1951–52 Netherlands Football League Championship

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Willem II (2nd title)
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Willem II won this year's championship by beating Hermes DVS, HFC Haarlem and AFC Ajax
.

New entrants

This season, there was one division less than in the last one. This meant that the team had to be reassigned.
Eerste Klasse A:

Eerste Klasse B:

  • Moving in from other Divisions:
    Zwolsche Boys
  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Oosterparkers

Eerste Klasse C:

  • Moving in from other Divisions:
    Willem II
  • Promoted from 2nd Division:
    Quick Nijmegen

Eerste Klasse D:

  • Moving in from other Divisions:
    VVV Venlo

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HFC Haarlem 26 16 8 2 51 22 +29 40 Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste B
2 DWS 26 15 9 2 46 16 +30 39 Transferred to Eerste B
3 HFC EDO 26 14 5 7 39 26 +13 33
4
AGOVV Apeldoorn
 26 12 8 6 50 34 +16 32 Transferred to Eerste B
5
sc Heerenveen
 26 11 9 6 55 40 +15 31
6 Enschedese Boys 26 12 5 9 44 40 +4 29
7
LAC Frisia 1883
 26 10 7 9 47 50 −3 27
8
HVV 't Gooi
 26 10 7 9 27 29 −2 27 Transferred to Eerste B
9
De Volewijckers
 26 10 6 10 44 40 +4 26
10 Elinkwijk 26 8 7 11 41 53 −12 23 Transferred to Eerste B
11 GVAV Rapiditas 26 9 4 13 50 42 +8 22
12 Go Ahead 26 5 6 15 38 48 −10 16 Transferred to Eerste B
13 Theole 26 3 5 18 28 68 −40 11 Transferred to Eerste C
14 Velocitas 1897 26 2 4 20 24 76 −52 8 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC Ajax 26 19 4 3 76 29 +47 42 Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste A
2
RCH
 26 13 7 6 64 36 +28 33 Transferred to Eerste A
3
Vitesse Arnhem
 26 12 9 5 54 36 +18 33
4 VV Leeuwarden 26 15 3 8 61 49 +12 33
5 FC Wageningen 26 14 4 8 64 33 +31 32 Transferred to Eerste A
6
DOS
 26 12 6 8 68 48 +20 30
7 Be Quick 1887 26 13 3 10 49 38 +11 29
8 SC Enschede 26 9 7 10 36 44 −8 25
9
VSV
 26 7 10 9 37 40 −3 24 Transferred to Eerste A
10
Zwolsche Boys
 26 8 8 10 37 46 −9 24
11 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 26 6 11 9 38 46 −8 23
12 Sneek Wit Zwart 26 6 4 16 29 67 −38 16 Transferred to Eerste A
13 Achilles 1894 27 5 2 20 27 68 −41 12 Relegation play-off as level on points after 26 games
14 Oosterparkers 27 3 4 20 28 88 −60 10
Source: rsssf.com

Achilles 1894 beat Oosterparkers in the play-off to avoid relegation.

Eerste Klasse C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Willem II
 26 18 6 2 80 30 +50 42 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 FC Eindhoven 26 17 6 3 82 40 +42 40 Transferred to Eerste D
3 BVV Den Bosch 26 13 5 8 53 39 +14 31
4 Feijenoord 26 14 3 9 57 51 +6 31 Transferred to Eerste D
5 MVV Maastricht 26 10 7 9 46 49 −3 27
6
Bleijerheide
 26 11 4 11 52 53 −1 26 Transferred to Eerste D
7
SVV
 26 9 7 10 57 64 −7 25
8
Juliana
 26 10 5 11 44 62 −18 25
9 NAC 26 8 8 10 49 48 +1 24 Transferred to Eerste D
10 ADO Den Haag 26 9 6 11 58 63 −5 24
11 Sittardia 26 11 0 15 64 68 −4 22
12 RBC Roosendaal 26 8 2 16 49 74 −25 18 Transferred to Eerste D
13 DHC Delft 26 7 2 17 55 80 −25 16
14
Quick Nijmegen
 26 5 3 18 40 65 −25 13 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hermes DVS[a] 27 16 7 4 77 37 +40 39 Championship play-off and league winner play-off
2 Sparta Rotterdam[a] 27 16 5 6 54 26 +28 37 League winner play-off and transferred to Eerste C
3 PSV Eindhoven 26 15 5 6 65 32 +33 35
4
VVV Venlo
 26 14 4 8 53 36 +17 32 Transferred to Eerste C
5 Limburgia 26 14 3 9 37 42 −5 31
6
Emma
 26 12 5 9 77 52 +25 29 Transferred to Eerste C
7 Xerxes 26 11 5 10 56 44 +12 27
8
NOAD
 26 10 4 12 38 52 −14 24
9 NEC Nijmegen 26 8 7 11 35 41 −6 23 Transferred to Eerste A
10 HBS Craeyenhout 26 9 3 14 47 62 −15 21 Transferred to Eerste C
11 Maurits 26 7 7 12 49 66 −17 21
12 Brabantia 26 9 0 17 38 53 −15 18 Transferred to Eerste C
13 LONGA 26 6 4 16 37 78 −41 16
14 VV Chevremont 26 6 1 19 34 76 −42 13 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hermes DVS and Sparta Rotterdam were level on points after 26 games and played a play-off game to decide the league winners and entrance to the championship play-offs.

Hermes DVS beat Sparta Rotterdam in the play-off to qualify for the Championship play-off.

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
WIL
 HER HAA AJA
1
Willem II
 6 6 0 0 21 9 +12 12 Champion 3–1 6–2 5–2
2 Hermes DVS 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7 1–2 2–1 2–2
3 HFC Haarlem 6 2 0 4 12 15 −3 4 2–3 1–2 2–0
4 AFC Ajax 6 0 1 5 8 17 −9 1 1–2 1–2 2–4
Source: rsssf.com

References

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