# 1948–49 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1948–1949 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. SVV won this year's championship by beating BVV Den Bosch, AGOVV Apeldoorn, sc Heerenveen, VSV and NOAD.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Hengelo
Eerste Klasse North:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: LVV Friesland
Eerste Klasse South-I:
* Moving in from South-II: Brabantia, Limburgia, MVV Maastricht, NAC and VVV Venlo
Eerste Klasse South-II:
* Moving in from South-I: Baronie/DNL, FC Eindhoven, LONGA, Maurits and Sittardse Boys
* Promoted from 2nd Division: SV Kerkrade
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: ADO Den Haag, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, DOS, Sparta Rotterdam and Stormvogels
* Promoted from 2nd Division: SVV
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, SC Neptunus VSV and Zeeburgia
* Promoted from 2nd Division: KFC

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 26 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | SC Enschede | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 25 | |
| 3 | Heracles | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 23 | |
| 4 | HVV Hengelo | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 20 | |
| 5 | Enschedese Boys | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 20 | |
| 6 | Quick Nijmegen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 20 | |
| 7 | FC Wageningen | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 19 | |
| 8 | Zwolsche Boys | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 18 | |
| 9 | Go Ahead | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 18 | |
| 10 | Be Quick Zutphen | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 17 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | NEC Nijmegen | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 14 | |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 19 | +49 | 33 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Be Quick 1887 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 23 | |
| 3 | LVV Friesland | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 22 | |
| 4 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 22 | |
| 5 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 21 | |
| 6 | VV Leeuwarden | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 20 | |
| 7 | Velocitas 1897 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 20 | |
| 8 | GVAV Rapiditas | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 15 | |
| 9 | HSC | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 14 | |
| 10 | FC Emmen | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 14 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | Achilles 1894 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 12 | |

### Eerste Klasse South-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to South-II |
| 2 | Limburgia | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 29 | |
| 3 | Willem II | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 25 | Transferred to South-II |
| 4 | VVV | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 24 | |
| 5 | NAC | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 23 | Transferred to South-II |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 19 | |
| 7 | VV TSC | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 18 | Transferred to South-II |
| 8 | Brabantia | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 17 | |
| 9 | Juliana | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 16 | Transferred to South-II |
| 10 | HVV Helmond | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 11 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | De Spechten | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 7 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | NOAD | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to South-I |
| 2 | Bleijerheide | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 24 | |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 21 | Transferred to South-I |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 21 | |
| 5 | SC Helmondia | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 21 | Transferred to South-I |
| 6 | SC Emma | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | |
| 7 | SV Kerkrade | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 18 | Transferred to South-I |
| 8 | Maurits | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 18 | |
| 9 | Sittardse Boys | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 18 | Transferred to South-I |
| 10 | LONGA | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 16 | |
| 11 | Baronie/DNL | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 16 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SVV | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 32 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to West-II |
| 2 | Xerxes | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 27 | Transferred to West-II |
| 3 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 26 | |
| 4 | AFC Ajax | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 23 | Transferred to West-II |
| 5 | DOS | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 21 | |
| 6 | HFC Haarlem | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 18 | |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 16 | |
| 8 | HVV 't Gooi | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 15 | Transferred to West-II |
| 9 | De Volewijckers | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 15 | Transferred to West-II |
| 10 | Stormvogels | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 14 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 13 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VSV | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to West-I |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 29 | Transferred to West-I |
| 3 | HFC EDO | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 25 | |
| 4 | Hermes DVS | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 24 | Transferred to West-I |
| 5 | DWS | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 21 | |
| 6 | SC Neptunus | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 18 | |
| 7 | HBS Craeyenhout | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 17 | |
| 8 | KFC | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 16 | Transferred to West-I |
| 9 | Zeeburgia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 15 | Transferred to West-I |
| 10 | DFC | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 14 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | DHC Delft | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 7 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result | SVV | BVV | AGO | HEE | VSV | NOA |
| 1 | SVV | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 15 | Champion | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 |
| 2 | BVV Den Bosch | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 13 | | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | sc Heerenveen | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 11 | | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 7–2 |
| 5 | VSV | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 8 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | NOAD | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 28 | −23 | 2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |