# 1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1955–1956 was contested by 36 teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the two best placed teams in both divisions of the Netherlands. Rapid JC won this year's championship by beating NAC, Elinkwijk and Sparta Rotterdam.

## New entrant

* SHS

## Divisions
### Hoofdklasse A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 46 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NAC | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 45 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 3 | Fortuna | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 44 | |
| 4 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 42 | |
| 5 | VVV Venlo | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 40 | |
| 6 | DOS | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 91 | 68 | +23 | 40 | |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 38 | |
| 8 | BVC Amsterdam | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 37 | |
| 9 | NOAD | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 36 | |
| 10 | Limburgia | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 35 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 11 | SBV Excelsior | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 34 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 32 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 13 | Stormvogels | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 32 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 14 | Roda Sport | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 81 | −18 | 25 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 15 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 24 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 16 | Hollandia Victoria Combinatie | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 24 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 17 | Rigtersbleek | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 86 | −42 | 20 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | EBOH | 34 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 18 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AMS | DOS | EBO | EIN | EXC | F54 | HVC | LIM | NAC | NOA | RIG | RSP | SPA | STO | VIT | VVV |
| ADO | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Ajax | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Amsterdam | 3–5 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| DOS | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | | 6–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 7–3 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| EBOH | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Eindhoven | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 |
| Excelsior | 3–2 | 4–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 |
| Fortuna '54 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| HVC | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Limburgia | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| NAC | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| NOAD | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–6 |
| Rigtersbleek | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Roda Sport | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Sparta | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Stormvogels | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Vitesse | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
| VVV | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |

### Hoofdklasse B
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Elinkwijk | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 36 | +43 | 50 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Rapid | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 46 | +44 | 48 | Play-off as level on points |
| 3 | SC Enschede | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 91 | 56 | +35 | 48 | Play-off as level on points |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 96 | 55 | +41 | 47 | |
| 5 | Feijenoord | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 93 | 62 | +31 | 41 | |
| 6 | BVV Den Bosch | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 39 | |
| 7 | Willem II | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 39 | |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 38 | |
| 9 | DFC | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 61 | +8 | 37 | Relegation play-off as level on points |
| 10 | GVAV Rapiditas | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 37 | Relegation play-off as level on points |
| 11 | Alkmaar '54 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 33 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 12 | Sittardia | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 77 | −14 | 33 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 27 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 14 | SHS | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 25 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 15 | SVV | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 24 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 16 | HFC EDO | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 22 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 17 | De Volewijckers | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 49 | 126 | −77 | 13 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | Emma | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 105 | −77 | 9 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ 2 points deducted

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALK | BVV | DFC | EDO | ELI | EMA | ENS | FEY | GRA | GVA | MVV | PSV | RAP | SHS | SIT | SVV | VWK | WIL |
| Alkmaar '54 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| BVV | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| D.F.C. | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–3 |
| EDO | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Elinkwijk | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Emma | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 1–5 | | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 |
| SC Enschede | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–4 | | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Feijenoord | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | | 6–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 11–4 | 0–1 |
| De Graafschap | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–5 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| GVAV | 4–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| MVV | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 |
| PSV | 4–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 |
| Rapid JC | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| SHS | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–6 |
| Sittardia | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| SVV | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–7 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| De Volewijckers | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–6 | | 0–4 |
| Willem II | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |

### Promotion play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Rapid | 4–3 | SC Enschede |
Rapid qualify for the Championship play-offs.

### Relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| GVAV Rapiditas | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | DFC |
DFC are relegated to Eerste Divisie.

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAP | NAC | ELI | SPA |
| 1 | Rapid JC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | NAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 8 | | 0–1 | | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Elinkwijk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 5 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 5–3 |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |