The Netherlands Football League Championship 1939–1940 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. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas.
| Season | 1939–1940 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Feijenoord (5th title) |
← 1938–39 1940–41 → | |
This season's championship was not considered official. Owing to the start of World War II, not all teams played an equal number of matches.
New entrants
editEerste Klasse East:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: Enschedese Boys
Eerste Klasse North:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: WVV Winschoten
Eerste Klasse South:
- Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Helmond & Limburgia
Eerste Klasse West-I:
- Moving in from West-II: Ajax, DOS, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem and VSV
Eerste Klasse West-II:
- Moving in from West-I: CVV Mercurius, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, Sparta Rotterdam and Xerxes
Divisions
editEerste Klasse East
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 26 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 24 | |
| 3 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 23 | |
| 4 | HVV Tubantia | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 20 | |
| 5 | Go Ahead | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 19 | |
| 6 | HVV Hengelo | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 16 | |
| 7 | SC Enschede | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 13 | |
| 8 | FC Wageningen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 13 | |
| 9 | Quick Nijmegen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 11 | |
| 10 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 9 |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse North
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HSC | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 21 | |
| 3 | Veendam | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 21 | |
| 4 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 20 | |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 17 | |
| 6 | Achilles 1894 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 16 | |
| 7 | Velocitas 1897 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 15 | |
| 8 | VV Leeuwarden | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 11 | |
| 9 | WVV Winschoten | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 10 | |
| 10 | Be Quick 1887 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 5 |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse South
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliana | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 24 | +55 | 34 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 29 | |
| 3 | NOAD | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 29 | |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 28 | |
| 5 | Willem II | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 25 | |
| 6 | PSV Eindhoven | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 22 | |
| 7 | LONGA | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 18 | |
| 8 | NAC | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 18 | |
| 9 | HVV Helmond | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 12 | |
| 10 | Limburgia | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 11 | |
| 11 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 10 | |
| 12 | RFC Roermond | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 8 |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse West-I
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 28 | Division West-II next season |
| 3 | DWS | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 27 | |
| 4 | VSV | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 21 | |
| 5 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 19 | Division West-II next season |
| 6 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 17 | |
| 7 | Stormvogels | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 14 | Division West-II next season |
| 8 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 11 | |
| 9 | KFC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 8 | Division West-II next season |
| 10 | DOS | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 6 |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse West-II
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feijenoord | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 23 | |
| 3 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 23 | Division West-I next season |
| 4 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 20 | |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 19 | |
| 6 | DHC | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 18 | |
| 7 | RFC | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 17 | Division West-I next season |
| 8 | VUC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 16 | |
| 9 | Xerxes | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 13 | |
| 10 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 2 |
Source: rsssf.com
Championship play-off
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FEY | BWA | HER | JUL | GVA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feijenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 11 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–3 | ||
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 9 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Heracles | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 9 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | ||
| 4 | Juliana | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 9 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | GVAV Rapiditas | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 |
Source: rsssf.com
