Hoofdklasse

For Surinamese first division, see SVB Hoofdklasse.

Hoofdklasse

Country	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	64 (4 Groups of 16)
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	Derde Divisie
Relegation to	Eerste Klasse
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup
2016–17 Hoofdklasse

The Hoofdklasse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦoːftklɑsə]) is the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general.

Background

The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation (Dutch: verzuiling), the segregation of Dutch society. The Saturday clubs are mainly Protestant Christian clubs, who were not allowed to play on Sunday. The Sunday clubs were in general Catholic and working class clubs, whose players had to work on Saturday and therefore could only play on Sunday. Although the pillarisation ended in the 1960s and 1970s, the clubs and the league have maintained this division. The Saturday Hoofdklasse and the Sunday Hoofdklasse are divided into two leagues each since the 2016-17 season:

Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A and Sunday Hoofdklasse A are from the central, northern and western parts of the Netherlands.
Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse B and Sunday Hoofdklasse B are from the central, eastern and southern parts of the Netherlands.

The champions of the Saturday Hoofdklasse A, B and C played against each other for the national Saturday championship, just like the champions of the Sunday Hoofdklasse A, B and C faced each other for the national Sunday title until 2015. The winners of the Saturday and Sunday championships faced each other for the Hoofdklasse title until 2010, when the Topklasse decided the overall amateur champion, and in 2016 the overall championship was abolished. The transitional 2015–16 season had the period winners contest the 15th placers of the Topklasse and the 12th and 13th placers played the period winners of the 1e Klasse, all in playouts, while the 14th and 15th placers were relegated and the Hoofdklasse contracted to 4 leagues of 16 clubs each (2 each for Saturday and Sunday).

Since the 2016–17 season, clubs can be relegated from the Hoofdklasse to the 1e Klasse (First Class) and can be promoted from the 1e Klasse to the Hoofdklasse. The champion and playoff winners of each Hoofdklasse are promoted to the Derde Divisie (formerly Topklasse), and two to three teams from each Derde Divisie (four to six in total) are relegated to the Hoofdklasse.

Before this, it was only possible for Hoofdklasse clubs to be admitted to the Eerste Divisie after application and licensing. The last clubs to have done so are FC Omniworld (2005) and AGOVV Apeldoorn (2003).

Hoofdklasse champions since 1975

Season	Saturday champion	Sunday champion	National champion
1974–75	Spijkenisse	FC Emmen	Spijkenisse
1975–76	IJsselmeervogels	Limburgia	IJsselmeervogels
1976–77	IJsselmeervogels	Rheden	IJsselmeervogels
1977–78	ACV	vv Hoogeveen	ACV
1978–79	DOVO	ROHDA Raalte	ROHDA Raalte
1979–80	Noordwijk	Xerxes	Noordwijk
1980–81	DOS Kampen	RKC Waalwijk	RKC Waalwijk
1981–82	IJsselmeervogels	RKC Waalwijk	RKC Waalwijk
1982–83	IJsselmeervogels	DHC	IJsselmeervogels
1983–84	IJsselmeervogels	Geldrop	Geldrop
1984–85	SV Spakenburg	DHC	SV Spakenburg
1985–86	ACV	TOP Oss	ACV
1986–87	ACV	Geldrop	Geldrop
1987–88	DOS Kampen	De Treffers	DOS Kampen
1988–89	Heerjansdam	RCH	RCH
1989–90	Rijnsburgse Boys	Geldrop	Geldrop
1990–91	Quick Boys	De Treffers	De Treffers
1991–92	Quick Boys	Rheden	Quick Boys
1992–93	Katwijk	Holland	Katwijk
1993–94	Katwijk	Stevo	Katwijk
1994–95	IJsselmeervogels	Holland	IJsselmeervogels
1995–96	Scheveningen	Baronie	Scheveningen
1996–97	VVOG	Baronie	Baronie
1997–98	IJsselmeervogels	De Treffers	De Treffers
1998–99	IJsselmeervogels	HSC'21	HSC'21
1999–2000	Katwijk	Achilles 1894	Katwijk
2000–01	FC Lisse	Baronie	Baronie
2001–02	Huizen	AGOVV	AGOVV
2002–03	Huizen	FC Türkiyemspor	Huizen
2003–04	Quick Boys	HSC'21	Quick Boys
2004–05	ASWH	SV Argon	ASWH
2005–06	IJsselmeervogels	FC Türkiyemspor	IJsselmeervogels
2006–07	IJsselmeervogels	SV Argon	SV Argon
2007–08	FC Lisse	Hollandia	FC Lisse
2008–09	Rijnsburgse Boys	WKE	WKE
2009–10	IJsselmeervogels	VV Gemert	IJsselmeervogels
2010–11	Noordwijk, GVVV, SVZW	HBS, UNA, HSC '21	Contested in the Topklasse until 2016
2011–12	Jodan Boys, Scheveningen, DETO	ADO '20, Gemert, Sneek Wit Zwart
2012–13	Ter Leede, Excelsior Maassluis, ONS Sneek	Leonidas, UNA, Be Quick 1887
2013–14	Sparta Nijkerk, HSV Hoek, Genemuiden	HFC, Rosmalen, Hercules
2014–15	SteDoco, Katwijk, DVS'33	Magreb'90, TEC, Sneek Wit Zwart
2015–16	ODIN '59, Quick Boys, Harkemase Boys	Westlandia, Dongen, Juliana '31
2016–17	TBD	TBD	No longer contested

Saturday titles since 1975

#	Clubs
11	IJsselmeervogels
4	Katwijk, Quick Boys
3	ACV, Huizen
2	DOS Kampen, FC Lisse, Rijnsburgse Boys, Kat
1	Spakenburg, Noordwijk, Heerjansdam, Spijkenisse, DOVO, VVOG, Scheveningen, ASWH, Stedoco, DVS '33, Harkemase Boys

Sunday titles since 1975

#	Clubs
3	Baronie, Geldrop, De Treffers
2	Argon, HSC'21, Holland, Rheden, DHC, RKC Waalwijk, FC Türkiyemspor, Sneek Wit Zwart
1	Achilles 1894, RCH, FC Emmen, AGOVV, TOP Oss, Limburgia, Rheden, vv Hoogeveen, Xerxes, Stevo, ROHDA Raalte, Hollandia, WKE, Gemert, Magreb'90, TEC, Dongen, Juliana '31, Westlandia

National titles 1975–2010

By club

#	Clubs
6	IJsselmeervogels
3	Geldrop, Katwijk
2	RKC Waalwijk, ACV, De Treffers, Baronie, Quick Boys
1	Spijkenisse, Noordwijk, ROHDA Raalte, SV Spakenburg, DOS Kampen, RCH, Scheveningen, HSC'21, AGOVV, Huizen, ASWH, SV Argon, FC Lisse, WKE

By day

Day	Number of titles	Titles
Saturday	21	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
Sunday	15	1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009

References

Hoofdklasse · 2016–17 clubs

Saturday Hoofdklasse A	Achilles Veen Ajax SV Argon FC Breukelen DFS Haaglandia Hoek Jodan Boys VV Noordwijk RVVH VV Sliedrecht VV Smitshoek VV Spijkenisse AVV Swift Ter Leede VV Zwaluwen

Saturday Hoofdklasse B	ACV CSV Apeldoorn AZSV DOVO ASV Dronten Eemdijk Excelsior '31 Flevo Boys SC Genemuiden NSC Oranje Nassau SDC Putten SDV Barneveld Sparta Nijkerk Staphorst SV Urk

Sunday Hoofdklasse A	ADO '20 Alverna De Bataven Dieze West VV Heerenveen HVV Hollandia VV Hoogland JOS Watergraafsmeer VV De Meern MSC RKHVV SDO Bussum SP Silvolde VV SJC Sneek Wit Zwart SC Woezik

Sunday Hoofdklasse B	Blauw Geel '38 VV Chevremont DESO DHC DOSKO EHC/Heuts Gemert VV Gestel Groene Ster Halsteren IFC RKSV Nuenen OSS '20 Quick RKAVV Vlissingen

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Football in the Netherlands

Overview

International

Men	Netherlands U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 Variants (Beach Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (from 2016) Derde Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Zesde Klasse (defunct) Zevende Klasse (defunct)

Women	Eredivisie BeNe League (with Belgium, 2012–2015) Topklasse Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield KNVB Amateur Cup KNVB District Cup KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

Others

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