1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship

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 year's championship by beating NAC, PSV Eindhoven and FC Eindhoven.

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1954–1955
Champions	Willem II (3rd title)
European Cup	PSV Eindhoven
← 1953–54 1955–56 Hoofdklasse → 1955–56 Eerste Klasse →

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.

At the end of the season, the four Eerste Klasse Divisions were re-aligned as two Divisions called Hoofdklasse A & B.

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

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NAC	26	18	5	3	60	24	+36	41	Qualified to Championship play-off
2	Holland Sport	26	18	4	4	72	33	+39	40	Not participating next season
3	MVV Maastricht	26	14	6	6	64	37	+27	34	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
4	SBV Excelsior	26	13	5	8	47	36	+11	31
5	BVC Amsterdam	26	11	5	10	53	41	+12	27
6	Emma	26	11	5	10	41	47	−6	27	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
7	Stormvogels	26	9	8	9	49	42	+7	26
8	DOS	26	12	2	12	60	53	+7	26
9	Roda Sport	26	11	4	11	48	51	−3	26
10	LONGA	26	10	3	13	55	65	−10	23	Relegated to 2nd Division
11	VV Leeuwarden	26	7	7	12	40	59	−19	21
12	Zwolsche Boys	26	5	5	16	31	59	−28	15
13	Veendam	26	4	6	16	38	85	−47	14
14	Go Ahead	26	3	7	16	27	53	−26	13

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AMS	DOS	EMA	EXC	GOA	HOL	LEE	LON	MVV	NAC	RSP	STO	VEE	ZBO
Amsterdam		4–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–4	3–0	4–3	1–3	3–3	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–2
DOS	4–2		1–2	0–2	0–4	2–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	1–2	1–5	3–2	6–2	6–1
Emma	1–4	0–0		1–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–2	0–3	5–0	2–1	4–1	1–1
Excelsior	2–1	1–0	4–2		1–0	4–6	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–1	3–0	4–0	3–2
Go Ahead	1–0	1–0	3–5	3–5		0–5	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Holland Sport	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–2		3–1	3–0	4–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	8–0	0–0
Leeuwarden	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2		5–2	1–2	1–7	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–2
LONGA	0–0	1–4	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–2		3–4	0–5	1–0	2–1	4–0	7–2
MVV	1–2	5–3	6–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	5–1		2–0	5–0	4–3	1–1	4–1
NAC	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	5–1	2–4	0–0		3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1
Roda Sport	3–2	4–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–2	6–2	1–0	0–0		1–1	6–1	1–4
Stormvogels	0–0	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	5–2	3–2	3–0	2–3	2–5		6–1	0–0
Veendam	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–2	5–1	1–1	3–5	4–5	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–3		2–1
Zwolsche Boys	0–2	1–4	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–5	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–3	5–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Klasse B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Willem II	26	19	5	2	96	42	+54	43	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	Sparta Rotterdam	26	12	8	6	67	42	+25	32	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
3	Fortuna	26	13	5	8	46	38	+8	31
4	SVV	26	11	6	9	53	50	+3	28
5	ADO Den Haag	26	10	6	10	48	43	+5	26	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
6	Sittardia	26	10	6	10	57	52	+5	26
7	Elinkwijk	26	11	4	11	48	45	+3	26
8	HFC EDO	26	11	4	11	42	45	−3	26
9	Rigtersbleek	26	10	6	10	49	58	−9	26	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
10	DWS	26	9	6	11	35	38	−3	24	Relegated to 2nd Division
11	sc Heerenveen	26	9	5	12	56	68	−12	23
12	Heracles	26	8	5	13	56	71	−15	21
13	Brabantia	26	6	6	14	34	68	−34	18
14	FC Wageningen	26	6	2	18	33	60	−27	14

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	BRA	DWS	EDO	ELI	F54	HEE	HER	RIG	SIT	SPA	SVV	WAG	WIL
ADO		0–0	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–1	4–1	0–0	6–3	4–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–3
Brabantia	0–6		1–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–3	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–1	1–5
DWS	3–1	2–0		0–0	2–3	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	5–1	0–0	0–1
EDO	2–2	4–0	2–1		2–1	1–2	6–0	2–0	2–4	2–1	1–5	2–1	2–1	0–1
Elinkwijk	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0		3–1	3–1	2–3	0–1	3–2	3–3	0–1	1–0	4–1
Fortuna '54	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0		4–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–4
Heerenveen	2–1	6–1	0–1	1–5	1–1	1–4		6–0	1–5	2–2	3–6	4–4	4–2	1–1
Heracles	2–2	2–2	5–1	3–1	4–2	3–2	0–4		5–1	2–2	4–5	3–1	2–4	2–3
Rigtersbleek	1–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–5	1–1		2–2	2–2	2–3	3–1	2–2
Sittardia	3–0	0–1	2–0	5–1	5–2	3–1	3–2	5–3	1–0		1–5	2–2	1–2	7–4
Sparta	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	6–0	4–2	3–0	1–1		1–1	1–2	1–1
SVV	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	2–3	3–1	3–0	3–2	2–1		3–2	0–0
Wageningen	0–5	5–2	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–3	3–4	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2		2–6
Willem II	4–0	7–1	5–2	3–1	4–2	6–0	2–2	5–2	8–3	5–1	4–3	6–1	5–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Klasse C

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven	26	16	7	3	64	39	+25	39	Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse B
2	Rapid	26	15	5	6	70	41	+29	35	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
3	Limburgia	26	14	6	6	53	33	+20	34	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
4	GVAV Rapiditas	26	14	5	7	69	50	+19	33	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
5	Alkmaar '54	26	11	6	9	41	37	+4	28
6	EBOH	26	12	4	10	45	50	−5	28	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
7	Feijenoord	26	11	5	10	47	47	0	27	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
8	Vitesse Arnhem	26	10	7	9	42	44	−2	27	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
9	NOAD	26	8	10	8	41	36	+5	26
10	HFC Haarlem	26	9	8	9	47	42	+5	26	Relegated to 2nd Division.
11	Enschedese Boys	26	6	6	14	38	67	−29	18
12	NEC Nijmegen	26	4	9	13	33	49	−16	17
13	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	6	2	18	34	62	−28	14
14	Hermes DVS	26	2	8	16	28	55	−27	12

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	BLW	EBO	ENB	FEY	GVA	HAA	DVS	LIM	NEC	NOA	PSV	RAP	VIT
Alkmaar '54		2–0	2–1	6–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	0–0
Blauw-Wit	0–1		2–0	2–4	1–0	0–2	0–5	1–2	2–5	2–0	1–4	3–4	2–4	4–0
EBOH	1–0	5–2		1–3	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–3	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1
Enschedese Boys	1–1	2–0	1–5		0–3	1–3	1–5	3–3	2–3	2–1	0–5	0–2	4–4	1–1
Feijenoord	2–2	3–5	0–1	1–1		4–6	2–0	5–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1
GVAV	5–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–6		2–2	6–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–7	1–1	3–2
Haarlem	2–1	0–0	5–3	1–1	4–0	5–4		2–1	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Hermes DVS	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–2		1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1
Limburgia	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–2	3–0	3–3		1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	5–2
N.E.C.	0–2	4–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–2		0–2	3–3	1–2	2–1
NOAD	0–0	0–0	6–1	0–1	2–1	0–4	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–0		1–3	4–2	2–3
PSV	4–2	3–1	7–3	3–1	2–0	1–5	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–4	2–1		1–4	3–1
Rapid JC	5–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	5–0	3–2	4–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–2		5–1
Vitesse	1–3	3–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eerste Klasse D

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Eindhoven	26	17	5	4	59	26	+33	39	Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse A
2	VVV Venlo	26	15	7	4	54	21	+33	37	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
3	AFC Ajax	26	12	11	3	57	30	+27	35
4	De Graafschap	26	13	4	9	48	35	+13	30	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
5	SC Enschede	26	12	5	9	48	36	+12	29
6	BVV Den Bosch	26	12	5	9	42	39	+3	29
7	HVC	26	8	11	7	34	31	+3	27	Transferred to Hoofdklasse A
8	De Volewijckers	26	11	4	11	34	53	−19	26	Transferred to Hoofdklasse B
9	DFC	26	10	5	11	41	47	−6	25
10	RBC Roosendaal	26	9	7	10	43	50	−7	25	Relegated to 2nd Division
11	VSV	26	9	6	11	43	43	0	24
12	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26	4	5	17	31	55	−24	13
13	Xerxes	26	3	7	16	23	51	−28	13
14	Be Quick 1887	26	4	4	18	24	64	−40	12

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AGO	AJA	BQU	BVV	DFC	EIN	ENS	GRA	HVC	RBC	VWK	VSV	VVV	XER
AGOVV		1–4	1–1	0–3	10–0	1–3	0–6	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	1–3	4–1
Ajax	3–1		5–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–3	1–1
Be Quick	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–6	0–5	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–7	1–1
BVV	2–1	0–0	1–2		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	5–2	4–4	2–1	2–1	5–2
D.F.C.	3–1	5–3	2–1	1–4		2–3	4–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	5–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Eindhoven	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	3–1		3–0	3–0	1–2	3–2	6–1	3–1	3–1	6–2
SC Enschede	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0		0–2	2–0	6–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–0
De Graafschap	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–3	5–2		3–1	2–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–1
HVC	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1		2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
RBC	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–2		1–2	2–2	1–3	1–0
De Volewijckers	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–5	3–2	0–0	0–5		2–2	0–1	1–0
VSV	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–5	5–1	5–0	4–2		0–2	3–0
VVV	4–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0		2–0
Xerxes	3–0	2–5	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WIL	NAC	PSV	EIN
1	Willem II (C)	6	3	2	1	14	11	+3	8				2–2	3–1	2–0
2	NAC	6	2	2	2	14	12	+2	6			3–1		0–2	2–3
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	4	1	10	10	0	6	Qualification for the European Cup first round		3–3	2–2		1–1
4	FC Eindhoven	6	1	2	3	9	14	−5	4			2–3	2–5	1–1

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

References

• Netherlands professional football season '54/55