1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship 1940–1941 Heracles (2nd title) 1939–40 1941–42 The Netherlands Football League Championship 1940–1941 was contested by 52 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 its second championship this year by beating PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag, Be Quick 1887 and VSV. Divisions Eerste Klasse East main WDL QR 2 y HER Heracles NEC NEC Nijmegen TUB HVV Tubantia ENS SC Enschede TWE Enschedese Boys WAG FC Wageningen NIJ Quick Nijmegen HEN HVV Hengelo AGO AGOVV Apeldoorn GAE Go Ahead 13 4 1 53 12 11 4 3 52 28 9 5 4 44 33 9 4 5 37 29 7 1 10 31 43 6 2 10 36 48 5 4 9 24 34 6 1 11 37 56 6 1 11 21 41 5 0 13 27 38 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 HSC HSC VEL Velocitas 1897 LEE VV Leeuwarden HEE sc Heerenveen GVA GVAV Rapiditas ACH Achilles 1894 SWZ Sneek Wit Zwart VEE Veendam WIN WVV Winschoten 13 4 2 47 22 12 4 3 43 27 12 2 4 36 28 10 1 7 46 27 7 5 6 52 49 7 4 7 35 22 3 6 9 44 57 4 5 9 18 32 2 4 12 27 54 3 1 14 32 62 -2 2 points deducted green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse South main WDL QR 2 y PSV PSV Eindhoven LON LONGA JUL Juliana NAC NAC MVV MVV Maastricht BVV BVV Den Bosch EIN FC Eindhoven NOAD NOAD WIL Willem II HEL HVV Helmond ROE RFC Roermond LIM Limburgia 15 3 4 63 27 13 4 5 52 31 12 5 5 67 37 10 6 6 45 37 8 6 8 37 39 8 5 9 34 41 8 4 10 47 45 9 2 11 40 52 7 4 11 37 42 6 4 12 29 53 4 7 11 32 70 5 4 13 32 41 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP black1 Changed name to Spekholzerheide Juliana, named after the princess who was staying in England and Canada during the war, were forced to change the name into Spekholzerheide in order to discourage any resistance against the occupation. Apparently, this rule only applied to clubs named after living members of the house of Oranje, as Willem II was allowed to keep its name (but second level Wilhelmina from Den Bosch were renamed De Kanaries). SPE red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-I Moving in from Division West-II: CVV Rotterdam, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and Xerxes. main WDL QR 2 y VSV VSV AJX AFC Ajax HAA HFC Haarlem DOS DOS VUC VUC BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam XER Xerxes CRA HBS Craeyenhout RFC RFC Rotterdam MER CVV Mercurius 14 2 2 61 27 8 6 4 53 31 10 2 6 42 32 9 3 6 56 48 7 4 7 50 55 6 5 7 34 29 6 3 9 42 50 5 4 9 43 50 5 4 9 32 46 2 3 13 22 67 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offMoved to Division West-II next season CPTW2 inherit Moved to Division West-II next season TW2 TW2 TW2 TW2 red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-II Moving in from Division West-I: ADO Den haag, DWS, HVV 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels main WDL QR 2 y ADO ADO Den Haag DHC DHC Delft DWS DWS SPA Sparta Rotterdam DFC DFC FEY Feijenoord HER Hermes DVS VSV Stormvogels HVV HVV 't Gooi KFC KFC 11 8 1 53 32 11 6 3 50 34 8 4 6 26 27 8 3 7 44 38 7 5 6 39 34 8 3 7 34 35 6 6 6 42 34 5 3 10 27 37 2 6 10 24 39 3 2 13 26 55 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offMoved to Division West-I next season QCPW1 inherit Moved to Division West-I next season TW1 TW1 TW1 TW1 red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Championship play-off main WDL 2 yes HER Heracles PSV PSV Eindhoven ADO ADO Den Haag BEQ Be Quick 1887 VSV VSV 6 1 1 27 9 3 3 2 12 16 2 3 3 13 16 2 2 4 9 19 1 3 4 12 13 green1 C FBR grey 6–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–5 3–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 5–1 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