1941–42 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1941/1942 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. ADO Den Haag won this year's championship by beating FC Eindhoven, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam and sc Heerenveen.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse North:

Eerste Klasse South:

Promoted from 2nd Division: Picus
Last years competitors Juliana were forced to change their name to Spekholzerheide

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, HFC Haarlem, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam and VSV
Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Emma

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AGOVV Apeldoorn	19	12	2	5	43	22	26	+21	Play-off as level on points.
2	Quick Nijmegen	19	12	2	5	43	23	26	+20	Play-off as level on points.
3	FC Wageningen	18	11	2	5	35	22	24	+13
4	SC Enschede	18	9	2	7	41	36	20	+5
5	Heracles	18	8	2	8	34	24	18	+10
6	HVV Tubantia	18	6	2	10	30	39	14	-9
7	PEC Zwolle	18	5	4	9	27	39	14	-12
8	NEC Nijmegen	18	5	4	9	20	31	14	-11
9	Enschedese Boys	18	5	4	9	28	46	14	-18
10	HVV Hengelo	18	5	2	11	28	47	12	-19	Relegated to 2nd Division.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AGOVV Apeldoorn	1 - 1	Quick Nijmegen

AGOVV Apeldoorn qualified for the Championship Play-offs owing to a better Goal Average(!)

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	sc Heerenveen	18	14	3	1	77	31	31	+46	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	GVAV Rapiditas	18	10	4	4	52	29	24	+23
3	HSC	18	8	4	6	48	41	20	+7
4	VV Leeuwarden	18	9	1	8	45	48	19	-3
5	Be Quick 1887	18	6	5	7	42	45	17	-3
6	Achilles 1894	18	6	3	9	34	47	15	-13
7	Veendam	18	5	5	8	37	56	15	-19
8	Velocitas 1897	18	4	5	9	33	40	13	-7
9	LSC Sneek	18	4	5	9	30	44	13	-14
10	Sneek Wit Zwart	18	4	5	9	18	35	13	-17

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Eindhoven	22	13	7	2	50	16	33	+34	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	NAC	22	13	5	4	71	39	31	+8
3	Willem II	22	12	7	3	45	25	31	+20
4	BVV Den Bosch	22	11	5	6	47	28	27	+19
5	MVV Maastricht	22	11	4	7	49	30	26	+19
6	Spekholzerheide	21	9	5	7	47	33	23	+14
7	LONGA	21	8	7	6	36	32	21	+4	2 points deducted ^[1]
8	PSV Eindhoven	22	7	5	10	37	44	19	-7
9	Picus	22	4	5	13	18	53	13	-35
10	NOAD	22	4	4	14	29	56	12	-27
11	RFC Roermond	22	2	8	12	25	55	12	-30
12	HVV Helmond	22	3	6	13	20	63	12	-43	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^[1] LONGA Tilburg were docked two points for failing to play a match against Spekholzerheide.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	ADO Den Haag	18	11	2	5	48	27	24	+21	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Feijenoord	18	10	2	6	39	34	22	+5	^[West-II]
3	DWS	18	8	5	5	28	21	21	+7
4	DFC	18	9	3	6	43	38	21	+5
5	Xerxes	18	7	6	5	41	33	20	+8
6	AFC Ajax	18	6	7	5	32	27	19	+5	^[West-II]
7	VUC	18	7	4	7	46	52	18	-6	^[West-II]
8	Stormvogels	18	6	3	9	34	42	-8	15
9	HFC EDO	18	4	6	8	32	36	14	-4
10	DOS	18	2	2	14	34	67	6	-33	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	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	18	13	1	4	55	32	27	+23	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	HBS Craeyenhout	18	9	4	5	62	41	22	+21	^[West-I]
3	RFC Rotterdam	18	9	3	6	47	38	21	+9
4	DHC Delft	18	8	3	7	39	46	19	+7
5	SC Emma	18	7	4	7	37	34	18	+3
6	Hermes DVS	18	7	3	8	46	48	17	-2	^[West-I]
7	Sparta Rotterdam	18	5	6	7	45	54	16	-9	^[West-I]
8	HFC Haarlem	18	7	1	10	37	50	15	-13
9	VSV	18	5	3	10	39	55	-16	13
10	HVV 't Gooi	18	4	4	10	33	42	12	-9

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	ADO Den Haag	8	3	4	1	16	11	10	+5
2	FC Eindhoven	8	3	3	2	10	8	9	+2
3	AGOVV Apeldoorn	8	3	2	3	14	16	8	-2
4	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	8	3	1	4	14	13	7	+1
5	sc Heerenveen	8	1	4	3	9	15	6	-6

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