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 1965/1966 season was contested by 30 teams, divided in two groups. It would be the last season the Tweede Divisie would be divided in two. From next season onwards, all teams would participate in one league. This also meant that more teams then before were 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...

. No teams had to relegate to amateur football.

Group A

Relegated from the Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie 1964-65

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 16 teams. Willem II won the championship for the second time.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1963–64:* Alkmaar '54* NECRelegated from the Eredivisie 1963-64:...

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• Veendam
  BV Veendam
  SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :...
  
  

Entered from the B-group:

• HVC
• SC Gooiland (last season playing as 't Gooi)

Group B

Relegated from the Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie 1964-65

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 16 teams. Willem II won the championship for the second time.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1963–64:* Alkmaar '54* NECRelegated from the Eredivisie 1963-64:...

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• Excelsior

Entered from the A-group:

• RCH
• HFC 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...
  
  
• EDO

FC Den Bosch played as BVV last season

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1.	Vitesse	28	22	4	2	48	75	30	+45	Promotion to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1966-67 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 20 teams. Since there were only fifteen teams in the previous season, several new teams entered the competition...
2.	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...	28	19	5	4	43	74	22	+52
3.	FC Zaanstreek	28	13	11	4	37	43	25	+18
4.	Zwartemeer 1	28	14	9	5	37	54	36	+18
5.	HVC	28	12	10	6	34	43	32	+11
6.	Veendam	28	11	8	9	30	49	42	+7
7.	PEC	28	11	6	11	28	40	35	+5
8.	FC Wageningen FC Wageningen FC Wageningen was a Dutch football club which was founded on August 27, 1911. The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium ....	28	10	8	10	28	49	56	-7
9.	sc Heerenveen	28	9	6	13	24	43	58	-15
10.	HVV Tubantia	28	8	7	13	23	38	61	-23
11.	AGOVV AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...	28	8	4	16	20	38	53	-15
12.	FC Hilversum	28	5	9	14	19	27	47	-20
13.	SC Gooiland	28	3	12	13	18	34	54	-20
14.	ZFC	28	7	3	18	17	35	54	-19
15.	Zwolsche Boys	28	4	6	18	14	23	60	-37

¹ Zwartemeer would be promoted under the name SC Drenthe

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1.	FC Den Bosch	28	14	13	1	41	58	25	+33	Promotion to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1966-67 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 20 teams. Since there were only fifteen teams in the previous season, several new teams entered the competition...
2.	SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Dutch professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949. In 1991, SVV and neighbouring Dordrecht'90 merged to form FC Dordrecht.-History:...	28	17	4	7	38	63	37	+26
3.	DFC FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...	28	14	8	6	36	63	41	+22
4.	RCH	28	12	11	5	35	51	36	+15
5.	Roda JC	28	12	10	6	34	48	28	+20
6.	Baronie	28	13	6	9	32	59	37	+22
7.	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...	28	10	7	11	27	50	50	0
8.	Limburgia	28	9	9	10	27	43	51	-8
9.	Excelsior	28	8	9	11	25	44	46	-2
10.	NOAD	28	7	9	12	23	45	54	-9
11.	Fortuna Vlaardingen	28	7	8	13	22	36	48	-12
12.	Helmondia '55 Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...	28	10	2	16	22	49	74	-25
13.	Hermes DVS	28	7	6	15	20	40	58	-18
14.	Wilhelmina	28	4	11	13	19	42	62	-20
15.	EDO	28	6	7	15	19	41	85	-44