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....

 1954/1955 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division 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...

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

, PSV and 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....

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This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from the KNVB

Royal Dutch Football Association

The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...

. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced.

New entrants

48 competitors from last season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitors Bleijerheide merged to form Roda Sport and Juliana merged to form Rapid JC. New entrants were:

• Alkmaar '54
• BVC Amsterdam
• Fortuna
  Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...
  
  
• DFC
• De Graafschap
  De Graafschap
  De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...
  
  
• Holland Sport
  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...
  
  
• HVC
• 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 :...
  
  

Eerste Klasse A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	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...	26	18	5	3	60	24	41	Championship play-off
2	Holland Sport 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...	26	18	4	4	72	33	40	Not participating next season
3	MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...  B	26	14	6	6	64	37	34
4	Excelsior	26	13	5	8	47	36	31
5	BVC Amsterdam	26	11	5	10	53	41	27
6	Emma B	26	11	5	10	41	47	27
7	Stormvogels	26	9	8	9	49	42	26
8	DOS	26	12	2	12	60	53	26
9	Roda Sport	26	11	4	11	48	51	26
10	LONGA	26	10	3	13	55	65	23	Relegation
11	VV Leeuwarden	26	7	7	12	40	59	21
12	Zwolsche Boys 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...	26	5	5	16	31	59	15
13	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 :...	26	4	6	16	38	85	14
14	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...	26	3	7	16	27	53	13

^B Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B

Eerste Klasse B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Willem II	26	19	5	2	96	42	43	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....  A	26	12	8	6	67	42	32
3	Fortuna Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...  A	26	13	5	8	46	38	31
4	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:...	26	11	6	9	53	50	28
5	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...  A	26	10	6	10	48	43	26
6	Sittardia Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...	26	10	6	10	57	52	26
7	Elinkwijk	26	11	4	11	48	45	26
8	HFC EDO	26	11	4	11	42	45	26
9	VV Rigtersbleek A	26	10	6	10	49	58	26
10	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...	26	9	6	11	35	38	24	Relegation
11	sc Heerenveen	26	9	5	12	56	68	23
12	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...	26	8	5	13	56	71	21
13	Brabantia	26	6	6	14	34	68	18
14	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 ....	26	6	2	18	33	60	14

^A Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A

Eerste Klasse C

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	PSV B	26	16	7	3	64	39	39	Championship play-off
2	Rapid B	26	15	5	6	70	41	35
3	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...  A	26	14	6	6	53	33	34
4	GVAV Rapiditas B	26	14	5	7	69	50	33
5	Alkmaar '54 B	26	11	6	9	41	37	28
6	EBOH A	26	12	4	10	45	50	28
7	Feijenoord B	26	11	5	10	47	47	27
8	Vitesse A	26	10	7	9	42	44	27
9	NOAD A	26	8	10	8	41	36	26
10	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...	26	9	8	9	47	42	26	Relegation
11	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...	26	6	6	14	38	67	18
12	NEC Nijmegen	26	4	9	13	33	49	17
13	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	6	2	18	34	62	14
14	Hermes DVS	26	2	8	16	28	55	12

^A Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A

^B Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B

Eerste Klasse D

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	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....  A	26	17	5	4	59	26	39	Championship play-off
2	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....  A	26	15	7	4	54	21	37
3	Ajax A	26	12	11	3	57	30	35
4	De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...  B	26	13	4	9	48	35	30
5	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...  B	26	12	5	9	48	36	29
6	BVV Den Bosch B	26	12	5	9	42	39	29
7	HVC A	26	8	11	7	34	31	27
8	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:...  B	26	11	4	11	34	53	26
9	DFC B	26	10	5	11	41	47	25
10	RBC Roosendaal	26	9	7	10	43	50	25	Relegation
11	VSV	26	9	6	11	43	43	24
12	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...	26	4	5	17	31	55	13
13	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...	26	3	7	16	23	51	13
14	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:...	26	4	4	18	24	64	12

^A Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A

^B Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B

Championship play-off

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Willem II	6	3	2	1	14	11	8	Champions
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...	6	2	2	2	14	12	6
3	PSV	6	1	4	1	10	10	6
4	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....	6	1	2	3	9	14	4