1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship 1954–1955 Willem II (3rd title) European Cup PSV Eindhoven 1953–54 1955–56 Hoofdklasse →1955–56 Eerste Klasse The Netherlands Football League Championship 1954–1955 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division of the Netherlands. Willem II won this year's championship by beating NAC, PSV Eindhoven and FC Eindhoven. This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from the KNVB. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced. At the end of the season, the four Eerste Klasse Divisions were re-aligned as two Divisions called Hoofdklasse A & B. New entrants 48 competitors from last season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitors Bleijerheide merged to form Roda Sport and Juliana merged to form Rapid JC. New entrants were: Alkmaar '54 BVC Amsterdam Fortuna DFC De Graafschap Holland Sport HVC Veendam Divisions Eerste Klasse A Table main WDL QR 2 y NAC NAC ADO Holland Sport MVV MVV Maastricht EXC SBV Excelsior AMS BVC Amsterdam EMM Emma VSV Stormvogels DOS DOS RJC Roda Sport LON LONGA LEE VV Leeuwarden ZWO Zwolsche Boys VEE Veendam GAE Go Ahead 18 5 3 60 24 18 4 4 72 33 14 6 6 64 37 13 5 8 47 36 11 5 10 53 41 11 5 10 41 47 9 8 9 49 42 12 2 12 60 53 11 4 11 48 51 10 3 13 55 65 7 7 12 40 59 5 5 16 31 59 4 6 16 38 85 3 7 16 27 53 green1 Qualified to Championship play-off QCP black1 Not participating next season NP inherit Transferred to Hoofdklasse B TB TB red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AMS DOS EMA EXC GOA HOL LEE LON MVV NAC RSP STO VEE ZBO Amsterdam 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–4 3–0 4–3 1–3 3–3 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 DOS 4–2 1–2 0–2 0–4 2–1 4–1 4–1 4–2 1–2 1–5 3–2 6–2 6–1 Emma 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–2 0–3 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 Excelsior 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 4–6 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 Go Ahead 1–0 1–0 3–5 3–5 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 Holland Sport 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 8–0 0–0 Leeuwarden 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 5–2 1–2 1–7 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 LONGA 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–4 0–5 1–0 2–1 4–0 7–2 MVV 1–2 5–3 6–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 5–1 2–0 5–0 4–3 1–1 4–1 NAC 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 5–1 2–4 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 Roda Sport 3–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–2 6–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–4 Stormvogels 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–2 3–0 2–3 2–5 6–1 0–0 Veendam 2–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 5–1 1–1 3–5 4–5 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–1 Zwolsche Boys 0–2 1–4 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–5 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 5–0 complete Eerste Klasse B Table main WDL QR 2 y WIL Willem II SPA Sparta Rotterdam FOR Fortuna SVV SVV ADO ADO Den Haag SIT Sittardia ELI Elinkwijk EDO HFC EDO RIG Rigtersbleek DWS DWS HEE sc Heerenveen HER Heracles BRA Brabantia WAG FC Wageningen 19 5 2 96 42 12 8 6 67 42 13 5 8 46 38 11 6 9 53 50 10 6 10 48 43 10 6 10 57 52 11 4 11 48 45 11 4 11 42 45 10 6 10 49 58 9 6 11 35 38 9 5 12 56 68 8 5 13 56 71 6 6 14 34 68 6 2 18 33 60 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP inherit Transferred to Hoofdklasse A TA TA TA TA red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ADO BRA DWS EDO ELI F54 HEE HER RIG SIT SPA SVV WAG WIL ADO 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 4–1 0–0 6–3 4–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–3 Brabantia 0–6 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 3–1 1–5 DWS 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 5–1 0–0 0–1 EDO 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 6–0 2–0 2–4 2–1 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–1 Elinkwijk 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 3–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 4–1 Fortuna '54 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–4 Heerenveen 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–5 1–1 1–4 6–0 1–5 2–2 3–6 4–4 4–2 1–1 Heracles 2–2 2–2 5–1 3–1 4–2 3–2 0–4 5–1 2–2 4–5 3–1 2–4 2–3 Rigtersbleek 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–5 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 2–2 Sittardia 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–1 5–2 3–1 3–2 5–3 1–0 1–5 2–2 1–2 7–4 Sparta 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 6–0 4–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 SVV 2–2 3–1 4–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–3 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 Wageningen 0–5 5–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–4 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–6 Willem II 4–0 7–1 5–2 3–1 4–2 6–0 2–2 5–2 8–3 5–1 4–3 6–1 5–0 complete Eerste Klasse C Table main WDL QR 2 y PSV PSV Eindhoven RJC Rapid LIM Limburgia GVA GVAV Rapiditas AZ Alkmaar '54 EBOH EBOH FEY Feijenoord VIT Vitesse Arnhem NOAD NOAD HAA HFC Haarlem TWE Enschedese Boys NEC NEC Nijmegen BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam HER Hermes DVS 16 7 3 64 39 15 5 6 70 41 14 6 6 53 33 14 5 7 69 50 11 6 9 41 37 12 4 10 45 50 11 5 10 47 47 10 7 9 42 44 8 10 8 41 36 9 8 9 47 42 6 6 14 38 67 4 9 13 33 49 6 2 18 34 62 2 8 16 28 55 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse B QCPTB inherit Transferred to Hoofdklasse B TB TB TB TB inherit Transferred to Hoofdklasse A TA TA TA TA red1 Relegated to 2nd Division. R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALK BLW EBO ENB FEY GVA HAA DVS LIM NEC NOA PSV RAP VIT Alkmaar '54 2–0 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 Blauw-Wit 0–1 2–0 2–4 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–2 2–5 2–0 1–4 3–4 2–4 4–0 EBOH 1–0 5–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–3 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 Enschedese Boys 1–1 2–0 1–5 0–3 1–3 1–5 3–3 2–3 2–1 0–5 0–2 4–4 1–1 Feijenoord 2–2 3–5 0–1 1–1 4–6 2–0 5–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 GVAV 5–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–6 2–2 6–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–7 1–1 3–2 Haarlem 2–1 0–0 5–3 1–1 4–0 5–4 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 Hermes DVS 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 Limburgia 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 5–2 N.E.C. 0–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 2–1 NOAD 0–0 0–0 6–1 0–1 2–1 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–4 0–0 1–3 4–2 2–3 PSV 4–2 3–1 7–3 3–1 2–0 1–5 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–4 2–1 1–4 3–1 Rapid JC 5–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 3–2 4–2 4–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 5–1 Vitesse 1–3 3–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 complete Eerste Klasse D Table main WDL QR 2 y EIN FC Eindhoven VVV VVV Venlo AJX AFC Ajax GRA De Graafschap ENS SC Enschede BVV BVV Den Bosch HVC HVC VOL De Volewijckers DFC DFC RBC RBC Roosendaal VSV VSV AGO AGOVV Apeldoorn XER Xerxes BEQ Be Quick 1887 17 5 4 59 26 15 7 4 54 21 12 11 3 57 30 13 4 9 48 35 12 5 9 48 36 12 5 9 42 39 8 11 7 34 31 11 4 11 34 53 10 5 11 41 47 9 7 10 43 50 9 6 11 43 43 4 5 17 31 55 3 7 16 23 51 4 4 18 24 64 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse A QCPTA inherit Transferred to Hoofdklasse A TA TA TA inherit Transferred to Hoofdklasse B TB TB TB TB TB red2 Relegated to 2nd Division R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AGO AJA BQU BVV DFC EIN ENS GRA HVC RBC VWK VSV VVV XER AGOVV 1–4 1–1 0–3 10–0 1–3 0–6 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 Ajax 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 Be Quick 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–6 0–5 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–7 1–1 BVV 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 5–2 4–4 2–1 2–1 5–2 D.F.C. 3–1 5–3 2–1 1–4 2–3 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 Eindhoven 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 6–1 3–1 3–1 6–2 SC Enschede 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 6–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 De Graafschap 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 4–1 0–3 5–2 3–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 HVC 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 RBC 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 De Volewijckers 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–5 3–2 0–0 0–5 2–2 0–1 1–0 VSV 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–5 5–1 5–0 4–2 0–2 3–0 VVV 4–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 Xerxes 3–0 2–5 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 complete Championship play-off main WDL Q 2 yes WIL Willem II NAC NAC PSV PSV Eindhoven EIN FC Eindhoven 3 2 1 14 11 C 2 2 2 14 12 1 4 1 10 10 1 2 3 9 14 green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC FBR grey 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–3 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–3 2–5 1–1 complete rsssf.com References Netherlands professional football season '54/55 Association football Netherlands Category:Netherlands Football League Championship seasons League Championship Netherlands