Netherlands Football League Championship 1889-90
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The Netherlands Football League Championship
1889/1890 was contested by seven teams from the cities Amsterdam
, The Hague
, Haarlem
and Rotterdam
. The teams participated in the competition that would later be called Eerste Klasse West. But since the western football district of the Netherlands was the only one to have a competition at the time, it could be regarded as a national championship. Koninklijke HFC
from Haarlem
won the championship, however this championship was not official, since the teams had not played an equal number of matches.
1 Championship not considered official due to an unequal number of matches played between teams.
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....
1889/1890 was contested by seven teams from the cities Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
and Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. The teams participated in the competition that would later be called Eerste Klasse West. But since the western football district of the Netherlands was the only one to have a competition at the time, it could be regarded as a national championship. Koninklijke HFC
Koninklijke HFC
Koninklijke HFC is a football club in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It is the oldest club in Dutch history, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the first years the only team played rugby but due to financial problems they switched to association football...
from Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
won the championship, however this championship was not official, since the teams had not played an equal number of matches.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GAv | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke HFC Koninklijke HFC is a football club in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It is the oldest club in Dutch history, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the first years the only team played rugby but due to financial problems they switched to association football... |
9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 1.36 | Champions 1 |
| 2 | RAP RAP (football club) RAP was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that played in the Netherlands Football League Championship. The club played from 1887 to 1914, and were the first official football champion of the Netherlands ever in the 1899 season... |
9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | |
| 3 | HVV Den Haag HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club... |
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2.29 | |
| 4 | Olympia Rotterdam | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | |
| 5 | VV Concordia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0.71 | |
| 6 | VVA | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | Not participating next season |
| 7 | Excelsior Haarlem | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0.38 |
1 Championship not considered official due to an unequal number of matches played between teams.