# 1921–22 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1921–1922 was contested by 43 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, NAC, and Be Quick 1887.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Heracles
Eerste Klasse North:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Upright
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: PSV Eindhoven
Eerste Klasse West:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Feijenoord (returning after two seasons of absence) & RCH

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 21 | |
| 3 | Heracles | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 21 | |
| 4 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 20 | |
| 5 | SC Enschede | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 19 | |
| 6 | ZAC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 16 | |
| 7 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 15 | |
| 8 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 14 | |
| 9 | TSV Theole | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 14 | |
| 10 | Vitesse Arnhem | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 13 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 16 | +73 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 26 | |
| 3 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 23 | |
| 4 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 23 | |
| 5 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 21 | |
| 6 | Veendam | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 19 | |
| 7 | MVV Alcides | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 14 | |
| 8 | Upright | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 9 | |
| 9 | GSAVV Forward | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 8 | |
| 10 | GVV Groningen | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 68 | −58 | 3 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | NAC | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 16 | +43 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Willem II | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 30 | |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 27 | |
| 4 | Bredania | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 25 | |
| 5 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 21 | |
| 6 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 19 | |
| 7 | NOAD | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 19 | |
| 8 | SV DOSKO | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 16 | |
| 9 | Velocitas | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 11 | |
| 10 | PSV Eindhoven | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 9 | |
| 11 | VVV Venlo | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 47 | −30 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 32 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 27 | |
| 3 | AFC Ajax | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 26 | |
| 4 | HFC Haarlem | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 25 | |
| 5 | VOC | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 21 | |
| 6 | HBS Craeyenhout | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 20 | |
| 7 | DFC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 20 | |
| 8 | UVV Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 20 | |
| 9 | HVV Den Haag | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 19 | |
| 10 | RCH | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 19 | |
| 11 | De Spartaan | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 18 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 12 | VVA | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 17 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GOA | BWA | NAC | BEQ |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Play-off required as level on points | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Play-off required as level on points | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| 3 | NAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–3 |
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

### Play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Go Ahead | 1–0 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam |
Go Ahead won the championship.