1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1937-1938
Champions	Feijenoord (4th title)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

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:

Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Hengelo

Eerste Klasse North:

Promoted from 2nd Division: sc Heerenveen

Eerste Klasse South:

Promoted from 2nd Division: Willem II

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Moving in from West-II: DWS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam VSV and VUC
Promoted from 2nd Division: RFC Rotterdam

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, CVV Mercurius, DHC Delft, Stormvogels and Xerxes
Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV 't Gooi

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
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

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