# 1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1949–1950 was contested by 60 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. SV Limburgia won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Maurits, Ajax, sc Heerenveen and Enschedese Boys.
At the end of this season, the KNVB re-aligned the current system of Regional Divisions into 5 new Divisions for 1950–51, to be called Eerste Klasse A-E.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse South-I:
* Moving in from South-II: SC Helmondia, SV Kerkrade, NOAD, PSV Eindhoven and Sittardse Boys
* Promoted from 2nd Division: RBC Roosendaal
Eerste Klasse South-II:
* Moving in from South-I: BVV Den Bosch, Juliana, NAC, VV TSC and Willem II
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: Feijenoord, Hermes DVS, KFC, VSV and Zeeburgia
Eerste Klasse Wëst-II:
* Moving in from West-I: AFC Ajax, HVV 't Gooi, SVV, De Volewijckers and Xerxes
* Promoted from 2nd Division: RCH

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste B |
| 2 | Heracles | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 23 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 19 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 4 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 19 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 5 | SC Enschede | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 6 | FC Wageningen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 7 | Zwolsche Boys | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 8 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 14 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 9 | Go Ahead | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 14 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 10 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 12 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 23 | +64 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste A |
| 2 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 21 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 3 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 20 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 4 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 20 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 5 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 18 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 6 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 18 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 7 | Be Quick 1887 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 18 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 8 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 9 | HSC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste A |
| 10 | LVV Friesland | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 79 | −68 | 1 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Limburgia | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste E |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 25 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 20 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 4 | VVV Venlo | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 20 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 5 | RBC Roosendaal | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 6 | NOAD | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 7 | Brabantia | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 8 | Sittardse Boys | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 17 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 9 | SC Helmondia | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 10 | SV Kerkrade | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 7 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maurits | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste E |
| 2 | BVV Den Bosch | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 25 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 3 | Willem II | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 23 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 4 | LONGA | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 21 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 5 | VV TSC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 18 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 7 | NAC | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 16 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 8 | Bleijerheide | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 14 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 9 | SC Emma | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 9 | Transferred to Eerste E |
| 10 | Juliana | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste C |
| 2 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 24 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 23 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 20 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 5 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 16 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 6 | Feijenoord | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 16 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 7 | DOS | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 16 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 8 | VSV | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 9 | KFC | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 13 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 10 | Zeeburgia | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 58 | −33 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste B |
| 2 | De Volewijckers | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 29 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 3 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 4 | RCH | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 17 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 5 | HFC EDO | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 16 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 6 | SVV | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste C |
| 7 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 15 | Transferred to Eerste B |
| 8 | Xerxes | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 14 | Transferred to Eerste D |
| 9 | SC Neptunus | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 13 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 10 | DWS | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 13 | Transferred to Eerste B |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result | LIM | BWA | MAU | AJA | HEE | ENS |
| 1 | Limburgia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 15 | Champion | | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 14 | | 3–3 | | 3–4 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 |
| 3 | Maurits | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 10 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 4 | AFC Ajax | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 8 | | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 8 | | 5–3 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 6–5 | | 3–2 |
| 6 | Enschedese Boys | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 5 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |