1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship

Play season of a football competition Netherl. Football Championship 1937–1938 Feijenoord (4th title) 1936–37 1938–39 The Netherlands Football League Championship 1937–1938 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. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Heracles, DWS, Be Quick 1887 and PSV Eindhoven. New entrants Eerste Klasse East: Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Hengelo Eerste Klasse North: Promoted from 2nd Division: sc Heerenveen Eerste Klasse South: Promoted from 2nd Division: Willem II Eerste Klasse West-I: Moving in from West-II: DWS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam VSV and VUC Promoted from 2nd Division: RFC Rotterdam Eerste Klasse West-II: Moving in from West-I: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, CVV Mercurius, DHC Delft, Stormvogels and Xerxes Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV 't Gooi Divisions Eerste Klasse East main WDL QR 2 y HER Heracles GAE Go Ahead TUB HVV Tubantia ENS SC Enschede AGO AGOVV Apeldoorn WAG FC Wageningen ZAC ZAC NEC NEC Nijmegen HEN HVV Hengelo ZWO PEC Zwolle 12 2 4 44 20 10 4 4 42 28 10 4 4 40 31 8 5 5 43 31 7 6 5 31 24 7 4 7 42 38 7 1 10 27 36 5 2 11 29 45 2 7 9 23 43 3 3 12 20 45 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse North main WDL QR 2 y BEQ Be Quick 1887 GVA GVAV Rapiditas VEE Veendam ACH Achilles 1894 HSC HSC LEE VV Leeuwarden VEL Velocitas 1897 SWZ Sneek Wit Zwart HEE sc Heerenveen HOO VV Hoogezand 12 3 3 51 24 10 6 2 56 23 9 4 5 46 25 7 5 6 41 38 9 0 9 33 47 5 7 6 40 37 6 4 8 22 26 6 3 9 23 43 4 4 10 34 58 3 2 13 21 46 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse South main WDL Q 2 y PSV PSV Eindhoven NAC NAC JUL Juliana BVV BVV Den Bosch LON LONGA EIN FC Eindhoven ROE RFC Roermond WIL Willem II MVV MVV Maastricht NOAD NOAD RJC Bleijerheide 13 3 4 59 25 12 3 5 49 29 11 3 6 47 41 10 3 7 50 42 9 5 6 35 32 8 4 8 43 37 8 2 10 41 45 7 3 10 37 50 6 4 10 37 56 6 1 13 39 57 3 3 14 28 51 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-I main WDL QR 2 y DWS DWS AJX AFC Ajax KFC KFC RFC RFC Rotterdam ADO ADO Den Haag VSV VSV VUC VUC DFC DFC SPA Sparta Rotterdam EXC SBV Excelsior 13 2 3 44 23 12 3 3 62 20 7 4 7 31 29 9 0 9 48 48 7 4 7 32 37 7 3 8 56 56 6 4 8 45 39 6 4 8 25 45 4 4 10 24 32 3 4 11 17 55 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP inherit Division West-II next season TW2 TW2 TW2 TW2 TW2 red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-II main WDL Q 2 y FEY Feijenoord HAA HFC Haarlem XER Xerxes BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam MER CVV Mercurius HVV HVV 't Gooi VSV Stormvogels CRA HBS Craeyenhout DHC DHC Delft HER Hermes DVS 13 1 4 50 20 12 2 4 52 37 8 4 6 63 39 9 2 7 44 40 8 3 7 32 27 8 3 7 32 34 8 2 8 37 43 5 4 9 42 53 2 5 11 34 67 3 2 13 31 57 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP inherit Division West-I next season TW1 TW1 TW1 TW1 TW1 TW1 complete rsssf.com Championship play-off main WDL Q 2 yes FEY Feijenoord HER Heracles DWS DWS BEQ Be Quick 1887 PSV PSV Eindhoven 6 2 0 20 7 6 0 2 21 11 2 3 3 11 9 2 1 5 13 21 0 2 6 8 25 green1 C FBR grey 4–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–5 1–6 2–0 2–2 1–7 1–1 2–5 complete rsssf.com References RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954 RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost RSSSF Eerste Klasse Noord RSSSF Eerste Klasse Zuid RSSSF Eerste Klasse West Association football Netherlands Category:Netherlands Football League Championship seasons League Championship Netherlands