1964–65 Tweede Divisie

Tweede Divisie
Season1964–65
ChampionsSC Cambuur
Promoted
Goals scored1,432
Average goals/game3.19

The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1964–65 season was contested by 31 teams, sixteen of which playing in group A, fifteen in group B. DFC won the championship after beating Cambuur Leeuwarden in a playoff. 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

Final tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Cambuur 30 18 8 4 63 29 +34 44 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 AGOVV Apeldoorn 30 16 7 7 56 41 +15 39 Qualified for Promotion play-off
3 FC Wageningen 30 16 5 9 60 47 +13 37 Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off
4 Vitesse Arnhem 30 13 10 7 48 39 +9 36
5 HVV Tubantia 30 14 8 8 53 50 +3 36
6 FC Zaanstreek 30 13 9 8 48 33 +15 35
7 VV Zwartemeer 30 12 10 8 46 33 +13 34
8 RCH 30 11 8 11 46 46 0 30 Tweede Divisie B next season
9 sc Heerenveen 30 10 10 10 35 39 −4 30
10 Haarlem 30 10 7 13 43 44 −1 27 Tweede Divisie B next season
11 De Graafschap 30 11 3 16 50 54 −4 25
12 ZFC 30 8 9 13 28 34 −6 25
13 HFC EDO 30 8 9 13 39 52 −13 25 Tweede Divisie B next season
14 FC Hilversum 30 9 5 16 32 48 −16 23
15 PEC 30 7 6 17 39 69 −30 20
16 Zwolsche Boys 30 3 8 19 35 63 −28 14
Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DFC 28 20 5 3 71 25 +46 45 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Helmondia '55 28 18 5 5 61 44 +17 41 Qualified for Promotion play-off
3 Xerxes 28 17 6 5 60 31 +29 40 Qualified for Best 3rd-place play-off
4 Roda JC 28 14 8 6 62 37 +25 36
5 SVV 28 15 5 8 51 43 +8 35
6 VV Baronie 28 10 10 8 49 41 +8 30
7 BVV 28 12 6 10 33 37 −4 30
8 Limburgia 28 12 5 11 46 48 −2 29
9 Fortuna Vlaardingen 28 10 6 12 48 52 −4 26
10 Hermes DVS 28 9 5 14 41 46 −5 23
11 TSV NOAD 28 8 6 14 36 51 −15 22
12 RKVV Wilhelmina 28 9 3 16 56 68 −12 21
13 HVC 28 6 4 18 38 59 −21 16 Tweede Divisie A next season
14 HVV 't Gooi 28 4 5 19 26 51 −25 13 Play-off as level on points
15 LONGA 28 3 7 18 34 79 −45 13
Source: rsssf.com

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
Cambuur Leeuwarden 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:

  • the two 2nd-placed from the "regular season",
  • the loser of the Championship play-off,
  • and the winner of the Best 3rd-place play-off.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Xerxes 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5 Promoted to Eerste Divisie
2 DFC 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 4
3 Helmondia '55 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 3
4 AGOVV Apeldoorn 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: rsssf.com

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), did not have to be played (while HVV 't Gooi moved to Tweede Group A next season).

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