# 1920–21 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1920–1921 was contested by 43 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. NAC won this year's championship by beating Be Quick 1887, AFC Ajax, and Go Ahead.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: TSV Theole
Eerste Klasse North:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: GVV Groningen
Eerste Klasse South:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: BVV Den Bosch & SV DOSKO
Eerste Klasse West:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: De Spartaan

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 10 | +39 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | SC Enschede | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 28 | |
| 3 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 19 | |
| 4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 18 | |
| 5 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 17 | |
| 6 | ZAC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 16 | |
| 7 | Theole | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 15 | |
| 8 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 14 | |
| 9 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 12 | |
| 10 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 10 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 19 | +69 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 27 | |
| 3 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 25 | |
| 4 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 19 | |
| 5 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 6 | GSAVV Forward | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 14 | |
| 7 | Veendam | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 13 | |
| 8 | MVV Alcides | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 12 | |
| 9 | GVV Groningen | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 10 | |
| 10 | HSC | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | NAC | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 8 | +56 | 37 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 30 | |
| 3 | NOAD | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 25 | |
| 4 | Willem II | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 22 | |
| 5 | Bredania | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 22 | |
| 6 | VVV Venlo | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 20 | |
| 7 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 19 | |
| 8 | CVV Velocitas | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 16 | |
| 9 | SV DOSKO | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 15 | |
| 10 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 14 | |
| 11 | Zeelandia Middelburg | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 65 | −57 | 0 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 37 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 31 | |
| 3 | HBS Craeyenhout | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 26 | |
| 4 | UVV Utrecht | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 26 | |
| 5 | De Spartaan | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 22 | |
| 6 | HFC Haarlem | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 21 | |
| 7 | HVV Den Haag | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 21 | |
| 8 | VOC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | DFC | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 18 | |
| 10 | VVA Amsterdam | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 17 | |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 15 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 12 | AFC | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 10 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | NAC | BEQ | AJA | GOA |
| 1 | NAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Be Quick 1887 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | AFC Ajax | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 5–2 |
| 4 | Go Ahead | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–5 | |