1917–18 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1917–1918
ChampionsAjax (1st title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1917–1918 was contested by 51 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead, Willem II, AFC and Be Quick 1887.

New entrants

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Go Ahead 18 14 3 1 48 13 +35 31 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 Be Quick Zutphen 18 9 6 3 33 20 +13 24
3 HVV Tubantia 18 7 9 2 34 19 +15 23
4 Quick Nijmegen 18 10 2 6 36 18 +18 22
5 EFC PW 1885 18 7 3 8 36 27 +9 17
6 Koninklijke UD 18 6 5 7 34 32 +2 17
7 SC Enschede 18 6 2 10 27 44 −17 14
8 Vitesse Arnhem 18 6 2 10 23 43 −20 14
9 GVC Wageningen 18 4 5 9 20 42 −22 13
10 Robur et Velocitas 18 2 1 15 16 49 −33 5 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Be Quick 1887 14 12 1 1 61 12 +49 25 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 Velocitas 1897 14 10 1 3 57 27 +30 21
3 LAC Frisia 1883 13 6 1 6 37 28 +9 13
4 WVV Winschoten 14 6 2 6 22 25 −3 14
5 HSC 14 5 0 9 15 42 −27 10
6 Achilles 1894 14 5 1 8 30 49 −19 11
7 GSAVV Forward 14 2 2 10 21 54 −33 6
8 Veendam 13 4 2 7 24 30 −6 4[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ 6 points deducted

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Willem II 16 13 2 1 39 14 +25 28 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 NAC 16 9 5 2 40 17 +23 23
3 MVV Maastricht 16 11 1 4 32 23 +9 23
4 CVV Velocitas 16 8 1 7 29 24 +5 17
5 RKVV Wilhelmina 16 5 5 6 18 16 +2 15
6 Zeelandia Middelburg 16 2 6 8 16 26 −10 10
7 VVV Venlo 16 3 4 9 19 35 −16 10
8 HVV Helmond 16 3 4 9 24 47 −23 10
9 MSV Maastricht 16 3 2 11 16 31 −15 8 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC Ajax 22 14 5 3 58 20 +38 33 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 HFC Haarlem 22 13 2 7 50 28 +22 28
3 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 22 12 4 6 35 23 +12 28
4 Sparta Rotterdam 22 11 3 8 47 26 +21 25
5 USV Hercules 22 11 3 8 32 31 +1 25
6 HVV Den Haag 22 10 2 10 41 39 +2 22
7 UVV Utrecht 22 10 2 10 45 45 0 22
8 DFC 22 7 4 11 33 42 −9 18
9 Koninklijke HFC 22 7 3 12 32 36 −4 17
10 HBS Craeyenhout 22 7 3 12 36 71 −35 17
11 VOC 22 5 6 11 24 44 −20 16
12 Quick (H) 22 5 3 14 16 44 −28 13
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AFC 22 12 7 3 37 16 +21 31 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 De Spartaan 22 12 7 3 36 19 +17 31
3 Feijenoord 22 10 4 8 31 30 +1 24
4 HVV 't Gooi 22 10 3 9 32 28 +4 23
5 RFC 22 8 7 7 31 33 −2 23
6 Hermes DVS 22 8 7 7 25 27 −2 23
7 Dordrecht 22 8 6 8 29 28 +1 22
8 DVS Rotterdam 22 7 5 10 33 40 −7 19
9 VV Concordia 22 6 7 9 35 43 −8 19
10 VVA Amsterdam 22 4 8 10 37 33 +4 16
11 SVV 22 4 8 10 21 39 −18 16
12 Amstel 22 6 5 11 21 32 −11 15[a] Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AJA GOA WIL AFC BEQ
1 AFC Ajax 8 6 1 1 16 4 +12 13 0–1 2–0 4–3 5–0
2 Go Ahead 8 4 2 2 7 4 +3 10 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0
3 Willem II 8 4 1 3 10 10 0 9 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–2
4 AFC 8 2 1 5 11 17 −6 5 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–2
5 Be Quick 1887 8 1 1 6 9 18 −9 3 0–1 0–2 1–1 4–1
Source: rsssf.com

References