1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship
# 1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1940–1941 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. Heracles won its second championship this year by beating PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag, Be Quick 1887 and VSV.

## Divisions

### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heracles | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 12 | +41 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NEC Nijmegen | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 26 | |
| 3 | HVV Tubantia | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 23 | |
| 4 | SC Enschede | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 22 | |
| 5 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 15 | |
| 6 | FC Wageningen | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 14 | |
| 7 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 14 | |
| 8 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 13 | |
| 9 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 13 | |
| 10 | Go Ahead | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 10 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HSC | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 28 | |
| 3 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 26 | |
| 4 | VV Leeuwarden | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 21 | |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 19 | |
| 6 | GVAV Rapiditas | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 18 | |
| 7 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 12 | |
| 8 | Sneek Wit Zwart | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 11 | |
| 9 | Veendam | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 8 | |
| 10 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 7 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

* ↑ 2 points deducted

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 33 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | LONGA | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 30 | |
| 3 | Juliana | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 29 | Changed name to Spekholzerheide |
| 4 | NAC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 26 | |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 22 | |
| 6 | BVV Den Bosch | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 21 | |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 20 | |
| 8 | NOAD | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 20 | |
| 9 | Willem II | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 18 | |
| 10 | HVV Helmond | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 16 | |
| 11 | RFC Roermond | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 15 | |
| 12 | Limburgia | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 14 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

* ↑ Juliana, named after the princess who was staying in England and Canada during the war, were forced to change the name into Spekholzerheide in order to discourage any resistance against the occupation. Apparently, this rule only applied to clubs named after living members of the house of Oranje, as Willem II was allowed to keep its name (but second level Wilhelmina from Den Bosch were renamed De Kanaries).

### Eerste Klasse West-I

Moving in from Division West-II: CVV Rotterdam, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and Xerxes.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VSV | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 22 | |
| 3 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 22 | Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 4 | DOS | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 21 | |
| 5 | VUC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 18 | |
| 6 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 17 | Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 7 | Xerxes | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 15 | |
| 8 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 14 | Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 9 | RFC Rotterdam | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 14 | Moved to Division West-II next season |
| 10 | CVV Mercurius | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 7 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West-II

Moving in from Division West-I: ADO Den haag, DWS, HVV 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 30 | Qualified for Championship play-off Moved to Division West-I next season |
| 2 | DHC Delft | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 28 | |
| 3 | DWS | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 20 | Moved to Division West-I next season |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 19 | |
| 5 | DFC | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 19 | Moved to Division West-I next season |
| 6 | Feijenoord | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 19 | Moved to Division West-I next season |
| 7 | Hermes DVS | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 18 | |
| 8 | Stormvogels | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 13 | Moved to Division West-I next season |
| 9 | HVV 't Gooi | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 10 | |
| 10 | KFC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 8 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HER | PSV | ADO | BEQ | VSV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heracles | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 13 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 9 | 1–5 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 7 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Be Quick 1887 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 6 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 |
| 5 | VSV | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
