1917–18 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship 1917–1918 Ajax (1st title) 1916–17 1918–19 The Netherlands Football League Championship 1917–1918 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 Go Ahead, Willem II, AFC and Be Quick 1887. New entrants Eerste Klasse East: Promoted from 2nd Division: EFC PW 1885 (returning after three seasons of absence) Eerste Klasse North: Promoted from 2nd Division: HSC Eerste Klasse South: Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Helmond Eerste Klasse West-A: Promoted from 2nd Division: AFC Ajax (returning after three seasons of absence) Eerste Klasse West-B: (new division) Feijenoord AFC Amstel VV Concordia De Spartaan Dordrecht DVS Rotterdam Hermes DVS HVV 't Gooi RFC Rotterdam SVV VVA Divisions Eerste Klasse East main WDL QR 2 y GAE Go Ahead BQZ Be Quick Zutphen TUB HVV Tubantia NIJ Quick Nijmegen EFC EFC PW 1885 KON Koninklijke UD ENS SC Enschede VIT Vitesse Arnhem GVC GVC Wageningen ROB Robur et Velocitas 14 3 1 48 13 9 6 3 33 20 7 9 2 34 19 10 2 6 36 18 7 3 8 36 27 6 5 7 34 32 6 2 10 27 44 6 2 10 23 43 4 5 9 20 42 2 1 15 16 49 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R 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 HSC HSC ACH Achilles 1894 FOR GSAVV Forward VEE Veendam 12 1 1 61 12 10 1 3 57 27 6 1 6 37 28 6 2 6 22 25 5 0 9 15 42 5 1 8 30 49 2 2 10 21 54 4 2 7 24 30 -6 6 points deducted green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse South main WDL QR 2 y WIL Willem II NAC NAC MVV MVV Maastricht VEL CVV Velocitas RKVV RKVV Wilhelmina ZEE Zeelandia Middelburg VVV VVV Venlo HEL HVV Helmond MAA MSV Maastricht 13 2 1 39 14 9 5 2 40 17 11 1 4 32 23 8 1 7 29 24 5 5 6 18 16 2 6 8 16 26 3 4 9 19 35 3 4 9 24 47 3 2 11 16 31 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-A main WDL Q 2 y AJX AFC Ajax HLM HFC Haarlem BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam SPA Sparta Rotterdam HER USV Hercules DHG HVV Den Haag UVV UVV Utrecht DFC DFC KON Koninklijke HFC CRA HBS Craeyenhout VOC VOC HCQ Quick (H) 14 5 3 58 20 13 2 7 50 28 12 4 6 35 23 11 3 8 47 26 11 3 8 32 31 10 2 10 41 39 10 2 10 45 45 7 4 11 33 42 7 3 12 32 36 7 3 12 36 71 5 6 11 24 44 5 3 14 16 44 green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-B main WDL QR 2 y AFC AFC DSP De Spartaan FEY Feijenoord GOO HVV 't Gooi RFC RFC HER Hermes DVS DOR Dordrecht ROT DVS Rotterdam VVC VV Concordia VVA VVA Amsterdam SVV SVV AMS Amstel 12 7 3 37 16 12 7 3 36 19 10 4 8 31 30 10 3 9 32 28 8 7 7 31 33 8 7 7 25 27 8 6 8 29 28 7 5 10 33 40 6 7 9 35 43 4 8 10 37 33 4 8 10 21 39 6 5 11 21 32 -2 2 points deducted green1 Qualified for Championship play-offs QCP red1 Relegated to 2nd Division R complete rsssf.com Championship play-off main WDL 2 yes AJA AFC Ajax GOA Go Ahead WIL Willem II AFC AFC BEQ Be Quick 1887 6 1 1 16 4 4 2 2 7 4 4 1 3 10 10 2 1 5 11 17 1 1 6 9 18 green1 C FBR grey 0–1 2–0 4–3 5–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 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