1898–99 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1898–1899 was contested by twelve teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off match featuring the winners of the eastern and western football division of the Netherlands. RAP won this year's championship by beating PW Enschede 3-2 and 2–1.

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1898–99
Champions	RAP (5th title)
← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

• Koninklijke UD
• Quick Nijmegen

Eerste Klasse West:

• Koninklijke HFC returned after one season of absence

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PW	8	7	0	1	19	10	+9	14	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	Go Ahead Wageningen	8	4	2	2	22	13	+9	10
3	Vitesse	8	3	2	3	16	16	0	8
4	Quick Nijmegen	8	2	0	6	13	18	−5	4
5	Koninklijke UD	8	2	0	6	10	23	−13	4	Not participating next season

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RAP	12	10	2	0	37	15	+22	22	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	HVV Den Haag	12	6	2	4	23	15	+8	14
3	HFC Haarlem	12	5	3	4	29	23	+6	13
4	HBS Craeyenhout	12	5	2	5	21	15	+6	12
5	Sparta Rotterdam	12	5	0	7	18	28	−10	10
6	Koninklijke HFC	12	3	1	8	13	33	−20	7
7	Rapiditas Rotterdam	12	3	0	9	17	29	−12	6	Not participating next season

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RAP	5–3	PW Enschede	3–2	2–1

RAP won the championship.

References

• RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse West