1925–26 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1925/1926 was contested by 50 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. SC Enschede won this years championship by beating MVV Maastricht, Feijenoord, Stormvogels and Be Quick 1887.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse North:

Eerste Klasse South:

Promoted from 2nd Division: RFC Roermond
Bredania/'t Zesde was the result of a merger between 't Zesde and last seasons competitor Bredania

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: Ajax Sportman Combinatie, Feijenoord, HFC Haarlem and ZFC
Promoted from 2nd Division: De Spartaan

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	SC Enschede	18	13	2	3	56	19	28	+37	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Heracles	18	12	2	4	54	28	26	+26
3	Go Ahead	18	12	2	4	46	25	26	+21
4	Vitesse	18	8	2	8	41	42	18	-1
5	FC Wageningen	18	5	6	7	37	40	16	-3
6	Enschedese Boys	18	6	3	9	30	38	15	-8
7	DOTO Deventer	18	5	4	9	38	50	14	-12
8	HVV Hengelo	18	4	5	9	40	58	13	-18
9	ZAC	18	5	2	11	34	49	12	-15
10	Quick Nijmegen	18	5	2	11	34	61	12	-27	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Be Quick 1887	18	16	1	1	94	16	33	+78	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Velocitas 1897	18	16	0	2	72	26	32	+46
3	LAC Frisia 1883	18	10	4	4	37	27	24	+10
4	GVV Groningen	18	6	4	8	29	51	16	-22
5	WVV Winschoten	18	5	5	8	40	50	15	-10
6	VV Leeuwarden	18	6	2	10	29	43	14	-14
7	Veendam	18	5	4	9	27	42	14	-15
8	LVV Friesland	18	6	1	11	40	59	13	-19
9	Achilles 1894	18	6	0	12	39	50	12	-11
10	HSC	18	2	3	13	25	68	7	-43	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	MVV Maastricht	18	13	4	1	52	23	30	+29	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	RKVV Wilhelmina	18	12	2	4	31	25	26	+6
3	NAC	18	10	4	4	44	25	24	+19
4	NOAD	18	7	4	7	36	24	18	+12
5	FC Eindhoven	18	6	6	6	35	36	18	-1
6	RFC Roermond	18	6	5	7	31	39	17	-8
7	Willem II	18	5	4	9	28	47	14	-19
8	BVV Den Bosch	18	6	1	11	31	38	13	-7
9	Bredania/'t Zesde	18	4	3	11	20	33	11	-13
10	VV De Valk	18	4	1	13	34	52	9	-18	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Stormvogels	18	12	3	3	43	22	27	+21	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Sparta Rotterdam	18	12	2	4	53	19	26	+34
3	VOC	18	9	5	4	43	48	23	-5	^[West-II]
4	Koninklijke HFC	18	8	5	5	41	38	21	+3	^[West-II]
5	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	18	9	1	8	42	39	19	+3
6	HVV 't Gooi	18	5	6	7	47	42	16	+5
7	DFC	18	7	2	9	58	65	16	-7
8	RCH	18	5	6	7	38	44	16	-6
9	HVV Den Haag	18	5	2	11	43	45	12	-2
10	GVV Unitas	18	0	4	14	18	64	4	-46	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^[West-I] Team moving to Division West-II next season.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Feijenoord	18	9	5	4	47	29	23	+18	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	SBV Excelsior	18	9	5	4	42	28	23	+14	^[West-I]
3	HFC EDO	18	9	4	5	34	20	22	+14
4	AFC Ajax	18	9	4	5	43	27	22	+16	^[West-I]
5	HBS Craeyenhout	18	9	4	5	46	38	22	+8
6	ZFC	18	7	6	5	38	42	20	-4
7	De Spartaan	18	7	1	10	38	44	15	-6
8	Ajax Sportman Combinatie	18	6	2	10	34	53	14	-19
9	UVV Utrecht	18	5	3	10	31	51	13	-20
10	HFC Haarlem	18	2	2	14	32	53	6	-21	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^[West-I] Team moving to Division West-I next season.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	SC Enschede	8	6	2	0	25	11	14	+14
2	MVV Maastricht	8	5	0	3	22	16	10	+6
3	Feijenoord	8	3	2	3	20	20	8	0
4	Stormvogels	8	1	2	5	11	17	4	-6
5	Be Quick 1887	8	1	2	5	13	27	4	-14

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