1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season 1937-1938
Champions Feijenoord (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 years championship by beating Heracles, DWS, Be Quick 1887 and PSV Eindhoven.

Contents

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse North:

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 Heracles 18 12 2 4 44 20 26 +24 Qualified for Championship play-off.
2 Go Ahead 18 10 4 4 42 28 24 +14
3 HVV Tubantia 18 10 4 4 40 31 24 +9
4 SC Enschede 18 8 5 5 43 31 21 +12
5 AGOVV Apeldoorn 18 7 6 5 31 24 20 +7
6 FC Wageningen 18 7 4 7 42 38 18 +4
7 ZAC 18 7 1 10 27 36 15 -9
8 NEC Nijmegen 18 5 2 11 29 45 12 -16
9 HVV Hengelo 18 2 7 9 23 43 11 -20
10 PEC Zwolle 18 3 3 12 20 45 9 -25 Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
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 26 +33
3 Veendam 18 9 4 5 46 25 22 +21
4 Achilles 1894 18 7 5 6 41 38 19 +3
5 HSC 18 9 0 9 33 47 18 -14
6 VV Leeuwarden 18 5 7 6 40 37 17 +3
7 Velocitas 1897 18 6 4 8 22 26 16 -4
8 Sneek Wit Zwart 18 6 3 9 23 43 15 -20
9 sc Heerenveen 18 4 4 10 34 58 12 -24
10 VV Hoogezand 18 3 2 13 21 46 8 -25 Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 PSV Eindhoven 20 13 3 4 59 25 29 +34 Qualified for Championship play-off.
2 NAC 20 12 3 5 49 29 27 +20
3 Juliana 20 11 3 6 47 41 25 +6
4 BVV Den Bosch 20 10 3 7 50 42 23 +8
5 LONGA 20 9 5 6 35 32 23 +3
6 FC Eindhoven 20 8 4 8 43 37 20 +6
7 RFC Roermond 20 8 2 10 41 45 18 -4
8 Willem II 20 7 3 10 37 50 17 -13
9 MVV Maastricht 20 6 4 10 37 56 16 -19
10 NOAD 20 6 1 13 39 57 13 -18
11 Bleijerheide 20 3 3 14 28 51 9 -23

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 DWS 18 13 2 3 44 23 28 +19 Qualified for Championship play-off.
2 AFC Ajax 18 12 3 3 62 20 27 +42 [West-II]
3 KFC 18 7 4 7 31 29 18 +2
4 RFC Rotterdam 18 9 0 9 48 48 18 0 [West-II]
5 ADO Den Haag 18 7 4 7 32 37 18 -5
6 VSV 18 7 3 8 56 56 17 0 [West-II]
7 VUC 18 6 4 8 45 39 16 +6 [West-II]
8 DFC 18 6 4 8 25 45 16 -20 [West-II]
9 Sparta Rotterdam 18 4 4 10 24 32 12 -8
10 SBV Excelsior 18 3 4 11 17 55 10 -38 Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 Feijenoord 18 13 1 4 50 20 27 +30 Qualified for Championship play-off.
2 HFC Haarlem 18 12 2 4 52 37 26 +15
3 Xerxes 18 8 4 6 63 39 20 +24 [West-I]
4 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 9 2 7 44 40 20 +4 [West-I]
5 CVV Mercurius 18 8 3 7 32 27 19 +5
6 HVV 't Gooi 18 8 3 7 32 34 19 -2 [West-I]
7 Stormvogels 18 8 2 8 37 43 18 -6 [West-I]
8 HBS Craeyenhout 18 5 4 9 42 53 14 -11 [West-I]
9 DHC Delft 18 2 5 11 34 67 9 -33
10 Hermes DVS 18 3 2 13 31 57 8 -26 [West-I]

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

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1 Feijenoord 8 6 2 0 20 7 14 +13
2 Heracles 8 6 0 2 21 11 12 +10
3 DWS 8 2 3 3 11 9 7 +2
4 Be Quick 1887 8 2 1 5 13 21 5 -8
5 PSV Eindhoven 8 0 2 6 8 25 2 -17

References
1937–38 in European football
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