# 1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1937–1938 was contested by 51 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. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Heracles, DWS, Be Quick 1887 and PSV Eindhoven.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Hengelo
Eerste Klasse North:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: sc Heerenveen
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Willem II
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: DWS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam VSV and VUC
* Promoted from 2nd Division: RFC Rotterdam
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, CVV Mercurius, DHC Delft, Stormvogels and Xerxes
* Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV 't Gooi

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Heracles | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 26 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Go Ahead | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 24 | |
| 3 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 24 | |
| 4 | SC Enschede | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 21 | |
| 5 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 20 | |
| 6 | FC Wageningen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 18 | |
| 7 | ZAC | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 15 | |
| 8 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 12 | |
| 9 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 11 | |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 9 | 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 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 26 | |
| 3 | Veendam | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 22 | |
| 4 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 19 | |
| 5 | HSC | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 18 | |
| 6 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 17 | |
| 7 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 16 | |
| 8 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 15 | |
| 9 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 12 | |
| 10 | VV Hoogezand | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 8 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NAC | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 27 | |
| 3 | Juliana | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 25 | |
| 4 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 23 | |
| 5 | LONGA | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 23 | |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 20 | |
| 7 | RFC Roermond | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 18 | |
| 8 | Willem II | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 17 | |
| 9 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 16 | |
| 10 | NOAD | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 13 | |
| 11 | Bleijerheide | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 9 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | DWS | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 20 | +42 | 27 | Division West-II next season |
| 3 | KFC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 18 | |
| 4 | RFC Rotterdam | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 18 | Division West-II next season |
| 5 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 18 | |
| 6 | VSV | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 17 | Division West-II next season |
| 7 | VUC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 16 | Division West-II next season |
| 8 | DFC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 16 | Division West-II next season |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 12 | |
| 10 | SBV Excelsior | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 55 | −38 | 10 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 26 | |
| 3 | Xerxes | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 20 | Division West-I next season |
| 4 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 20 | Division West-I next season |
| 5 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 19 | |
| 6 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 19 | Division West-I next season |
| 7 | Stormvogels | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 18 | Division West-I next season |
| 8 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 14 | Division West-I next season |
| 9 | DHC Delft | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 9 | |
| 10 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 8 | Division West-I next season |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FEY | HER | DWS | BEQ | PSV |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 14 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Heracles | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 12 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | DWS | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 5 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–6 | | 2–0 |
| 5 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 2 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 2–5 | |