The Netherlands Football League Championship

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....

 1942/1943 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...

. 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...

 won this years championship by beating Feijenoord, Willem II, 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...

 and sc Heerenveen.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

• 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...
  
  

Eerste Klasse South:

• Maurits

Eerste Klasse West-I:

• Moving in from West-II: 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:...
  
  , Hermes DVS and 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....
  
  
• De Volewijckers
  Volewijckers
  De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord.-History:...
  
  

Eerste Klasse West-II:

• Moving in from West-I: Ajax, Feijenoord and VUC

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	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	12	5	1	36	9	29	Championship play-off
2	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	43	30	23
3	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	9	3	6	45	38	21
4	NEC Nijmegen	18	9	2	7	32	28	20
5	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	8	4	6	35	39	20
6	Quick Nijmegen	18	7	5	6	44	36	19
7	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	5	6	7	37	35	16
8	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	4	10	26	40	12
9	HVV Tubantia	18	6	0	12	31	54	12
10	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	3	2	13	33	53	8

Eerste Klasse North

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	sc Heerenveen	18	15	2	1	63	22	32	Championship play-off
2	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	9	4	5	50	35	22
3	Achilles	18	9	4	5	36	31	22
4	GVAV Rapiditas	18	8	5	5	50	29	21
5	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	7	4	7	34	37	18
6	Velocitas	18	7	4	7	40	45	18
7	LSC Sneek	18	6	4	8	33	40	16
8	HSC	18	4	6	8	45	48	14
9	VV Leeuwarden	18	5	0	10	33	52	13
10	Sneek	18	2	3	13	21	66	7

Eerste Klasse South

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Willem II	22	14	4	4	50	28	32	Championship play-off
2	LONGA	22	13	3	6	59	40	29
3	BVV Den Bosch	22	10	5	7	52	29	25
4	Spekholzerheide	22	10	4	8	52	47	24
5	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...	22	7	9	6	44	30	23
6	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	10	3	9	39	41	23
7	Maurits	22	9	3	10	56	60	21
8	Picus	22	8	4	10	40	59	20
9	PSV	22	7	5	10	31	36	19
10	MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...	21	6	5	10	40	50	17
11	RFC Roermond	21	6	3	12	35	51	15
12	NOAD	22	6	2	14	39	66	14

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	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...	19	10	6	3	41	32	26	Championship play-off
2	Hermes DVS	19	11	2	6	45	29	24
3	HFC EDO	18	9	4	5	27	28	22
4	DFC	18	8	4	6	46	38	20
5	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...	18	7	5	6	32	33	19
6	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	7	4	7	41	46	18
7	De Volewijckers Volewijckers De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord.-History:...	18	6	3	9	36	39	15
8	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	6	2	10	36	43	14
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...	18	5	2	11	42	45	12
10	Stormvogels	18	4	4	10	20	33	12

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Feijenoord	18	14	3	1	48	19	31	Championship play-off
2	VSV	18	11	3	4	60	30	25
3	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	18	11	2	5	40	31	24
4	DHC	18	10	2	6	46	36	22
5	VUC	18	8	3	7	51	50	19
6	Ajax	18	6	4	8	39	39	16
7	RFC	18	7	2	9	36	41	16
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	4	2	12	41	54	10
9	SC Emma	18	4	2	12	26	59	10
10	't Gooi	18	2	3	13	26	54	7

Championship play-off

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	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...	8	4	3	1	19	11	11	Champions
2	Feijenoord	8	3	3	2	9	9	9
3	Willem II	8	3	2	3	17	19	8
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...	8	3	1	4	15	13	7
5	sc Heerenveen	8	2	1	5	18	26	5