Tweede Divisie 1964–65

Tweede Divisie
Season 1964-65
Champions SC Cambuur
Promoted SC Cambuur
Xerxes
Goals scored 1432
Average goals/game 3.19

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 31 teams, sixteen of which playing in group A, fifteen in group B. DFC won the championship after beating SC Cambuur in a play-off. Two teams would be promoted: the winners of the championship play-off and the winners of the following promotion competition. This way, it turned out that Xerxes (the number three of group B) would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie after SC Cambuur.

Contents

New entrants and group changes

Group A

Entered from amateur football:

Entered from the B-group:

(Leeuwarden would play as SC Cambuur from this season onwards)

Group B

Relegated from the Eerste Divisie:

  • Fortuna Vlaardingen
  • BVV

Entered from the A-group:

Group A

Pos Club P W D L Pts GF GA GD
1. SC Cambuur 30 18 8 4 44 63 29 +34 Championship play-off
2. AGOVV 30 16 7 7 39 56 41 +15 Promotion play-off
3. FC Wageningen 30 16 5 9 37 60 47 +13 Best 3rd-place play-off
4. Vitesse 30 13 10 7 36 48 39 +11
5. HVV Tubantia 30 14 8 8 36 53 50 +3
6. FC Zaanstreek 30 13 9 8 35 48 33 +15
7. Zwartemeer 30 12 10 8 34 46 33 +13
8. RCH B 30 11 8 11 30 46 46 0
9. sc Heerenveen 30 10 10 10 30 35 39 -4
10. Haarlem B 30 10 7 13 27 43 44 -1
11. De Graafschap 30 11 3 16 25 50 54 -4
12. ZFC 30 8 9 13 25 28 34 -6
13. EDO B 30 8 9 13 25 39 52 -13
14. FC Hilversum 30 9 5 16 23 32 48 -16
15. PEC 30 7 6 17 20 39 69 -30
16. Zwolsche Boys 30 3 8 19 14 35 63 -28

B Team moving to Tweede Divisie B

Group B

Pos Club P W D L Pts GF GA GD
1. DFC 28 20 5 3 45 71 25 +46 Championship play-off
2. Helmondia '55 28 18 5 5 41 61 44 +17 Promotion play-off
3. Xerxes 28 17 6 5 40 60 31 +29 Best 3rd-place play-off
4. Roda JC 28 14 8 6 36 62 37 +25
5. SVV 28 15 5 8 35 51 43 +8
6. Baronie 28 10 10 8 30 49 41 +8
7. BVV 28 12 6 10 30 33 37 -4
8. Limburgia 28 12 5 11 29 46 48 -2
9. Fortuna Vlaardingen 28 10 6 12 26 48 52 -4
10. Hermes DVS 28 9 5 14 23 41 46 -5
11. NOAD 28 8 6 14 22 36 51 -15
12. Wilhelmina 28 9 3 16 21 56 68 -12
13. HVC A 28 6 4 18 16 38 59 -21
14. 't Gooi 1 A 28 4 5 19 13 26 51 -25
15. LONGA 1 28 3 7 18 13 34 79 -45 Voluntary return to amateur football

1 't Gooi and LONGA both obtained thirteen points, so they played a match to determine the last place finisher. After one match had been played (1-1) however, LONGA voluntarily relegated. That way, a replay, as well as a relegation play-off (involving bottom-finishers Zwolsche Boys from group A) didn't have to be played.
A Team moving to Tweede Divisie A

Play-offs

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  Score  Team 2
DFC 2-6 SC Cambuur

SC Cambuur are league champions and are promoted to the Eerste Divisie. DFC move to the promotion tournament.

Best 3rd-place play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Wageningen 1-2 Xerxes

Xerxes move to the promotion competition. FC Wageningen remain in the Tweede Divisie.

Promotion tournament

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. Xerxes 3 2 1 0 5 6 2 +4 Promotion to Eerste Divisie
2. DFC 3 2 0 0 4 6 3 +3
3. Helmondia '55 3 1 1 1 3 7 5 -2
4. AGOVV 3 0 0 3 0 2 11 -9

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