1936–37 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1936–1937 was contested by 50 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Feijenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Be Quick 1887 and Go Ahead.

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1936–1937
ChampionsAFC Ajax (6th title)

New entrants

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Eerste Klasse East:

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Divisions

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Eerste Klasse East

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Go Ahead 18 14 2 2 44 21 +23 30 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Heracles 18 11 4 3 47 21 +26 26
3 AGOVV Apeldoorn 18 10 3 5 36 22 +14 23
4 SC Enschede 18 7 3 8 39 38 +1 17
5 HVV Tubantia 18 7 3 8 36 42 −6 17
6 FC Wageningen 18 6 4 8 34 35 −1 16
7 PEC Zwolle 18 7 1 10 40 41 −1 15
8 ZAC 18 7 1 10 44 56 −12 15
9 NEC Nijmegen 18 5 4 9 27 37 −10 14
10 Enschedese Boys 18 3 1 14 25 59 −34 7 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Be Quick 1887 18 16 2 0 75 24 +51 34 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 GVAV Rapiditas 18 11 3 4 43 20 +23 25
3 Veendam 18 11 2 5 50 25 +25 24
4 Velocitas 1897 18 8 3 7 35 33 +2 19
5 HSC 18 8 1 9 35 42 −7 17
6 Sneek Wit Zwart 18 6 2 10 24 37 −13 14
7 Achilles 1894 18 5 3 10 48 51 −3 13
8 VV Hoogezand 18 5 3 10 34 41 −7 13
9 VV Leeuwarden 18 4 4 10 21 44 −23 12
10 LVV Friesland 18 4 1 13 29 77 −48 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSV Eindhoven 18 10 5 3 47 29 +18 25 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 BVV Den Bosch 18 9 3 6 55 42 +13 21
3 NOAD 18 8 4 6 54 38 +16 20
4 NAC 18 9 2 7 44 34 +10 20
5 LONGA 18 7 2 9 41 38 +3 16
6 Juliana 18 5 6 7 37 45 −8 16
7 RFC Roermond 18 6 4 8 36 49 −13 16
8 Bleijerheide 18 5 6 7 31 50 −19 16
9 FC Eindhoven 18 6 3 9 38 51 −13 15
10 MVV Maastricht 18 6 3 9 38 45 −7 15
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Ajax 18 14 2 2 47 18 +29 30 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Xerxes 18 9 3 6 59 35 +24 21 Division West-II next season
3 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 8 5 5 30 22 +8 21
4 Stormvogels 18 8 2 8 32 26 +6 18
5 DFC 18 7 4 7 38 43 −5 18
6 DHC Delft 18 7 3 8 39 48 −9 17 Division West-II next season
7 SBV Excelsior 18 7 2 9 41 42 −1 16
8 CVV Mercurius 18 6 4 8 25 40 −15 16 Division West-II next season
9 ADO Den Haag 18 5 4 9 20 30 −10 14
10 RCH 18 2 5 11 18 45 −27 9 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Feijenoord 18 15 1 2 66 23 +43 31 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 DWS 18 14 1 3 41 22 +19 29 Division West-I next season
3 HFC Haarlem 18 7 4 7 48 47 +1 18
4 VSV 18 8 2 8 37 41 −4 18 Division West-I next season
5 Sparta Rotterdam 18 7 2 9 38 37 +1 16
6 KFC 18 5 6 7 38 44 −6 16
7 HBS Craeyenhout 18 5 5 8 34 46 −12 15
8 Hermes DVS 18 5 4 9 27 41 −14 14
9 VUC 18 5 3 10 26 43 −17 13 Division West-I next season
10 ZFC 18 3 4 11 19 30 −11 10 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AJA FEY PSV BEQ GOA
1 AFC Ajax 8 7 0 1 20 10 +10 14 2–0 5–2 2–1 2–1
2 Feijenoord 8 5 0 3 21 9 +12 10 3–0 6–1 6–0 2–0
3 PSV Eindhoven 8 3 0 5 15 22 −7 6 2–3 1–2 4–0 2–1
4 Be Quick 1887 8 3 0 5 12 21 −9 6 1–3 3–2 2–3 3–0
5 Go Ahead 8 2 0 6 8 14 −6 4 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–2
Source: rsssf.com

References

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