1952–53 Netherlands Football League Championship

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RCH (2nd title)

The

Vitesse Arnhem
.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse A:

  • Moving in from other divisions:
    Zwolsche Boys
  • Promoted from 2nd Division: Heracles

Eerste Klasse B:

  • Moving in from other divisions:
    sc Heerenveen
  • Promoted from 2nd Division:
    Stormvogels

Eerste Klasse C:

  • Moving in from other divisions:
    VVV Venlo
  • Promoted from 2nd Division:
    SBV Excelsior

Eerste Klasse D:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
RCH
26 16 7 3 49 21 +28 39 Qualified for Championship play-off
2
VSV
26 13 6 7 50 34 +16 32 Transferred to Eerste B
3 AFC Ajax 26 12 6 8 53 40 +13 30
4 HFC EDO 26 11 7 8 30 32 −2 29 Transferred to Eerste B
5
DOS
26 13 2 11 62 49 +13 28
6 FC Wageningen 26 7 14 5 30 28 +2 28
7 Heracles 26 9 8 9 51 51 0 26
8 GVAV Rapiditas 26 9 6 11 47 47 0 24 Transferred to Eerste B
9 Enschedese Boys 26 9 6 11 40 47 −7 24
10 NEC Nijmegen 26 8 7 11 31 39 −8 23
11 Sneek Wit Zwart 26 7 8 11 31 45 −14 22 Transferred to Eerste B
12
De Volewijckers
26 9 3 14 41 43 −2 21
13
Zwolsche Boys
26 7 6 13 34 58 −24 20
14
LAC Frisia 1883
26 5 8 13 32 47 −15 18 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Vitesse Arnhem
26 16 4 6 43 32 +11 36 Qualified for Championship play-off
2
Stormvogels
26 15 4 7 66 33 +33 34 Transferred to Eerste A
3
sc Heerenveen
26 15 4 7 59 40 +19 34
4 HFC Haarlem 26 13 8 5 44 32 +12 34 Transferred to Eerste A
5 SC Enschede 26 12 6 8 47 44 +3 30
6 DWS 26 11 5 10 46 36 +10 27 Transferred to Eerste A
7 VV Leeuwarden 26 11 4 11 52 42 +10 26
8 Elinkwijk 26 11 3 12 35 40 −5 25 Transferred to Eerste A
9 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 26 9 6 11 32 32 0 24
10
HVV 't Gooi
26 8 7 11 35 39 −4 23
11
AGOVV Apeldoorn
26 8 6 12 41 49 −8 22
12 Be Quick 1887 26 8 6 12 48 67 −19 22 Transferred to Eerste A
13 Go Ahead 26 5 6 15 32 50 −18 16
14 Achilles 1894 26 3 5 18 29 73 −44 11 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Rotterdam 26 18 4 4 57 25 +32 40 Qualified for Championship play-off
2
Willem II
26 17 5 4 79 40 +39 39 Transferred to Eerste D
3 BVV Den Bosch 26 13 7 6 53 26 +27 33
4
SBV Excelsior
26 13 6 7 65 42 +23 32 Transferred to Eerste D
5
VVV Venlo
26 11 7 8 41 38 +3 29
6 MVV Maastricht 26 10 8 8 49 36 +13 28 Transferred to Eerste D
7
Emma
26 10 5 11 52 53 −1 25
8 Sittardia 26 11 3 12 59 70 −11 25
9
SVV
26 11 1 14 50 59 −9 23
10 LONGA 26 11 1 14 43 57 −14 23
11 Brabantia 26 9 2 15 44 52 −8 20
12
Juliana
26 5 8 13 30 52 −22 18 Transferred to Eerste D
13 HBS Craeyenhout 26 6 4 16 47 70 −23 16
14 Theole 26 4 5 17 36 85 −49 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 FC Eindhoven 27 17 5 5 47 22 +25 39 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 PSV Eindhoven 27 16 5 6 61 34 +27 37 Transferred to Eerste C
3 ADO Den Haag 26 13 6 7 43 31 +12 32
4
Bleijerheide
26 11 6 9 46 32 +14 28 Transferred to Eerste C
5 Feijenoord 26 9 9 8 45 43 +2 27
6 NAC 26 11 5 10 46 47 −1 27 Transferred to Eerste C
7 Limburgia 26 10 5 11 37 38 −1 25
8 Hermes DVS 26 9 7 10 47 57 −10 25
9
NOAD
26 8 7 11 37 42 −5 23
10 Xerxes 26 7 9 10 42 51 −9 23 Transferred to Eerste C
11 RBC Roosendaal 26 10 2 14 44 50 −6 22
12 DHC Delft 26 9 4 13 48 67 −19 22
13 Maurits 26 6 7 13 47 57 −10 19
14 TEC Tiel 26 6 5 15 41 60 −19 17 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
RCH
EIN SPA
VIT
1
RCH
6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Champion 0–2 2–2 2–1
2 FC Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 7 0–2 0–2 6–0
3 Sparta Rotterdam 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 6 1–1 0–1 1–2
4
Vitesse Arnhem
6 1 2 3 10 19 −9 4 1–1 4–4 2–5
Source: rsssf.com

Play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
RCH
2–1 FC Eindhoven

RCH
won the championship.

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