Another big game in Breda's (7th, 50 pts) quest for promotion playoffs. They host Dordrecht (4th, 60 pts)
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/12/netherlands/eerste-divisie/nac-bv/bvo-fc-dordrecht/4097546/
With 5 regular season games left, Breda likely can't finish 3rd or 4th (teams straight into playoff semis with a week off). Aiming to be 5th or 6th (home game for one off Elimination finals) is more achieveable.
The Eerste Divisie playoffs system is a bit complex. From Wiki
At the end of each season, the champion and the runner-up of the Eerste Divisie are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie.
Six other clubs enter the Nacompetitie [ˈnaːkɔmpəˌti(t)si], a promotion/relegation playoff that includes the 16th-placed club in the Eredivisie. The following teams qualify for the Nacompetitie:
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/12/netherlands/eerste-divisie/nac-bv/bvo-fc-dordrecht/4097546/
With 5 regular season games left, Breda likely can't finish 3rd or 4th (teams straight into playoff semis with a week off). Aiming to be 5th or 6th (home game for one off Elimination finals) is more achieveable.
The Eerste Divisie playoffs system is a bit complex. From Wiki
At the end of each season, the champion and the runner-up of the Eerste Divisie are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie.
Six other clubs enter the Nacompetitie [ˈnaːkɔmpəˌti(t)si], a promotion/relegation playoff that includes the 16th-placed club in the Eredivisie. The following teams qualify for the Nacompetitie:
- The club with the best record in the "first period" of the season (after 8 rounds).
- The club with the best record in the "second period" of the season (rounds 9–16).
- The club with the best record in the "third period" of the season (rounds 17–24).
- The club with the best record in the "fourth period" of the season (rounds 25–32).
- The two remaining spots are filled at the season's end by the highest-placed clubs that have not already earned automatic promotion or qualified for the Nacompetitie.
If the club that wins a period has qualified for the Nacompetitie by winning a previous period, its place is filled by the next-best club in that period that has not already qualified.
Usually, the clubs that qualify for the Nacompetitie turn out to be the 3rd- through 9th-placed clubs in the final table. Clubs in the Nacompetitie face each other in a knock-out system with the number 16 of the Eredivisie for one place in next season's Eredivisie.
Usually, the clubs that qualify for the Nacompetitie turn out to be the 3rd- through 9th-placed clubs in the final table. Clubs in the Nacompetitie face each other in a knock-out system with the number 16 of the Eredivisie for one place in next season's Eredivisie.