Netherlands Football League Championship 1945–46
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The Netherlands Football League Championship
1945/1946 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands
. HFC Haarlem
won this years championship by beating Ajax, sc Heerenveen, NAC
, NEC Nijmegen and Limburgia
.
Eerste Klasse North:
Eerste Klasse South-I:
Eerste Klasse South-II: (new division)
Eerste Klasse West-I:
Eerste Klasse West-II:
2Team moving to Division South-II
1Team moving to Division South-I
2Team moving to Division West-II
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....
1945/1946 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two 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...
. 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...
won this years championship by beating Ajax, sc Heerenveen, 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...
, NEC Nijmegen and 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...
.
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:- Be Quick Zutphen
Eerste Klasse North:
- Frisia
Eerste Klasse South-I:
- Moving in from the combined southern division from 1943-44: BVV Den Bosch, FC EindhovenFC EindhovenFC 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....
, LONGA, NACNAC BredaNAC 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...
, NOAD and Willem II - Baronie/DNL
- VV Helmond
- RBC Roosendaal
- RKTVV Tilburg
- VC VlissingenVC VlissingenVC Vlissingen is a Dutch football team based in Vlissingen.During the two season it spent as a professional team in the Eerste Divisie, the team was known as VCV Zeeland.-External links: *...
Eerste Klasse South-II: (new division)
- Moving in from the combined southern division from 1943-44: Juliana, Maurits, MVVMVV MaastrichtMVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...
, PSV, RFC Roermond and De Spechten - Juliana claimed back their original name after being forced to change their name to Spekholzerheide due to World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- Bleijerheide
- Brabantia
- SC Emma
- LimburgiaSV LimburgiaSport 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...
- VVVVVV VenloVVV-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....
Eerste Klasse West-I:
- Moving in from West-II: Ajax, Emma, HVV 't Gooi, RFC Rotterdam and VSV
- DOS
Eerste Klasse West-II:
- Moving in from West-I: DFC, DWSDoor Wilskracht SterkAFC 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...
, HBS CraeyenhoutHBS CraeyenhoutHBS Craeyenhout is a Dutch sports team based in The Hague that field teams in association football, cricket and hockey.-Association football:...
, Sparta RotterdamSparta RotterdamSparta 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....
and Stormvogels - SC Neptunus
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | NEC Nijmegen | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 28 | 27 | Championship play-off |
| 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... |
20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 26 | |
| 3 | 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... |
20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 43 | 26 | |
| 4 | 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... |
20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 35 | 25 | |
| 5 | 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... |
20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 21 | |
| 6 | Quick Nijmegen | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 21 | |
| 7 | Be Quick Zutphen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 18 | |
| 8 | 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... |
20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 48 | 18 | |
| 9 | HVV Tubantia | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 54 | 16 | |
| 10 | 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 .... |
20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 44 | 12 | |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 59 | 10 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse North
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | sc Heerenveen | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 25 | 33 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | GVAV Rapiditas | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 20 | 26 | |
| 3 | Sneek | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 22 | |
| 4 | VV Leeuwarden | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 22 | |
| 5 | 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:... |
18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 19 | |
| 6 | Velocitas | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 17 | |
| 7 | Achilles | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 17 | |
| 8 | 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 :... |
19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 16 | |
| 9 | HSC | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 14 | |
| 10 | Frisia | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 14 | |
| 11 | LSC Sneek | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 10 | Not participating next season |
Eerste Klasse South-I
| 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... |
20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 33 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 12 | 33 | |
| 3 | LONGA | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 28 | |
| 4 | NOAD | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 34 | 28 | |
| 5 | 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.... 2 |
19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 24 | |
| 6 | Willem II | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 22 | |
| 7 | Baronie/DNL | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 56 | 14 | |
| 8 | VV Helmond | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 11 | |
| 9 | VC Vlissingen VC Vlissingen VC Vlissingen is a Dutch football team based in Vlissingen.During the two season it spent as a professional team in the Eerste Divisie, the team was known as VCV Zeeland.-External links: *... |
20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 11 | |
| 10 | RKTVV Tilburg | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 67 | 8 | |
| 11 | RBC Roosendaal | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 63 | 6 | Not participating next season |
2Team moving to Division South-II
Eerste Klasse South-II
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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... |
20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 28 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | MVV MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902... |
20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 33 | 27 | |
| 3 | Maurits | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 36 | 24 | |
| 4 | Juliana | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 41 | 24 | |
| 5 | VV Brabantia | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 22 | |
| 6 | SC Emma | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 39 | 19 | |
| 7 | PSV | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 35 | 18 | |
| 8 | 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.... 1 |
19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 51 | 18 | |
| 9 | Bleijerheide | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 61 | 14 | |
| 10 | De Spechten | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 53 | 13 | |
| 11 | RFC Roermond | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 73 | 11 | Not participating next season |
1Team moving to Division South-I
Eerste Klasse West-I
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | Ajax | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 35 | 33 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | De Volewijckers Volewijckers De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord.-History:... 2 |
20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 81 | 42 | 32 | |
| 3 | Hermes DVS | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 66 | 59 | 24 | |
| 4 | 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... 2 |
20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 73 | 59 | 23 | |
| 5 | 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... |
20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 53 | 21 | |
| 6 | DOS 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 44 | 19 | |
| 7 | Emma | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 42 | 17 | |
| 8 | HFC EDO | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 52 | 15 | |
| 9 | VSV | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 75 | 15 | |
| 10 | RFC | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 71 | 11 | |
| 11 | HVV 't Gooi | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 38 | 60 | 10 |
2Team moving to Division West-II
Eerste Klasse West-II
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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... |
20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 57 | 31 | 27 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 22 | 25 | |
| 3 | 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.... 1 |
20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 23 | |
| 4 | 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 |
20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 22 | |
| 5 | SC Neptunus | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 21 | |
| 6 | Feijenoord1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 19 | |
| 7 | DHC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 19 | |
| 8 | Stormvogels Telstar Telstar is the name of various communications satellites, including the first such satellite to relay television signals.The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 was launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962... |
20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 19 | |
| 9 | 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:... |
20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 45 | 17 | |
| 10 | DFC | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 17 | |
| 11 | VUC | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | Not participating next season |
1Team moving to Division West-I
Championship play-off
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
| 1 | 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... |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | Ajax | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 14 | |
| 3 | sc Heerenveen | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 10 | |
| 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... |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | |
| 5 | NEC Nijmegen | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 7 | |
| 6 | 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... |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 6 |