# 1946–47 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1946–1947 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating sc Heerenveen, NEC Nijmegen, MVV Maastricht, BVV Den Bosch and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Vitesse Arnhem
Eerste Klasse North:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: FC Emmen
Eerste Klasse South-I:
* Moving in from South-II: VVV Venlo
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Helmondia
Eerste Klasse South-II:
* Moving in from South-I: FC Eindhoven
* Promoted from 2nd Division: Sittardse Boys
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: DWS, Feijenoord and Sparta Rotterdam
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: DOS, De Volewijckers and Xerxes
* Promoted from 2nd Division: SBV Excelsior

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | NEC Nijmegen | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Go Ahead | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 29 | |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 24 | |
| 4 | Quick Nijmegen | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 22 | |
| 5 | FC Wageningen | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 20 | |
| 6 | Heracles | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 18 | |
| 7 | SC Enschede | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 17 | |
| 8 | Be Quick Zutphen | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 16 | |
| 9 | Enschedese Boys | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 15 | |
| 10 | Vitesse | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 15 | |
| 11 | HVV Tubantia | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 13 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | sc Heerenveen | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 30 | +78 | 36 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Be Quick 1887 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 30 | |
| 3 | GVAV Rapiditas | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 26 | |
| 4 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 23 | |
| 5 | Veendam | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 18 | |
| 6 | HSC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 17 | |
| 7 | VV Leeuwarden | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 16 | |
| 8 | Achilles 1894 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 15 | |
| 9 | Velocitas 1897 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 13 | |
| 10 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 13 | |
| 11 | FC Emmen | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 13 | |

### Eerste Klasse South-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NOAD | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 29 | Transferred to South-II |
| 3 | Willem II | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 28 | |
| 4 | NAC | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 22 | Transferred to South-II |
| 5 | LONGA | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 21 | |
| 6 | VVV Venlo | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 18 | Transferred to South-II |
| 7 | HVV Helmond | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 17 | |
| 8 | VC Vlissingen | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 15 | Transferred to South-II |
| 9 | Baronie/DNL | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 13 | |
| 10 | Helmondia | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 12 | Transferred to South-II |
| 11 | RKTVV Tilburg | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 11 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Sittardse Boys | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 28 | Transferred to South-I |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 27 | |
| 4 | Limburgia | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 22 | |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 18 | Transferred to South-I |
| 6 | Maurits | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 17 | Transferred to South-I |
| 7 | SC Emma | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 17 | |
| 8 | Juliana | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 17 | Transferred to South-I |
| 9 | De Spechten | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 16 | Transferred to South-I |
| 10 | Bleijerheide | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 15 | |
| 11 | Brabantia | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 13 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 24 | Transferred to West-II |
| 3 | DWS | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 21 | Transferred to West-II |
| 4 | HFC EDO | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 20 | Transferred to West-II |
| 5 | RFC Rotterdam | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 20 | |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 19 | Transferred to West-II |
| 7 | Hermes DVS | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 18 | |
| 8 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 18 | Transferred to West-II |
| 9 | HVV 't Gooi | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 18 | |
| 10 | VSV | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 18 | |
| 11 | Emma | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 15 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | De Volewijckers | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 27 | Transferred to West-I |
| 3 | HFC Haarlem | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 25 | Transferred to West-I |
| 4 | Xerxes | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 25 | Transferred to West-I |
| 5 | DFC | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 23 | |
| 6 | SC Neptunus | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 21 | Transferred to West-I |
| 7 | DOS | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 18 | |
| 8 | HBS Craeyenhout | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 16 | Transferred to West-I |
| 9 | Stormvogels | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 14 | |
| 10 | DHC Delft | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 14 | |
| 11 | SBV Excelsior | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 10 | |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result | AJA | HEE | NEC | MVV | BVV | BWA |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 17 | Champion | | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| 2 | sc Heerenveen | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 14 | | 0–2 | | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | NEC Nijmegen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 9 | | 0–6 | 3–4 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 7 | | 2–3 | 6–7 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| 5 | BVV Den Bosch | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 7 | | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 0–3 |
| 6 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 6 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |