# 1919–20 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1919–1920 was contested by 41 teams participating in 4 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. Be Quick 1887 won this year's championship by beating VOC, Go Ahead and MVV Maastricht.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Hengelo
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: 't Zesde (returning after five seasons of absence) & Bredania
Eerste Klasse West:
* Moving in from Division West-B: AFC

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 27 | |
| 3 | SC Enschede | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 21 | |
| 4 | ZAC | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 16 | |
| 5 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 16 | |
| 6 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 16 | |
| 7 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 16 | |
| 8 | Vitesse Arnhem | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 14 | |
| 9 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 14 | |
| 10 | EFC PW 1885 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 11 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 12 | +75 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Achilles 1894 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 18 | |
| 3 | WVV Winschoten | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 18 | |
| 4 | Velocitas 1897 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 16 | |
| 5 | Veendam | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 14 | |
| 6 | GSAVV Forward | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 13 | |
| 7 | MVV Alcides | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 12 | |
| 8 | HSC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 12 | |
| 9 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 10 | |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 10 | +53 | 35 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NAC | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 28 | |
| 3 | Willem II | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 21 | |
| 4 | CVV Velocitas | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 17 | |
| 5 | NOAD | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 16 | |
| 6 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 15 | |
| 7 | VVV Venlo | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 15 | |
| 8 | Bredania | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 15 | |
| 9 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 14 | |
| 10 | 't Zesde | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 4 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VOC | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HBS Craeyenhout | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 29 | |
| 3 | HVV Den Haag | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 27 | |
| 4 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 24 | |
| 5 | AFC Ajax | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 23 | |
| 6 | UVV Utrecht | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 22 | |
| 7 | HFC Haarlem | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 21 | |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | DFC | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 19 | |
| 10 | AFC | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 18 | |
| 11 | HC & VC Quick | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 17 | |
| 12 | Koninklijke HFC | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 14 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BEQ | VOC | GOA | MVV |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 10 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 7–3 |
| 2 | VOC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 7 | 7–1 | | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Go Ahead | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 5–4 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |