- 1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship
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Netherl. Football Championship Season 1954-1955 Champions Willem II (3rd title) ← 1953–541955–56 →The Netherlands Football League Championship 1954/1955 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division of the Netherlands. Willem II won this years championship by beating NAC, PSV and FC Eindhoven.
This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from the KNVB. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced.
Contents
New entrants
48 competitors from last season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitors Bleijerheide merged to form Roda Sport and Juliana merged to form Rapid JC. New entrants were:
- Alkmaar '54
- BVC Amsterdam
- Fortuna
- DFC
- De Graafschap
- Holland Sport
- HVC
- Veendam
Divisions
Eerste Klasse A
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 NAC 26 18 5 3 60 24 41 Championship play-off 2 Holland Sport 26 18 4 4 72 33 40 Not participating next season 3 MVV B 26 14 6 6 64 37 34 4 Excelsior 26 13 5 8 47 36 31 5 BVC Amsterdam 26 11 5 10 53 41 27 6 Emma B 26 11 5 10 41 47 27 7 Stormvogels 26 9 8 9 49 42 26 8 DOS 26 12 2 12 60 53 26 9 Roda Sport 26 11 4 11 48 51 26 10 LONGA 26 10 3 13 55 65 23 Relegation 11 VV Leeuwarden 26 7 7 12 40 59 21 12 Zwolsche Boys 26 5 5 16 31 59 15 13 Veendam 26 4 6 16 38 85 14 14 Go Ahead 26 3 7 16 27 53 13 B Team moving to new Hoofdklasse B
Eerste Klasse B
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Willem II 26 19 5 2 96 42 43 Championship play-off 2 Sparta Rotterdam A 26 12 8 6 67 42 32 3 Fortuna A 26 13 5 8 46 38 31 4 SVV 26 11 6 9 53 50 28 5 ADO Den Haag A 26 10 6 10 48 43 26 6 Sittardia 26 10 6 10 57 52 26 7 Elinkwijk 26 11 4 11 48 45 26 8 HFC EDO 26 11 4 11 42 45 26 9 VV Rigtersbleek A 26 10 6 10 49 58 26 10 DWS 26 9 6 11 35 38 24 Relegation 11 sc Heerenveen 26 9 5 12 56 68 23 12 Heracles 26 8 5 13 56 71 21 13 Brabantia 26 6 6 14 34 68 18 14 FC Wageningen 26 6 2 18 33 60 14 A Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A
Eerste Klasse C
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 PSV B 26 16 7 3 64 39 39 Championship play-off 2 Rapid B 26 15 5 6 70 41 35 3 Limburgia A 26 14 6 6 53 33 34 4 GVAV Rapiditas B 26 14 5 7 69 50 33 5 Alkmaar '54 B 26 11 6 9 41 37 28 6 EBOH A 26 12 4 10 45 50 28 7 Feijenoord B 26 11 5 10 47 47 27 8 Vitesse A 26 10 7 9 42 44 27 9 NOAD A 26 8 10 8 41 36 26 10 HFC Haarlem 26 9 8 9 47 42 26 Relegation 11 Enschedese Boys 26 6 6 14 38 67 18 12 NEC Nijmegen 26 4 9 13 33 49 17 13 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 26 6 2 18 34 62 14 14 Hermes DVS 26 2 8 16 28 55 12 A Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A
B Team moving to new Hoofdklasse BEerste Klasse D
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 FC Eindhoven A 26 17 5 4 59 26 39 Championship play-off 2 VVV A 26 15 7 4 54 21 37 3 Ajax A 26 12 11 3 57 30 35 4 De Graafschap B 26 13 4 9 48 35 30 5 SC Enschede B 26 12 5 9 48 36 29 6 BVV Den Bosch B 26 12 5 9 42 39 29 7 HVC A 26 8 11 7 34 31 27 8 De Volewijckers B 26 11 4 11 34 53 26 9 DFC B 26 10 5 11 41 47 25 10 RBC Roosendaal 26 9 7 10 43 50 25 Relegation 11 VSV 26 9 6 11 43 43 24 12 AGOVV Apeldoorn 26 4 5 17 31 55 13 13 Xerxes 26 3 7 16 23 51 13 14 Be Quick 1887 26 4 4 18 24 64 12 A Team moving to new Hoofdklasse A
B Team moving to new Hoofdklasse BChampionship play-off
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts Note 1 Willem II 6 3 2 1 14 11 8 Champions 2 NAC 6 2 2 2 14 12 6 3 PSV 6 1 4 1 10 10 6 4 FC Eindhoven 6 1 2 3 9 14 4 References
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