1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1955–1956 was contested by 36 teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the two best placed teams in both divisions of the Netherlands. Rapid JC won this year's championship by beating NAC, Elinkwijk and Sparta Rotterdam.

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1955–1956
Champions	Rapid JC (1st title)
← 1954–55 1956–57 Eredivisie → 1956–57 Eerste Divisie → 1974–75 Hoofdklasse →

New entrant

• SHS

Divisions

Hoofdklasse A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Rotterdam	34	18	10	6	60	38	+22	46	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	NAC	34	20	5	9	58	40	+18	45
3	Fortuna	34	16	12	6	66	34	+32	44
4	AFC Ajax	34	17	8	9	64	44	+20	42
5	VVV Venlo	34	16	8	10	55	34	+21	40
6	DOS	34	16	8	10	91	68	+23	40
7	FC Eindhoven	34	13	12	9	57	46	+11	38
8	BVC Amsterdam	34	14	9	11	58	43	+15	37
9	NOAD	34	13	10	11	55	55	0	36
10	Limburgia	34	12	11	11	56	56	0	35	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
11	SBV Excelsior	34	12	10	12	53	61	−8	34
12	ADO Den Haag	34	12	8	14	59	62	−3	32
13	Stormvogels	34	10	12	12	60	66	−6	32
14	Roda Sport	34	8	9	17	63	81	−18	25
15	Vitesse Arnhem	34	8	8	18	48	67	−19	24
16	Hollandia Victoria Combinatie	34	6	12	16	45	71	−26	24
17	Rigtersbleek	34	8	4	22	44	86	−42	20
18	EBOH	34	3	12	19	40	80	−40	18

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	AMS	DOS	EBO	EIN	EXC	F54	HVC	LIM	NAC	NOA	RIG	RSP	SPA	STO	VIT	VVV
ADO		1–4	1–2	5–3	5–2	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	5–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0
Ajax	2–1		1–1	6–3	2–2	4–1	4–0	1–4	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3
Amsterdam	3–5	1–0		3–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	0–5	2–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	6–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0
DOS	2–1	3–0	3–3		6–1	2–2	4–3	0–0	5–2	2–0	0–2	7–3	6–3	5–2	0–2	4–2	3–1	1–0
EBOH	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–4		0–1	0–1	1–6	1–5	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–5	5–1	0–0	3–0
Eindhoven	3–1	2–3	3–2	4–2	1–1		1–1	0–0	6–1	0–0	8–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	5–3	0–1
Excelsior	3–2	4–6	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2		2–3	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–3	5–3	2–1
Fortuna '54	0–1	1–2	0–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	5–1		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–3
HVC	3–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–0		2–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2
Limburgia	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–2	3–3	0–0	0–0	4–1		1–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	5–3	4–2	4–1	2–1
NAC	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0		0–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	5–1	3–1	3–1
NOAD	5–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–1		3–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–6
Rigtersbleek	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–6	5–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	5–2	2–4	3–1	0–1		0–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2
Roda Sport	4–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–4	2–3	1–3	2–2	1–5	1–2	2–4		3–2	2–2	4–2	2–1
Sparta	1–1	1–0	1–4	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	5–0	2–1		2–1	3–1	0–0
Stormvogels	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–2	6–2	6–2	1–1		3–1	2–2
Vitesse	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	4–3	2–2	3–1		0–0
VVV	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	4–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	5–1

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

Hoofdklasse B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Elinkwijk	34	22	6	6	79	36	+43	50	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	Rapid	34	20	8	6	90	46	+44	48	Play-off as level on points
3	SC Enschede	34	21	6	7	91	56	+35	48
4	PSV Eindhoven	34	22	3	9	96	55	+41	47
5	Feijenoord	34	17	7	10	93	62	+31	41
6	BVV Den Bosch	34	17	5	12	67	45	+22	39
7	Willem II	34	17	5	12	64	53	+11	39
8	MVV Maastricht	34	16	6	12	68	47	+21	38
9	DFC	34	15	7	12	69	61	+8	37	Relegation play-off as level on points
10	GVAV Rapiditas	34	15	7	12	68	64	+4	37
11	Alkmaar '54	34	13	7	14	47	55	−8	33	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
12	Sittardia	34	12	9	13	63	77	−14	33
13	De Graafschap	34	8	11	15	46	72	−26	27
14	SHS	34	11	5	18	58	75	−17	25
15	SVV	34	9	6	19	57	69	−12	24
16	HFC EDO	34	9	4	21	37	66	−29	22
17	De Volewijckers	34	5	3	26	49	126	−77	13
18	Emma	34	2	5	27	28	105	−77	9

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	BVV	DFC	EDO	ELI	EMA	ENS	FEY	GRA	GVA	MVV	PSV	RAP	SHS	SIT	SVV	VWK	WIL
Alkmaar '54		0–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
BVV	4–1		1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	3–2	4–2	1–2
D.F.C.	2–3	2–1		3–1	1–2	2–2	1–7	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	3–1	6–1	0–3
EDO	2–1	0–4	2–3		0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–1	1–2	0–1
Elinkwijk	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1		6–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	6–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	3–1
Emma	1–1	1–3	1–7	0–1	1–5		1–2	0–6	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–5	1–4	0–4	3–4	1–1
SC Enschede	2–2	2–4	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–4		4–3	4–0	0–1	3–1	4–3	1–6	2–2	6–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Feijenoord	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–3		6–1	5–1	1–3	2–4	2–0	6–1	3–1	2–0	11–4	0–1
De Graafschap	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–5		0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	3–2	2–2
GVAV	4–1	1–5	3–2	1–3	0–3	9–0	3–1	5–4	3–0		2–2	2–3	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–1
MVV	5–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1		0–0	0–3	2–0	2–3	3–0	7–1	3–1
PSV	4–3	1–0	6–2	5–0	4–1	4–0	1–5	3–2	3–0	2–2	3–0		4–1	4–1	5–0	3–1	5–2	1–2
Rapid JC	6–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	4–1	6–1	4–1	2–2	5–3		0–0	4–2	2–2	3–0	5–2
SHS	1–0	1–5	0–1	5–0	2–3	6–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	4–1	1–2	1–2	2–1		4–3	2–2	1–0	3–6
Sittardia	0–0	1–3	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–4	2–2	3–2	0–4	2–2	3–2	0–0		4–3	3–2	1–0
SVV	0–1	2–1	2–7	2–0	4–2	4–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2		3–1	0–2
De Volewijckers	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–4	2–1	1–6	2–5	3–3	1–1	0–3	0–6	2–6	2–5	4–5	2–6		0–4
Willem II	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	5–3	1–2	1–1	3–4	3–3	2–4	0–3	4–1	0–3	2–1	3–0

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

Promotion play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rapid	4–3	SC Enschede

Rapid qualify for the Championship play-offs.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
GVAV Rapiditas	4–3 (a.e.t.)	DFC

DFC are relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAP	NAC	ELI	SPA
1	Rapid JC	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	8	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round			5–1	3–1	3–1
2	NAC	6	4	0	2	13	11	+2	8			0–1		5–2	2–0
3	Elinkwijk	6	2	1	3	12	14	−2	5			2–0	2–3		5–3
4	Sparta Rotterdam	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	3			2–1	1–2	0–0

Source: rsssf.com

References

• Netherlands professional football season '55/56