1918–19 Netherlands Football League Championship
Football league season
| Season | 1918–1919 |
|---|---|
| Champions | AFC Ajax (2nd title) |
← 1917–18 1919–20 → | |
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1918–1919 was contested by 52 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead, AFC, Be Quick 1887 and NAC.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: ZAC (returning after six seasons of absence)
Eerste Klasse North:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: MVV Alcides
Eerste Klasse South:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: NOAD
Eerste Klasse West-B:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: SV Fortuna Wormerveer
Divisions
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | SC Enschede | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 29 | |
| 3 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 26 | |
| 4 | EFC PW 1885 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 19 | |
| 5 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | ZAC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 16 | |
| 8 | Vitesse Arnhem | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 | |
| 9 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 10 | |
| 10 | GVC | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 52 | −37 | 5 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse North
Not all matches were played owing to poor ground conditions.
Therefore, rankings were based on games played and average points, which explains why some teams are ranked higher despite having less points.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 12 | 7.250 | 32 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Velocitas 1897 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 2.227 | 25 | |
| 3 | MVV Alcides | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 0.630 | 13 | |
| 4 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 1.571 | 11 | |
| 5 | WVV Winschoten | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 0.885 | 8 | |
| 6 | GSAVV Forward | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 48 | 0.833 | 11 | |
| 7 | Veendam | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 58 | 0.345 | 10 | |
| 8 | Achilles 1894 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 54 | 0.648 | 9 | |
| 9 | HSC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 0.200 | 3 |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAC | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Willem II | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 22 | |
| 3 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 21 | |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 14 | |
| 5 | CVV Velocitas | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 14 | |
| 6 | NOAD | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 13 | |
| 7 | VVV Venlo | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 13 | |
| 8 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 10 | |
| 9 | HVV Helmond | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse West-A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 11 | +59 | 41 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 30 | |
| 3 | HFC Haarlem | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 29 | |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 27 | |
| 5 | HBS Craeyenhout | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 24 | |
| 6 | VOC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Koninklijke HFC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 22 | |
| 8 | HVV Den Haag | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 21 | |
| 9 | UVV Utrecht | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 52 | −28 | 16 | |
| 10 | DFC | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 13 | |
| 11 | HC & CV Quick | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 45 | −32 | 10 | |
| 12 | USV Hercules | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 65 | −39 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse West-B
The Eerste Klasse West-B would become Second Tier next season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 37 | Qualified for Championship play-off.[a] |
| 2 | VV Concordia | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 28 | Division moving to Second Tier |
| 3 | Feijenoord | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 27 | |
| 4 | VVA | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 26 | |
| 5 | HVV 't Gooi | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 25 | |
| 6 | SV Fortuna Wormverveer | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 25 | |
| 7 | De Spartaan | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 22 | |
| 8 | SVV | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 18 | |
| 9 | DVS Rotterdam | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 17 | |
| 10 | RFC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 17[b] | |
| 11 | Hermes DVS | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 16 | |
| 12 | Dordrecht | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 76 | −66 | 4 |
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
Notes:
Championship play-off
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AJA | GOA | AFC | BEQ | NAC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 13 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | Go Ahead | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | AFC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 6 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | NAC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
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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