1926–27 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1926–1927
ChampionsHeracles (1st title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1926–1927 was contested by 50 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 this year's championship by beating NAC, AFC Ajax, Feijenoord and Velocitas 1897.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse North:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: GVAV

Eerste Klasse South:

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Heracles 19 13 3 3 54 26 +28 29 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 SC Enschede 19 12 3 4 68 25 +43 27
3 Enschedese Boys 18 9 2 7 39 44 −5 20
4 ZAC 18 7 5 6 44 35 +9 19
5 Vitesse Arnhem 18 7 4 7 45 42 +3 18
6 Go Ahead 18 5 6 7 32 39 −7 16
7 FC Wageningen 18 6 3 9 42 55 −13 15
8 DOTO Deventer 18 5 4 9 28 44 −16 14
9 Robur et Velocitas 18 5 3 10 33 47 −14 13
10 HVV Hengelo 18 5 1 12 34 62 −28 11 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Velocitas 1897 18 16 0 2 79 21 +58 32 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Be Quick 1887 18 11 1 6 63 30 +33 21[a]
3 Achilles 1894 18 10 1 7 44 40 +4 21
4 VV Leeuwarden 18 9 2 7 41 48 −7 20
5 LVV Friesland 18 9 1 8 45 46 −1 19
6 GVAV Rapiditas 18 7 2 9 42 45 −3 16
7 Veendam 18 6 3 9 40 50 −10 15
8 LAC Frisia 1883 18 5 4 9 45 64 −19 14
9 GVV Groningen 18 6 0 12 30 52 −22 12
10 WVV Winschoten 18 4 0 14 32 65 −33 8 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 NAC 18 12 4 2 60 20 +40 28 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 MVV Maastricht 18 12 3 3 47 24 +23 27
3 NOAD 18 9 8 1 43 17 +26 26
4 PSV Eindhoven 18 6 7 5 37 31 +6 19
5 Willem II 18 5 7 6 43 45 −2 17
6 FC Eindhoven 18 4 8 6 23 24 −1 16
7 BVV Den Bosch 18 4 7 7 24 46 −22 15
8 RFC Roermond 18 4 6 8 29 45 −16 14
9 RKVV Wilhelmina 18 4 3 11 24 47 −23 11
10 Bredania/'t Zesde 18 2 3 13 10 41 −31 7 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC Ajax 18 13 1 4 49 15 +34 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Stormvogels 18 10 4 4 59 35 +24 24 Division West-II next season
3 SBV Excelsior 18 8 3 7 42 44 −2 19
4 HVV 't Gooi 18 8 2 8 51 48 +3 18 Division West-II next season
5 RCH 18 8 2 8 34 41 −7 18
6 Sparta Rotterdam 18 8 1 9 39 36 +3 17 Division West-II next season
7 DFC 18 7 3 8 48 58 −10 17
8 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 8 1 9 34 42 −8 17 Division West-II next season
9 VUC 18 6 1 11 37 52 −15 13
10 HVV Den Haag 18 4 2 12 30 52 −22 10 Division West-II next season
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Feijenoord 18 12 3 3 75 31 +44 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 HFC EDO 18 10 5 3 47 24 +23 25 Division West-I next season
3 FC Hilversum 18 8 7 3 43 28 +15 23
4 HBS Craeyenhout 18 9 4 5 46 35 +11 22
5 ZFC 18 8 4 6 51 54 −3 20
6 UVV Utrecht 18 6 6 6 39 40 −1 18 Division West-I next season
7 De Spartaan 18 8 1 9 46 48 −2 17
8 Koninklijke HFC 18 5 4 9 35 44 −9 14
9 VOC 18 4 3 11 35 53 −18 11 Division West-I next season
10 Ajax Sportman Combinatie 18 1 1 16 25 85 −60 3 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HER NAC AJA FEY VEL
1 Heracles 8 6 2 0 16 5 +11 14 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
2 NAC 8 5 0 3 14 11 +3 10 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–0
3 AFC Ajax 8 3 2 3 14 15 −1 8 2–2 1–4 0–2 5–1
4 Feijenoord 8 3 1 4 10 10 0 7 0–2 3–1 2–3 0–0
5 Velocitas 1897 8 0 1 7 4 17 −13 1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–3
Source: rsssf.com

References