1922–23 Netherlands Football League Championship
# 1922–23 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1922–1923 was contested by 43 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. RCH won this year's championship by beating Be Quick 1887, Go Ahead, and Willem II.

## New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

* Promoted from 2nd Division: Enschedese Boys

Eerste Klasse North:

* Promoted from 2nd Division: LVV Friesland

Eerste Klasse South:

* Promoted from 2nd Division: FC Eindhoven

Eerste Klasse West:

* Promoted from 2nd Division: HC & CV Quick & Sparta Rotterdam

## Divisions

### Eerste Klasse East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Go Ahead | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 9 | +46 | 33 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Heracles | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 24 | |
| 3 | SC Enschede | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 23 | |
| 4 | Quick Nijmegen | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 19 | |
| 5 | Enschedese Boys | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | HVV Hengelo | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Koninklijke UD | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 15 | |
| 8 | ZAC | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 12 | |
| 9 | TSV Theole | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 13 | |
| 10 | Be Quick Zutphen | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 8 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Be Quick 1887 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Velocitas 1897 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 24 | |
| 3 | Achilles 1894 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 23 | |
| 4 | WVV Winschoten | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 23 | |
| 5 | LAC Frisia 1883 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Upright | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 15 | |
| 7 | LVV Friesland | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 14 | |
| 8 | Veendam | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 12 | |
| 9 | MVV Alcides | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 11 | |
| 10 | GSAVV Forward | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 55 | −43 | 5 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

* 1 2 3 2 points deducted.

### Eerste Klasse South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Willem II | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 33 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | NAC | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 29 | |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 25 | |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 25 | |
| 5 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 22 | |
| 6 | BVV Den Bosch | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 21 | |
| 7 | NOAD | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 17 | |
| 8 | Bredania | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 16 | |
| 9 | SV DOSKO | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 54 | −35 | 12 | |
| 10 | PSV Eindhoven | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 11 | |
| 11 | CVV Velocitas | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 9 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

### Eerste Klasse West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RCH | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 29 | Qualified for Championship play-off Division West-I next season |
| 2 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 27 | Division West-II next season |
| 3 | Feijenoord | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 25 | Division West-I next season |
| 4 | HBS Craeyenhout | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Division West-II next season |
| 5 | AFC Ajax | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 23 | Division West-I next season |
| 6 | VOC | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 22 | Division West-I next season |
| 7 | HFC Haarlem | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 21 | Division West-II next season |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 20 | Division West-II next season |
| 9 | DFC | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 19 | Division West-I next season |
| 10 | HC & CV Quick | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 19 | Division West-II next season |
| 11 | HVV Den Haag | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 19 | Division West-I next season |
| 12 | UVV Utrecht | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 16 | Division West-II next season |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | RCH | BEQ | GOA | WIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RCH | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 8 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Be Quick 1887 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 5 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Go Ahead | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Willem II | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 4 | 3–6 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |

* ↑ 2 points deducted.
