1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship

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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:

Eerste Klasse North:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division:
    sc Heerenveen

Eerste Klasse South:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division:
    Willem II

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

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

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