1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship
| Season | 1940-1941 |
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| Champions | Heracles (2nd title) |
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1941–42 →
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The Netherlands Football League Championship 1940/1941 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. Heracles won its second championship this year by beating PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag, Be Quick 1887 and VSV.
Contents
Divisions
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 30 | +41 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 28 | 26 | +24 | |
| 3 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 33 | 23 | +11 | |
| 4 | SC Enschede | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 22 | +8 | |
| 5 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 43 | 15 | -12 | |
| 6 | FC Wageningen | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 48 | 14 | -12 | |
| 7 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 14 | -10 | |
| 8 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 56 | 13 | -19 | |
| 9 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 13 | -20 | |
| 10 | Go Ahead | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 10 | -11 | Relegated to 2nd Division. |
Eerste Klasse North
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 30 | +25 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | HSC | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 28 | +16 | |
| 3 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 26 | +8 | |
| 4 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 21 | +19 | |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 49 | 19 | +3 | |
| 6 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 18 | +13 | |
| 7 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 57 | 12 | -13 | |
| 8 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 11 | -14 | 2 points deducted. |
| 9 | Veendam | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 54 | 8 | -27 | |
| 10 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 62 | 7 | -30 | Relegated to 2nd Division. |
Eerste Klasse South
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 27 | 33 | +36 | Qualified for Championship play-off. |
| 2 | LONGA | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 31 | 30 | +21 | |
| 3 | Juliana | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 37 | 29 | +30 | Changed name to Spekholzerheide [1] |
| 4 | NAC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 37 | 26 | +8 | |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 39 | 22 | -2 | |
| 6 | BVV Den Bosch | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 21 | -10 | |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 45 | 20 | +2 | |
| 8 | NOAD | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 52 | 20 | -12 | |
| 9 | Willem II | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 18 | -5 | |
| 10 | HVV Helmond | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 53 | 16 | -24 | |
| 11 | RFC Roermond | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 70 | 15 | -38 | |
| 12 | Limburgia | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 14 | -9 | Relegated to 2nd Division. |
[1] Juliana, named after the princess who was staying in England and Canada during the war, were forced to change the name into Spekholzerheide in order to discourage any resistance against the occupation.
Apparently, this rule only applied to clubs named after living members of the house of Oranje, as Willem II was allowed to keep its name (but second level Wilhelmina from Den Bosch were renamed De Kanaries).
Eerste Klasse West-I
Moving in from Division West-II: CVV Rotterdam, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and Xerxes.
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VSV | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 27 | 30 | +34 | Qualified for Championship play-off [West-II] |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 22 | +22 | |
| 3 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 22 | +10 | [West-II] |
| 4 | DOS | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 48 | 21 | +8 | |
| 5 | VUC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 55 | 18 | -5 | |
| 6 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 17 | +5 | [West-II] |
| 7 | Xerxes | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 50 | 15 | -8 | |
| 8 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 50 | 14 | -7 | [West-II] |
| 9 | RFC Rotterdam | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | 14 | -14 | [West-II] |
| 10 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 67 | 7 | -45 | Relegated to 2nd Division. |
[West-II] Team moving to Division West-II next season.
Eerste Klasse West-II
Moving in from Division West-I: ADO Den haag, DWS, 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 53 | 32 | 30 | +21 | Qualified for Championship play-off [West-I] |
| 2 | DHC Delft | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 34 | 28 | +16 | |
| 3 | DWS | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 20 | -1 | [West-I] |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 38 | 19 | +6 | |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 19 | +5 | [West-I] |
| 6 | Feijenoord | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 19 | -1 | [West-I] |
| 7 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 34 | 18 | +8 | |
| 8 | Stormvogels | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 13 | -10 | [West-I] |
| 9 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 10 | -15 | |
| 10 | KFC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 55 | 8 | -29 | Relegated to 2nd Division. |
[West-I] Team moving to Division West-I next season.
Championship play-off
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | +18 | |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 9 | -4 | |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | -3 | |
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 6 | -10 | |
| 5 | VSV | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | -1 |
