# 1917–18 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1917–1918 was contested by 51 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead, Willem II, AFC and Be Quick 1887.

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 13 | +35 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 24 | |
| 3 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 23 | |
| 4 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 22 | |
| 5 | EFC PW 1885 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 17 | |
| 6 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 17 | |
| 7 | SC Enschede | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 14 | |
| 8 | Vitesse Arnhem | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 14 | |
| 9 | GVC Wageningen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 13 | |
| 10 | Robur et Velocitas | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 5 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 12 | +49 | 25 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Velocitas 1897 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 21 | |
| 3 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 13 | |
| 4 | WVV Winschoten | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 14 | |
| 5 | HSC | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 42 | −27 | 10 | |
| 6 | Achilles 1894 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 11 | |
| 7 | GSAVV Forward | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 6 | |
| 8 | Veendam | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 4 | |
* ↑ 6 points deducted

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Willem II | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 28 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | NAC | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 23 | |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 23 | |
| 4 | CVV Velocitas | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 17 | |
| 5 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 15 | |
| 6 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 10 | |
| 7 | VVV Venlo | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 10 | |
| 8 | HVV Helmond | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 10 | |
| 9 | MSV Maastricht | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 8 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 33 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | HFC Haarlem | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 28 | |
| 3 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 28 | |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 25 | |
| 5 | USV Hercules | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 25 | |
| 6 | HVV Den Haag | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | UVV Utrecht | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | DFC | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 18 | |
| 9 | Koninklijke HFC | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 17 | |
| 10 | HBS Craeyenhout | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 71 | −35 | 17 | |
| 11 | VOC | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 16 | |
| 12 | Quick (H) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 13 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-offs |
| 2 | De Spartaan | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 31 | |
| 3 | Feijenoord | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 24 | |
| 4 | HVV 't Gooi | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 23 | |
| 5 | RFC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 23 | |
| 6 | Hermes DVS | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 23 | |
| 7 | Dordrecht | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 22 | |
| 8 | DVS Rotterdam | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 19 | |
| 9 | VV Concordia | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 19 | |
| 10 | VVA Amsterdam | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 16 | |
| 11 | SVV | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 16 | |
| 12 | Amstel | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 15 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
* ↑ 2 points deducted

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AJA | GOA | WIL | AFC | BEQ |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 13 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Go Ahead | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Willem II | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 4 | AFC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 |
| 5 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |