1915–16 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1915–1916 was contested by 26 teams participating in three divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Willem II won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead and Sparta Rotterdam.

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1915–1916
ChampionsWillem II (1st title)

New entrants

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Eerste Klasse South: (returning after one season of suspension due to World War I).

Divisions

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Eerste Klasse East

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Go Ahead 14 9 3 2 32 17 +15 21 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 Quick Nijmegen 14 9 2 3 20 9 +11 20
3 Koninklijke UD 14 6 3 5 27 23 +4 15
4 HVV Tubantia 14 6 2 6 28 31 −3 14
5 Robur et Velocitas 14 6 1 7 37 36 +1 13
6 Vitesse Arnhem 14 5 1 8 31 35 −4 11
7 Be Quick Zutphen 14 4 2 8 29 37 −8 10
8 GVC Wageningen 14 4 0 10 17 33 −16 8
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse South

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The Eerste Klasse South returned after being suspended for one season due to World War I.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Willem II 14 12 2 0 65 15 +50 26 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 NAC 14 7 3 4 35 20 +15 17
3 CVV Velocitas 14 7 2 5 36 29 +7 16
4 MSV Maastricht 14 6 4 4 26 29 −3 16
5 MVV Maastricht 14 7 1 6 22 21 +1 15
6 RKVV Wilhelmina 14 3 4 7 20 33 −13 10
7 RVV Roermond 14 2 5 7 22 44 −22 9 Not participating next season
8 VVV Venlo 14 1 1 12 12 47 −35 3
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sparta Rotterdam 18 11 3 4 55 28 +27 25 Qualified for Championship play-offs
2 DFC 18 11 2 5 45 34 +11 24
3 HBS Craeyenhout 18 8 4 6 37 37 0 20
4 HC & CV Quick 18 8 3 7 37 28 +9 19
5 VOC 18 7 5 6 26 30 −4 19
6 Koninklijke HFC 18 6 5 7 35 38 −3 17
7 UVV Utrecht 18 6 4 8 35 43 −8 16
8 USV Hercules 18 6 3 9 25 38 −13 15
9 HVV Den Haag 18 6 2 10 32 41 −9 14
10 HFC Haarlem 18 3 5 10 27 37 −10 11
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-offs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts WIL GOA SPA
1 Willem II 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 5 1–1 4–1
2 Go Ahead 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 4 0–1 3–0
3 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 7 9 −2 3 4–0 2–2
Source: rsssf.com

References

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