1951–52 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1951–1952 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division of the Netherlands. Willem II won this year's championship by beating Hermes DVS, HFC Haarlem and AFC Ajax.

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1951–1952
Champions	Willem II (2nd title)
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

New entrants

This season, there was one division less than in the last one. This meant that the team had to be reassigned.
Eerste Klasse A:

• Moving in from other Divisions: AGOVV Apeldoorn, DWV, HFC EDO, Enschedese Boys, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem, De Volewijckers
• Promoted from 2nd Division: Elinkwijk & Theole

Eerste Klasse B:

• Moving in from other Divisions: Achilles, Be Quick 1887, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, VV Leeuwarden, RCH, Sneek Wit Zwart, VSV and Zwolsche Boys
• Promoted from 2nd Division: Oosterparkers

Eerste Klasse C:

• Moving in from other Divisions: Bleijerheide, BVV Den Bosch, Feijenoord, FC Eindhoven, MVV Maastricht, NAC, RBC Roosendaal, Sittardia and Willem II
• Promoted from 2nd Division: DHC Delft, Juliana & Quick Nijmegen

Eerste Klasse D:

• Moving in from other Divisions: Brabantia, VV Chèvremont, Hermes DVS, HBS Craeyenhout, SV Limburgia, Maurits, NEC Nijmegen, PSV Eindhoven and VVV Venlo

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HFC Haarlem	26	16	8	2	51	22	+29	40	Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste B
2	DWS	26	15	9	2	46	16	+30	39	Transferred to Eerste B
3	HFC EDO	26	14	5	7	39	26	+13	33
4	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26	12	8	6	50	34	+16	32	Transferred to Eerste B
5	sc Heerenveen	26	11	9	6	55	40	+15	31
6	Enschedese Boys	26	12	5	9	44	40	+4	29
7	LAC Frisia 1883	26	10	7	9	47	50	−3	27
8	HVV 't Gooi	26	10	7	9	27	29	−2	27	Transferred to Eerste B
9	De Volewijckers	26	10	6	10	44	40	+4	26
10	Elinkwijk	26	8	7	11	41	53	−12	23	Transferred to Eerste B
11	GVAV Rapiditas	26	9	4	13	50	42	+8	22
12	Go Ahead	26	5	6	15	38	48	−10	16	Transferred to Eerste B
13	Theole	26	3	5	18	28	68	−40	11	Transferred to Eerste C
14	Velocitas 1897	26	2	4	20	24	76	−52	8	Relegated to 2nd Division

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AFC Ajax	26	19	4	3	76	29	+47	42	Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Eerste A
2	RCH	26	13	7	6	64	36	+28	33	Transferred to Eerste A
3	Vitesse Arnhem	26	12	9	5	54	36	+18	33
4	VV Leeuwarden	26	15	3	8	61	49	+12	33
5	FC Wageningen	26	14	4	8	64	33	+31	32	Transferred to Eerste A
6	DOS	26	12	6	8	68	48	+20	30
7	Be Quick 1887	26	13	3	10	49	38	+11	29
8	SC Enschede	26	9	7	10	36	44	−8	25
9	VSV	26	7	10	9	37	40	−3	24	Transferred to Eerste A
10	Zwolsche Boys	26	8	8	10	37	46	−9	24
11	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	6	11	9	38	46	−8	23
12	Sneek Wit Zwart	26	6	4	16	29	67	−38	16	Transferred to Eerste A
13	Achilles 1894	27	5	2	20	27	68	−41	12	Relegation play-off as level on points after 26 games
14	Oosterparkers	27	3	4	20	28	88	−60	10

Source: rsssf.com

Achilles 1894 beat Oosterparkers in the play-off to avoid relegation.

Eerste Klasse C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Willem II	26	18	6	2	80	30	+50	42	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	FC Eindhoven	26	17	6	3	82	40	+42	40	Transferred to Eerste D
3	BVV Den Bosch	26	13	5	8	53	39	+14	31
4	Feijenoord	26	14	3	9	57	51	+6	31	Transferred to Eerste D
5	MVV Maastricht	26	10	7	9	46	49	−3	27
6	Bleijerheide	26	11	4	11	52	53	−1	26	Transferred to Eerste D
7	SVV	26	9	7	10	57	64	−7	25
8	Juliana	26	10	5	11	44	62	−18	25
9	NAC	26	8	8	10	49	48	+1	24	Transferred to Eerste D
10	ADO Den Haag	26	9	6	11	58	63	−5	24
11	Sittardia	26	11	0	15	64	68	−4	22
12	RBC Roosendaal	26	8	2	16	49	74	−25	18	Transferred to Eerste D
13	DHC Delft	26	7	2	17	55	80	−25	16
14	Quick Nijmegen	26	5	3	18	40	65	−25	13	Relegated to 2nd Division

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hermes DVS[a]	27	16	7	4	77	37	+40	39	Championship play-off and league winner play-off
2	Sparta Rotterdam[a]	27	16	5	6	54	26	+28	37	League winner play-off and transferred to Eerste C
3	PSV Eindhoven	26	15	5	6	65	32	+33	35
4	VVV Venlo	26	14	4	8	53	36	+17	32	Transferred to Eerste C
5	Limburgia	26	14	3	9	37	42	−5	31
6	Emma	26	12	5	9	77	52	+25	29	Transferred to Eerste C
7	Xerxes	26	11	5	10	56	44	+12	27
8	NOAD	26	10	4	12	38	52	−14	24
9	NEC Nijmegen	26	8	7	11	35	41	−6	23	Transferred to Eerste A
10	HBS Craeyenhout	26	9	3	14	47	62	−15	21	Transferred to Eerste C
11	Maurits	26	7	7	12	49	66	−17	21
12	Brabantia	26	9	0	17	38	53	−15	18	Transferred to Eerste C
13	LONGA	26	6	4	16	37	78	−41	16
14	VV Chevremont	26	6	1	19	34	76	−42	13	Relegated to 2nd Division

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Hermes DVS and Sparta Rotterdam were level on points after 26 games and played a play-off game to decide the league winners and entrance to the championship play-offs.

Hermes DVS beat Sparta Rotterdam in the play-off to qualify for the Championship play-off.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result		WIL	HER	HAA	AJA
1	Willem II	6	6	0	0	21	9	+12	12	Champion			3–1	6–2	5–2
2	Hermes DVS	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7			1–2		2–1	2–2
3	HFC Haarlem	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	4			2–3	1–2		2–0
4	AFC Ajax	6	0	1	5	8	17	−9	1			1–2	1–2	2–4

Source: rsssf.com

References

• RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954