1916–17 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship 1916–1917 Go Ahead (1st title) 1915–16 1917–18 The Netherlands Football League Championship 1916–1917 was contested by 35 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating UVV Utrecht, Willem II and Be Quick 1887. New entrants Eerste Klasse East: Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Enschede Eerste Klasse North: (new Division) Achilles 1894, Be Quick 1887, Veendam, GSAVV Forward, LAC Frisia 1883, Velocitas 1897 & WVV Winschoten Eerste Klasse South: Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeelandia Middelburg Eerste Klasse West: Promoted from 2nd Division: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam Divisions Eerste Klasse East main WDL Q 2 y GAE Go Ahead ENS SC Enschede NIJ Quick Nijmegen GVC GVC Wageningen TUB HVV Tubantia BQZ Be Quick Zutphen VIT Vitesse Arnhem ROB Robur et Velocitas KON Koninklijke UD 10 3 3 37 8 8 4 4 19 16 9 1 6 23 13 6 5 5 29 25 6 4 6 22 31 4 6 6 26 27 5 4 7 30 35 3 6 7 16 22 3 3 10 19 44 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse North main WDL Q 2 y BEQ Be Quick 1887 VEL Velocitas 1897 FRI LAC Frisia 1883 WIN WVV Winschoten FOR GSAVV Forward ACH Achilles 1894 VEE Veendam 9 2 1 68 21 6 3 3 50 29 6 1 5 36 29 5 2 5 21 36 3 3 6 21 28 3 3 6 33 56 2 2 8 18 48 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse South main WDL Q 2 y WIL Willem II NAC NAC ZEE Zeelandia Middelburg VEL CVV Velocitas MAA MSV Maastricht MVV MVV Maastricht RKVV RKVV Wilhelmina VVV VVV Venlo 13 1 0 53 5 11 0 3 37 22 6 2 6 39 30 5 3 6 26 26 5 2 7 21 19 5 1 8 25 30 5 0 9 20 42 0 3 11 13 60 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West main WDL Q 2 y UVV UVV Utrecht SPA Sparta Rotterdam DHG HVV Den Haag BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam VOC VOC HLM HFC Haarlem DFC DFC CRA HBS Craeyenhout HCQ HV & CV Quick KON Koninklijke HFC HER USV Hercules 11 7 2 51 18 12 4 4 42 40 10 4 6 44 23 9 5 6 34 27 7 5 8 35 35 9 1 10 35 47 8 2 10 44 47 7 4 9 32 41 6 5 9 29 39 5 4 11 29 35 4 3 13 20 43 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP complete rsssf.com Championship play-off main WDL 2 yes GOA Go Ahead UVV UVV Utrecht WIL Willem II BEQ Be Quick 1887 5 1 0 15 7 3 1 2 12 5 2 1 3 11 12 0 1 5 8 22 green1 C FBR grey 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 6–2 3–5 0–4 0–2 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