Hoofdklasse
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The Hoofdklasse (ˈɦoːft.ˌklɑ.sə) is the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands
Football in the Netherlands
Football is the most popular Sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club...

, 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
Pillarisation
Pillarisation is a term used to describe the politico-denominational segregation of Dutch and Belgian society. These societies were "vertically" divided into several segments or "pillars" according to different religions or ideologies.These pillars all had their own social institutions: their own...

 , the segregation of Dutch society. The Saturday-clubs are by and large Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...

 Christian
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 clubs, who were not allowed to play on Sunday. The Sunday-clubs were in general Catholic and working class
Working class
Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...

 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
Topklasse
Topklasse is the third tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season in 2010–11. The league is placed between the Eerste Divisie and the Hoofdklasse, the second and fourth tiers of Dutch football, respectively...

 (new in 2010-11), and three teams from each Topklasse (six total) are relegated to the Hoofdklasse.

Prior to this system, it was only possible for Hoofdklasse clubs to be admitted to the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

 after application and licensing. The last clubs to have done so are FC Omniworld
FC Omniworld
Almere City Football Club is a Dutch football club. The club was founded in 2001, and is an expression of the ambitions of the city council of Almere to play an active role in top sports. To that end, a sports club was formed, which now comprises a volleyball branch, a basketball branch and a...

 (2005) and AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...

 (2003).

Hoofdklasse champions since 1975

Season Saturday champion Sunday champion National champion
1974–75 Spijkenisse FC Emmen
FC Emmen
FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...

Spijkenisse
1975–76 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

Limburgia IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

1976–77 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

Rheden IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

1977–78 ACV vv Hoogeveen
Vv Hoogeveen
The vv Hoogeveen is a football club from the town of Hoogeveen and plays in the fourth highest league of the Netherlands, the 2010-2011 in de Hoofdklasse van de KNVB. It was founded on April 29, 1930 and has about 650 members. It plays its home matches on the Bentickspark ground in the town of...

ACV
1978–79 DOVO ROHDA Raalte ROHDA Raalte
1979–80 Noordwijk Xerxes Noordwijk
1980–81 DOS Kampen RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

1981–82 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

1982–83 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

DHC IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

1983–84 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

Geldrop Geldrop
1984–85 SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Spakenburg which was founded in 1931, currently competing in the Topklasse.It shares a football rivalry with another Spakenburg-based club, IJsselmeervogels.-History:...

DHC SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Spakenburg which was founded in 1931, currently competing in the Topklasse.It shares a football rivalry with another Spakenburg-based club, IJsselmeervogels.-History:...

1985–86 ACV TOP Oss
TOP Oss
FC Oss is a professional football club from the Netherlands, which was founded on April 9, 1928. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie.-History:...

ACV
1986–87 ACV Geldrop Geldrop
1987–88 DOS Kampen De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

DOS Kampen
1988–89 Heerjansdam RCH RCH
1989–90 Rijnsburgse Boys Geldrop Geldrop
1990–91 Quick Boys De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

1991–92 Quick Boys Rheden Quick Boys
1992–93 Katwijk Holland Katwijk
1993–94 Katwijk Stevo Katwijk
1994–95 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

Holland IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

1995–96 Scheveningen Baronie Scheveningen
1996–97 VVOG Baronie Baronie
1997–98 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

1998–99 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

HSC'21 HSC'21
1999–2000 Katwijk Achilles 1894 Katwijk
2000–01 FC Lisse
FC Lisse
FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,...

Baronie Baronie
2001–02 Huizen AGOVV
AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...

AGOVV
AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...

2002–03 Huizen FC Türkiyemspor
FC Türkiyemspor
FC Türkiyemspor was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam which was active from 1987 to 2009 when the club went bankrupt....

Huizen
2003–04 Quick Boys HSC'21 Quick Boys
2004–05 ASWH
ASWH
ASWH is a football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club is playing in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A, where it won the title in the 2004-05 season. The club would go on to win the national Saturday amateur football title and the national amateur football title...

Argon ASWH
ASWH
ASWH is a football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club is playing in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A, where it won the title in the 2004-05 season. The club would go on to win the national Saturday amateur football title and the national amateur football title...

2005–06 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

FC Türkiyemspor
FC Türkiyemspor
FC Türkiyemspor was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam which was active from 1987 to 2009 when the club went bankrupt....

IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

2006–07 IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

SV Argon SV Argon
2007–08 FC Lisse
FC Lisse
FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,...

Hollandia FC Lisse
FC Lisse
FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,...

2008–09
2008–09 Hoofdklasse
The 2008-2009 season of the Hoofdklasse was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues.-Key:Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal difference-Saturday A:-Saturday B:-Saturday C:-Sunday...

Rijnsburgse Boys
Rijnsburgse Boys
Rijnsburgse Boys are a football club from Rijnsburg in the Netherlands.The club was established on March 24, 1930. They currently play in the Topklasse. The club won the Saturday Hoofdklasse A title in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.- Current squad :...

WKE
WKE
WKE WKE WKE (Woonwagenkamp Emmen is a football club from Emmen in the Netherlands. WKE was founded on June 14, 1966 by residents of the local trailer park. The club won promotion to the hoofdklasse in 1981. Since 1981, WKE was relegated to the Eerste Klasse in 1998 and 2004...

WKE
WKE
WKE WKE WKE (Woonwagenkamp Emmen is a football club from Emmen in the Netherlands. WKE was founded on June 14, 1966 by residents of the local trailer park. The club won promotion to the hoofdklasse in 1981. Since 1981, WKE was relegated to the Eerste Klasse in 1998 and 2004...

2009-10
2009–10 Hoofdklasse
The 2009-2010 season of the Hoofdklasse was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The Champions, second, third and fourth of each group promoted direct to the new Topklasse.-Key:-Saturday A:-Saturday B:...

IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

VV Gemert
VV Gemert
VV Gemert is a Dutch amateur association football club from Gemert, in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant.The club was founded on October 15, 1912 and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history. Gemert was part of the Hoofdklasse league in the 2009–10 season, in which...

IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels
IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands...

2010-11
2010–11 Hoofdklasse
The 2010-2011 season of the Hoofdklasse was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The Champions of each group promoted direct to the Topklasse.-Key:-Saturday A:...

Noordwijk, GVVV, SVZW HBS, UNA, HSC '21

Saturday titles since 1975

# Clubs
11 IJsselmeervogels
3 ACV, Katwijk, Huizen, Quick Boys
2 DOS Kampen
DOS Kampen
DOS Kampen is a Dutch football club based in the city of Kampen, currently competing in the Eerste Klasse.-External links:...

, FC Lisse
FC Lisse
FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,...

, Rijnsburgse Boys
1 Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Spakenburg which was founded in 1931, currently competing in the Topklasse.It shares a football rivalry with another Spakenburg-based club, IJsselmeervogels.-History:...

, Noordwijk, Heerjansdam,
Spijkenisse, DOVO, VVOG, Scheveningen, ASWH

Sunday titles since 1975

# Clubs
3 Baronie, Geldrop, De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

2 Argon, HSC'21, Holland, Rheden, DHC, RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

, FC Türkiyemspor
FC Türkiyemspor
FC Türkiyemspor was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam which was active from 1987 to 2009 when the club went bankrupt....

1 Achilles 1894, RCH, FC Emmen
FC Emmen
FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...

, AGOVV
AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...

, TOP Oss
TOP Oss
FC Oss is a professional football club from the Netherlands, which was founded on April 9, 1928. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie.-History:...

,
Limburgia, Rheden, vv Hoogeveen
Vv Hoogeveen
The vv Hoogeveen is a football club from the town of Hoogeveen and plays in the fourth highest league of the Netherlands, the 2010-2011 in de Hoofdklasse van de KNVB. It was founded on April 29, 1930 and has about 650 members. It plays its home matches on the Bentickspark ground in the town of...

, Xerxes, Stevo, ROHDA Raalte, Hollandia, WKE, Gemert

By club

# Clubs
6 IJsselmeervogels
3 Geldrop, Katwijk
2 RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

, ACV, De Treffers
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...

, Baronie, Quick Boys
1 Spijkenisse, Noordwijk, ROHDA Raalte, SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg
SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Spakenburg which was founded in 1931, currently competing in the Topklasse.It shares a football rivalry with another Spakenburg-based club, IJsselmeervogels.-History:...

, DOS Kampen, RCH,
Scheveningen, HSC'21, AGOVV
AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...

, Huizen, ASWH, SV Argon, FC Lisse
FC Lisse
FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,...

, WKE
WKE
WKE WKE WKE (Woonwagenkamp Emmen is a football club from Emmen in the Netherlands. WKE was founded on June 14, 1966 by residents of the local trailer park. The club won promotion to the hoofdklasse in 1981. Since 1981, WKE was relegated to the Eerste Klasse in 1998 and 2004...


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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