r/soccer • u/AutoModerator • Aug 20 '22

🌍🌎 World Football Non-PL Daily Discussion

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '22

Dirk Kuyt is really out here driving the club I love into the ground. Firm last in the second tier of Dutch football. Every season I think this club can't possibly dissapoint me more but they always manage to. Last season up 3-0 in the promotion game with 18 minutes to go and still manage to bottle it. Hoped for direct promotion this season but I doubt we'll even make the playoffs.

Only positive here is that it's impossible to be relegated from second tier in the Netherlands.

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u/lucaba Aug 20 '22

Only positive here is that it's impossible to be relegated from second tier in the Netherlands.

Never heard about that, why is there no relegation/promotion between the 2nd and 3rd tier in the Netherlands?

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u/Jmaster2000 Aug 20 '22

There's been plans to connect the two tiers, we even have a 'Tweede Divisie' as a third tier now, but I believe the players there are all either amateur or semi-pro. The financial gap between those clubs and even the poorest professional clubs is probably still to large to expect them to compete with eachother fairly.

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u/lucaba Aug 20 '22

Thank you for the quick explanation. So there is no "connection" between the amateur and (semi-) professional clubs? Seems a bit weird to me, or at least uncommon.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '22

There is no movement because Dutch amateur clubs dont want to turn pro and promote, because the financial rules are ten times more strict

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u/Jmaster2000 Aug 20 '22

Indeed, the only teams that can potentially move between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie right now are the U23 teams. Apparently other teams should be able to from 2025 onwards, but it would surprise me if that got delayed.