1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship 1955–1956 Rapid JC (1st title) 1954–55 1956–57 Eredivisie →1956–57 Eerste Divisie →1974–75 Hoofdklasse The Netherlands Football League Championship 1955–1956 was contested by 36 teams participating in two divisions. The national champion was determined by a play-off featuring the two best placed teams in both divisions of the Netherlands. Rapid JC won this year's championship by beating NAC, Elinkwijk and Sparta Rotterdam. New entrant SHS Divisions Hoofdklasse A Table main WDL QR y 2 SPA Sparta Rotterdam NAC NAC FOR Fortuna AJX AFC Ajax VVV VVV Venlo DOS DOS EIN FC Eindhoven AMS BVC Amsterdam NOAD NOAD LIM Limburgia EXC SBV Excelsior ADO ADO Den Haag STO Stormvogels RJC Roda Sport VIT Vitesse Arnhem HVC Hollandia Victoria Combinatie RIG Rigtersbleek EBOH EBOH 18 10 6 60 38 20 5 9 58 40 16 12 6 66 34 17 8 9 64 44 16 8 10 55 34 16 8 10 91 68 13 12 9 57 46 14 9 11 58 43 13 10 11 55 55 12 11 11 56 56 12 10 12 53 61 12 8 14 59 62 10 12 12 60 66 8 9 17 63 81 8 8 18 48 67 6 12 16 45 71 8 4 22 44 86 3 12 19 40 80 green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP QCP red1 Relegated to Eerste Divisie R R R R R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ADO AJA AMS DOS EBO EIN EXC F54 HVC LIM NAC NOA RIG RSP SPA STO VIT VVV ADO 1–4 1–2 5–3 5–2 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 Ajax 2–1 1–1 6–3 2–2 4–1 4–0 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 Amsterdam 3–5 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–5 2–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 6–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 DOS 2–1 3–0 3–3 6–1 2–2 4–3 0–0 5–2 2–0 0–2 7–3 6–3 5–2 0–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 EBOH 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–4 0–1 0–1 1–6 1–5 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–5 5–1 0–0 3–0 Eindhoven 3–1 2–3 3–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 6–1 0–0 8–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 5–3 0–1 Excelsior 3–2 4–6 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–3 5–3 2–1 Fortuna '54 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 HVC 3–2 0–6 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 Limburgia 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 3–3 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 5–3 4–2 4–1 2–1 NAC 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 5–1 3–1 3–1 NOAD 5–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–6 Rigtersbleek 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–6 5–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 5–2 2–4 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 Roda Sport 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–4 2–3 1–3 2–2 1–5 1–2 2–4 3–2 2–2 4–2 2–1 Sparta 1–1 1–0 1–4 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–3 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 Stormvogels 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–5 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 6–2 6–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 Vitesse 2–3 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 VVV 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 5–1 complete Hoofdklasse B Table main WDL QR y 2 ELI Elinkwijk RJC Rapid ENS SC Enschede PSV PSV Eindhoven FEI Feijenoord BVV BVV Den Bosch WIL Willem II MVV MVV Maastricht DFC DFC GVA GVAV Rapiditas ALK Alkmaar '54 FOR Sittardia GRA De Graafschap SHS SHS SVV SVV EDO HFC EDO VOL De Volewijckers EMM Emma 22 6 6 79 36 20 8 6 90 46 21 6 7 91 56 22 3 9 96 55 17 7 10 93 62 17 5 12 67 45 17 5 12 64 53 16 6 12 68 47 15 7 12 69 61 15 7 12 68 64 13 7 14 47 55 12 9 13 63 77 8 11 15 46 72 11 5 18 58 75 9 6 19 57 69 9 4 21 37 66 5 3 26 49 126 2 5 27 28 105 -2 2 points deducted green1 Qualified for Championship play-off QCP green2 Play-off as level on points QPO QPO red2 Relegation play-off as level on points RP RP red1 Relegated to Eerste Divisie R R R R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALK BVV DFC EDO ELI EMA ENS FEY GRA GVA MVV PSV RAP SHS SIT SVV VWK WIL Alkmaar '54 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 BVV 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 4–2 1–2 D.F.C. 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–7 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 3–1 6–1 0–3 EDO 2–1 0–4 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 4–1 1–2 0–1 Elinkwijk 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 6–1 3–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 Emma 1–1 1–3 1–7 0–1 1–5 1–2 0–6 1–1 1–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–5 1–4 0–4 3–4 1–1 SC Enschede 2–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–4 4–3 4–0 0–1 3–1 4–3 1–6 2–2 6–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 Feijenoord 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–3 6–1 5–1 1–3 2–4 2–0 6–1 3–1 2–0 11–4 0–1 De Graafschap 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–5 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 3–2 2–2 GVAV 4–1 1–5 3–2 1–3 0–3 9–0 3–1 5–4 3–0 2–2 2–3 0–3 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 MVV 5–1 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–3 3–0 7–1 3–1 PSV 4–3 1–0 6–2 5–0 4–1 4–0 1–5 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 4–1 5–0 3–1 5–2 1–2 Rapid JC 6–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 4–1 6–1 4–1 2–2 5–3 0–0 4–2 2–2 3–0 5–2 SHS 1–0 1–5 0–1 5–0 2–3 6–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 2–2 1–0 3–6 Sittardia 0–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–4 2–2 3–2 0–4 2–2 3–2 0–0 4–3 3–2 1–0 SVV 0–1 2–1 2–7 2–0 4–2 4–0 2–3 1–4 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 De Volewijckers 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–4 2–1 1–6 2–5 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–6 2–6 2–5 4–5 2–6 0–4 Willem II 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 5–3 1–2 1–1 3–4 3–3 2–4 0–3 4–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 complete Promotion play-off Rapid 4–3 SC Enschede Rapid qualify for the Championship play-offs. Relegation play-off GVAV Rapiditas 4–3 DFC DFC are relegated to Eerste Divisie. Championship play-off main WDL Q 2 yes RAP Rapid JC NAC NAC ELI Elinkwijk SPA Sparta Rotterdam 4 0 2 13 7 4 0 2 13 11 2 1 3 12 14 1 1 4 7 13 green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round EC FBR grey 2–3 2–0 5–3 5–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 complete rsssf.com References Netherlands professional football season '55/56 Association football Netherlands Category:Netherlands Football League Championship seasons League Championship Netherlands