# 1916–17 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1916–1917 was contested by 35 teams participating in four 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. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating UVV Utrecht, Willem II and Be Quick 1887.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Enschede
Eerste Klasse North: (new Division)
* Achilles 1894, Be Quick 1887, Veendam, GSAVV Forward, LAC Frisia 1883, Velocitas 1897 & WVV Winschoten
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeelandia Middelburg
Eerste Klasse West:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 23 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | SC Enschede | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 20 | |
| 3 | Quick Nijmegen | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 19 | |
| 4 | GVC Wageningen | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 17 | |
| 5 | HVV Tubantia | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 16 | |
| 6 | Be Quick Zutphen | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 14 | |
| 7 | Vitesse Arnhem | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 14 | |
| 8 | Robur et Velocitas | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 12 | |
| 9 | Koninklijke UD | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 44 | −25 | 9 | |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 21 | +47 | 20 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Velocitas 1897 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 15 | |
| 3 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 13 | |
| 4 | WVV Winschoten | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 12 | |
| 5 | GSAVV Forward | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Achilles 1894 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 9 | |
| 7 | Veendam | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 6 | |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Willem II | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 5 | +48 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | NAC | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 22 | |
| 3 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 14 | |
| 4 | CVV Velocitas | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 13 | |
| 5 | MSV Maastricht | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 12 | |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 11 | |
| 7 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 10 | |
| 8 | VVV Venlo | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 60 | −47 | 3 | |

### Eerste Klasse West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | UVV Utrecht | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 28 | |
| 3 | HVV Den Haag | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 24 | |
| 4 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 23 | |
| 5 | VOC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 19 | |
| 6 | HFC Haarlem | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 19 | |
| 7 | DFC | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 18 | |
| 8 | HBS Craeyenhout | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 18 | |
| 9 | HC & CV Quick | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 17 | |
| 10 | Koninklijke HFC | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 14 | |
| 11 | USV Hercules | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 11 | |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GOA | UVV | WIL | BEQ |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| 2 | UVV Utrecht | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 7 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Willem II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 6–2 |
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 1 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 0–2 | |