# 2021–22 Tweede Divisie

The 2021–22 Tweede Divisie, known as Jack's League for sponsorship reasons, season was the sixth edition of the Dutch third tier since ending its hiatus since the 1970-71 season and the 21st edition using the Tweede Divisie name.
At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of the amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of this agreement was that no promotion or relegation took place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie for the 2017–18 season at first.
At another extraordinary KNVB meeting on 7 June 2018, an agreement was reached on the number of reserves teams allowed in each division after the 2019–20 season and the extension of the non-promotion or relegation clause to initially two more seasons. For the Tweede Divisie it was two teams.
The KNVB met again on 16 December 2019 and decided to further extend the clause to last until 2022–23 and to relegate reserve teams from the Tweede Divisie along with the other second teams in the new under-21 competition.

## Teams

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| AFC | Amsterdam | Sportpark Goed Genoeg | 03,000 |
| ASWH | Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht | Sportpark Schildman | 03,000 |
| Excelsior Maassluis | Maassluis | Sportpark Dijkpolder | 05,000 |
| GVVV | Veenendaal | Sportpark Panhuis | 03,950 |
| HHC Hardenberg | Hardenberg | Sportpark De Boshoek | 04,500 |
| Koninklijke HFC | Haarlem | Sportpark Spanjaardslaan | 01,500 |
| IJsselmeervogels | Spakenburg | Sportpark De Westmaat | 09,000 |
| Jong Sparta | Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 11,000 |
| Jong Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 07,384 |
| Katwijk | Katwijk | Sportpark De Krom | 06,000 |
| Kozakken Boys | Werkendam | Sportpark De Zwaaier | 04,000 |
| Noordwijk | Noordwijk | Sportpark Duinwetering | 06,100 |
| Quick Boys | Katwijk aan Zee | Sportpark Nieuw Zuid | 08,100 |
| Rijnsburgse Boys | Rijnsburg | Sportpark Middelmors | 06,100 |
| Scheveningen | Scheveningen | Sportpark Houtrust | 03,500 |
| SV Spakenburg | Spakenburg | Sportpark De Westmaat | 08,500 |
| TEC | Tiel | Sportpark De Lok | 02,500 |
| De Treffers | Groesbeek | Sportpark Zuid | 04,000 |

### Number of teams by province

| Number of teams | Province | Team(s) |
| 8 | South Holland | ASWH, Excelsior Maassluis, Jong Sparta, Katwijk, Noordwijk, Quick Boys, Rijnsburgse Boys, Scheveningen |
| 3 | North Holland | AFC, Koninklijke HFC, Jong Volendam |
| 3 | Utrecht | GVVV, IJsselmeervogels, SV Spakenburg |
| 2 | Gelderland | TEC, De Treffers |
| 1 | North Brabant | Kozakken Boys |
| 1 | Overijssel | HHC Hardenberg |

## Standings
### Regular competition

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Katwijk (C) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 71 | |
| 2 | HHC Hardenberg | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 62 | |
| 3 | Koninklijke HFC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 57 | |
| 4 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 55 | |
| 5 | Jong Sparta | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 55 | |
| 6 | AFC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 54 | |
| 7 | Noordwijk | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 54 | |
| 8 | Scheveningen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 50 | |
| 9 | SV Spakenburg | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 49 | |
| 10 | Excelsior Maassluis | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 47 | |
| 11 | Jong Volendam (O) | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 45 | Qualification to U21 relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Quick Boys | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 44 | |
| 13 | IJsselmeervogels | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 42 | |
| 14 | TEC | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 42 | |
| 15 | De Treffers | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 41 | |
| 16 | Kozakken Boys (O) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | GVVV (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 18 | ASWH (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 38 | 80 | −42 | 21 | Relegation to Derde Divisie |

## Fixtures/results

| Home \ Away | AFC | ASW | EXM | GVV | HFC | HHC | IJS | JSP | JVO | KAT | KOZ | NOO | QUI | RIJ | SCH | SPA | TEC | TRE |
| AFC | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| ASWH | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Excelsior Maassluis | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| GVVV | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Koninklijke HFC | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| HHC Hardenberg | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| IJsselmeervogels | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Jong Sparta | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Jong Volendam | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–6 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Katwijk | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Kozakken Boys | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Noordwijk | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Quick Boys | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Rijnsburgse Boys | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Scheveningen | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| SV Spakenburg | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| TEC | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–4 |
| De Treffers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs
### U21 play-offs

Since Jong Volendam finished as the lowest reserve team in the regular league season, they had to play a promotion-relegation play-offs tie against the champions of the Under-21 league, Almere City U21, for a spot in the 2022–23 Tweede Divisie.

### Derde Divisie promotion/relegation playoffs

Since Kozakken Boys and GVVV finished 16th and 17th respectively, they will have to play relegation playoffs against teams from the Derde Divisie for one spot in the 2022–23 Tweede Divisie. That means at least one team will be relegated from the Tweede Divisie through playoffs.

#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Kozakken Boys | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Sportlust '46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Sportlust '46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Kozakken Boys | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | DVS '33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| USV Hercules | 2 | 1 | 3 | DVS '33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| DVS '33 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| DVS '33 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | Kozakken Boys | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | GVVV | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GVVV | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | GVVV | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| VV Gemert | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| VV Gemert | 1 | 0 | 1 | GVVV | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | HSC '21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Sparta Nijkerk | 0 | 1 | 1 | HSC '21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| HSC '21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

#### Final
##### First leg
##### Second leg
## Top scorers

    As of 4 June 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Floris van der Linden | SV Spakenburg | 26 |
| 2 | Koen Blommestijn | Jong Volendam | 20 |
| 2 | Raily Ignacio | AFC | 20 |
| 4 | Marouane Afaker | Jong Sparta | 19 |
| 5 | Michael de Niet | Scheveningen | 18 |
| 6 | Ahmed El Azzouti | Katwijk | 17 |
| 7 | Jeroen Spruijt | Rijnsburgse Boys | 16 |
| 8 | Sietse Brandsma | Koninklijke HFC | 15 |
| 9 | Jesper Drost | HHC Hardenberg | 14 |
| 9 | Killian van Mil | Katwijk | 14 |