1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1954-1955
Champions	Willem II (3rd title)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1954/1955 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 NAC, PSV Eindhoven and FC Eindhoven.

This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from the KNVB. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced.

At the end of the season, the four Eerste Klasse Divisions were re-aligned as two Divisions called Hoofdklasse A & B.

New entrants

48 competitors from last season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitors Bleijerheide merged to form Roda Sport and Juliana merged to form Rapid JC. New entrants were:

Alkmaar '54
BVC Amsterdam
Fortuna
DFC
De Graafschap
Holland Sport
HVC
Veendam

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	NAC	26	18	5	3	60	24	41	+26	Qualified to Championship play-off.
2	Holland Sport	26	18	4	4	72	33	40	+39	Not participating next season.
3	MVV Maastricht	26	14	6	6	64	37	34	+27	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
4	SBV Excelsior	26	13	5	8	47	36	31	+11
5	BVC Amsterdam	26	11	5	10	53	41	27	+12
6	Emma	26	11	5	10	41	47	27	-6	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
7	Stormvogels	26	9	8	9	49	42	26	+7
8	DOS	26	12	2	12	60	53	26	+7
9	Roda Sport	26	11	4	11	48	51	26	-3
10	LONGA	26	10	3	13	55	65	23	-10	Relegated to 2nd Division.
11	VV Leeuwarden	26	7	7	12	40	59	21	-19
12	Zwolsche Boys	26	5	5	16	31	59	15	-28
13	Veendam	26	4	6	16	38	85	14	-47
14	Go Ahead	26	3	7	16	27	53	13	-26

^{[Hoofdklasse B]} Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B next season.

Eerste Klasse B

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Willem II	26	19	5	2	96	42	43	+54	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Sparta Rotterdam	26	12	8	6	67	42	32	+25	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
3	Fortuna	26	13	5	8	46	38	31	+8	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
4	SVV	26	11	6	9	53	50	28	+3
5	ADO Den Haag	26	10	6	10	48	43	26	+5	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
6	Sittardia	26	10	6	10	57	52	26	+5
7	Elinkwijk	26	11	4	11	48	45	26	+3
8	HFC EDO	26	11	4	11	42	45	26	-3
9	VV Rigtersbleek	26	10	6	10	49	58	26	-9	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
10	DWS	26	9	6	11	35	38	24	-3	Relegated to 2nd Division.
11	sc Heerenveen	26	9	5	12	56	68	23	-12
12	Heracles	26	8	5	13	56	71	21	-15
13	VV Brabantia	26	6	6	14	34	68	18	-34
14	FC Wageningen	26	6	2	18	33	60	14	-27

^{[Hoofdklasse A]} Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A next season.

Eerste Klasse C

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	PSV Eindhoven	26	16	7	3	64	39	39	+25	Qualified for Championship play-off. ^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
2	Rapid	26	15	5	6	70	41	35	+29	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
3	Limburgia	26	14	6	6	53	33	34	+20	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
4	GVAV Rapiditas	26	14	5	7	69	50	33	+19	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
5	Alkmaar '54	26	11	6	9	41	37	28	+4	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
6	EBOH	26	12	4	10	45	50	28	-5	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
7	Feijenoord	26	11	5	10	47	47	27	0	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
8	Vitesse	26	10	7	9	42	44	27	-2	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
9	NOAD	26	8	10	8	41	36	26	+5	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
10	HFC Haarlem	26	9	8	9	47	42	26	+5	Relegated to 2nd Division.
11	Enschedese Boys	26	6	6	14	38	67	18	-29
12	NEC Nijmegen	26	4	9	13	33	49	17	-16
13	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	6	2	18	34	62	14	-28
14	Hermes DVS	26	2	8	16	28	55	12	-27

^{[Hoofdklasse A]} Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A next season.
^{[Hoofdklasse B]} Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B next season.

Eerste Klasse D

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Eindhoven	26	17	5	4	59	26	39	+33	Qualified for Championship play-off. ^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
2	VVV Venlo	26	15	7	4	54	21	37	+33	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
3	AFC Ajax	26	12	11	3	57	30	35	+27	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
4	De Graafschap	26	13	4	9	48	35	30	+13	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
5	SC Enschede	26	12	5	9	48	36	29	+12	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
6	BVV Den Bosch	26	12	5	9	42	39	29	+3	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
7	HVC	26	8	11	7	34	31	27	+3	^{[Hoofdklasse A]}
8	De Volewijckers	26	11	4	11	34	53	26	-19	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
9	DFC	26	10	5	11	41	47	25	-6	^{[Hoofdklasse B]}
10	RBC Roosendaal	26	9	7	10	43	50	25	-7	Relegated to 2nd Division.
11	VSV	26	9	6	11	43	43	24	0
12	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26	4	5	17	31	55	13	-24
13	Xerxes	26	3	7	16	23	51	13	-28
14	Be Quick 1887	26	4	4	18	24	64	12	-40

^{[Hoofdklasse A]} Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A next season.
^{[Hoofdklasse B]} Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B next season.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Willem II	6	3	2	1	14	11	8	+3
2	NAC	6	2	2	2	14	12	6	+2
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	4	1	10	10	6	0	Qualified for 1955-56 European Cup
4	FC Eindhoven	6	1	2	3	9	14	4	-5

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