1926–27 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1926-1927
Champions	Heracles (1st title)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1926/1927 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. Heracles won this year's championship by beating NAC, AFC Ajax, Feijenoord and Velocitas 1897.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Promoted from 2nd Division: Robur et Velocitas

Eerste Klasse North:

Promoted from 2nd Division: GVAV

Eerste Klasse South:

Promoted from 2nd Division: PSV Eindhoven

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Moving in from West-II: AFC Ajax and SBV Excelsior
Promoted from 2nd Division: VUC

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: Koninklijke HFC and VOC
Promoted from 2nd Division: FC Hilversum

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Heracles	19	13	3	3	54	26	29	+28	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	SC Enschede	19	12	3	4	68	25	27	+43
3	Enschedese Boys	18	9	2	7	39	44	20	-5
4	ZAC	18	7	5	6	44	35	19	+9
5	Vitesse	18	7	4	7	45	42	18	+3
6	Go Ahead	18	5	6	7	32	39	16	-7
7	FC Wageningen	18	6	3	9	42	55	15	-13
8	DOTO Deventer	18	5	4	9	28	44	14	-16
9	Robur et Velocitas	18	5	3	10	33	47	13	-14
10	HVV Hengelo	18	5	1	12	34	62	11	-28	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse North

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Velocitas 1897	18	16	0	2	79	21	32	+58	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Be Quick 1887	18	11	1	6	63	30	21	+33	2 points deducted.
3	Achilles 1894	18	10	1	7	44	40	21	+4
4	VV Leeuwarden	18	9	2	7	41	48	20	-7
5	LVV Friesland	18	9	1	8	45	46	19	-1
6	GVAV Rapiditas	18	7	2	9	42	45	16	-3
7	Veendam	18	6	3	9	40	50	15	-10
8	LAC Frisia 1883	18	5	4	9	45	64	14	-19
9	GVV Groningen	18	6	0	12	30	52	12	-22
10	WVV Winschoten	18	4	0	14	32	65	8	-33	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse South

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	NAC	18	12	4	2	60	20	28	+40	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	MVV Maastricht	18	12	3	3	47	24	27	+23
3	NOAD	18	9	8	1	43	17	26	+26
4	PSV Eindhoven	18	6	7	5	37	31	19	+6
5	Willem II	18	5	7	6	43	45	17	-2
6	FC Eindhoven	18	4	8	6	23	24	16	-1
7	BVV Den Bosch	18	4	7	7	24	46	15	-22
8	RFC Roermond	18	4	6	8	29	45	14	-16
9	RKVV Wilhelmina	18	4	3	11	24	47	11	-23
10	Bredania/'t Zesde	18	2	3	13	10	41	7	-31	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	18	13	1	4	49	15	27	+34	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Stormvogels	18	10	4	4	59	35	24	+24	^[West-II]
3	SBV Excelsior	18	8	3	7	42	44	19	-2
4	HVV 't Gooi	18	8	2	8	51	48	18	+3	^[West-II]
5	RCH	18	8	2	8	34	41	18	-7
6	Sparta Rotterdam	18	8	1	9	39	36	17	+3	^[West-II]
7	DFC	18	7	3	8	48	58	17	-10
8	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	18	8	1	9	34	42	17	-8	^[West-II]
9	VUC	18	6	1	11	37	52	13	-15
10	HVV Den Haag	18	4	2	12	30	52	10	-22	^[West-II]

^[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	12	3	3	75	31	27	+44	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	HFC EDO	18	10	5	3	47	24	25	+23	^[West-I]
3	FC Hilversum	18	8	7	3	43	28	23	+15	^[West-I]
4	HBS Craeyenhout	18	9	4	5	46	35	22	+11	^[West-I]
5	ZFC	18	8	4	6	51	54	20	-3
6	UVV Utrecht	18	6	6	6	39	40	18	-1	^[West-I]
7	De Spartaan	18	8	1	9	46	48	17	-2
8	Koninklijke HFC	18	5	4	9	35	44	14	-9
9	VOC	18	4	3	11	35	53	11	-18	^[West-I]
10	Ajax Sportman Combinatie	18	1	1	16	25	85	3	-60	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Heracles	8	6	2	0	16	5	14	+11
2	NAC	8	5	0	3	14	11	10	+3
3	AFC Ajax	8	3	2	3	14	15	8	-1
4	Feijenoord	8	3	1	4	10	10	7	0
5	Velocitas 1897	8	0	1	7	4	17	1	-13

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