Netherlands Football League Championship 1940–41
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The Netherlands Football League Championship
1940/1941 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
. Heracles
won its second championship this year by beating PSV, ADO Den Haag
, Be Quick 1887
and VSV.
3Sneek were deducted two points.
, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and Xerxes
.
2Team moving to Division West-II
, DWS
, 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels
1Team moving to Division West-I
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....
1940/1941 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...
. 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...
won its second championship this year by beating PSV, 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...
, 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 VSV.
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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... |
18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 28 | 26 | |
| 3 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 33 | 23 | |
| 4 | 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 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 22 | |
| 5 | 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... |
18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 43 | 15 | |
| 6 | 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 .... |
18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 48 | 14 | |
| 7 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 14 | |
| 8 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 56 | 13 | |
| 9 | 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... |
18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 13 | |
| 10 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 10 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse North
| 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:... |
19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | HSC | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 28 | |
| 3 | Velocitas | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 26 | |
| 4 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 21 | |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 49 | 19 | |
| 6 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 18 | |
| 7 | Achilles | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 57 | 12 | |
| 8 | Sneek 3 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 11 | |
| 9 | 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 :... |
18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 54 | 8 | |
| 10 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 62 | 7 | Not participating next season |
3Sneek were deducted two points.
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | PSV | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 27 | 33 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | LONGA | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 31 | 30 | |
| 3 | Juliana | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 37 | 29 | |
| 4 | 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... |
22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 37 | 26 | |
| 5 | MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902... |
22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 39 | 22 | |
| 6 | BVV Den Bosch | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 21 | |
| 7 | 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.... |
22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 45 | 20 | |
| 8 | NOAD | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 52 | 20 | |
| 9 | Willem II | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 18 | |
| 10 | HVV Helmond | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 53 | 16 | |
| 11 | RFC Roermond | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 70 | 15 | |
| 12 | 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... |
22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 14 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse West-I
Moving in from Division West-II: CVV Rotterdam, HBS CraeyenhoutHBS Craeyenhout
HBS Craeyenhout is a Dutch sports team based in The Hague that field teams in association football, cricket and hockey.-Association football:...
, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and 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...
.
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | VSV 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 27 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Ajax | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 22 | |
| 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... 2 |
18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 22 | |
| 4 | DOS | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 48 | 21 | |
| 5 | VUC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 55 | 18 | |
| 6 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 2 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 17 | |
| 7 | 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... |
18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 50 | 15 | |
| 8 | 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:... 2 |
18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 50 | 14 | |
| 9 | RFC 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | 14 | |
| 10 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 67 | 7 | Not participating next season |
2Team moving to Division West-II
Eerste Klasse West-II
Moving in from Division West-I: ADO Den haagADO 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...
, DWS
FC Amsterdam
FC Amsterdam was a Dutch football club which was founded on June 20, 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw Wit and DWS. The club Volewijckers joined the side for the 1973-1974 season...
, 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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... 1 |
20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 53 | 32 | 30 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | DHC | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 34 | 28 | |
| 3 | 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... 1 |
18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 20 | |
| 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.... |
18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 38 | 19 | |
| 5 | DFC1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 19 | |
| 6 | Feijenoord1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 19 | |
| 7 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 34 | 18 | |
| 8 | Stormvogels1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 13 | |
| 9 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 10 | |
| 10 | KFC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 55 | 8 | Not participating next season |
1Team moving to Division West-I
Championship play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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... |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | PSV | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 9 | |
| 3 | 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... |
8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | |
| 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 | 9 | 19 | 6 | |
| 5 | VSV | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 |