1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship

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Willem II (3rd title)
European CupPSV Eindhoven
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Willem II won this year's championship by beating NAC, PSV Eindhoven and FC Eindhoven
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This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from the KNVB. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced.

At the end of the season, the four

Hoofdklasse
A & B.

New entrants

48 competitors from last season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitors Bleijerheide merged to form Roda Sport and Juliana merged to form Rapid JC. New entrants were:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 NAC 26 18 5 3 60 24 +36 41 Qualified to Championship play-off
2 Holland Sport 26 18 4 4 72 33 +39 40 Not participating next season
3 MVV Maastricht 26 14 6 6 64 37 +27 34 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
4
SBV Excelsior
 26 13 5 8 47 36 +11 31
5
BVC Amsterdam
 26 11 5 10 53 41 +12 27
6
Emma
 26 11 5 10 41 47 −6 27 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
7
Stormvogels
 26 9 8 9 49 42 +7 26
8
DOS
 26 12 2 12 60 53 +7 26
9
Roda Sport
 26 11 4 11 48 51 −3 26
10 LONGA 26 10 3 13 55 65 −10 23 Relegated to 2nd Division
11 VV Leeuwarden 26 7 7 12 40 59 −19 21
12
Zwolsche Boys
 26 5 5 16 31 59 −28 15
13
Veendam
 26 4 6 16 38 85 −47 14
14 Go Ahead 26 3 7 16 27 53 −26 13
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away
AMS
DOS
EMA
EXC
 GOA HOL LEE LON MVV NAC
RSP
STO
 VEE
ZBO
Amsterdam
 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–4 3–0 4–3 1–3 3–3 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–2
DOS
 4–2 1–2 0–2 0–4 2–1 4–1 4–1 4–2 1–2 1–5 3–2 6–2 6–1
Emma
 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–2 0–3 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1
Excelsior
 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 4–6 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–0 4–0 3–2
Go Ahead 1–0 1–0 3–5 3–5 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0
Holland Sport 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 8–0 0–0
Leeuwarden 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 5–2 1–2 1–7 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–2
LONGA 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–4 0–5 1–0 2–1 4–0 7–2
MVV 1–2 5–3 6–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 5–1 2–0 5–0 4–3 1–1 4–1
NAC 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 5–1 2–4 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–1
Roda Sport
 3–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–2 6–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–4
Stormvogels
 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–2 3–0 2–3 2–5 6–1 0–0
Veendam 2–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 5–1 1–1 3–5 4–5 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–1
Zwolsche Boys
 0–2 1–4 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–5 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 5–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Klasse B

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Willem II
 26 19 5 2 96 42 +54 43 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Sparta Rotterdam 26 12 8 6 67 42 +25 32 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
3 Fortuna 26 13 5 8 46 38 +8 31
4
SVV
 26 11 6 9 53 50 +3 28
5 ADO Den Haag 26 10 6 10 48 43 +5 26 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
6 Sittardia 26 10 6 10 57 52 +5 26
7 Elinkwijk 26 11 4 11 48 45 +3 26
8 HFC EDO 26 11 4 11 42 45 −3 26
9
Rigtersbleek
 26 10 6 10 49 58 −9 26 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
10 DWS 26 9 6 11 35 38 −3 24 Relegated to 2nd Division
11
sc Heerenveen
 26 9 5 12 56 68 −12 23
12 Heracles 26 8 5 13 56 71 −15 21
13 Brabantia 26 6 6 14 34 68 −34 18
14 FC Wageningen 26 6 2 18 33 60 −27 14
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away ADO BRA DWS EDO ELI F54
HEE
 HER
RIG
 SIT SPA
SVV
 WAG
WIL
ADO 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 4–1 0–0 6–3 4–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–3
Brabantia 0–6 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 3–1 1–5
DWS 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 5–1 0–0 0–1
EDO 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 6–0 2–0 2–4 2–1 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–1
Elinkwijk 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 3–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 4–1
Fortuna '54 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–4
Heerenveen
 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–5 1–1 1–4 6–0 1–5 2–2 3–6 4–4 4–2 1–1
Heracles 2–2 2–2 5–1 3–1 4–2 3–2 0–4 5–1 2–2 4–5 3–1 2–4 2–3
Rigtersbleek
 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–5 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 2–2
Sittardia 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–1 5–2 3–1 3–2 5–3 1–0 1–5 2–2 1–2 7–4
Sparta 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 6–0 4–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1
SVV
 2–2 3–1 4–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–3 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–0
Wageningen 0–5 5–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–4 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–6
Willem II
 4–0 7–1 5–2 3–1 4–2 6–0 2–2 5–2 8–3 5–1 4–3 6–1 5–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Klasse C

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven 26 16 7 3 64 39 +25 39 Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse B
2
Rapid
 26 15 5 6 70 41 +29 35 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
3 Limburgia 26 14 6 6 53 33 +20 34 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
4 GVAV Rapiditas 26 14 5 7 69 50 +19 33 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
5
Alkmaar '54
 26 11 6 9 41 37 +4 28
6 EBOH 26 12 4 10 45 50 −5 28 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
7 Feijenoord 26 11 5 10 47 47 0 27 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
8
Vitesse Arnhem
 26 10 7 9 42 44 −2 27 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
9
NOAD
 26 8 10 8 41 36 +5 26
10 HFC Haarlem 26 9 8 9 47 42 +5 26 Relegated to 2nd Division.
11 Enschedese Boys 26 6 6 14 38 67 −29 18
12 NEC Nijmegen 26 4 9 13 33 49 −16 17
13 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 26 6 2 18 34 62 −28 14
14 Hermes DVS 26 2 8 16 28 55 −27 12
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away
ALK
 BLW EBO ENB FEY GVA HAA DVS LIM NEC
NOA
 PSV
RAP
 VIT
Alkmaar '54
 2–0 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0
Blauw-Wit 0–1 2–0 2–4 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–2 2–5 2–0 1–4 3–4 2–4 4–0
EBOH 1–0 5–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–3 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1
Enschedese Boys 1–1 2–0 1–5 0–3 1–3 1–5 3–3 2–3 2–1 0–5 0–2 4–4 1–1
Feijenoord 2–2 3–5 0–1 1–1 4–6 2–0 5–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1
GVAV 5–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–6 2–2 6–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–7 1–1 3–2
Haarlem 2–1 0–0 5–3 1–1 4–0 5–4 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2
Hermes DVS 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1
Limburgia 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 5–2
N.E.C. 0–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 2–1
NOAD
 0–0 0–0 6–1 0–1 2–1 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–4 0–0 1–3 4–2 2–3
PSV 4–2 3–1 7–3 3–1 2–0 1–5 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–4 2–1 1–4 3–1
Rapid JC
 5–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 3–2 4–2 4–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 5–1
Vitesse 1–3 3–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Klasse D

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Eindhoven 26 17 5 4 59 26 +33 39 Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse A
2
VVV Venlo
 26 15 7 4 54 21 +33 37 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
3 AFC Ajax 26 12 11 3 57 30 +27 35
4 De Graafschap 26 13 4 9 48 35 +13 30 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
5 SC Enschede 26 12 5 9 48 36 +12 29
6 BVV Den Bosch 26 12 5 9 42 39 +3 29
7
HVC
 26 8 11 7 34 31 +3 27 Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
8
De Volewijckers
 26 11 4 11 34 53 −19 26 Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
9 DFC 26 10 5 11 41 47 −6 25
10 RBC Roosendaal 26 9 7 10 43 50 −7 25 Relegated to 2nd Division
11
VSV
 26 9 6 11 43 43 0 24
12
AGOVV Apeldoorn
 26 4 5 17 31 55 −24 13
13 Xerxes 26 3 7 16 23 51 −28 13
14 Be Quick 1887 26 4 4 18 24 64 −40 12
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away
AGO
 AJA BQU BVV DFC EIN ENS GRA
HVC
 RBC
VWK
VSV
VVV
 XER
AGOVV
 1–4 1–1 0–3 10–0 1–3 0–6 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 1–3 4–1
Ajax 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–3 1–1
Be Quick 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–6 0–5 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–7 1–1
BVV 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 5–2 4–4 2–1 2–1 5–2
D.F.C. 3–1 5–3 2–1 1–4 2–3 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 1–1
Eindhoven 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 6–1 3–1 3–1 6–2
SC Enschede 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 6–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0
De Graafschap 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 4–1 0–3 5–2 3–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1
HVC
 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
RBC 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–0
De Volewijckers
 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–5 3–2 0–0 0–5 2–2 0–1 1–0
VSV
 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–5 5–1 5–0 4–2 0–2 3–0
VVV
 4–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
Xerxes 3–0 2–5 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
WIL
 NAC PSV EIN
1
Willem II
(C) 		6 3 2 1 14 11 +3 8 2–2 3–1 2–0
2 NAC 6 2 2 2 14 12 +2 6 3–1 0–2 2–3
3 PSV Eindhoven 6 1 4 1 10 10 0 6 Qualification for the European Cup first round 3–3 2–2 1–1
4 FC Eindhoven 6 1 2 3 9 14 −5 4 2–3 2–5 1–1
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

References

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