Netherlands Football League Championship 1917–18
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The Netherlands Football League Championship
1917/1918 was contested by 51 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
. Ajax won this years championship by beating Go Ahead
, Willem II, AFC Amsterdam and Be Quick 1887
.
Eerste Klasse North:
Eerste Klasse South:
Eerste Klasse West-A:
Eerste Klasse West-B: (new division)
1Veendam were deducted six points.
2Amstel were deducted two points.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
1917/1918 was contested by 51 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
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Ajax won this years championship by beating Go Ahead
Go Ahead Eagles
The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...
, Willem II, AFC Amsterdam and Be Quick 1887
Be Quick 1887
Be Quick 1887 is a football club from Groningen, the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse C. Be Quick 1887 won the 1919-20 Dutch national football title.-History:...
.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:- PW (returning after three seasons of absence)
Eerste Klasse North:
- HSC
Eerste Klasse South:
- HVV Helmond
Eerste Klasse West-A:
- AFC Ajax (returning after three seasons of absence)
Eerste Klasse West-B: (new division)
- Feijenoord
- AFC Amsterdam
- Amstel
- VV Concordia
- De Spartaan
- Dordrecht
- DVS Rotterdam
- Hermes DVS
- HVV 't Gooi
- RFC
- SVVSchiedamse Voetbal VerenigingSchiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Dutch professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949. In 1991, SVV and neighbouring Dordrecht'90 merged to form FC Dordrecht.-History:...
- VVA
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 31 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 24 | |
| 3 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 23 | |
| 4 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 22 | |
| 5 | PW | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 17 | |
| 6 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 17 | |
| 7 | SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 14 | |
| 8 | Vitesse | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 14 | |
| 9 | GVC Wageningen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 13 | |
| 10 | Robur et Velocitas | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 5 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse North
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a football club from Groningen, the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse C. Be Quick 1887 won the 1919-20 Dutch national football title.-History:... |
14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 12 | 25 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Velocitas | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 27 | 21 | |
| 3 | Frisia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 13 | |
| 4 | WVV Winschoten | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 14 | |
| 5 | HSC | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 10 | |
| 6 | Achilles | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 49 | 11 | |
| 7 | GSAVV Forward | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 54 | 6 | |
| 8 | Veendam BV Veendam SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :... 1 |
13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 4 |
1Veendam were deducted six points.
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Willem II | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 28 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 23 | |
| 3 | MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902... |
16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 23 | |
| 4 | Velocitas | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 17 | |
| 5 | Wilhelmina | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 15 | |
| 6 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 10 | |
| 7 | VVV VVV Venlo VVV-Venlo is a football club from Venlo in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eredivisie. The club plays its home games in the De Koel stadium, known as Seacon Stadion – De Koel - for sponsorship reasons.... |
16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 10 | |
| 8 | HVV Helmond | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 47 | 10 | |
| 9 | MSV Maastricht | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 8 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse West-A
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Ajax | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 20 | 33 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912... |
22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 28 | 28 | |
| 3 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 28 | |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887.... |
22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 26 | 25 | |
| 5 | Hercules | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 25 | |
| 6 | HVV Den Haag HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club... |
22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 39 | 22 | |
| 7 | UVV Utrecht UVV Utrecht UVV Utrecht is a sports club based in Utrecht, Netherlands. It was founded in 1902. The club has teams in the following sports: football, tennis, baseball, softball and beach volleyball.... |
22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 22 | |
| 8 | DFC | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 42 | 18 | |
| 9 | Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke HFC is a football club in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It is the oldest club in Dutch history, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the first years the only team played rugby but due to financial problems they switched to association football... |
22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 17 | |
| 10 | HBS Craeyenhout HBS Craeyenhout HBS Craeyenhout is a Dutch sports team based in The Hague that field teams in association football, cricket and hockey.-Association football:... |
22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 71 | 17 | |
| 11 | VOC | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 44 | 16 | |
| 12 | Quick | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 13 |
Eerste Klasse West-B
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | AFC Amsterdam | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 31 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | De Spartaan | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 31 | |
| 3 | Feijenoord | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 24 | |
| 4 | HVV 't Gooi | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 23 | |
| 5 | RFC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 23 | |
| 6 | Hermes DVS | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 23 | |
| 7 | Dordrecht | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 22 | |
| 8 | DVS Rotterdam | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 19 | |
| 9 | VV Concordia | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 19 | |
| 10 | VVA Amsterdam | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 16 | |
| 11 | SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Dutch professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949. In 1991, SVV and neighbouring Dordrecht'90 merged to form FC Dordrecht.-History:... |
22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 16 | |
| 12 | Amstel2 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 15 | Not participating next season |
2Amstel were deducted two points.
Championship play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Ajax | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Willem II | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
| 4 | AFC Amsterdam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | |
| 5 | Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a football club from Groningen, the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse C. Be Quick 1887 won the 1919-20 Dutch national football title.-History:... |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 3 |