1918–19 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1918–1919 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead, AFC, Be Quick 1887 and NAC.

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1918–1919
ChampionsAFC Ajax (2nd title)

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: ZAC (returning after six seasons of absence)

Eerste Klasse North:

Eerste Klasse South:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: NOAD

Eerste Klasse West-B:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: SV Fortuna Wormerveer

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Go Ahead 18 15 0 3 49 16 +33 30 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 SC Enschede 18 12 5 1 42 16 +26 29
3 Quick Nijmegen 18 11 4 3 51 19 +32 26
4 EFC PW 1885 18 8 3 7 23 22 +1 19
5 HVV Tubantia 18 8 2 8 26 23 +3 18
6 Koninklijke UD 18 6 4 8 28 29 1 16
7 ZAC 18 6 4 8 32 47 15 16
8 Vitesse Arnhem 18 3 5 10 26 50 24 11
9 Be Quick Zutphen 18 4 2 12 19 37 18 10
10 GVC 18 1 3 14 15 52 37 5 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Not all matches were played owing to poor ground conditions.
Therefore, rankings were based on games played and average points, which explains why some teams are ranked higher despite having less points.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Be Quick 1887 16 16 0 0 87 12 7.250 32 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Velocitas 1897 16 11 3 2 49 22 2.227 25
3 MVV Alcides 12 5 3 4 17 27 0.630 13
4 LAC Frisia 1883 12 4 3 5 44 28 1.571 11
5 WVV Winschoten 10 3 2 5 23 26 0.885 8
6 GSAVV Forward 15 3 5 7 40 48 0.833 11
7 Veendam 15 4 2 9 20 58 0.345 10
8 Achilles 1894 14 4 1 9 35 54 0.648 9
9 HSC 12 1 1 10 10 50 0.200 3
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 NAC 16 13 2 1 45 11 +34 28 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Willem II 16 10 2 4 48 22 +26 22
3 Zeelandia Middelburg 16 10 1 5 33 29 +4 21
4 MVV Maastricht 16 5 4 7 35 27 +8 14
5 CVV Velocitas 16 6 2 8 34 36 2 14
6 NOAD 16 5 3 8 23 34 11 13
7 VVV Venlo 16 6 1 9 18 36 18 13
8 RKVV Wilhelmina 16 3 4 9 16 38 22 10
9 HVV Helmond 16 3 3 10 21 40 19 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Ajax 22 19 3 0 70 11 +59 41 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 22 13 4 5 45 27 +18 30
3 HFC Haarlem 22 14 1 7 54 35 +19 29
4 Sparta Rotterdam 22 11 5 6 53 33 +20 27
5 HBS Craeyenhout 22 10 4 8 37 27 +10 24
6 VOC 22 8 6 8 30 29 +1 22
7 Koninklijke HFC 22 8 6 8 29 41 12 22
8 HVV Den Haag 22 7 7 8 45 40 +5 21
9 UVV Utrecht 22 5 6 11 24 52 28 16
10 DFC 22 4 5 13 24 45 21 13
11 HC & CV Quick 22 2 6 14 13 45 32 10
12 USV Hercules 22 3 3 16 26 65 39 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-B

The Eerste Klasse West-B would become Second Tier next season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC 22 17 3 2 58 20 +38 37 Qualified for Championship play-off.[lower-alpha 1]
2 VV Concordia 22 10 8 4 43 26 +17 28 Division moving to Second Tier
3 Feijenoord 22 10 7 5 53 37 +16 27
4 VVA 22 11 4 7 43 36 +7 26
5 HVV 't Gooi 22 8 9 5 27 18 +9 25
6 SV Fortuna Wormverveer 22 10 5 7 43 35 +8 25
7 De Spartaan 22 9 4 9 39 29 +10 22
8 SVV 22 5 8 9 28 29 1 18
9 DVS Rotterdam 22 6 5 11 34 44 10 17
10 RFC 22 7 5 10 28 45 17 17[lower-alpha 2]
11 Hermes DVS 22 4 8 10 22 33 11 16
12 Dordrecht 22 2 0 20 10 76 66 4
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. AFC moved to the Eerste Klasse West next season.
  2. 2 points deducted.

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AFC Ajax 8 5 3 0 16 6 +10 13
2 Go Ahead 8 3 3 2 12 10 +2 9
3 AFC 8 3 3 2 9 8 +1 9
4 Be Quick 1887 8 2 2 4 11 20 9 6
5 NAC 8 1 1 6 10 14 4 3
Source: rsssf.com

References

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