Netherlands Football League Championship 1936–37
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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
. Ajax won this years championship by beating Feijenoord, PSV, Be Quick 1887
and Go Ahead
.
Eerste Klasse West-I:
Eerste Klasse West-II:
2Team moving to Division West-II
1Team moving to Division West-I
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....
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
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 Feijenoord, PSV, 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:...
and 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...
.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:Eerste Klasse West-I:
- Moving in from West-II: DHC, DFC, Excelsior, Sparta RotterdamSparta RotterdamSparta 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....
and Stormvogels - CVV Mercurius
Eerste Klasse West-II:
- Moving in from West-I: HFC HaarlemHFC HaarlemHFC 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...
, HBS CraeyenhoutHBS CraeyenhoutHBS Craeyenhout is a Dutch sports team based in The Hague that field teams in association football, cricket and hockey.-Association football:...
, Hermes DVS, KFC, Sparta RotterdamSparta RotterdamSparta 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....
and VSV
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 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title... |
18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 26 | |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts... |
18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 23 | |
| 4 | 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 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 17 | |
| 5 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 42 | 17 | |
| 6 | FC Wageningen FC Wageningen FC Wageningen was a Dutch football club which was founded on August 27, 1911. The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium .... |
18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 35 | 16 | |
| 7 | PEC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 15 | |
| 8 | ZAC | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 56 | 15 | |
| 9 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 14 | |
| 10 | Enschedese Boys 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 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 59 | 7 | 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:... |
18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 24 | 34 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 25 | |
| 3 | 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 :... |
18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 25 | 24 | |
| 4 | Velocitas | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 19 | |
| 5 | HSC | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 42 | 17 | |
| 6 | Sneek | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 14 | |
| 7 | Achilles | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 51 | 13 | |
| 8 | VV Hoogezand | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 13 | |
| 9 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 12 | |
| 10 | LVV Friesland | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 77 | 9 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 29 | 25 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | BVV Den Bosch | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 42 | 21 | |
| 3 | NOAD | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 38 | 20 | |
| 4 | 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... |
18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 20 | |
| 5 | LONGA | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 16 | |
| 6 | Juliana | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 45 | 16 | |
| 7 | RFC Roermond | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 49 | 16 | |
| 8 | Bleijerheide | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 50 | 16 | |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven.... |
18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 51 | 15 | |
| 10 | MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902... |
18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 45 | 15 |
Eerste Klasse West-I
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Ajax | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 18 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Xerxes XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam.The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class of Dutch football... 2 |
18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 35 | 21 | |
| 3 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 21 | |
| 4 | Stormvogels 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 18 | |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 43 | 18 | |
| 6 | DHC 2 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 48 | 17 | |
| 7 | Excelsior | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 16 | |
| 8 | CVV Mercurius 2 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 40 | 16 | |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 14 | |
| 10 | RCH | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 9 | Not participating next season |
2Team moving to Division West-II
Eerste Klasse West-II
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 23 | 31 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | DWS Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.-History:AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and... 1 |
18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 29 | |
| 3 | 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... |
18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 47 | 18 | |
| 4 | VSV1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 41 | 18 | |
| 5 | 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.... 1 |
18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 16 | |
| 6 | KFC1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 44 | 16 | |
| 7 | 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:... |
18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 46 | 15 | |
| 8 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 14 | |
| 9 | VUC1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 13 | |
| 10 | ZFC | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 10 | Not participating next season |
1Team moving to Division West-I
Championship play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Ajax | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 14 | Champions |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 10 | |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 6 | |
| 4 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | |
| 5 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 |