| Season | 1962-63 |
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| Champions | VSV |
| Promoted | VSV BVV |
| Goals scored | 1825 |
| Average goals/game | 3.35 |
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← 1961–62
1963–64 →
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The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 34 teams. Due to a lot of teams entering from the higher Eerste Divisie after a sanitation there, there were 22 new entrants.
Teams were divided in two groups of seventeen teams. The champions played a play-off for promotion. After that match, a mini-tournament was held to determine a second team that would be promoted. It turned out that group B runners-up BVV would be promoted and not group-B champions Haarlem.
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There were only twelve teams that had been participating in this league last season, meaning there were 22 new entrants. A lot of the new entrants were teams that were promoted in the previous seasons of the Tweede Divisie. Due tot the sanitation in professional football by the KNVB, a lot of teams were back where they started.
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Relegated from the Eerste Divsisie into group A |
Relegated from the Eerste Divsisie into group B
Entered from amateur football
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| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1. | VSV | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 63 | 34 | +29 | Championship play-off |
| 2. | AGOVV | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 62 | 39 | +23 | Promotion play-off |
| 3. | NEC | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 71 | 48 | +23 | Best 3rd-place play-off |
| 4. | Alkmaar '54 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 64 | 39 | +25 | |
| 5. | KFC | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 57 | 41 | +16 | |
| 6. | Vitesse B | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 54 | 45 | +9 | |
| 7. | Leeuwarden | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 60 | 64 | -4 | |
| 8. | ZFC | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 44 | -1 | |
| 9. | FC Wageningen B | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 56 | 59 | -3 | |
| 10. | Stormvogels | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 44 | -9 | Merger 1 |
| 11. | Be Quick | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 55 | 62 | -7 | |
| 12. | sc Heerenveen | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 60 | -12 | |
| 13. | HVV Tubantia | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 66 | -11 | |
| 14. | Zwolsche Boys | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 43 | 58 | -15 | |
| 15. | De Graafschap B | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 32 | 52 | -20 | |
| 16. | Zwartemeer | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 58 | -14 | |
| 17. | VV Oldenzaal 2 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 40 | 69 | -29 | Voluntary return to amateur football |
1 Stormvogels merged with (promoters) VSV to form Telstar.
2 Bottom finishers Oldenzaal played bottom finishers PEC from the other group. The played a play-off against relegation and Oldenzaal won 5-2. Later on however, Oldenzaal voluntary returned to amateur football.
B Team moving to Tweede Divisie B
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1. | Haarlem | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 71 | 46 | +25 | Championship play-off |
| 2. | BVV | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 58 | 28 | +30 | Promotion play-off |
| 3. | HVC | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 72 | 42 | +30 | Best 3rd-place play-off |
| 4. | Baronie | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 59 | 44 | +15 | |
| 5. | RCH A | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 65 | 47 | +18 | |
| 6. | DFC | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 42 | +10 | |
| 7. | Hermes DVS | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 50 | 46 | +4 | |
| 8. | 't Gooi A | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 60 | 42 | +18 | |
| 9. | NOAD | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 58 | 59 | -1 | |
| 10. | Xerxes | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 80 | 64 | +16 | |
| 11. | FC Hilversum A | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 36 | 48 | -12 | |
| 12. | SVV | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 63 | -13 | |
| 13. | Helmondia '55 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 52 | -9 | |
| 14. | LONGA | 32 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 66 | 81 | -15 | |
| 15. | Wilhelmina | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 44 | 79 | -35 | |
| 16. | EDO A | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 73 | -34 | |
| 17. | PEC 2 A | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 40 | 87 | -47 |
2 Bottom finishers PEC played bottom finishers Oldenzaal from the other group. The played a play-off against relegation and PEC lost 5-2. However, since no amateur team wanted to enter professional football and Oldenzaal returned to amateur football on a voluntary basis, PEC didn't relegate.
A Team moving to Tweede Divisie A
Several play-offs were held this season to determine the league champions and teams that would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie.
Championship play-off
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| VSV | 5-4 | HFC Haarlem | 2-2 | 3-2 |
VSV were promoted to the Eerste Divisie. Haarlem entered the promotion tournament.
Best 3rd-place play-off
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| HVC | 2-1 | NEC |
HVC entered the promotion tournament. NEC remained in the Tweede Divisie and they moved to the B-group.
To determine the second team to be promoted, a promotion tournament was held. Entering teams: the loser of the championship play-off, the two numbers two from the competition and the winners of the best 3rd-place play-off.
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1. | BVV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +1 | Decision Match 3 |
| 2. | HVC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +1 | Decision Match 3 |
| 3. | Haarlem | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4. | AGOVV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
3 A decision match was needed since both clubs obtained four points.
HVC and Haarlem moved to the A-group next season, AGOVV to the B-group.
Decision Match
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| BVV | 2-1 | HVC |
BVV were promoted to the Eerste Divisie. HVC remained in the Tweede Divisie.
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