1952–53 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1952–1953 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. RCH won this year's championship by beating FC Eindhoven, Sparta Rotterdam and Vitesse Arnhem.

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1952–1953
ChampionsRCH (2nd title)

New entrants

Eerste Klasse A:

Eerste Klasse B:

Eerste Klasse C:

Eerste Klasse D:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 RCH 26 16 7 3 49 21 +28 39 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 VSV 26 13 6 7 50 34 +16 32 Transferred to Eerste B
3 AFC Ajax 26 12 6 8 53 40 +13 30
4 HFC EDO 26 11 7 8 30 32 −2 29 Transferred to Eerste B
5 DOS 26 13 2 11 62 49 +13 28
6 FC Wageningen 26 7 14 5 30 28 +2 28
7 Heracles 26 9 8 9 51 51 0 26
8 GVAV Rapiditas 26 9 6 11 47 47 0 24 Transferred to Eerste B
9 Enschedese Boys 26 9 6 11 40 47 −7 24
10 NEC Nijmegen 26 8 7 11 31 39 −8 23
11 Sneek Wit Zwart 26 7 8 11 31 45 −14 22 Transferred to Eerste B
12 De Volewijckers 26 9 3 14 41 43 −2 21
13 Zwolsche Boys 26 7 6 13 34 58 −24 20
14 LAC Frisia 1883 26 5 8 13 32 47 −15 18 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vitesse Arnhem 26 16 4 6 43 32 +11 36 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Stormvogels 26 15 4 7 66 33 +33 34 Transferred to Eerste A
3 sc Heerenveen 26 15 4 7 59 40 +19 34
4 HFC Haarlem 26 13 8 5 44 32 +12 34 Transferred to Eerste A
5 SC Enschede 26 12 6 8 47 44 +3 30
6 DWS 26 11 5 10 46 36 +10 27 Transferred to Eerste A
7 VV Leeuwarden 26 11 4 11 52 42 +10 26
8 Elinkwijk 26 11 3 12 35 40 −5 25 Transferred to Eerste A
9 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 26 9 6 11 32 32 0 24
10 HVV 't Gooi 26 8 7 11 35 39 −4 23
11 AGOVV Apeldoorn 26 8 6 12 41 49 −8 22
12 Be Quick 1887 26 8 6 12 48 67 −19 22 Transferred to Eerste A
13 Go Ahead 26 5 6 15 32 50 −18 16
14 Achilles 1894 26 3 5 18 29 73 −44 11 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Rotterdam 26 18 4 4 57 25 +32 40 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Willem II 26 17 5 4 79 40 +39 39 Transferred to Eerste D
3 BVV Den Bosch 26 13 7 6 53 26 +27 33
4 SBV Excelsior 26 13 6 7 65 42 +23 32 Transferred to Eerste D
5 VVV Venlo 26 11 7 8 41 38 +3 29
6 MVV Maastricht 26 10 8 8 49 36 +13 28 Transferred to Eerste D
7 Emma 26 10 5 11 52 53 −1 25
8 Sittardia 26 11 3 12 59 70 −11 25
9 SVV 26 11 1 14 50 59 −9 23
10 LONGA 26 11 1 14 43 57 −14 23
11 Brabantia 26 9 2 15 44 52 −8 20
12 Juliana 26 5 8 13 30 52 −22 18 Transferred to Eerste D
13 HBS Craeyenhout 26 6 4 16 47 70 −23 16
14 Theole 26 4 5 17 36 85 −49 13 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Eindhoven 27 17 5 5 47 22 +25 39 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 PSV Eindhoven 27 16 5 6 61 34 +27 37 Transferred to Eerste C
3 ADO Den Haag 26 13 6 7 43 31 +12 32
4 Bleijerheide 26 11 6 9 46 32 +14 28 Transferred to Eerste C
5 Feijenoord 26 9 9 8 45 43 +2 27
6 NAC 26 11 5 10 46 47 −1 27 Transferred to Eerste C
7 Limburgia 26 10 5 11 37 38 −1 25
8 Hermes DVS 26 9 7 10 47 57 −10 25
9 NOAD 26 8 7 11 37 42 −5 23
10 Xerxes 26 7 9 10 42 51 −9 23 Transferred to Eerste C
11 RBC Roosendaal 26 10 2 14 44 50 −6 22
12 DHC Delft 26 9 4 13 48 67 −19 22
13 Maurits 26 6 7 13 47 57 −10 19
14 TEC Tiel 26 6 5 15 41 60 −19 17 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 RCH 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Champion
2 FC Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 7
3 Sparta Rotterdam 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 6
4 Vitesse Arnhem 6 1 2 3 10 19 −9 4
Source: rsssf.com

References
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