1951–52 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1951-1952
Champions	Willem II (2nd title)
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1951/1952 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division of the Netherlands. Willem II won this year's championship by beating Hermes DVS, HFC Haarlem and AFC Ajax.

New entrants

This season, there was one division less than in the last one. This meant that the team had to be reassigned.
Eerste Klasse A:

Moving in from other Divisions: AGOVV Apeldoorn, DWV Amsterdam, HFC EDO, Enschedese Boys, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem, De Volewijckers
Promoted from 2nd Division: Elinkwijk & Theole

Eerste Klasse B:

Moving in from other Divisions: Achilles, Be Quick 1887, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, VV Leeuwarden, RCH, Sneek Wit Zwart, VSV and Zwolsche Boys
Promoted from 2nd Division: Oosterparkers

Eerste Klasse C:

Moving in from other Divisions: Bleijerheide, BVV Den Bosch, Feijenoord, FC Eindhoven, MVV Maastricht, NAC, RBC Roosendaal, Sittardia and Willem II
Promoted from 2nd Division: DHC Delft, Juliana & Quick Nijmegen

Eerste Klasse D:

Moving in from other Divisions: VV Brabantia, VV Chèvremont, Hermes DVS, HBS Craeyenhout, SV Limburgia, Maurits, NEC Nijmegen, PSV Eindhoven and VVV Venlo

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	HFC Haarlem	26	16	8	2	51	22	40	+39	Qualified for Championship play-off. ^{[Eerste B]}
2	DWS	26	15	9	2	46	16	39	+30	^{[Eerste B]}
3	HFC EDO	26	14	5	7	39	26	33	+13
4	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26	12	8	6	50	34	32	+16	^{[Eerste B]}
5	sc Heerenveen	26	11	9	6	55	40	31	+15	^{[Eerste B]}
6	Enschedese Boys	26	12	5	9	44	40	29	+4
7	LAC Frisia 1883	26	10	7	9	47	50	27	-3
8	HVV 't Gooi	26	10	7	9	27	29	27	-2	^{[Eerste B]}
9	De Volewijckers	26	10	6	10	44	40	26	+4
10	Elinkwijk	26	8	7	11	41	53	23	-12	^{[Eerste B]}
11	GVAV Rapiditas	26	9	4	13	50	42	22	+8
12	Go Ahead	26	5	6	15	38	48	16	-10	^{[Eerste B]}
13	Theole	26	3	5	18	28	68	11	-40	^{[Eerste C]}
14	Velocitas 1897	26	2	4	20	24	76	8	-52	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste B]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse B next season.
^{[Eerste C]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse C next season.

Eerste Klasse B

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	26	19	4	3	76	29	42	+47	Qualified for Championship play-off. ^{[Eerste A]}
2	RCH	26	13	7	6	64	36	33	+28	^{[Eerste A]}
3	Vitesse	26	12	9	5	54	36	33	+18
4	VV Leeuwarden	26	15	3	8	61	49	33	+12
5	FC Wageningen	26	14	4	8	64	33	32	+31	^{[Eerste A]}
6	DOS	26	12	6	8	68	48	30	+20	^{[Eerste A]}
7	Be Quick 1887	26	13	3	10	49	38	29	+11
8	SC Enschede	26	9	7	10	36	44	25	-8
9	VSV	26	7	10	9	37	40	24	-3	^{[Eerste A]}
10	Zwolsche Boys	26	8	8	10	37	46	24	-9	^{[Eerste A]}
11	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	6	11	9	38	46	23	-8
12	Sneek Wit Zwart	26	6	4	16	29	67	16	-38	^{[Eerste A]}
13	Achilles 1894	27	5	2	20	27	68	12	-41	Relegation play-off as level on points after 26 games.
14	Oosterparkers	27	3	4	20	28	88	10	-60	Relegation play-off as level on points after 26 games.

^{[Eerste A]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse A next season.

Achilles 1894 beat Oosterparkers in the play-off to avoid relegation.

Eerste Klasse C

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Willem II	26	18	6	2	80	30	42	+50	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	FC Eindhoven	26	17	6	3	82	40	40	+42	^{[Eerste D]}
3	BVV Den Bosch	26	13	5	8	53	39	31	+14
4	Feijenoord	26	14	3	9	57	51	31	+6	^{[Eerste D]}
5	MVV Maastricht	26	10	7	9	46	49	27	-3
6	Bleijerheide	26	11	4	11	52	53	26	-1	^{[Eerste D]}
7	SVV	26	9	7	10	57	64	25	-7
8	Juliana	26	10	5	11	44	62	25	-18
9	NAC	26	8	8	10	49	48	24	+1	^{[Eerste D]}
10	ADO Den Haag	26	9	6	11	58	63	24	-5	^{[Eerste D]}
11	Sittardia	26	11	0	15	64	68	22	-4
12	RBC Roosendaal	26	8	2	16	49	74	18	-25	^{[Eerste D]}
13	DHC Delft	26	7	2	17	55	80	16	-25	^{[Eerste D]}
14	Quick Nijmegen	26	5	3	18	40	65	13	-25	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste D]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse D next season.

Eerste Klasse D

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Hermes DVS	27	16	7	4	77	37	39	+40	Championship play-off as level on points after 26 games.
2	Sparta Rotterdam	27	16	5	6	54	26	37	+28	^{[Eerste C]}
3	PSV Eindhoven	26	15	5	6	65	32	35	+33
4	VVV Venlo	26	14	4	8	53	36	32	+17	^{[Eerste C]}
5	Limburgia	26	14	3	9	37	42	31	-5
6	Emma	26	12	5	9	77	52	29	+25	^{[Eerste C]}
7	Xerxes	26	11	5	10	56	44	27	+12
8	NOAD	26	10	4	12	38	52	24	-14
9	NEC Nijmegen	26	8	7	11	35	41	23	-6	^{[Eerste A]}
10	HBS Craeyenhout	26	9	3	14	47	62	21	-15	^{[Eerste C]}
11	Maurits	26	7	7	12	49	66	21	-17
12	Brabantia	26	9	0	17	38	53	18	-15	^{[Eerste C]}
13	LONGA	26	6	4	16	37	78	16	-41	^{[Eerste C]}
14	VV Chèvremont	26	6	1	19	34	76	13	-42	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste A]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse A next season.
^{[Eerste C]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse C next season.

Hermes DVS beat Sparta Rotterdam in the play-off to qualify for the Championship play-off.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Willem II	6	6	0	0	21	9	12	+12
2	Hermes DVS	6	3	1	2	10	10	7	0
3	HFC Haarlem	6	2	0	4	12	15	4	-3
4	AFC Ajax	6	0	1	5	8	17	1	-9

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