# 1947–48 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1947–1948 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. BVV Den Bosch won this year's championship by beating sc Heerenveen, Go Ahead, HFC EDO, HFC Haarlem and PSV Eindhoven.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Zwolsche Boys
Eerste Klasse South-I:
* Moving in from South-II: FC Eindhoven, Sittardse Boys, Juliana, Maurits and De Spechten
* Promoted from 2nd Division: VV TSC
Eerste Klasse South-II:
* Moving in from South-I: SC Helmondia, NAC, NOAD, VC Vlissingen and VVV Venlo
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: HBS Craeyenhout, HFC Haarlem, SC Neptunus De Volewijckers and Xerxes
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeeburgia
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: ADO Den Haag, DWS, HFC EDO, Feijenoord and Sparta Rotterdam

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Quick Nijmegen | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 27 | |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 22 | |
| 4 | Heracles | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 22 | |
| 5 | FC Wageningen | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 22 | |
| 6 | NEC Nijmegen | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 20 | |
| 7 | SC Enschede | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 19 | |
| 8 | Enschedese Boys | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 19 | |
| 9 | Zwolsche Boys | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 18 | |
| 10 | Be Quick Zutphen | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 14 | |
| 11 | Vitesse Arnhem | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | sc Heerenveen | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 23 | +60 | 36 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Be Quick 1887 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 33 | |
| 3 | GVAV Rapiditas | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 24 | |
| 4 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 22 | |
| 5 | HSC | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 20 | |
| 6 | Velocitas 1897 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 18 | |
| 8 | FC Emmen | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 14 | |
| 9 | VV Leeuwarden | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 13 | |
| 10 | Achilles 1894 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 13 | |
| 11 | Veendam | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 26 | Transferred to South-II |
| 3 | Willem II | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 25 | |
| 4 | Sittardse Boys | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 23 | Transferred to South-II |
| 5 | Juliana | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 21 | |
| 6 | Maurits | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 21 | Transferred to South-II |
| 7 | De Spechten | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 18 | |
| 8 | LONGA | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 15 | Transferred to South-II |
| 9 | Baronie/DNL | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 15 | Transferred to South-II |
| 10 | VV TSC | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 15 | |
| 11 | HVV Helmond | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 14 | |

### Eerste Klasse South-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NAC | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 26 | Transferred to South-I |
| 3 | SC Emma | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 24 | |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 24 | Transferred to South-I |
| 5 | NOAD | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Limburgia | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 23 | Transferred to South-I |
| 7 | Bleijerheide | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 21 | |
| 8 | Brabantia | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 18 | Transferred to South-I |
| 9 | VVV Venlo | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 12 | Transferred to South-I |
| 10 | SC Helmondia | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 12 | |
| 11 | VC Vlissingen | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 58 | −42 | 6 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HFC Haarlem | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Xerxes | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 27 | |
| 3 | AFC Ajax | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 21 | |
| 4 | VSV | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 20 | Transferred to West-II |
| 5 | HVV 't Gooi | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hermes DVS | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 19 | Transferred to West-II |
| 7 | Zeeburgia | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 19 | Transferred to West-II |
| 8 | SC Neptunus | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 19 | Transferred to West-II |
| 9 | De Volewijckers | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 18 | |
| 10 | HBS Craeyenhout | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 18 | Transferred to West-II |
| 11 | RFC Rotterdam | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 12 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HFC EDO | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 29 | |
| 3 | DFC | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 26 | |
| 4 | DOS | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 24 | Transferred to West-I |
| 5 | DHC | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 20 | |
| 6 | Stormvogels | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 19 | Transferred to West-I |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 19 | Transferred to West-I |
| 8 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 16 | Transferred to West-I |
| 9 | DWS | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 15 | |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 14 | Transferred to West-I |
| 11 | SBV Excelsior | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result | BVV | HEE | GOA | EDO | HAA | PSV |
| 1 | BVV Den Bosch | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 14 | Champion | | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | sc Heerenveen | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 13 | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Go Ahead | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 12 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 4 | HFC EDO | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 10 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 5 | HFC Haarlem | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 6 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | | 3–1 |
| 6 | PSV Eindhoven | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 5 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | |