1936–37 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1936/1937 was contested by 50 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Feijenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Be Quick 1887 and Go Ahead.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Moving in from West-II: DHC Delft, DFC, SBV Excelsior, Sparta Rotterdam and Stormvogels
Promoted from 2nd Division: CVV Mercurius

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: HFC Haarlem, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam and VSV

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Go Ahead	18	14	2	2	44	21	30	+23	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Heracles	18	11	4	3	47	21	26	+26
3	AGOVV Apeldoorn	18	10	3	5	36	22	23	+14
4	SC Enschede	18	7	3	8	39	38	17	+1
5	HVV Tubantia	18	7	3	8	36	42	17	-6
6	FC Wageningen	18	6	4	8	34	35	16	-1
7	PEC Zwolle	18	7	1	10	40	41	15	-1
8	ZAC	18	7	1	10	44	56	15	-12
9	NEC Nijmegen	18	5	4	9	27	37	14	-10
10	Enschedese Boys	18	3	1	14	25	59	7	-34	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Be Quick 1887	18	16	2	0	75	24	34	+51	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	GVAV Rapiditas	18	11	3	4	43	20	25	+23
3	Veendam	18	11	2	5	50	25	24	+25
4	Velocitas 1897	18	8	3	7	35	33	19	+2
5	HSC	18	8	1	9	35	42	17	-7
6	Sneek Wit Zwart	18	6	2	10	24	37	14	-13
7	Achilles 1894	18	5	3	10	48	51	13	-3
8	VV Hoogezand	18	5	3	10	34	41	13	-7
9	VV Leeuwarden	18	4	4	10	21	44	12	-23
10	LVV Friesland	18	4	1	13	29	77	9	-48	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	PSV Eindhoven	18	10	5	3	47	29	25	+18	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	BVV Den Bosch	18	9	3	6	55	42	21	+13
3	NOAD	18	8	4	6	54	38	20	+16
4	NAC	18	9	2	7	44	34	20	+10
5	LONGA	18	7	2	9	41	38	16	+3
6	Juliana	18	5	6	7	37	45	16	-8
7	RFC Roermond	18	6	4	8	36	49	16	-13
8	Bleijerheide	18	5	6	7	31	50	16	-19
9	FC Eindhoven	18	6	3	9	38	51	15	-13
10	MVV Maastricht	18	6	3	9	38	45	15	-7

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	18	14	2	2	47	18	30	+29	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Xerxes	18	9	3	6	59	35	21	+24	^[West-II]
3	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	18	8	5	5	30	22	21	+8	^[West-II]
4	Stormvogels	18	8	2	8	32	26	18	+6	^[West-II]
5	DFC	18	7	4	7	38	43	18	-5
6	DHC Delft	18	7	3	8	39	48	17	-9	^[West-II]
7	SBV Excelsior	18	7	2	9	41	42	16	-1
8	CVV Mercurius	18	6	4	8	25	40	16	-15	^[West-II]
9	ADO Den Haag	18	5	4	9	20	30	14	-10
10	RCH	18	2	5	11	18	45	9	-27	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Feijenoord	18	15	1	2	66	23	31	+43	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	DWS	18	14	1	3	41	22	29	+19	^[West-I]
3	HFC Haarlem	18	7	4	7	48	47	18	+1
4	VSV	18	8	2	8	37	41	18	-4	^[West-I]
5	Sparta Rotterdam	18	7	2	9	38	37	16	+1	^[West-I]
6	KFC	18	5	6	7	38	44	16	-6	^[West-I]
7	HBS Craeyenhout	18	5	5	8	34	46	15	-12
8	Hermes DVS	18	5	4	9	27	41	14	-14
9	VUC	18	5	3	10	26	43	13	-17	^[West-I]
10	ZFC	18	3	4	11	19	30	10	-11	Relegated to 2nd Division.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	AFC Ajax	8	7	1	20	10	14	+10
2	Feijenoord	8	5	3	21	9	10	+12
3	PSV Eindhoven	8	3	5	15	22	6	-7
4	Be Quick 1887	8	3	5	12	21	6	-9
5	Go Ahead	8	2	6	8	14	4	-6

1936–37 in European football
« 1935–36 1937–38 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '36 '37 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '36 '37 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '36 '37 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37–'38 Lithuania '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Palestine Poland '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '36 '37 Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria England France Germany '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain '36 Soviet Union '36 '37 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '36 '37

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