Netherlands Football League Championship 1939–40
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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 years championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles
, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas.
This seasons championship was not considered official. Due to the start of World War II
, not all teams played an equal amount of matches.
Eerste Klasse North:
Eerste Klasse South:
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....
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
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...
. Feijenoord won this years championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, 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...
, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas.
This seasons championship was not considered official. Due to the start of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, not all teams played an equal amount of matches.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:- Enschedese BoysFC TwenteFC 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...
Eerste Klasse North:
- WVV Winschoten
Eerste Klasse South:
- HVV Helmond
- LimburgiaSV LimburgiaSport Vereniging Limburgia was a Dutch football/sports club from the city of Brunssum . Today it exists as BSV Limburgia- History :SV Limburgia was founded on 9 May 1920 by the Limburgian coal mines, under the name Rhenania...
Eerste Klasse West-I:
- Moving in from West-II: Ajax, DOS, HVV 't Gooi, 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...
and VSV
Eerste Klasse West-II:
- Moving in from West-I: CVV Mercurius, 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, 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 XerxesXerxesDZBXerxesDZB 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...
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 26 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 27 | 24 | |
| 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... |
17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 23 | |
| 4 | HVV Tubantia | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 37 | 20 | |
| 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... |
18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 19 | |
| 6 | HVV Hengelo | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 16 | |
| 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... |
17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 13 | |
| 8 | 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 .... |
17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 47 | 13 | |
| 9 | Quick Nijmegen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 46 | 11 | |
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 9 |
Eerste Klasse North
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 25 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | HSC | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 21 | |
| 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 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 40 | 21 | |
| 4 | Sneek | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 29 | 20 | |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 49 | 17 | |
| 6 | Achilles | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 49 | 16 | |
| 7 | Velocitas | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 15 | |
| 8 | VV Leeuwarden | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 54 | 11 | |
| 9 | WVV Winschoten | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 58 | 10 | |
| 10 | 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:... |
16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 49 | 5 |
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Juliana | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 24 | 34 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | 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.... |
22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 32 | 29 | |
| 3 | NOAD | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 30 | 29 | |
| 4 | MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902... |
21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 28 | |
| 5 | Willem II | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 36 | 25 | |
| 6 | PSV | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 22 | |
| 7 | LONGA | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 43 | 18 | |
| 8 | 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... |
20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 18 | |
| 9 | HVV Helmond | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 65 | 12 | |
| 10 | Limburgia SV Limburgia Sport Vereniging Limburgia was a Dutch football/sports club from the city of Brunssum . Today it exists as BSV Limburgia- History :SV Limburgia was founded on 9 May 1920 by the Limburgian coal mines, under the name Rhenania... |
20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 11 | |
| 11 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 55 | 10 | |
| 12 | RFC Roermond | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 8 |
Eerste Klasse West-I
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 29 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | 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... 2 |
18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 25 | 28 | |
| 3 | 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... 2 |
18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 29 | 27 | |
| 4 | VSV | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 32 | 21 | |
| 5 | HVV 't Gooi 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 44 | 19 | |
| 6 | Ajax | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 17 | |
| 7 | Stormvogels 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 14 | |
| 8 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 61 | 11 | |
| 9 | KFC 2 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 62 | 8 | |
| 10 | DOS | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 63 | 6 |
2Team moving to Division West-II
Eerste Klasse West-II
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 29 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | 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.... |
18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 44 | 23 | |
| 3 | 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:... 1 |
18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 47 | 23 | |
| 4 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 46 | 20 | |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 19 | |
| 6 | DHC | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 18 | |
| 7 | RFC1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 17 | |
| 8 | VUC1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 58 | 16 | |
| 9 | 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... 1 |
18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 63 | 13 | |
| 10 | CVV Mercurius1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 2 |
1Team moving to Division West-I
Championship play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | Champions |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | |
| 3 | 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... |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | |
| 4 | Juliana | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 9 | |
| 5 | GVAV Rapiditas | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 2 |