# 2023–24 Derde Divisie

The 2023–24 Derde Divisie season was the eighth edition of the Dutch fourth tier, formerly called Topklasse, since the restructuring of the league system in the summer of 2016.

## Derde Divisie A
### Teams
#### Team changes

| Promoted from 2022–23 Vierde Divisie | Relegated from 2022–23 Tweede Divisie | Promoted to 2023–24 Tweede Divisie | Relegated to 2023–24 Vierde Divisie |
| Eemdijk Genemuiden Hoogeveen Kampong ODIN '59 | IJsselmeervogels | ACV GVVV | ASWH Excelsior '31 Ter Leede VVOG |
| Club | Location |
| DEM | Beverwijk |
| DOVO | Veenendaal |
| DVS '33 | Ermelo |
| Eemdijk | Bunschoten |
| Genemuiden | Genemuiden |
| Harkemase Boys | Harkema |
| Hercules | Utrecht |
| Hoogeveen | Hoogeveen |
| HSC '21 | Haaksbergen |
| IJsselmeervogels | Spakenburg |
| Kampong | Utrecht |
| ODIN '59 | Heemskerk |
| Rijnvogels | Katwijk |
| Sparta Nijkerk | Nijkerk |
| Staphorst | Staphorst |
| Urk | Urk |
| RKAV Volendam | Volendam |
| VVSB | Noordwijkerhout |

#### Number of teams by province

| Number of teams | Province | Team(s) |
| 5 | Utrecht | DOVO, Eemdijk, Hercules, IJsselmeervogels, Kampong |
| 3 | North Holland | DEM, ODIN '59, RKAV Volendam |
| 3 | Overijssel | Genemuiden, HSC '21, Staphorst |
| 2 | Gelderland | DVS '33, Sparta Nijkerk |
| 2 | South Holland | Rijnvogels, VVSB |
| 1 | Drenthe | Hoogeveen |
| 1 | Flevoland | Urk |
| 1 | Friesland | Harkemase Boys |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | RKAV Volendam (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 92 | 53 | +39 | 66 | Promotion to Tweede Divisie |
| 2 | IJsselmeervogels | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 63 | |
| 3 | Genemuiden | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hercules | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 57 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Sparta Nijkerk | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 56 | |
| 6 | Harkemase Boys | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 7 | DOVO | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 52 | |
| 8 | HSC '21 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 52 | |
| 9 | DVS '33 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 48 | |
| 10 | Rijnvogels | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 48 | |
| 11 | Eemdijk | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 48 | |
| 12 | VVSB | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 47 | |
| 13 | DEM | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 47 | |
| 14 | Urk | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 45 | |
| 15 | Staphorst (R) | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 44 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Hoogeveen (R) | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 45 | 87 | −42 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Kampong (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 25 | Relegation to Vierde Divisie |
| 18 | ODIN '59 (R) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 108 | −79 | 14 | Relegation to Vierde Divisie |
* ↑ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 13–23)
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 24–34)
* ↑ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–12)

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | DEM | DOV | DVS | EEM | GEN | HAR | HER | HOO | HSC | IJS | KAM | ODI | RIJ | SPA | STA | URK | VOL | VVS |
| DEM | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| DOVO | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| DVS '33 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Eemdijk | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Genemuiden | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Harkemase Boys | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Hercules | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Hoogeveen | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| HSC '21 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| IJsselmeervogels | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 0–4 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| Kampong | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| ODIN '59 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 |
| Rijnvogels | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sparta Nijkerk | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Staphorst | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | | 1–4 | 3–6 | 1–0 |
| Urk | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| RKAV Volendam | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 11–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 3–1 |
| VVSB | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–6 | 6–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |

## Derde Divisie B
### Teams
#### Team changes

| Promoted from 2022–23 Vierde Divisie | Relegated from 2022–23 Tweede Divisie | Promoted to 2023–24 Tweede Divisie | Relegated to 2023–24 Vierde Divisie |
| AWC Kloetinge Meerssen | TEC | ADO '20 | Dongen JOS Watergraafsmeer UDI '19 |
| Club | Location |
| AWC | Wijchen |
| Barendrecht | Barendrecht |
| Baronie | Breda |
| Blauw Geel '38 | Veghel |
| Gemert | Gemert |
| Groene Ster | Heerlerheide |
| Hoek | Hoek |
| Kloetinge | Kloetinge |
| Meerssen | Meerssen |
| OJC | Rosmalen |
| OSS '20 | Oss |
| Quick | Den Haag |
| Sportlust '46 | Woerden |
| SteDoCo | Hoornaar |
| TEC | Tiel |
| TOGB | Berkel en Rodenrijs |
| UNA | Veldhoven |
| Unitas | Gorinchem |

#### Number of teams by province

| Number of teams | Province | Team(s) |
| 6 | North Brabant | Baronie, Blauw Geel '38, Gemert, OJC, OSS '20, UNA |
| 5 | South Holland | Barendrecht, Quick, SteDoCo, TOGB, Unitas |
| 2 | Gelderland | AWC, TEC |
| 2 | Limburg | Groene Ster, Meerssen |
| 2 | Zeeland | Hoek, Kloetinge |
| 1 | Utrecht | Sportlust '46 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barendrecht (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 71 | Promotion to Tweede Divisie |
| 2 | SteDoCo | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Blauw Geel '38 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | TEC | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 61 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Sportlust '46 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 61 | |
| 6 | Gemert | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 58 | |
| 7 | Meerssen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 52 | +19 | 56 | |
| 8 | TOGB | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 50 | |
| 9 | Hoek | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 47 | |
| 10 | UNA | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 47 | |
| 11 | Quick | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 47 | |
| 12 | Kloetinge | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 47 | |
| 13 | OJC | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 36 | |
| 14 | OSS '20 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 36 | Withdrawn |
| 15 | AWC (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 30 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Unitas (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 29 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Groene Ster (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 79 | −50 | 26 | Relegation to Vierde Divisie |
| 18 | Baronie (R) | 34 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 34 | 91 | −57 | 20 | Relegation to Vierde Divisie |
* ↑ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 13–23)
* ↑ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–12)
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 24–34)
* ↑ AWC were deducted 1 point for the disturbances after the match against UNA

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | AWC | BAR | BAO | BLA | GEM | GRO | HOE | KLO | MEE | OJC | OSS | QUI | SPO | SDC | TEC | TOG | UNA | UNI |
| AWC | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Barendrecht | 6–0 | | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Baronie | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Blauw Geel '38 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Gemert | 0–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Groene Ster | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–10 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Hoek | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Kloetinge | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Meerssen | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| OJC | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| OSS '20 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 |
| Quick | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Sportlust '46 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| SteDoCo | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| TEC | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| TOGB | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| UNA | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 3–2 |
| Unitas | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

## Play-offs
### Tweede divisie promotion/relegation play-offs

8 teams (16th and 17th place in the Tweede Divisie and three teams each from the Derde Divisie A and Derde Divisie B) play for one spot in next season's Tweede Divisie.

#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Genemuiden | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| TEC | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| TEC | 1 | 1 | 2 | Genemuiden (p) | 3 | 4 | 7(4) | | | | |
| | | | | Blauw Geel '38 | 4 | 3 | 7(3) | | | | |
| Kozakken Boys | 1 | 2 | 3(4) | Blauw Geel '38 | 4 | 3 | 7(3) | | | | |
| Blauw Geel '38 (p) | 2 | 1 | 3(5) | | | | | | | | |
| Blauw Geel '38 (p) | 2 | 1 | 3(5) | | | | | Genemuiden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Excelsior Maassluis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Excelsior Maassluis | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Excelsior Maassluis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Hercules | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Hercules | 1 | 0 | 1 | Excelsior Maassluis | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Harkemase Boys | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| SteDoCo | 1 | 1 | 2(5) | Harkemase Boys | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Harkemase Boys (p) | 1 | 1 | 2(6) | | | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

3–3 on aggregate. Blauw Geel '38 won 5–4 on penalties
Genemuiden won 5–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Harkemase Boys won 6–5 on penalties
Excelsior Maassluis won 4–1 on aggregate.

#### Semifinals

7–7 on aggregate. Genemuiden won 4–3 on penalties
Excelsior Maassluis won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Final

Excelsior Maassluis won 6–1 on aggregate.

### Derde Divisie promotion/relegation playoffs

The teams who finish 15th and 16th in both the Derde Divisie A and B will play relegation playoffs against teams from the Vierde Divisie. The four bracket winners will play in next season's Derde Divisie.

#### Derde Divisie A
##### Bracket 1

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Staphorst | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| JOS Watergraafsmeer (a.e.t.) | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| JOS Watergraafsmeer (a.e.t.) | 1 | 4 | 5 | JOS Watergraafsmeer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | HBC | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Scherpenzeel | 0 | 2 | 2 | HBC | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| HBC (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |

#### Semifinals

JOS Watergraafsmeer won 5–4 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. HBC won 4–3 on penalties.

#### Final

HBC won 4–1 on aggregate.

##### Bracket 2

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Huizen | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| AZSV | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| AZSV | 0 | 1 | 1 | Huizen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | ROHDA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoogeveen | 3 | 0 | 3 | ROHDA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ROHDA | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | |

#### Semifinals

ROHDA won 4–3 on aggregate.
Huizen won 2–1 on aggregate.

#### Final

Huizen won 1–0 on aggregate.

#### Derde Divisie B
##### Bracket 1

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Achilles Veen | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Westlandia | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Westlandia | 0 | 0 | 0 | Achilles Veen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | Smitshoek | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| AWC | 1 | 0 | 1 | Smitshoek | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Smitshoek | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |

#### Semifinals

AWC won 3–1 on aggregate.
Achilles Veen won 5–0 on aggregate.

#### Final

Smitshoek won 2–0 on aggregate.

##### Bracket 2

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 's-Gravenzande | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Halsteren | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| Halsteren | 2 | 0 | 2 | 's-Gravenzande | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | Unitas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Unitas (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Unitas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dongen | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |

#### Semifinals

2–2 on aggregate. Unitas won 4–2 on penalties
's-Gravenzande won 5–2 on aggregate.

#### Final

's-Gravenzande won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### "Second chance" promotion play-off

Due to the withdrawl of OSS '20 from the Derde Divisie, the four losing promotion finalists will compete for one last spot in next season's Derde Divisie. The final will be played at a neutral site.

##### Bracket

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| ROHDA | 2 | | |
| Achilles Veen | 1 | | |
| Achilles Veen | 1 | ROHDA | 4 |
| | | Unitas | 0 |
| JOS Watergraafsmeer | 2 | Unitas | 0 |
| Unitas | 3 | | |