- Netherlands Football League Championship
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The Netherlands Football League Championship (Dutch: Nederlands landskampioenschap voetbal) is a Dutch national football championship that began in 1888. The Royal Netherlands Football Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond, or KNVB) has awarded the championship since 1898. Until 1954, Dutch football was an amateur competition. The national champion was determined by means of a championship competition between the champions of the different head classes, which were divided regionally until 1950. This system continued for two years after the introduction of professional football in 1954 until the creation of the Eredivisie for the 1956-57 season. Starting with the 1956-57 season, the winner of the Eredivisie is recognized as the national champion.
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List of champions
Championship competition: Year Club Location 1888-89 VV Concordia Rotterdam 1889-90 Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 1890-91 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1891-92 RAP Amsterdam 1892-93 Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 1893-94 RAP Amsterdam 1894-95 Koninklijke HFC Haarlem 1895-96 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1896-97 RAP Amsterdam 1897-98 RAP Amsterdam 1898-99 RAP Amsterdam 1899-00 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1900-01 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1901-02 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1902-03 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1903-04 HBS Craeyenhout Den Haag 1904-05 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1905-06 HBS Craeyenhout Den Haag 1906-07 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1907-08 Quick Den Haag 1908-09 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam 1909-10 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1910-11 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam 1911-12 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam 1912-13 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam 1913-14 HVV Den Haag Den Haag 1914-15 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam 1915-16 Willem II Tilburg Tilburg 1916-17 Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 1917-18 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1918-19 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1919-20 Be Quick 1887 Groningen 1920-21 NAC Breda Breda 1921-22 Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 1922-23 Racing Club Hemsteede Haarlem* 1923-24 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1924-25 HBS Craeyenhout Den Haag 1925-26 Sportclub Enschede Enschede 1926-27 Heracles Almelo Almelo 1927-28 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1928-29 PSV Eindhoven Eindhoven 1929-30 Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 1930-31 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1931-32 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1932-33 Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 1933-34 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1934-35 PSV Eindhoven Eindhoven 1935-36 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1936-37 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1937-38 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1938-39 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1939-40 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1940-41 Heracles Almelo Almelo 1941-42 ADO Den Haag Den Haag 1942-43 ADO Den Haag Den Haag 1943-44 Volewijckers Amsterdam 1944-45 not held (Dutch famine of 1944)** 1945-46 HFC Haarlem Haarlem 1946-47 AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1947-48 BVV 's-Hertogenbosch 1948-49 Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedam 1949-50 SV Limburgia Brunssum 1950-51 PSV Eindhoven] Eindhoven 1951-52 Willem II Tilburg Tilburg 1952-53 RCH Heemstede* 1953-54 EVV Eindhoven Eindhoven 1954-55 Willem II Tilburg Tilburg 1955-56 Rapid JC Kerkrade
[*] RCH moved in 1932, from Haarlem to the neighboring neighbour municipality of Heemstede. For this reason, it eventually changed its name in 1965 from the name of Racing Club Haarlem to Racing Club Heemstede.[**] In the southern district some games for the 1944-45 competition were played, but the competition was rapidly cancelled.
Title statistics
Championship titles per club
Club Championships AFC Ajax 
30 PSV Eindhoven 21 Feyenoord 14 HVV Den Haag 10 Sparta Rotterdam 6 RAP 5 Go Ahead Eagles 4 HBS Craeyenhout, Koninklijke HFC, Willem II Tilburg, 3 Heracles Almelo, ADO Den Haag, Racing Club Heemstede, AZ 2 DWS, DOS, Rapid JC, FC Eindhoven, SV Limburgia, Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging, BVV, HFC Haarlem, Volewijckers, Sportclub Enschede, FC Twente, NAC Breda, Be Quick, Quick Den Haag, VV Concordia 1 Total number of championships 122 Championship titles per city
City Championships Clubs Amsterdam 37 Ajax (30), RAP Amsterdam (5), DWS (1), De Volewijckers (1) Eindhoven 22 PSV (21), FC Eindhoven (1) Rotterdam 21 Feyenoord (14), Sparta (6), VV Concordia (1) Den Haag 16 HVV (10), HBS (3), ADO Den Haag (2), Quick Den Haag (1) Haarlem 5 HFC (3), RCH (1), Haarlem (1) Deventer 4 Go Ahead Eagles (4) Tilburg 3 Willem II (3) Alkmaar 2 AZ (2) Almelo 2 Heracles (2) Enschede 2 SC Enschede (1), FC Twente (1) Breda 1 NAC (1) Brunssum 1 Limburgia (1) Groningen 1 Be Quick (1) Heemstede 1 RCH (1) 's-Hertogenbosch 1 BVV (1) Kerkrade 1 Rapid JC (1) Schiedam 1 SVV (1) Utrecht 1 DOS (1) Total number of championships 122 Championship titles per province
Province Championships Clubs Noord-Holland 45 Ajax (30), RAP (5), HFC (3), RCH (2), AZ (2), DWS (1), Haarlem (1), Volewijckers (1) Zuid-Holland 38 Feyenoord (14), HVV (10), Sparta (6), HBS (3), ADO (2), VV Concordia (1), Quick (1), SVV (1) Noord-Brabant 27 PSV (21), Willem II (3), BVV (1), Eindhoven (1), NAC (1) Overijssel 8 Go Ahead (4), Heracles (2), SC Enschede (1), FC Twente (1) Limburg 2 SV Limburgia (1), Rapid JC (1) Groningen 1 Be Quick (1) Utrecht 1 DOS (1) Total number of championships 122 Football League Championship/Eredivisie seasons 1888–89 · 1889–90 · 1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–1900 · 1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1914–15 · 1915–16 · 1916–17 · 1917–18 · 1918–19 · 1919–20 · 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40 · 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12Categories:- Football competitions in the Netherlands
- National association football champions
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