1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship 1939–1940 Feijenoord (5th title) 1938–39 1940–41 The Netherlands Football League Championship 1939–1940 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. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas. This season's championship was not considered official. Owing to the start of World War II, not all teams played an equal number of matches. New entrants Eerste Klasse East: Promoted from 2nd Division: Enschedese Boys Eerste Klasse North: Promoted from 2nd Division: WVV Winschoten Eerste Klasse South: Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Helmond & Limburgia Eerste Klasse West-I: Moving in from West-II: Ajax, DOS, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem and VSV Eerste Klasse West-II: Moving in from West-I: CVV Mercurius, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, Sparta Rotterdam and Xerxes Divisions Eerste Klasse East main WDL Q 2 y HER Heracles NEC NEC Nijmegen AGO AGOVV Apeldoorn TUB HVV Tubantia GAE Go Ahead HEN HVV Hengelo ENS SC Enschede WAG FC Wageningen NIJ Quick Nijmegen TWE Enschedese Boys 12 2 4 36 20 11 2 5 51 27 10 3 4 38 17 9 2 6 34 37 7 5 6 34 27 5 6 6 27 35 6 1 10 31 35 4 5 8 28 47 5 1 11 31 46 4 1 13 26 45 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse North main WDL Q 2 y GVA GVAV Rapiditas HSC HSC VEE Veendam SWZ Sneek Wit Zwart HEE sc Heerenveen ACH Achilles 1894 VEL Velocitas 1897 LEE VV Leeuwarden WIN WVV Winschoten BEQ Be Quick 1887 14 2 2 58 25 9 3 5 44 28 9 3 6 44 40 9 2 5 39 29 8 1 7 54 49 6 4 6 49 49 6 3 7 35 36 4 3 9 34 54 4 2 11 33 58 1 3 12 27 49 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse South main WDL Q 2 y JUL Juliana EIN FC Eindhoven NOAD NOAD MVV MVV Maastricht WIL Willem II PSV PSV Eindhoven LON LONGA NAC NAC HEL HVV Helmond LIM Limburgia BVV BVV Den Bosch ROE RFC Roermond 15 4 2 79 24 12 5 5 57 32 13 3 4 45 30 13 2 6 48 28 10 5 6 42 36 8 6 7 40 29 7 4 8 38 43 7 4 9 30 38 4 4 12 24 65 5 1 14 31 48 3 4 13 27 55 3 2 14 23 56 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-I main WDL Q 2 y BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam ADO ADO Den Haag DWS DWS VSV VSV HVV HVV 't Gooi AJX AFC Ajax STV Stormvogels HAA HFC Haarlem KFC KFC DOS DOS 14 1 3 45 24 13 2 3 55 25 12 3 3 50 29 9 3 6 55 32 7 5 6 39 44 7 3 8 35 37 5 4 9 25 34 5 1 12 40 61 3 2 13 32 62 1 4 13 35 63 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP inherit Division West-II next season TW2 TW2 TW2 TW2 TW2 complete rsssf.com Eerste Klasse West-II main WDL Q 2 y FEY Feijenoord SPA Sparta Rotterdam CRA HBS Craeyenhout HER Hermes DVS DFC DFC DHC DHC RFC RFC VUC VUC XER Xerxes MER CVV Mercurius 12 5 1 51 16 9 5 4 66 44 10 3 5 56 47 7 6 5 51 46 8 3 7 35 30 6 6 6 45 40 7 3 8 37 34 6 4 8 39 58 4 5 9 39 63 0 2 16 18 59 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP inherit Division West-I next season TW1 TW1 TW1 TW1 TW1 complete rsssf.com Championship play-off main WDL 2 yes FEY Feijenoord BWA Blauw-Wit Amsterdam HER Heracles JUL Juliana GVA GVAV Rapiditas 5 1 2 19 14 3 3 2 20 15 4 1 3 18 15 3 3 2 17 19 0 2 6 13 24 green1 C FBR grey 3–2 2–0 6–1 3–3 5–1 3–4 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 2–2 4–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 3–4 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