- 1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship
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Netherl. Football Championship Season 1939-1940 Champions Feijenoord (5th title) ← 1938–391940–41 →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 years championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas.
This seasons championship was not considered official. Due to the start of World War II, not all teams played an equal amount of matches.
Contents
New entrants
Eerste Klasse East:
Eerste Klasse North:
- WVV Winschoten
Eerste Klasse South:
- 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
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Heracles 18 12 2 4 36 20 26 Championship play-off 2 NEC Nijmegen 18 11 2 5 51 27 24 3 AGOVV Apeldoorn 17 10 3 4 38 17 23 4 HVV Tubantia 17 9 2 6 34 37 20 5 Go Ahead 18 7 5 6 34 27 19 6 HVV Hengelo 17 5 6 6 27 35 16 7 SC Enschede 17 6 1 10 31 35 13 8 FC Wageningen 17 4 5 8 28 47 13 9 Quick Nijmegen 17 5 1 11 31 46 11 10 Enschedese Boys 18 4 1 13 26 45 9 Eerste Klasse North
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 GVAV Rapiditas 18 14 2 2 58 25 30 Championship play-off 2 HSC 17 9 3 5 44 28 21 3 Veendam 18 9 3 6 44 40 21 4 Sneek 16 9 2 5 39 29 20 5 sc Heerenveen 16 8 1 7 54 49 17 6 Achilles 16 6 4 6 49 49 16 7 Velocitas 16 6 3 7 35 36 15 8 VV Leeuwarden 16 4 3 9 34 54 11 9 WVV Winschoten 17 4 2 11 33 58 10 10 Be Quick 1887 16 1 3 12 27 49 5 Eerste Klasse South
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Juliana 21 15 4 2 79 24 34 Championship play-off 2 FC Eindhoven 22 12 5 5 57 32 29 3 NOAD 20 13 3 4 45 30 29 4 MVV 21 13 2 6 48 28 28 5 Willem II 21 10 5 6 42 36 25 6 PSV 21 8 6 7 40 29 22 7 LONGA 19 7 4 8 38 43 18 8 NAC 20 7 4 9 30 38 18 9 HVV Helmond 20 4 4 12 24 65 12 10 Limburgia 20 5 1 14 31 48 11 11 BVV Den Bosch 20 3 4 13 27 55 10 12 RFC Roermond 19 3 2 14 23 56 8 Eerste Klasse West-I
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 14 1 3 45 24 29 Championship play-off 2 ADO Den Haag 2 18 13 2 3 55 25 28 3 DWS 2 18 12 3 3 50 29 27 4 VSV 18 9 3 6 55 32 21 5 HVV 't Gooi 2 18 7 5 6 39 44 19 6 Ajax 18 7 3 8 35 37 17 7 Stormvogels 2 18 5 4 9 25 34 14 8 HFC Haarlem 18 5 1 12 40 61 11 9 KFC 2 18 3 2 13 32 62 8 10 DOS 18 1 4 13 35 63 6 2Team moving to Division West-II
Eerste Klasse West-II
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Feijenoord 18 12 5 1 51 16 29 Championship play-off 2 Sparta Rotterdam 18 9 5 4 66 44 23 3 HBS Craeyenhout1 18 10 3 5 56 47 23 4 Hermes DVS 18 7 6 5 51 46 20 5 DFC 18 8 3 7 35 30 19 6 DHC 18 6 6 6 45 40 18 7 RFC1 18 7 3 8 37 34 17 8 VUC1 18 6 4 8 39 58 16 9 Xerxes1 18 4 5 9 39 63 13 10 CVV Mercurius1 18 0 2 16 18 59 2 1Team moving to Division West-I
Championship play-off
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Feijenoord 8 5 1 2 19 14 11 Champions 2 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 8 3 3 2 20 15 9 3 Heracles 8 4 1 3 18 15 9 4 Juliana 8 3 3 2 17 19 9 5 GVAV Rapiditas 8 0 2 6 13 24 2 References
- RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse Noord
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse Zuid
- RSSSF Eerste Klasse West
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