1952–53 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1952/1953 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. RCH won this year's championship by beating FC Eindhoven, Sparta Rotterdam and Vitesse.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse A:

Moving in from other divisions: AFC Ajax, DOS, NEC Nijmegen, RCH, Sneek Wit Zwart, VSV, FC Wageningen and Zwolsche Boys
Promoted from 2nd Division: Heracles

Eerste Klasse B:

Moving in from other divisions: AGOVV Apeldoorn, DWS, Elinkwijk, Go Ahead, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem and sc Heerenveen
Promoted from 2nd Division: Stormvogels

Eerste Klasse C:

Moving in from other divisions: VV Brabantia, Emma, HBS Craeyenhout, LONGA, Sparta Rotterdam, Theole and VVV Venlo
Promoted from 2nd Division: SBV Excelsior

Eerste Klasse D:

Moving in from other divisions: ADO Den Haag, Bleijerheide, DHC Delft, FC Eindhoven, Feijenoord, NAC and RBC Roosendaal
Promoted from 2nd Division: TEC Tiel

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	RCH	26	16	7	3	49	21	39	+28	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	VSV	26	13	6	7	50	34	32	+16	^{[Eerste B]}
3	AFC Ajax	26	12	6	8	53	40	30	+13
4	HFC EDO	26	11	7	8	30	32	29	-2	^{[Eerste B]}
5	DOS	26	13	2	11	62	49	28	+13	^{[Eerste B]}
6	FC Wageningen	26	7	14	5	30	28	28	+2
7	Heracles	26	9	8	9	51	51	26	0
8	GVAV Rapiditas	26	9	6	11	47	47	24	0	^{[Eerste B]}
9	Enschedese Boys	26	9	6	11	40	47	24	-7
10	NEC Nijmegen	26	8	7	11	31	39	23	-8
11	Sneek Wit Zwart	26	7	8	11	31	45	22	-14	^{[Eerste B]}
12	De Volewijckers	26	9	3	14	41	43	21	-2	^{[Eerste B]}
13	Zwolsche Boys	26	7	6	13	34	58	20	-24
14	LAC Frisia 1883	26	5	8	13	32	47	18	-15	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Vitesse	26	16	4	6	43	32	36	+11	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Stormvogels	26	15	4	7	66	33	34	+33	^{[Eerste A]}
3	sc Heerenveen	26	15	4	7	59	40	34	+19
4	HFC Haarlem	26	13	8	5	44	32	34	+12	^{[Eerste A]}
5	SC Enschede	26	12	6	8	47	44	30	+3
6	DWS	26	11	5	10	46	36	27	+10	^{[Eerste A]}
7	VV Leeuwarden	26	11	4	11	52	42	26	+10
8	Elinkwijk	26	11	3	12	35	40	25	-5	^{[Eerste A]}
9	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	9	6	11	32	32	24	0	^{[Eerste A]}
10	HVV 't Gooi	26	8	7	11	35	39	23	-4
11	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26	8	6	12	41	49	22	-8
12	Be Quick 1887	26	8	6	12	48	67	22	-19	^{[Eerste A]}
13	Go Ahead	26	5	6	15	32	50	16	-18
14	Achilles 1894	26	3	5	18	29	73	11	-44	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Sparta Rotterdam	26	18	4	4	57	25	40	+32	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Willem II	26	17	5	4	79	40	39	+39	^{[Eerste D]}
3	BVV Den Bosch	26	13	7	6	53	26	33	+27
4	SBV Excelsior	26	13	6	7	65	42	32	+23	^{[Eerste D]}
5	VVV Venlo	26	11	7	8	41	38	29	+3
6	MVV Maastricht	26	10	8	8	49	36	28	+13	^{[Eerste D]}
7	Emma	26	10	5	11	52	53	25	-1
8	Sittardia	26	11	3	12	59	70	25	-11
9	SVV	26	11	1	14	50	59	23	-9
10	LONGA	26	11	1	14	43	57	23	-14
11	Brabantia	26	9	2	15	44	52	20	-8
12	Juliana	26	5	8	13	30	52	18	-22	^{[Eerste D]}
13	HBS Craeyenhout	26	6	4	16	47	70	16	-23
14	Theole	26	4	5	17	36	85	13	-49	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Eindhoven	27	17	5	5	47	22	39	+25	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	PSV Eindhoven	27	16	5	6	61	34	37	+27	^{[Eerste C]}
3	ADO Den Haag	26	13	6	7	43	31	32	+12
4	Bleijerheide	26	11	6	9	46	32	28	+14	^{[Eerste C]}
5	Feijenoord	26	9	9	8	45	43	27	+2
6	NAC	26	11	5	10	46	47	27	-1	^{[Eerste C]}
7	Limburgia	26	10	5	11	37	38	25	-1
8	Hermes DVS	26	9	7	10	47	57	25	-10
9	NOAD	26	8	7	11	37	42	23	-5
10	Xerxes	26	7	9	10	42	51	23	-9	^{[Eerste C]}
11	RBC Roosendaal	26	10	2	14	44	50	22	-6
12	DHC Delft	26	9	4	13	48	67	22	-19
13	Maurits	26	6	7	13	47	57	19	-10
14	TEC Tiel	26	6	5	15	41	60	17	-19	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	RCH	6	3	1	2	8	7	7	+1
2	FC Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	13	8	7	+5
3	Sparta Rotterdam	6	2	2	2	11	8	6	+3
4	Vitesse	6	1	2	3	10	19	4	-9

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