1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship
| Season | 1939-1940 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Feijenoord (5th title) |
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← 1938–39 1940–41 → | |
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1939/1940 was contested by 52 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. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas.
This season's championship was not considered official. Due to the start of World War II, not all teams played an equal amount of matches.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: Enschedese Boys
Eerste Klasse North:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: WVV Winschoten
Eerste Klasse South:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Helmond & Limburgia
Eerste Klasse West-I:
- Moving in from West-II: Ajax, DOS, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem and VSV
Eerste Klasse West-II:
- Moving in from West-I: CVV Mercurius, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, Sparta Rotterdam and Xerxes
Divisions
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 26 | +16 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 27 | 24 | +24 | |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 23 | +21 | |
| 4 | HVV Tubantia | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 37 | 20 | -3 | |
| 5 | Go Ahead | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 19 | +7 | |
| 6 | HVV Hengelo | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 16 | -8 | |
| 7 | SC Enschede | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 13 | -4 | |
| 8 | FC Wageningen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 47 | 13 | -19 | |
| 9 | Quick Nijmegen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 46 | 11 | -15 | |
| 10 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 9 | -19 |
Eerste Klasse North
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 25 | 30 | +33 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | HSC | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 21 | +16 | |
| 3 | Veendam | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 40 | 21 | +4 | |
| 4 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 29 | 20 | +10 | |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 49 | 17 | +5 | |
| 6 | Achilles 1894 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 49 | 16 | 0 | |
| 7 | Velocitas 1897 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 15 | -1 | |
| 8 | VV Leeuwarden | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 54 | 11 | -20 | |
| 9 | WVV Winschoten | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 58 | 10 | -25 | |
| 10 | Be Quick 1887 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 49 | 5 | -22 |
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliana | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 24 | 34 | +55 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 32 | 29 | +25 | |
| 3 | NOAD | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 30 | 29 | +15 | |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 28 | +20 | |
| 5 | Willem II | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 36 | 25 | +6 | |
| 6 | PSV Eindhoven | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 22 | +11 | |
| 7 | LONGA | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 43 | 18 | -5 | |
| 8 | NAC | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 18 | -8 | |
| 9 | HVV Helmond | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 65 | 12 | -41 | |
| 10 | Limburgia | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 11 | -17 | |
| 11 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 55 | 10 | -28 | |
| 12 | RFC Roermond | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 8 | -33 |
Eerste Klasse West-I
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 29 | +21 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 25 | 28 | +30 | [West-II] |
| 3 | DWS | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 29 | 27 | +21 | [West-II] |
| 4 | VSV | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 32 | 21 | +23 | |
| 5 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 44 | 19 | -5 | [West-II] |
| 6 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 17 | -2 | |
| 7 | Stormvogels | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 14 | -9 | [West-II] |
| 8 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 61 | 11 | -21 | |
| 9 | KFC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 62 | 8 | -30 | [West-II] |
| 10 | DOS | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 63 | 6 | -28 |
[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 | Feijenoord | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 29 | +35 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 44 | 23 | +22 | |
| 3 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 47 | 23 | +9 | [West-I] |
| 4 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 46 | 20 | +5 | |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 19 | +5 | |
| 6 | DHC | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 18 | +5 | |
| 7 | RFC | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 17 | +3 | [West-I] |
| 8 | VUC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 58 | 16 | -19 | [West-I] |
| 9 | Xerxes | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 63 | 13 | -24 | [West-I] |
| 10 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 2 | -41 | [West-I] |
[West-I] Team moving to Division West-I next season.
Championship play-off
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feijenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | +5 | |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | +5 | |
| 3 | Heracles | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | +3 | |
| 4 | Juliana | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 9 | -2 | |
| 5 | GVAV Rapiditas | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 2 | -11 |
References
- RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse Noord
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse Zuid
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse West
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