1946–47 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1946-1947
Champions	AFC Ajax (8th title)
← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1946/1947 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating sc Heerenveen, NEC Nijmegen, MVV Maastricht, BVV Den Bosch and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Promoted from 2nd Division: Vitesse

Eerste Klasse North:

Promoted from 2nd Division: FC Emmen

Eerste Klasse South-I:

Moving in from South-II: VVV Venlo
Promoted from 2nd Division: Helmondia

Eerste Klasse South-II:

Moving in from South-I: FC Eindhoven
Promoted from 2nd Division: Sittardse Boys

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Moving in from West-II: DWS, Feijenoord and Sparta Rotterdam

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: DOS, De Volewijckers and Xerxes
Promoted from 2nd Division: SBV Excelsior

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	NEC Nijmegen	20	13	5	2	47	26	31	+21	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Go Ahead	20	13	3	4	44	29	29	+15
3	AGOVV Apeldoorn	20	10	4	6	47	33	24	+14
4	Quick Nijmegen	20	10	2	8	45	40	22	+5
5	FC Wageningen	20	6	8	6	34	37	20	-3
6	Heracles	20	5	8	7	36	31	18	+5
7	SC Enschede	20	5	7	8	36	38	17	-2
8	Be Quick Zutphen	20	6	4	10	35	46	16	-11
9	Enschedese Boys	20	6	3	11	37	46	15	-9
10	Vitesse	20	6	3	11	37	56	15	-19
11	HVV Tubantia	20	4	5	11	28	44	13	-16	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Eerste Klasse North

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	sc Heerenveen	20	17	2	1	108	30	36	+78	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Be Quick 1887	20	14	2	4	62	34	30	+28
3	GVAV Rapiditas	20	11	4	5	58	46	26	+12
4	Sneek Wit Zwart	20	9	5	6	29	29	23	+0
5	Veendam	20	7	4	9	38	54	18	-16
6	HSC	20	6	5	9	32	32	17	0
7	VV Leeuwarden	20	5	6	9	26	49	16	-23
8	Achilles 1894	20	5	5	10	33	49	15	-16
9	Velocitas 1897	20	5	3	12	40	55	13	-15
10	LAC Frisia 1883	20	6	1	13	45	63	13	-17
11	FC Emmen	20	6	1	13	26	56	13	-30

Eerste Klasse South-I

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	BVV Den Bosch	20	16	2	2	49	16	34	+33	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	NOAD	20	12	5	3	42	27	29	+15	^[South-II]
3	Willem II	20	13	2	5	46	22	28	+24
4	NAC	20	10	2	8	52	39	22	+13	^[South-II]
5	LONGA	20	7	7	6	41	31	21	+10
6	VVV Venlo	20	7	4	9	42	41	18	+1	^[South-II]
7	HVV Helmond	20	7	3	10	36	45	17	-9
8	VC Vlissingen	20	5	5	10	27	49	15	-22	^[South-II]
9	Baronie/DNL	20	5	3	12	22	57	13	-35
10	Helmondia	20	4	4	12	26	41	12	-15	^[South-II]
11	RKTVV Tilburg	20	4	3	13	29	44	11	-15	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Eerste Klasse South-II

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	MVV Maastricht	20	13	4	3	54	16	30	+38	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Sittardse Boys	20	12	4	4	48	29	28	+19	^[South-I]
3	PSV Eindhoven	20	11	5	4	41	30	27	+9
4	Limburgia	20	9	4	7	46	40	22	+6
5	FC Eindhoven	20	6	6	8	29	32	18	-3	^[South-I]
6	Maurits	20	6	5	9	35	38	17	-3	^[South-I]
7	SC Emma	20	6	5	9	35	46	17	-11
8	Juliana	20	5	7	8	34	52	17	-18	^[South-I]
9	De Spechten	20	5	6	9	42	56	16	-14	^[South-I]
10	Bleijerheide	20	5	5	10	29	43	15	-14
11	VV Brabantia	20	5	3	12	33	44	13	-11

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

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	20	13	3	4	50	31	29	+19	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Feijenoord	20	10	4	6	57	44	24	+13	^[West-II]
3	DWS	20	8	5	7	33	29	21	+4	^[West-II]
4	HFC EDO	20	9	2	9	41	36	20	+5	^[West-II]
5	RFC Rotterdam	20	8	4	8	50	44	20	+6
6	Sparta Rotterdam	20	8	3	9	38	37	19	+1	^[West-II]
7	Hermes DVS	20	7	4	9	42	48	18	-6
8	ADO Den Haag	20	8	2	10	30	35	1	-5	^[West-II]
9	HVV 't Gooi	20	7	4	9	33	41	18	-8
10	VSV	20	8	2	10	45	56	18	-11
11	Emma	20	6	3	11	41	59	15	-18	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	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	21	13	3	5	46	32	29	+14	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	De Volewijckers	21	13	1	7	62	43	27	+19	^[West-I]
3	HFC Haarlem	20	12	1	7	64	44	25	+20	^[West-I]
4	Xerxes	20	11	3	6	62	47	25	+15	^[West-I]
5	DFC	20	11	1	8	47	35	23	+12
6	SC Neptunus	20	8	5	7	36	29	21	+7	^[West-I]
7	DOS	20	7	4	9	37	47	18	-10
8	HBS Craeyenhout	20	7	2	11	34	39	16	-5	^[West-I]
9	Stormvogels	20	6	2	12	24	43	14	-19
10	DHC Delft	20	5	4	11	29	58	14	-29
11	SBV Excelsior	20	2	6	12	24	48	10	-24

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

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	AFC Ajax	10	8	1	1	32	16	17	+16
2	sc Heerenveen	10	6	2	2	35	22	14	+13
3	NEC Nijmegen	10	3	3	4	21	32	9	-11
4	MVV Maastricht	10	1	5	4	19	24	7	-5
5	BVV Den Bosch	10	3	1	6	14	20	7	-6
6	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	10	1	4	5	17	24	6	-7

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