1943–44 Netherlands Football League Championship

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Netherlands Football Championship
Season1943–1944
ChampionsDe Volewijckers (1st title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1943–1944 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. De Volewijckers won this year's championship by beating VUC, LONGA, sc Heerenveen and Heracles.

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Heracles 18 11 5 2 37 16 +21 27 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Go Ahead 18 9 5 4 43 27 +16 23
3 NEC Nijmegen 17 10 1 6 47 30 +17 21
4 AGOVV Apeldoorn 18 10 1 7 39 29 +10 21
5 Quick Nijmegen 18 6 6 6 39 38 +1 18
6 Enschedese Boys 18 7 4 7 35 38 −3 18
7 FC Wageningen 18 7 3 8 28 25 +3 17
8 SC Enschede 18 4 5 9 26 34 −8 13
9 HVV Tubantia 17 4 2 11 27 51 −24 10
10 PEC Zwolle 18 4 2 12 18 51 −33 10
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 sc Heerenveen 18 16 1 1 85 20 +65 33 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 LSC Sneek 18 10 3 5 39 21 +18 23
3 HSC 18 9 3 6 43 35 +8 21
4 Achilles 1894 18 7 5 6 33 37 −4 19
5 Be Quick 1887 18 7 4 7 27 40 −13 18
6 VV Leeuwarden 18 6 4 8 27 41 −14 16
7 Veendam 18 5 4 9 33 42 −9 14
8 Velocitas 1897 18 4 6 8 13 31 −18 14
9 GVAV Rapiditas 18 4 4 10 22 40 −18 12
10 Sneek Wit Zwart 18 3 4 11 26 41 −15 10
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LONGA 23 14 3 6 49 38 +11 31 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 PSV Eindhoven 23 14 1 8 59 41 +18 29 Moved to Division South-II next season
3 MVV Maastricht 22 10 7 5 49 30 +19 27
4 NAC 22 11 4 7 58 37 +21 26
5 Willem II 22 8 10 4 45 34 +11 26
6 FC Eindhoven 22 12 2 8 52 40 +12 26
7 BVV Den Bosch 22 11 3 8 60 33 +27 25
8 Maurits 22 10 2 10 45 45 0 22 Moved to Division South-II next season
9 De Spechten 22 6 6 10 44 63 −19 18
10 NOAD 22 6 3 13 35 63 −28 15
11 Spekholzerheide[a] 22 4 3 15 25 64 −39 11 Moved to Division South-II next season
12 RFC Roermond 22 3 4 15 28 61 −33 10
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Changed name back to Juliana

Eerste Klasse West-I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 De Volewijckers 18 14 1 3 59 27 +32 29 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Hermes DVS 18 12 2 4 56 34 +22 26
3 Xerxes 18 10 2 6 44 33 +11 22
4 DWS 18 8 4 6 37 29 +8 20 Moved to Division West-II next season
5 DFC 18 7 5 6 46 37 +9 19
6 ADO Den Haag 18 7 2 9 45 38 +7 16
7 Sparta Rotterdam 18 6 3 9 37 47 −10 15 Moved to Division West-II next season
8 HBS Craeyenhout 18 7 0 11 34 56 −22 14
9 HFC EDO 18 5 3 10 26 44 −18 13
10 Stormvogels 18 2 2 14 17 56 −39 6 Moved to Division West-II next season
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West-II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 VUC 18 11 3 4 67 44 +23 25 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 AFC Ajax 18 10 3 5 53 28 +25 23 Moved to Division West-I next season
3 DHC 18 9 3 6 34 22 +12 21
4 VSV 18 8 4 6 42 46 −4 20 Moved to Division West-I next season
5 Feijenoord 18 6 7 5 30 28 +2 19
6 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 18 7 5 6 33 32 +1 19
7 SC Emma 18 6 3 9 31 46 −15 15 Moved to Division West-I next season
8 HFC Haarlem 18 6 3 9 35 51 −16 15
9 RFC Rotterdam 18 5 2 11 38 48 −10 12 Moved to Division West-I next season
10 HVV 't Gooi 18 5 1 12 33 51 −18 11
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VOL VUC LON HEE HER
1 De Volewijckers 8 6 0 2 31 11 +20 12 5–1 5–3 4–1 5–0
2 VUC 8 4 2 2 17 15 +2 10 2–0 2–3 3–3 1–1
3 LONGA 8 4 1 3 19 17 +2 9 2–1 0–2 3–4 1–1
4 sc Heerenveen 8 2 2 4 16 23 −7 6 1–5 2–4 0–1 2–2
5 Heracles 8 0 3 5 9 26 −17 3 1–6 1–2 2–6 1–3
Source: rsssf.com

References