34	6	7	21	19	43	91	-48	Relegation to amateur football
18.	De Valk	34	6	4	24	16	51	99	-48

Promotion/relegation

Wilhelmina and NEC played for (eventual) promotion. The Winner would take on EDO from the Eerste Divisie in a promotion/relegation play-off.
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NEC remained in the Tweede Divisie, Wilhelmina were promoted to the Eerste Divisie and EDO relegated to the Tweede Divisie.