1964–65 Tweede Divisie

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.

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:

Entered from the A-group:

  • HVC
  • HVV 't Gooi

Final Tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1SC Cambuur301884632944+34Qualified for Championship play-off.
2AGOVV Apeldoorn301677564139+15Qualified for Promotion play-off.
3FC Wageningen301659604737+13Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off.
4Vitesse Arnhem3013107483936+11
5HVV Tubantia301488535036+3
6FC Zaanstreek301398483335+15
7Zwartemeer3012108463334+13
8RCH30118114646300[Tweede B]
9sc Heerenveen30101010353930-4
10Haarlem3010713434427-1[Tweede B]
11De Graafschap3011316505425-4
12ZFC308913283425-6
13HFC EDO308913395225-13[Tweede B]
14FC Hilversum309516324823-16
15PEC307617396920-30
16Zwolsche Boys 303819356314-28

[Tweede B] Team moving to Tweede Divisie B next season.

Group B

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1DFC282053712545+46Qualified for Championship play-off.
2Helmondia '55281855614441+17Qualified for Promotion play-off.
3Xerxes281765603140+29Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off.
4Roda JC281486623736+25
5SVV281558514335+8
6VV Baronie2810108494130+8
7BVV2812610333730-4
8Limburgia2812511464829-2
9Fortuna Vlaardingen2810612485226-4
10Hermes DVS289514414623-5
11TSV NOAD288614365122-15
12RKVV Wilhelmina289316566821-12
13HVC286418385916-21[Tweede A]
14HVV 't Gooi284519265113-25Play-off as level on points.
15LONGA283718347913-45

[Tweede A] Team moving to Tweede Divisie A next season.

Play-offs

Several play-offs were held to determine the league champions, who would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie, and who would leave the Professional leagues altogether.

Championship play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SC Cambuur 6 - 2 DFC

SC Cambuur were promoted to the Eerste Divisie, while DFC entered the Promotion Tournament.

Best 3rd-place play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Xerxes 2 - 1 FC Wageningen

Xerxes entered the Promotion tournament.

Promotion tournament

To determine the second team to be promoted. Entering teams:

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1Xerxes3210625+4Promoted to Eerste Divisie.
2DFC3200634+3
3Helmondia '553111753-2
4AGOVV Apeldoorn30032110-9

Group B 15th Place play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
HVV 't Gooi 1 - 1 LONGA

However, LONGA voluntarily relegated themselves to amateur football after the game.
Therefore, a replay, as well as a relegation play-off (involving bottom-finishers Zwolsche Boys from Group A), didn't have to be played (while HVV 't Gooi moved to Tweede Group A next season).

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References

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