Netherlands Football League Championship 1918–19
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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
. Ajax won this years championship by beating Go Ahead
, AFC Amsterdam, Be Quick 1887
and NAC
.
Eerste Klasse North:
Eerste Klasse South:
Eerste Klasse West-B:
1AFC Amsterdam moved to the only remaining western division of the highest level next season.
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....
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
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...
. Ajax won this years championship by beating 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...
, AFC Amsterdam, 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:...
and 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...
.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:- ZAC (returning after six seasons of absence)
Eerste Klasse North:
- MVV AlcidesMVV AlcidesMeppeler Voetbalvereniging Alcides, known as Alcides is a football club from Meppel, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1907, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
Eerste Klasse South:
- NOAD
Eerste Klasse West-B:
- WFC
Eerste Klasse East
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | 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 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 30 | Championship play-off |
2 | 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 | 42 | 16 | 29 | |
3 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 19 | 26 | |
4 | PW | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 19 | |
5 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 18 | |
6 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 16 | |
7 | ZAC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 47 | 16 | |
8 | Vitesse | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 50 | 11 | |
9 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 10 | |
10 | GVC | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 5 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse North
Not all matches had been played in the northern division this season. A ranking was created on the basis of games played and average points, this explains why some teams are ranked higher despite having less points.Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | 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:... |
16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 12 | 32 | Championship play-off |
2 | Velocitas | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 25 | |
3 | Alcides MVV Alcides Meppeler Voetbalvereniging Alcides, known as Alcides is a football club from Meppel, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1907, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands.-External links:*... |
14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 13 | |
4 | Frisia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 11 | |
5 | WVV Winschoten | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 8 | |
6 | GSAVV Forward | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 48 | 11 | |
7 | 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 :... |
15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 58 | 10 | |
8 | Achilles | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 54 | 9 | |
9 | HSC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 3 |
Eerste Klasse South
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... |
16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 28 | Championship play-off |
2 | Willem II | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 22 | |
3 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 21 | |
4 | MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902... |
16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 14 | |
5 | Velocitas | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 14 | |
6 | NOAD | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 13 | |
7 | 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.... |
16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 13 | |
8 | Wilhelmina | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 10 | |
9 | HVV Helmond | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 9 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse West-A
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | Ajax | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 11 | 41 | Championship play-off |
2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 30 | |
3 | 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... |
22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 29 | |
4 | 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.... |
22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 33 | 27 | |
5 | 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:... |
22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 24 | |
6 | VOC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 22 | |
7 | 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... |
22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 41 | 22 | |
8 | 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... |
22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 40 | 21 | |
9 | UVV Utrecht UVV Utrecht UVV Utrecht is a sports club based in Utrecht, Netherlands. It was founded in 1902. The club has teams in the following sports: football, tennis, baseball, softball and beach volleyball.... |
22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 52 | 16 | |
10 | DFC | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 13 | |
11 | Quick | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 10 | |
12 | Hercules | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 65 | 9 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse West-B
The Eerste Klasse West-B would become second level next season. This meant that all participants could not play for the Dutch championship anymore.Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | AFC Amsterdam1 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 37 | Championship play-off |
2 | VV Concordia | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 28 | Division moving to lower level |
3 | Feijenoord | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 37 | 27 | |
4 | VVA | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 36 | 26 | |
5 | HVV 't Gooi | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 25 | |
6 | WFC | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 25 | |
7 | De Spartaan | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 29 | 22 | |
8 | 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:... |
22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 18 | |
9 | DVS Rotterdam | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 17 | |
10 | RFC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 45 | 17 | |
11 | Hermes DVS | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 16 | |
12 | Dordrecht | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 76 | 4 |
1AFC Amsterdam moved to the only remaining western division of the highest level next season.
Championship play-off
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | Ajax | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 13 | Champions |
2 | 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... |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |
3 | AFC Amsterdam | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |
4 | 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:... |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 6 | |
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... |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 |