# 1943–44 Netherlands Football League Championship

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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | Moved to Division South-II next season |
| 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 | Moved to Division South-II next season |
| 10 | NOAD | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 15 | |
| 11 | Spekholzerheide | 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 | Moved to Division South-II next season |
* ↑ 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 | Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 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 | Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 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 |

### 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 | Moved to Division West-I next season |

### 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 | |