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Hoofdklasse
Countries	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	84 (6 Groups of 14)
Promotion to	Topklasse
Relegation to	Eerste Klasse
Levels on pyramid	Level 3; Level 4 (since 2010-11 season)
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup
	Hoofdklasse 2009–10

The Hoofdklasse is the highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the third tier in general.

[edit] Background

The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation (Dutch: 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 national amateur 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 Dutch football association is working on implementing promotion and relegation between the Eerste Divisie, currently the lowest tier of professional football, and the Hoofdklasse. The exact structure for that promotion is not yet known.

Prior to this system, 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).

[edit] 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	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

[edit] Saturday titles since 1975

#	Clubs
10	IJsselmeervogels
3	ACV, Katwijk, Huizen, Quick Boys
2	DOS Kampen, FC Lisse, Rijnsburgse Boys
1	Spakenburg, Noordwijk, Heerjansdam, Spijkenisse, DOVO, VVOG, Scheveningen, ASWH

[edit] 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, Hoogeveen, Xerxes, Stevo, ROHDA Raalte, Hollandia, WKE

[edit] National titles since 1975

[edit] By club

#	Clubs
5	IJsselmeervogels
3	Katwijk, Geldrop
2	Huizen, Quick Boys, Baronie, De Treffers, ACV, RKC Waalwijk
1	ASWH, AGOVV, HSC'21, Scheveningen, RCH, DOS Kampen, SV Spakenburg, ROHDA Raalte, Noordwijk, Spijkenisse, SV Argon, FC Lisse, WKE

[edit] By day

Day	Number of titles	Titles
Saturday	20	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
Sunday	15	1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009

[edit] References

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