# 1942–43 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1942–1943 was contested by 52 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. ADO Den Haag won this year's championship by beating Feijenoord, Willem II, SC Enschede and sc Heerenveen.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Go Ahead
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Maurits
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS and Sparta Rotterdam
* Promoted from 2nd Division: De Volewijckers
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: AFC Ajax, Feijenoord and VUC

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SC Enschede | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 23 | |
| 3 | Go Ahead | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 21 | |
| 4 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 20 | |
| 5 | FC Wageningen | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 20 | |
| 6 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 19 | |
| 7 | Heracles | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 16 | |
| 8 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 12 | |
| 9 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 12 | |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 8 | |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 32 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Be Quick 1887 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 22 | |
| 3 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 22 | |
| 4 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 21 | |
| 5 | Veendam | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | LSC Sneek | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 16 | |
| 8 | HSC | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 14 | |
| 9 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 13 | |
| 10 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 7 | |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Willem II | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 32 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | LONGA | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 29 | |
| 3 | BVV Den Bosch | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 25 | |
| 4 | Spekholzerheide | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 24 | |
| 5 | NAC | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 23 | |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 23 | |
| 7 | Maurits | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 21 | |
| 8 | Picus | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 20 | Changed name to De Spechten. |
| 9 | PSV Eindhoven | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 19 | |
| 10 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 17 | |
| 11 | RFC Roermond | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 15 | |
| 12 | NOAD | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 14 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 26 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Hermes DVS | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 24 | |
| 3 | HFC EDO | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 22 | |
| 4 | DFC | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 20 | |
| 5 | DWS | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | De Volewijckers | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 15 | |
| 8 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 14 | |
| 9 | Xerxes | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 12 | |
| 10 | Stormvogels | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 12 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | VSV | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 25 | |
| 3 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 24 | |
| 4 | DHC Delft | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 22 | |
| 5 | VUC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 19 | |
| 6 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 16 | |
| 7 | RFC Rotterdam | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 16 | |
| 8 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 10 | |
| 9 | SC Emma | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 10 | |
| 10 | HVV't Gooi | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 7 | |

## Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ADO | FEY | WIL | ENS | HEE |
| 1 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 11 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 8–2 |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Willem II | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 8 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–6 |
| 4 | SC Enschede | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 7 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 4–2 |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | |
* ↑ Owing to the war, Feijenoord were forced to play their home games on neutral grounds.