1897–98 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1897–1898 was contested by ten 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 Vitesse Arnhem 4–2.

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1897–98
Champions	RAP (4th title)
← 1896–97 1898–99 →

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East: (new division)

• Go Ahead Wageningen, returning after one year of absence (previously participating in the western division)
• PW
• Vitesse

Eerste Klasse West:

• Celeritas
• HFC Haarlem

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitesse	4	3	1	0	12	5	+7	7	Qualified for Championship Final
2	Go Ahead Wageningen	4	1	2	1	9	8	+1	4
3	PW	4	0	1	3	6	14	−8	1

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RAP	12	9	2	1	39	8	+31	20	Qualified for Championship Final
2	Sparta Rotterdam	12	6	4	2	22	13	+9	16
3	HBS Craeyenhout	12	6	1	5	24	19	+5	13
4	HFC Haarlem	12	4	3	5	23	23	0	11
5	Rapiditas Rotterdam	12	4	2	6	21	31	−10	10
6	HVV Den Haag	12	4	2	6	16	28	−12	10
7	Celeritas	12	0	4	8	7	30	−23	4	Not participating next season

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RAP	4–2	Vitesse

RAP won the championship.

References

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