# 1925–26 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1925–1926 was contested by 50 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. SC Enschede won this year's championship by beating MVV Maastricht, Feijenoord, Stormvogels and Be Quick 1887.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: DOTO Deventer
Eerste Klasse North:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: HSC
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: RFC Roermond
* Bredania/'t Zesde was the result of a merger between 't Zesde and last seasons competitor Bredania
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: DFC, HVV Den Haag, RCH, Stormvogels and VOC
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, Feijenoord, HFC Haarlem and ZFC
* Promoted from 2nd Division: De Spartaan

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse Oost

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SC Enschede | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 19 | +37 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Heracles | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 26 | |
| 3 | Go Ahead | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 26 | |
| 4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 18 | |
| 5 | Wageningen | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 15 | |
| 7 | DOTO (Deventer) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 14 | |
| 8 | Hengelo | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 13 | |
| 9 | ZAC (Zwolle) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 12 | |
| 10 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 12 | Relegated after losing play-off against ZAC |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 16 | +78 | 33 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 32 | |
| 3 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 24 | |
| 4 | GVV Groningen | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 16 | |
| 5 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 15 | |
| 6 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 14 | |
| 7 | Veendam | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 14 | |
| 8 | LVV Friesland | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 13 | |
| 9 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 12 | |
| 10 | HSC | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 68 | −43 | 7 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 26 | |
| 3 | NAC | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 24 | |
| 4 | NOAD | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 18 | |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | RFC Roermond | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 17 | |
| 7 | Willem II | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 14 | |
| 8 | BVV Den Bosch | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 13 | |
| 9 | Bredania/'t Zesde | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 11 | |
| 10 | De Valk | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stormvogels | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 27 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 26 | |
| 3 | VOC | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 23 | Division West-II next season |
| 4 | Koninklijke HFC | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 21 | Division West-II next season |
| 5 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 19 | |
| 6 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 16 | |
| 7 | DFC | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 16 | |
| 8 | RCH | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 16 | |
| 9 | HVV Den Haag | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 12 | |
| 10 | GVV Unitas | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 64 | −46 | 4 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 23 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | SBV Excelsior | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 23 | Division West-I next season |
| 3 | HFC EDO | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 22 | |
| 4 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 22 | Division West-I next season |
| 5 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 22 | |
| 6 | ZFC | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 20 | |
| 7 | De Spartaan | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 15 | |
| 8 | Ajax Sportsman Combinatie | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 14 | |
| 9 | UVV Utrecht | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 13 | |
| 10 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 6 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ENS | MVV | FEY | STO | BEQ |
| 1 | SC Enschede | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 14 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| 2 | MVV Maastricht | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 10 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Feijenoord | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| 4 | Stormvogels | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 1–2 |
| 5 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | |