2011–12 Topklasse

The 2011–12 Topklasse season will be the second edition of the Dutch third tier. A total 32 teams will compete in the league: 24 from the 2010–11 Topklasse, and the remaining eight from the 2010–11 Hoofdklasse. The competition will be divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played.

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Teams

Saturday league

Club City 2010–11 season
ARC Alphen aan den Rijn 12th in Topklasse Saturday
BVV Barendrecht Barendrecht 9th in Topklasse Saturday
Excelsior'31 Rijssen, Rijssen-Holten 5th in Topklasse Saturday
GVVV Veenendaal 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday B
Harkemase Boys Harkema, Achtkarspelen 10th in Topklasse Saturday
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 8th in Topklasse Saturday
FC Lisse Lisse 11th in Topklasse Saturday
VV Montfoort Montfoort 3rd in Hoofdklasse Saturday B
VV Noordwijk Noordwijk 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday A
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 3rd in Topklasse Saturday
SC Genemuiden Genemuiden 7th in Topklasse Saturday
SVZW Wierden 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday C
SV Spakenburg Spakenburg, Bunschoten 2nd in Topklasse Saturday
VV Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel 6th in Topklasse Saturday
VV Katwijk Katwijk 4th in Topklasse Saturday
IJsselmeervogels Spakenburg, Bunschoten 1st in Topklasse Saturday

Sunday league

Club City 2010–11 season
Achilles '29 Groesbeek 2nd in Topklasse Sunday
AFC Amsterdam 4th in Topklasse Sunday
De Treffers Groesbeek 5th in Topklasse Sunday
HBS The Hague 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday A
EVV Echt, Echt-Susteren 9th in Topklasse Sunday
FC Hilversum Hilversum 13th in Topklasse Sunday
FC Lienden Lienden, Buren 10th in Topklasse Sunday
HSC '21 Haaksbergen 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday C
UNA Zeelst, Veldhoven 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday B
Haaglandia Rijswijk 7th in Topklasse Sunday
HVV Hollandia Hoorn 12th in Topklasse Sunday
JVC Cuijk Cuijk 6th in Topklasse Sunday
Quick '20 Oldenzaal 8th in Topklasse Sunday
SV Argon Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen 3rd in Topklasse Sunday
WKE Emmen 3nd in Hoofdklasse Sunday C
VVSB Noordwijkerhout 11th in Topklasse Sunday

League tables

Saturday league

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Spakenburg 17 11 3 3 46 29 +17 36 Qualification to the playoff finals
2 Rijnsburgse Boys 17 10 4 3 49 24 +25 34
3 GVVV 17 10 3 4 42 29 +13 33
4 Genemuiden 17 9 4 4 36 24 +12 31
5 Noordwijk 17 9 3 5 35 26 +9 30
6 IJsselmeervogels 17 9 2 6 37 30 +7 29
7 Katwijk 17 7 7 3 42 24 +18 28
8 Capelle 17 6 8 3 33 25 +8 26
9 Excelsior'31 17 7 3 7 22 27 −5 24
10 Lisse 17 7 3 7 28 34 −6 24
11 HHC Hardenberg 17 7 3 7 25 32 −7 24
12 SVZW 17 4 3 10 22 39 −17 15
13 Harkemase Boys 17 3 3 11 23 41 −18 12 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
14 Montfoort 17 2 4 11 14 36 −22 10 Relegation to the 2012–13 Hoofdklasse
15 Barendrecht 17 3 5 9 16 27 −11 81
16 ARC 17 2 2 13 27 50 −23 8

Updated to games played on 17 December 2011
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/topklasse/2011-2012/saturday/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

1.^ Barendrecht deducted 6 points due to having played footballer Marvin van der Pluijm in league games against Spakenburg and GVVV, while still contracted with US club Dayton Dutch Lions.[1]

Sunday league

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Achilles '29 17 13 1 3 39 12 +27 40 Qualification to the playoff finals
2 Haaglandia 17 12 2 3 50 29 +21 38
3 HSC '21 17 8 6 3 38 24 +14 30
4 WKE 17 9 3 5 26 22 +4 30
5 Hollandia 17 9 3 5 22 20 +2 30
6 De Treffers 17 8 3 6 34 24 +10 27
7 Lienden 17 8 3 6 24 22 +2 27
8 JVC Cuijk 17 6 6 5 28 26 +2 24
9 AFC 17 6 4 7 30 28 +2 22
10 EVV 17 6 4 7 29 31 −2 22
11 HBS 17 7 0 10 33 38 −5 21
12 VVSB 17 5 4 8 17 19 −2 19
13 Hilversum 17 4 5 8 17 34 −17 17 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
14 UNA 17 4 4 9 26 33 −7 16 Relegation to the 2011–12 Hoofdklasse
15 Argon 17 3 4 10 21 37 −16 13
16 Quick '20 17 1 2 14 12 47 −35 5

Updated to games played on 11 December 2011
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/topklasse/2011-2012/sunday/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References