# 1936–37 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1936–1937 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. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Feijenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Be Quick 1887 and Go Ahead.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:
* Promoted from 2nd Division: NEC Nijmegen
Eerste Klasse West-I:
* Moving in from West-II: DHC Delft, DFC, SBV Excelsior, Sparta Rotterdam and Stormvogels
* Promoted from 2nd Division: CVV Mercurius
Eerste Klasse West-II:
* Moving in from West-I: HFC Haarlem, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam and VSV

## Divisions
### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Heracles | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 26 | |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 23 | |
| 4 | SC Enschede | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 17 | |
| 5 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 17 | |
| 6 | FC Wageningen | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 15 | |
| 8 | ZAC | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 15 | |
| 9 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 14 | |
| 10 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 7 | 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 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 25 | |
| 3 | Veendam | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 24 | |
| 4 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 19 | |
| 5 | HSC | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 17 | |
| 6 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 14 | |
| 7 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 13 | |
| 8 | VV Hoogezand | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 13 | |
| 9 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 12 | |
| 10 | LVV Friesland | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 77 | −48 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 25 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | BVV Den Bosch | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 21 | |
| 3 | NOAD | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 20 | |
| 4 | NAC | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 20 | |
| 5 | LONGA | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Juliana | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 16 | |
| 7 | RFC Roermond | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 16 | |
| 8 | Bleijerheide | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 16 | |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 15 | |
| 10 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 15 | |

### Eerste Klasse West-I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Xerxes | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 21 | Division West-II next season |
| 3 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 21 | Division West-II next season |
| 4 | Stormvogels | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 18 | Division West-II next season |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 18 | |
| 6 | DHC Delft | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 17 | Division West-II next season |
| 7 | SBV Excelsior | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 16 | |
| 8 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 16 | Division West-II next season |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 14 | |
| 10 | RCH | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 45 | −27 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 31 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | DWS | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 29 | Division West-I next season |
| 3 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 18 | |
| 4 | VSV | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 18 | Division West-I next season |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 16 | Division West-I next season |
| 6 | KFC | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 16 | Division West-I next season |
| 7 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 15 | |
| 8 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 14 | |
| 9 | VUC | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 13 | Division West-I next season |
| 10 | ZFC | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 10 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AJA | FEY | PSV | BEQ | GOA |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 14 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 10 | 3–0 | | 6–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 6 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 6 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Go Ahead | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |