1943–44 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1943-1944
Champions	De Volewijckers (1st title)
← 1942–43 1944–45 not played 1945–46 →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1943/1944 was contested by 52 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. De Volewijckers won this year's championship by beating VUC, LONGA, sc Heerenveen and Heracles.

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Heracles	18	11	5	2	37	16	27	+21	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Go Ahead	18	9	5	4	43	27	23	+16
3	NEC Nijmegen	17	10	1	6	47	30	21	+17
4	AGOVV Apeldoorn	18	10	1	7	39	29	21	+10
5	Quick Nijmegen	18	6	6	6	39	38	18	+1
6	Enschedese Boys	18	7	4	7	35	38	18	-3
7	FC Wageningen	18	7	3	8	28	25	17	+3
8	SC Enschede	18	4	5	9	26	34	13	-8
9	HVV Tubantia	17	4	2	11	27	51	10	-24
10	PEC Zwolle	18	4	2	12	18	51	10	-33

Eerste Klasse North

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	sc Heerenveen	18	16	1	1	85	20	33	+65	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	LSC Sneek	18	10	3	5	39	21	23	+18
3	HSC	18	9	3	6	43	35	21	+8
4	Achilles 1894	18	7	5	6	33	37	19	-4
5	Be Quick 1887	18	7	4	7	27	40	18	-13
6	VV Leeuwarden	18	6	4	8	27	41	16	-14
7	Veendam	18	5	4	9	33	42	14	-9
8	Velocitas 1897	18	4	6	8	13	31	14	-18
9	GVAV Rapiditas	18	4	4	10	22	40	12	-18
10	Sneek Wit Zwart	18	3	4	11	26	41	10	-15

Eerste Klasse South

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	LONGA	23	14	3	6	49	38	31	+11	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	PSV Eindhoven	23	14	1	8	59	41	29	+18	^[South-II]
3	MVV Maastricht	22	10	7	5	49	30	27	+19	^[South-II]
4	NAC	22	11	4	7	58	37	26	+21
5	Willem II	22	8	10	4	45	34	26	+11
6	FC Eindhoven	22	12	2	8	52	40	26	+12
7	BVV Den Bosch	22	11	3	8	60	33	25	+27
8	Maurits	22	10	2	10	45	45	22	0	^[South-II]
9	De Spechten	22	6	6	10	44	63	18	-19	^[South-II]
10	NOAD	22	6	3	13	35	63	15	-28
11	Spekholzerheide	22	4	3	15	25	64	11	-39	Changed name back to Juliana ^[South-II]
12	RFC Roermond	22	3	4	15	28	61	10	-33	^[South-II]

^[South-II] Team moving to new Division South-II next season.

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	De Volewijckers	18	14	1	3	59	27	29	+32	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Hermes DVS	18	12	2	4	56	34	26	+22
3	Xerxes	18	10	2	6	44	33	22	+11
4	DWS	18	8	4	6	37	29	20	+8	^[West-II]
5	DFC	18	7	5	6	46	37	19	+9	^[West-II]
6	ADO Den Haag	18	7	2	9	45	38	16	+7
7	Sparta Rotterdam	18	6	3	9	37	47	15	-10	^[West-II]
8	HBS Craeyenhout	18	7	0	11	34	56	14	-22	^[West-II]
9	HFC EDO	18	5	3	10	26	44	13	-18
10	Stormvogels	18	2	2	14	17	56	6	-39	^[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	VUC	18	11	3	4	67	44	25	+23	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	AFC Ajax	18	10	3	5	53	28	23	+25	^[West-I]
3	DHC	18	9	3	6	34	22	21	+12
4	VSV	18	8	4	6	42	46	20	-4	^[West-I]
5	Feijenoord	18	6	7	5	30	28	19	+2
6	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	18	7	5	6	33	32	19	+1
7	SC Emma	18	6	3	9	31	46	15	-15	^[West-I]
8	HFC Haarlem	18	6	3	9	35	51	15	-16
9	RFC Rotterdam	18	5	2	11	38	48	12	-10	^[West-I]
10	HVV 't Gooi	18	5	1	12	33	51	11	-18	^[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	De Volewijckers	8	6	0	2	31	11	12	+20
2	VUC	8	4	2	2	17	15	10	+2
3	LONGA	8	4	1	3	19	17	9	+2
4	sc Heerenveen	8	2	2	4	16	23	6	-7
5	Heracles	8	0	3	5	9	26	3	-17

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