1947–48 Netherlands Football League Championship

Football league season
Netherl. Football Championship
Season1947–1948
ChampionsBVV Den Bosch (1st title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1947–1948 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. BVV Den Bosch won this year's championship by beating sc Heerenveen, Go Ahead, HFC EDO, HFC Haarlem and PSV Eindhoven.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Zwolsche Boys

Eerste Klasse South-I:

  • Moving in from South-II: FC Eindhoven, Sittardse Boys, Juliana, Maurits and De Spechten
  • Promoted from 2nd Division: VV TSC

Eerste Klasse South-II:

  • Moving in from South-I: SC Helmondia, NAC, NOAD, VC Vlissingen and VVV Venlo

Eerste Klasse West-I:

  • Moving in from West-II: HBS Craeyenhout, HFC Haarlem, SC Neptunus De Volewijckers and Xerxes
  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeeburgia

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Go Ahead 20 11 6 3 40 23 +17 28 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Quick Nijmegen 20 9 9 2 41 20 +21 27
3 AGOVV Apeldoorn 20 9 4 7 36 23 +13 22
4 Heracles 20 9 4 7 32 27 +5 22
5 FC Wageningen 20 9 4 7 28 32 −4 22
6 NEC Nijmegen 20 8 4 8 37 35 +2 20
7 SC Enschede 20 8 3 9 46 44 +2 19
8 Enschedese Boys 20 5 9 6 27 35 −8 19
9 Zwolsche Boys 20 5 8 7 29 30 −1 18
10 Be Quick Zutphen 20 5 4 11 34 53 −19 14
11 Vitesse Arnhem 20 3 3 14 23 51 −28 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 sc Heerenveen 20 18 0 2 83 23 +60 36 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Be Quick 1887 20 16 1 3 71 24 +47 33
3 GVAV Rapiditas 20 9 6 5 43 36 +7 24
4 LAC Frisia 1883 20 8 6 6 31 34 −3 22
5 HSC 20 8 4 8 40 39 +1 20
6 Velocitas 1897 20 7 4 9 28 33 −5 18
7 Sneek Wit Zwart 20 5 8 7 32 45 −13 18
8 FC Emmen 20 5 4 11 22 43 −21 14
9 VV Leeuwarden 20 4 5 11 26 46 −20 13
10 Achilles 1894 20 3 7 10 27 50 −23 13
11 Veendam 20 2 5 13 26 56 −30 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South-I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BVV Den Bosch 20 12 3 5 58 21 +37 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 FC Eindhoven 20 10 6 4 38 29 +9 26 Transferred to South-II
3 Willem II 20 10 5 5 47 35 +12 25
4 Sittardse Boys 20 8 7 5 29 25 +4 23 Transferred to South-II
5 Juliana 20 8 5 7 49 41 +8 21
6 Maurits 20 8 5 7 39 42 −3 21 Transferred to South-II
7 De Spechten 20 7 4 9 36 48 −12 18
8 LONGA 20 5 5 10 37 52 −15 15 Transferred to South-II
9 Baronie/DNL 20 5 5 10 35 51 −16 15
10 VV TSC 20 5 5 10 37 54 −17 15
11 HVV Helmond 20 5 4 11 35 42 −7 14
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South-II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven 20 14 2 4 49 22 +27 30 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 NAC 20 12 2 6 47 31 +16 26 Transferred to South-I
3 SC Emma 20 10 4 6 34 27 +7 24
4 MVV Maastricht 20 11 2 7 35 28 +7 24 Transferred to South-I
5 NOAD 20 10 4 6 27 27 0 24
6 Limburgia 20 9 5 6 36 25 +11 23 Transferred to South-I
7 Bleijerheide 20 9 3 8 52 44 +8 21
8 Brabantia 20 6 6 8 29 33 −4 18 Transferred to South-I
9 VVV Venlo 20 5 2 13 33 42 −9 12
10 SC Helmondia 20 4 4 12 26 47 −21 12
11 VC Vlissingen 20 2 2 16 16 58 −42 6 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HFC Haarlem 20 11 6 3 52 25 +27 28 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Xerxes 20 10 7 3 50 30 +20 27
3 AFC Ajax 20 7 7 6 38 31 +7 21
4 VSV 20 8 4 8 46 47 −1 20 Transferred to West-II
5 HVV 't Gooi 20 7 5 8 36 33 +3 19
6 Hermes DVS 20 6 7 7 38 39 −1 19 Transferred to West-II
7 Zeeburgia 20 6 7 7 32 35 −3 19
8 SC Neptunus 20 7 5 8 30 40 −10 19
9 De Volewijckers 20 7 4 9 35 34 +1 18
10 HBS Craeyenhout 20 7 4 9 32 46 −14 18 Transferred to West-II
11 RFC Rotterdam 20 4 4 12 29 58 −29 12 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HFC EDO 21 13 5 3 33 18 +15 31 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Feijenoord 21 13 3 5 44 21 +23 29
3 DFC 20 11 4 5 43 27 +16 26
4 DOS 20 10 4 6 44 29 +15 24 Transferred to West-I
5 DHC 20 7 6 7 32 41 −9 20
6 Stormvogels 20 5 9 6 29 30 −1 19 Transferred to West-I
7 ADO Den Haag 20 6 7 7 23 31 −8 19
8 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 20 5 6 9 29 31 −2 16
9 DWS 20 4 7 9 18 31 −13 15
10 Sparta Rotterdam 20 5 4 11 29 40 −11 14 Transferred to West-I
11 SBV Excelsior 20 3 3 14 17 42 −25 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result BVV HEE GOA EDO HAA PSV
1 BVV Den Bosch 10 6 2 2 18 10 +8 14 Champion 3–1 5–2 3–0 3–2 1–0
2 sc Heerenveen 10 6 1 3 26 20 +6 13 1–0 1–2 5–2 4–3 5–3
3 Go Ahead 10 5 2 3 21 20 +1 12 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–2
4 HFC EDO 10 3 4 3 16 19 −3 10 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0
5 HFC Haarlem 10 3 0 7 18 22 −4 6 2–0 1–3 3–4 1–2 3–1
6 PSV Eindhoven 10 2 1 7 15 23 −8 5 1–2 2–4 4–1 0–4 2–0
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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