2012–13 Topklasse

Topklasse
Season 2012–13
Champions Katwijk
Promoted Achilles'29

The 2012–13 Topklasse season is the third edition of the Dutch third tier since its inauguration in the current form in 2010. A total 32 teams are participating in the league: 24 from the 2011–12 Topklasse, and the remaining eight from the 2011–12 Hoofdklasse. As usual, the competition is divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played.

For the second consecutive season, no team was relegated from the Eerste Divisie, this time due to the fact all 2011–12 Topklasse have declined promotion into professionalism.

Teams

Saturday league

Club City 2011–12 season
BVV Barendrecht Barendrecht 12th in Topklasse Saturday
VV Capelle Capelle aan den IJssel 10th in Topklasse Saturday
DETO Twenterand Vriezenveen 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday C
Excelsior '31 Rijssen 8th in Topklasse Saturday
SC Genemuiden Genemuiden 7th in Topklasse Saturday
GVVV Veenendaal 5th in Topklasse Saturday
HHC Hardenberg Hardenberg 9th in Topklasse Saturday
CVV de Jodan Boys Gouda 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday A
VV Katwijk Katwijk 3rd in Topklasse Saturday
Kozakken Boys Werkendam 2nd in Hoofdklasse Saturday B
FC Lisse Lisse 11th in Topklasse Saturday
VV Noordwijk Noordwijk 4th in Topklasse Saturday
Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburg 2nd in Topklasse Saturday
SVV Scheveningen Scheveningen (The Hague) 1st in Hoofdklasse Saturday B
SV Spakenburg Bunschoten-Spakenburg 1st in Topklasse Saturday
IJsselmeervogels Bunschoten-Spakenburg 6th in Topklasse Saturday

Sunday league

Club City 2011–12 season
Achilles '29 Groesbeek 1st in Topklasse Sunday
ADO '20 Heemskerk 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday A
AFC Amsterdam 10th in Topklasse Sunday
FC Chabab Amsterdam 6th in Hoofdklasse Sunday B
De Treffers Groesbeek 4th in Topklasse Sunday
HBS Craeyenhout The Hague 9th in Topklasse Sunday
EVV Echt 6th in Topklasse Sunday
VV Gemert Gemert 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday B
HSC '21 Haaksbergen 5th in Topklasse Sunday
Haaglandia Rijswijk 2nd in Topklasse Sunday
HVV Hollandia Hoorn 8th in Topklasse Sunday
JVC Cuijk Cuijk 11th in Topklasse Sunday
FC Lienden Lienden 7th in Topklasse Sunday
SWZ Sneek 1st in Hoofdklasse Sunday C
WKE Emmen Emmen 3rd in Topklasse Sunday
VVSB Noordwijkerhout 12th in Topklasse Sunday

League tables

Saturday league

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Katwijk (Q) 30 17 5 8 77 47+30 56 Qualification to playoff finals
2 Barendrecht 30 15 9 6 51 34+17 54
3 GVVV 30 16 4 10 54 41+13 52
4 HHC Hardenberg 30 16 3 11 62 49+13 51
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 30 14 8 8 60 42+18 50
6 FC Lisse 30 14 8 8 52 42+10 50
7 Capelle 30 15 4 11 54 41+13 49
8 Kozakken Boys 30 15 2 13 61 59+2 47
9 Noordwijk 30 12 8 10 51 48+3 44
10 Excelsior '31 30 12 4 14 49 58−9 40
11 Scheveningen 30 11 6 13 45 46−1 39
12 IJsselmeervogels 30 10 9 11 44 48−4 39
13 Spakenburg (Q) 30 10 5 15 47 54−7 35 relegation playoffs
14 Genemuiden (R) 30 9 5 16 63 74−11 32 Relegation to 2013-14 Hoofdklasse
15 Jodan Boys (R) 30 9 5 16 38 58−20 32
16 DETO (R) 30 2 1 27 18 85−67 7

Updated to games played on 11 May 2013.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/topklasse/20122013/saturday/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Sunday league

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Achilles '29 (P) (Q) 30 22 2 6 70 23+47 68 Qualification to playoff finals
2 ADO '20 30 15 8 7 66 53+13 53
3 De Treffers 30 15 5 10 60 36+24 50
4 WKE 30 15 5 10 64 60+4 50
5 EVV 30 14 6 10 37 35+2 48
6 HSC '21 30 14 4 12 67 57+10 46
7 Lienden 30 14 4 12 50 45+5 46
8 HBS 30 13 5 12 47 55−8 44
9 VVSB 30 12 7 11 37 42−5 43
10 JVC Cuijk 30 11 6 13 47 43+4 39
11 AFC 30 11 6 13 44 43+1 39
12 Chabab 30 10 9 11 36 42−6 38
13 Haaglandia (Q) 30 11 3 16 57 70−13 36 Qualification to relegation playoffs
14 Hollandia (R) 30 10 5 15 37 45−8 35 Relegation to 2013–14 Hoofdklasse
15 Gemert (R) 30 6 5 19 33 62−29 23
16 Sneek Wit Zwart (R) 30 5 4 21 26 67−41 19

Updated to games played on 12 May 2013.
Source: http://www.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/topklasse/20122013/sunday/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship play-offs

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Katwijk 3–0[1] Achilles'29 0–0 3–0

Katwijk won the overall Topklasse title. Katwijk didn't apply to promote to the Eerste Divisie, Achilles'29 did. Therefore Achilles was promoted to the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASWH 3–4 ACV 0–1 3–3
Spakenburg 5–2 Bennekom 2–0 3–2
EHC 2–7 Juliana '31 0–2 5–5
Haaglandia 1–0 Alphense Boys 0–0 1–0 (aet)

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spakenburg 2–1 (aet)[2] ACV

Because Achilles'29 promoted to the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie, there was an extra spot in the 2013–14 Sunday Topklasse. Therefore, Juliana '31 and Haaglandia didn't have to play the playoff final, as they were both qualified for the 2013-14 Topklasse. Spakenburg won the playoffs for the Saturday Topklasse and were not relegated.

References

  1. ↑ "Overzicht - Topklasse". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Spakenburg - ACV 2-1" (in Dutch). Voetbal op Zaterdag. Retrieved 21 June 2013.