1916–17 Netherlands Football League Championship

Football league season
Netherl. Football Championship
Season1916–1917
ChampionsGo Ahead (1st title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1916–1917 was contested by 35 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating UVV Utrecht, Willem II and Be Quick 1887.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Enschede

Eerste Klasse North: (new Division)

  • Achilles 1894, Be Quick 1887, Veendam, GSAVV Forward, LAC Frisia 1883, Velocitas 1897 & WVV Winschoten

Eerste Klasse South:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeelandia Middelburg

Eerste Klasse West:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Go Ahead 16 10 3 3 37 8 +29 23 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 SC Enschede 16 8 4 4 19 16 +3 20
3 Quick Nijmegen 16 9 1 6 23 13 +10 19
4 GVC Wageningen 16 6 5 5 29 25 +4 17
5 HVV Tubantia 16 6 4 6 22 31 −9 16
6 Be Quick Zutphen 16 4 6 6 26 27 −1 14
7 Vitesse Arnhem 16 5 4 7 30 35 −5 14
8 Robur et Velocitas 16 3 6 7 16 22 −6 12
9 Koninklijke UD 16 3 3 10 19 44 −25 9
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Be Quick 1887 12 9 2 1 68 21 +47 20 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 Velocitas 1897 12 6 3 3 50 29 +21 15
3 LAC Frisia 1883 12 6 1 5 36 29 +7 13
4 WVV Winschoten 12 5 2 5 21 36 −15 12
5 GSAVV Forward 12 3 3 6 21 28 −7 9
6 Achilles 1894 12 3 3 6 33 56 −23 9
7 Veendam 12 2 2 8 18 48 −30 6
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Willem II 14 13 1 0 53 5 +48 27 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 NAC 14 11 0 3 37 22 +15 22
3 Zeelandia Middelburg 14 6 2 6 39 30 +9 14
4 CVV Velocitas 14 5 3 6 26 26 0 13
5 MSV Maastricht 14 5 2 7 21 19 +2 12
6 MVV Maastricht 14 5 1 8 25 30 −5 11
7 RKVV Wilhelmina 14 5 0 9 20 42 −22 10
8 VVV Venlo 14 0 3 11 13 60 −47 3
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UVV Utrecht 20 11 7 2 51 18 +33 29 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 Sparta Rotterdam 20 12 4 4 42 40 +2 28
3 HVV Den Haag 20 10 4 6 44 23 +21 24
4 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 20 9 5 6 34 27 +7 23
5 VOC 20 7 5 8 35 35 0 19
6 HFC Haarlem 20 9 1 10 35 47 −12 19
7 DFC 20 8 2 10 44 47 −3 18
8 HBS Craeyenhout 20 7 4 9 32 41 −9 18
9 HC & CV Quick 20 6 5 9 29 39 −10 17
10 Koninklijke HFC 20 5 4 11 29 35 −6 14
11 USV Hercules 20 4 3 13 20 43 −23 11
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GOA UVV WIL BEQ
1 Go Ahead 6 5 1 0 15 7 +8 11 2–0 1–1 4–2
2 UVV Utrecht 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 7 0–1 4–0 1–1
3 Willem II 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 5 1–2 1–3 6–2
4 Be Quick 1887 6 0 1 5 8 22 −14 1 3–5 0–4 0–2
Source: rsssf.com

References

  • RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
  • RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost
  • RSSSF Eerste Klasse Noord
  • RSSSF Eerste Klasse Zuid
  • RSSSF Eerste Klasse West
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