1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship

Play season of a football competition
Football league season
Netherl. Football Championship
Season1937–1938
ChampionsFeijenoord (4th title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1937–1938 was contested by 51 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. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Heracles, DWS, Be Quick 1887 and PSV Eindhoven.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Hengelo

Eerste Klasse North:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: sc Heerenveen

Eerste Klasse South:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Willem II

Eerste Klasse West-I:

  • Moving in from West-II: DWS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam VSV and VUC
  • Promoted from 2nd Division: RFC Rotterdam

Eerste Klasse West-II:

  • Moving in from West-I: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, CVV Mercurius, DHC Delft, Stormvogels and Xerxes
  • Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV 't Gooi

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Heracles 18 12 2 4 44 20 +24 26 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Go Ahead 18 10 4 4 42 28 +14 24
3 HVV Tubantia 18 10 4 4 40 31 +9 24
4 SC Enschede 18 8 5 5 43 31 +12 21
5 AGOVV Apeldoorn 18 7 6 5 31 24 +7 20
6 FC Wageningen 18 7 4 7 42 38 +4 18
7 ZAC 18 7 1 10 27 36 −9 15
8 NEC Nijmegen 18 5 2 11 29 45 −16 12
9 HVV Hengelo 18 2 7 9 23 43 −20 11
10 PEC Zwolle 18 3 3 12 20 45 −25 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Be Quick 1887 18 12 3 3 51 24 +27 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 GVAV Rapiditas 18 10 6 2 56 23 +33 26
3 Veendam 18 9 4 5 46 25 +21 22
4 Achilles 1894 18 7 5 6 41 38 +3 19
5 HSC 18 9 0 9 33 47 −14 18
6 VV Leeuwarden 18 5 7 6 40 37 +3 17
7 Velocitas 1897 18 6 4 8 22 26 −4 16
8 Sneek Wit Zwart 18 6 3 9 23 43 −20 15
9 sc Heerenveen 18 4 4 10 34 58 −24 12
10 VV Hoogezand 18 3 2 13 21 46 −25 8 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSV Eindhoven 20 13 3 4 59 25 +34 29 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 NAC 20 12 3 5 49 29 +20 27
3 Juliana 20 11 3 6 47 41 +6 25
4 BVV Den Bosch 20 10 3 7 50 42 +8 23
5 LONGA 20 9 5 6 35 32 +3 23
6 FC Eindhoven 20 8 4 8 43 37 +6 20
7 RFC Roermond 20 8 2 10 41 45 −4 18
8 Willem II 20 7 3 10 37 50 −13 17
9 MVV Maastricht 20 6 4 10 37 56 −19 16
10 NOAD 20 6 1 13 39 57 −18 13
11 Bleijerheide 20 3 3 14 28 51 −23 9
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 DWS 18 13 2 3 44 23 +21 28 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 AFC Ajax 18 12 3 3 62 20 +42 27 Division West-II next season
3 KFC 18 7 4 7 31 29 +2 18
4 RFC Rotterdam 18 9 0 9 48 48 0 18 Division West-II next season
5 ADO Den Haag 18 7 4 7 32 37 −5 18
6 VSV 18 7 3 8 56 56 0 17 Division West-II next season
7 VUC 18 6 4 8 45 39 +6 16
8 DFC 18 6 4 8 25 45 −20 16
9 Sparta Rotterdam 18 4 4 10 24 32 −8 12
10 SBV Excelsior 18 3 4 11 17 55 −38 10 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Feijenoord 18 13 1 4 50 20 +30 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 HFC Haarlem 18 12 2 4 52 37 +15 26
3 Xerxes 18 8 4 6 63 39 +24 20 Division West-I next season
4 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 9 2 7 44 40 +4 20
5 CVV Mercurius 18 8 3 7 32 27 +5 19
6 HVV 't Gooi 18 8 3 7 32 34 −2 19 Division West-I next season
7 Stormvogels 18 8 2 8 37 43 −6 18
8 HBS Craeyenhout 18 5 4 9 42 53 −11 14
9 DHC Delft 18 2 5 11 34 67 −33 9
10 Hermes DVS 18 3 2 13 31 57 −26 8 Division West-I next season
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FEY HER DWS BEQ PSV
1 Feijenoord 8 6 2 0 20 7 +13 14 4–1 0–0 3–1 4–0
2 Heracles 8 6 0 2 21 11 +10 12 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1
3 DWS 8 2 3 3 11 9 +2 7 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
4 Be Quick 1887 8 2 1 5 13 21 −8 5 2–3 2–5 1–6 2–0
5 PSV Eindhoven 8 0 2 6 8 25 −17 2 2–2 1–7 1–1 2–5
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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