Hoofdklasse

The Hoofdklasse is the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fourth tier in general.
==Background==
The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation (verzuiling), the segregation of Dutch society. The Saturday-clubs are by and large 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 three leagues each:
* Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A and Sunday Hoofdklasse A are from the west of the Netherlands.
* Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse B and Sunday Hoofdklasse B are from the central and southern parts of the Netherlands.
* Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse C and Sunday Hoofdklasse C are from the northern and eastern part of the Netherlands.
The champions of the Saturday Hoofdklasse A, B and C play against each other for the national Saturday championship, just like the champions of the Sunday Hoofdklasse A, B and C face each other for the national Sunday title. The winners of the Saturday and Sunday championships then face each other for the Hoofdklasse title.
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 winner of each Hoofdklasse is promoted to the Topklasse (new in 2010-11), and three teams from each Topklasse (six 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 	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 	
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 	 	 	
===Saturday titles since 1975===
# 	Clubs
11	IJsselmeervogels
3 	ACV, Katwijk, Huizen, Quick Boys
2 	DOS Kampen, FC Lisse, Rijnsburgse Boys
1 	Spakenburg, Noordwijk, Heerjansdam, Spijkenisse, DOVO, VVOG, Scheveningen, ASWH
===Sunday titles since 1975===
#	Clubs
3	Baronie, Geldrop, De Treffers
2	Argon, HSC'21, Holland, Rheden, DHC, RKC Waalwijk, FC Türkiyemspor
1	Achilles 1894, RCH, FC Emmen, AGOVV, TOP Oss, Limburgia, Rheden, vv Hoogeveen, Xerxes, Stevo, ROHDA Raalte, Hollandia, WKE, Gemert
===National titles since 1975===
====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
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