Season 1962-63 Promoted VSV
BVV Average goals/game 3.35 | Champions VSV Goals scored 1825 | |
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 34 teams. Due to a lot of teams entering from the higher Eerste Divisie after a sanitation there, there were 22 new entrants.
Contents
- New entrants
- Group A
- Group B
- Play offs
- Championship play off
- Best 3rd place play off
- Promotion tournament
- Play off
- Relegation play off
- References
Teams were divided in two groups of seventeen teams. The champions played a play-off for promotion. After that match, a mini-tournament was held to determine a second team that would be promoted. It turned out that group B runners-up BVV would be promoted and not group-B champions Haarlem.
New entrants
There were only twelve teams that had been participating in this league last season, meaning there were 22 new entrants. A lot of the new entrants were teams that were promoted in the previous seasons of the Tweede Divisie. Due to the sanitation in professional football by the KNVB, a lot of teams were back where they started.
Group A
[1] Stormvogels merged with promoted VSV to form Telstar.
[Tweede B] Team moving to Tweede Divisie B next season.
Group B
[Tweede A] Team moving to Tweede Divisie A next season.
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
VSV were promoted to the Eerste Divisie (playing as Telstar), while HFC Haarlem entered the Promotion Tournament.
Best 3rd-place play-off
HVC entered the promotion tournament, while NEC remained in the Tweede Divisie (and moved to Tweede B for next season).
Promotion tournament
To determine the second team to be promoted. Entering teams:
Play-off
BVV were promoted to the Eerste Divisie, HVC and HFC Haarlem moved to the Tweede Group A next season, and AGOVV Apeldoorn moved to the Tweede Group B.
Relegation play-off
However, as no amateur team wanted to enter professional football and VV Oldenzaal decided to return to amateur football on a voluntary basis, PEC weren't relegated.