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 year's championship by beating Heracles, DWS, Be Quick 1887 and PSV Eindhoven.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse North:

Eerste Klasse South:

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1Heracles181224442026+24Qualified for Championship play-off.
2Go Ahead181044422824+14
3HVV Tubantia181044403124+9
4SC Enschede18855433121+12
5AGOVV Apeldoorn18765312420+7
6FC Wageningen18747423818+4
7ZAC187110273615-9
8NEC Nijmegen185211294512-16
9HVV Hengelo18279234311-20
10PEC Zwolle18331220459-25Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1Be Quick 1887181233512427+27Qualified for Championship play-off.
2GVAV Rapiditas181062562326+33
3Veendam18945462522+21
4Achilles 189418756413819+3
5HSC18909334718-14
6VV Leeuwarden18576403717+3
7Velocitas 189718648222616-4
8Sneek Wit Zwart18639234315-20
9sc Heerenveen184410345812-24
10VV Hoogezand18321321468-25Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1PSV Eindhoven201334592529+34Qualified for Championship play-off.
2NAC201235492927+20
3Juliana201136474125+6
4BVV Den Bosch201037504223+8
5LONGA20956353223+3
6FC Eindhoven20848433720+6
7RFC Roermond208210414518-4
8Willem II207310375017-13
9MVV Maastricht206410375616-19
10NOAD206113395713-18
11Bleijerheide20331428519-23

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1DWS181323442328+19Qualified for Championship play-off.
2AFC Ajax181233622027+42[West-II]
3KFC18747312918+2
4RFC Rotterdam189094848180[West-II]
5ADO Den Haag18747323718-5
6VSV187385656170[West-II]
7VUC18648453916+6[West-II]
8DFC18648254516-20[West-II]
9Sparta Rotterdam184410243212-8
10SBV Excelsior183411175510-38Relegated 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
1Feijenoord181314502027+30Qualified for Championship play-off.
2HFC Haarlem181224523726+15
3Xerxes18846633920+24[West-I]
4Blauw-Wit Amsterdam18927444020+4[West-I]
5CVV Mercurius18837322719+5
6HVV 't Gooi18837323419-2[West-I]
7Stormvogels18828374318-6[West-I]
8HBS Craeyenhout18549425314-11[West-I]
9DHC Delft18251134679-33
10Hermes DVS18321331578-26[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
1Feijenoord862020714+13
2Heracles8602211112+10
3DWS82331197+2
4Be Quick 1887821513215-8
5PSV Eindhoven80268252-17

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