# 2021–22 Derde Divisie

The 2021–22 Derde Divisie season was the sixth edition of the Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.

## Saturday league
### Teams

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| ACV | Assen | Catawiki Sportpark | 02,000 |
| Ajax (amateurs) | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 02,250 |
| Barendrecht | Barendrecht | Sportpark De Bongerd | 01,800 |
| DOVO | Veenendaal | Sportpark Panhuis | 03,200 |
| DVS '33 | Ermelo | Sportlaan | 05,500 |
| Excelsior '31 | Rijssen | Sportpark De Koerbelt | 03,150 |
| GOES | Goes | Sportpark Het Schenge | 01,500 |
| Harkemase Boys | Harkema | Sportpark De Bosk | 05,000 |
| Hoek | Hoek | Sportpark Denoek | 02,500 |
| Lisse | Lisse | Sportpark Ter Specke | 07,000 |
| ODIN '59 | Heemskerk | Sportpark Assumburg | 01,700 |
| Sportlust '46 | Woerden | Sportpark Cromwijck | 02,000 |
| Staphorst | Staphorst | Sportpark Het Noorderslag | 03,500 |
| Sparta Nijkerk | Nijkerk | Sportpark De Ebbenhorst | 05,000 |
| SteDoCo | Hoornaar | Sportpark SteDoCo | 01,700 |
| Ter Leede | Sassenheim | Sportpark De Roodemolen | 03,000 |
| VVOG | Harderwijk | Sportpark De Strokel | 10,000 |
| VVSB | Noordwijkerhout | Sportpark De Boekhorst | 02,500 |

### Number of teams by province

| Number of teams | Province | Team(s) |
| 5 | South Holland | Barendrecht, Lisse, SteDoCo, Ter Leede, VVSB |
| 3 | Gelderland | DVS '33, Sparta Nijkerk, VVOG |
| 2 | North Holland | Ajax (amateurs), ODIN '59 |
| 2 | Overijssel | Excelsior '31, Staphorst |
| 2 | Utrecht | DOVO, Sportlust '46 |
| 2 | Zeeland | GOES, Hoek |
| 1 | Drenthe | ACV |
| 1 | Friesland | Harkemase Boys |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lisse (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 70 | Promotion to Tweede Divisie |
| 2 | Sparta Nijkerk | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 64 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sportlust '46 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 58 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | DVS '33 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 58 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Hoek | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 55 | |
| 6 | ACV | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 51 | |
| 7 | Excelsior '31 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 51 | |
| 8 | Barendrecht | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 50 | |
| 9 | SteDoCo | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Staphorst | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 45 | |
| 11 | Ter Leede | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 44 | |
| 12 | Harkemase Boys | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 42 | |
| 13 | DOVO | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 38 | |
| 14 | VVSB | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 38 | |
| 15 | ODIN '59 (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 68 | −16 | 37 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 16 | VVOG (O) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 82 | −21 | 37 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Ajax (amateurs) (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to Hoofdklasse |
| 18 | GOES (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 44 | 78 | −34 | 28 | Relegation to Hoofdklasse |
* ↑ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 13–23)
* ↑ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–12)
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 24–34)

### Fixtures/results

| Home \ Away | ACV | AJA | BAR | DOV | DVS | EXC | GOE | HAR | HOE | LIS | ODI | SPA | SPO | STA | SDC | TER | VVO | VVS |
| ACV | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Ajax (amateurs) | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 |
| Barendrecht | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 6–0 |
| DOVO | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| DVS '33 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Excelsior '31 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| GOES | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Harkemase Boys | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Hoek | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Lisse | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| ODIN '59 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Sparta Nijkerk | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Sportlust '46 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Staphorst | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| SteDoCo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Ter Leede | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| VVOG | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 4–3 |
| VVSB | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | |

## Sunday league
### Teams

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| ADO '20 | Heemskerk | Sportpark De Vlotter | 04,500 |
| Blauw Geel '38 | Veghel | PWA Sportpark | 02,500 |
| DEM | Beverwijk | Sportpark Adrichem | 01,500 |
| VV Dongen | Dongen | Sportpark De Biezen | 01,800 |
| EVV | Echt | Sportpark In de Bandert | 02,000 |
| Gemert | Gemert | Sportpark Molenbroek | 04,000 |
| Groene Ster | Heerlerheide | Sportpark Pronsebroek | 02,500 |
| USV Hercules | Utrecht | Sportpark Voordorp | 01,800 |
| Hoogland | Hoogland | Sportpark Langenoord | 01,800 |
| Hollandia | Hoorn | Sportpark Julianapark | 04,000 |
| HSC '21 | Haaksbergen | Groot Scholtenhagen | 04,500 |
| JOS Watergraafsmeer | Amsterdam | Sportpark Drieburg | 01,000 |
| OFC | Oostzaan | Sportpark OFC | 01,500 |
| OSS '20 | Oss | Sportpark De Rusheuvel | 01,800 |
| Quick (H) | Den Haag | Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg | 01,500 |
| VV UNA | Veldhoven | Sportpark Zeelst | 02,000 |
| Unitas | Gorinchem | Sportpark Molenvliet | 03,000 |
| RKVV Westlandia | Naaldwijk | Sportpark De Hoge Bomen | 02,000 |

### Number of teams by province

| Number of teams | Province | Team(s) |
| 5 | North Brabant | Blauw Geel '38, Dongen, Gemert, OSS '20, UNA |
| 5 | North Holland | ADO '20, DEM, Hollandia, JOS Watergraafsmeer, OFC |
| 3 | South Holland | Quick (H), Unitas, Westlandia |
| 2 | Limburg | EVV, Groene Ster |
| 2 | Utrecht | USV Hercules, Hoogland |
| 1 | Overijssel | HSC '21 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | OFC (C, P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 61 | Promotion to Tweede Divisie |
| 2 | USV Hercules | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 74 | 46 | +28 | 59 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | ADO '20 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 58 | |
| 4 | Gemert | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 75 | 57 | +18 | 57 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | OSS '20 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 55 | |
| 6 | Groene Ster | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 51 | |
| 7 | Dongen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 50 | |
| 8 | UNA | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 50 | |
| 9 | HSC '21 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 49 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 10 | Quick (H) | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 47 | |
| 11 | Blauw Geel '38 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 45 | |
| 12 | DEM | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 45 | |
| 13 | Unitas | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 42 | |
| 14 | JOS Watergraafsmeer | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Hoogland (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 39 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 16 | EVV (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 37 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hollandia (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 35 | Relegation to Hoofdklasse |
| 18 | Westlandia (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 32 | Relegation to Hoofdklasse |
* ↑ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–12)
* ↑ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 13–23)
* ↑ OSS '20 were deducted one point by the Royal Dutch Football Association.
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 24–34)
* ↑ JOS Watergraafsmeer were deducted a total of two points by the Royal Dutch Football Association for failing to report the financial statements over the period 2019–2020 in time.

### Fixtures/results

| Home \ Away | ADO | BLA | DEM | DON | EVV | GEM | GRO | HER | HOL | HGL | HSC | JOS | OFC | OSS | QHA | UNA | UNI | WES |
| ADO '20 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Blauw Geel '38 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| DEM | 3–2 | 1–4 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Dongen | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| EVV | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Gemert | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Groene Ster | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| USV Hercules | 3–3 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 6–3 |
| Hollandia | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Hoogland | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| HSC '21 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| JOS Watergraafsmeer | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| OFC | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| OSS '20 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Quick (H) | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| UNA | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Unitas | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | | 1–3 |
| Westlandia | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs
### 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.

#### 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
### Hoofdklasse saturday promotion/relegation playoffs

Since ODIN '59 and VVOG finished 16th and 17th respectively, they will have to play relegation playoffs against teams from the Hoofdklasse Saturday for two spots in the 2022–23 Derde Divisie.

#### Brackets

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | RKAV Volendam | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Zwaluwen | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Zwaluwen | 1 | 1 | 2 | RKAV Volendam | RKAV Volendam | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | ARC | ARC | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | ODIN '59 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ARC | ARC | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | ARC | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | VVOG | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Eemdijk | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Eemdijk | 2 | 2 | 4 | VVOG | VVOG | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | SC Feyenoord | SC Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | SC Feyenoord | 0 | 3 | 3 | SC Feyenoord | SC Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Genemuiden | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |

#### Finals
##### First legs
##### Second legs
### Hoofdklasse sunday promotion/relegation playoffs

Since Hoogland and EVV finished 16th and 17th respectively, they will have to play relegation playoffs against teams from the Hoofdklasse Sunday for two spots in the 2022–23 Derde Divisie.

#### Brackets

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Hoogland | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Hoogeveen | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Hoogeveen | 0 | 2 | 2 | Hoogland | Hoogland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | OJC Rosmalen | OJC Rosmalen | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | OJC Rosmalen | 5 | 2 | 7 | OJC Rosmalen | OJC Rosmalen | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | SJC | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | HBS | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Orion (a.e.t.) | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Orion (a.e.t.) | 1 | 3 | 4 | Orion | Orion | 3 | 1 | 4 (3) |
| | | | | | UDI '19 (p) | UDI '19 (p) | 2 | 2 | 4 (4) |
| 3 | EVV | 0 | 1 | 1 | UDI '19 (p) | UDI '19 (p) | 2 | 2 | 4 (4) |
| 2 | UDI '19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |