1938–39 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1938–1939
ChampionsAFC Ajax (7th title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1938–1939 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 DWS, NEC, FC Eindhoven and Achilles 1894.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse North:

  • Promoted from 2nd Division: FVC

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 NEC Nijmegen 18 11 3 4 35 29 +6 25 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 AGOVV Apeldoorn 18 10 4 4 54 32 +22 24
3 Heracles 18 10 3 5 49 28 +21 23
4 SC Enschede 18 10 3 5 36 24 +12 23
5 Go Ahead 18 7 4 7 34 32 +2 18
6 HVV Tubantia 18 7 4 7 41 42 −1 18
7 FC Wageningen 18 4 6 8 29 46 −17 14
8 Quick Nijmegen 18 4 5 9 33 41 −8 13
9 HVV Hengelo 18 5 3 10 32 44 −12 13
10 ZAC 18 2 5 11 24 49 −25 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Achilles 1894 18 12 4 2 43 18 +25 28 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 GVAV Rapiditas 18 12 3 3 49 24 +25 27
3 sc Heerenveen 18 12 1 5 61 49 +12 25
4 Sneek Wit Zwart 18 10 4 4 31 18 +13 24
5 HSC 18 9 3 6 42 36 +6 21
6 VV Leeuwarden 18 6 2 10 28 35 −7 14
7 Be Quick 1887 18 4 3 11 30 48 −18 11
8 Velocitas 1897 18 3 5 10 23 43 −20 11
9 Veendam 18 3 4 11 33 47 −14 10
10 FVC 18 2 5 11 28 50 −22 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Eindhoven 20 14 3 3 44 13 +31 31 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 MVV Maastricht 20 11 6 3 43 35 +8 28
3 NAC 20 10 6 4 33 19 +14 26
4 PSV Eindhoven 20 7 6 7 35 32 +3 20
5 Juliana 20 8 4 8 39 39 0 20
6 Willem II 20 9 2 9 40 41 −1 20
7 LONGA 20 7 4 9 39 32 +7 18
8 BVV Den Bosch 20 5 6 9 35 41 −6 16
9 RFC Roermond 19 7 2 10 28 40 −12 16
10 NOAD 19 4 7 8 36 42 −6 15
11 Bleijerheide 20 2 4 14 22 60 −38 8 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DWS 18 12 3 3 49 26 +23 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 ADO Den Haag 18 9 6 3 33 23 +10 24
3 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 5 8 5 31 22 +9 18
4 Sparta Rotterdam 18 6 5 7 35 38 −3 17 Division West-II next season
5 Stormvogels 18 6 5 7 33 38 −5 17
6 CVV Mercurius 18 6 5 7 24 28 −4 17 Division West-II next season
7 Hermes DVS 18 6 5 7 31 38 −7 17
8 Xerxes 18 6 4 8 38 36 +2 16
9 KFC 18 4 7 7 31 32 −1 15
10 HBS Craeyenhout 18 4 4 10 30 54 −24 12 Division West-II next season
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC Ajax 18 12 3 3 47 19 +28 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
Division West-I next season
2 Feijenoord 18 12 1 5 40 30 +10 25
3 VUC 18 10 3 5 47 32 +15 23
4 DOS 18 8 4 6 41 40 +1 20 Division West-I next season
5 HFC Haarlem 18 7 4 7 48 45 +3 18
6 DHC Delft 18 7 4 7 40 39 +1 18
7 VSV 18 8 0 10 42 46 −4 16 Division West-I next season
8 HVV 't Gooi 18 6 3 9 24 34 −10 15
9 RFC Rotterdam 18 3 5 10 30 56 −26 11
10 DFC 18 3 1 14 30 48 −18 7
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AJA DWS NEC EIN ACH
1 AFC Ajax 8 5 2 1 19 11 +8 12 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2 DWS 8 3 4 1 20 11 +9 10 1–1 7–2 1–1 5–1
3 NEC Nijmegen 8 4 0 4 21 21 0 8 6–2 2–1 1–2 3–4
4 FC Eindhoven 8 2 3 3 14 15 −1 7 0–2 2–2 2–3 5–1
5 Achilles 1894 8 1 1 6 12 28 −16 3 2–5 1–2 1–3 2–2
Source: rsssf.com

References