1953–54 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1953-1954
Champions	FC Eindhoven (1st title)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1953/1954 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. It would be the last season on an amateur basis. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division of the Netherlands. FC Eindhoven won this year's championship by beating DOS, PSV Eindhoven and DWS.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse A:

Moving in from Division B: Be Quick 1887, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, DWS, Elinkwijk, HFC Haarlem and Stormvogels
Promoted from 2nd Division: Oosterparkers

Eerste Klasse B:

Moving in from Division A: DOS, HFC EDO, GVAV Rapiditas, Sneek Wit Zwart, De Volewijckers and VSV
Promoted from 2nd Division: VV Rigtersbleek

Eerste Klasse C:

Moving in from Division D: Bleijerheide, NAC, PSV Eindhoven and Xerxes
Promoted from 2nd Division: VVH Heerlen

Eerste Klasse D:

Moving in from Division C: SBV Excelsior, Juliana, MVV Maastricht and Willem II
Promoted from 2nd Division: EBOH

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	DWS	26	16	5	5	54	24	37	+30	Qualified for Championship play-off. ^{[Eerste B]}
2	AFC Ajax	26	14	9	3	60	29	37	+31	^{[Eerste D]}
3	HFC Haarlem	26	15	5	6	47	22	35	+25	^{[Eerste C]}
4	NEC Nijmegen	26	11	11	4	49	32	33	+17	^{[Eerste C]}
5	Stormvogels	26	12	7	7	42	30	31	+12
6	FC Wageningen	26	10	9	7	48	35	29	+13	^{[Eerste B]}
7	Elinkwijk	26	10	6	10	37	42	26	-5	^{[Eerste B]}
8	Enschedese Boys	26	7	11	8	37	31	25	+6	^{[Eerste C]}
9	VV Leeuwarden	26	9	6	11	43	40	24	+3
10	Heracles	26	8	5	13	37	43	21	-6	^{[Eerste B]}
11	Be Quick 1887	26	5	10	11	34	68	20	-34	^{[Eerste D]}
12	Zwolsche Boys	26	6	6	14	23	57	18	-34
13	RCH	26	3	9	14	26	50	15	-24	Relegated to 2nd Division.
14	Oosterparkers	26	4	5	17	25	59	13	-34	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste B]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse B next season.
^{[Eerste C]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse C next season.
^{[Eerste D]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse D next season.

Eerste Klasse B

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	DOS	26	17	5	4	78	40	39	+38	Qualified for Championship play-off. ^{[Eerste A]}
2	VSV	26	17	2	7	52	25	36	+27	^{[Eerste D]}
3	Go Ahead	26	11	8	7	49	45	30	+4	^{[Eerste A]}
4	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	26	11	6	9	58	50	28	+22	^{[Eerste C]}
5	De Volewijckers	26	10	8	8	56	58	28	-2	^{[Eerste D]}
6	Vitesse Arnhem	26	8	11	7	41	46	27	-5	^{[Eerste C]}
7	Rigtersbleek	26	12	2	12	58	57	26	+1
8	GVAV Rapiditas	26	8	9	9	39	37	25	+2	^{[Eerste C]}
9	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26	10	4	12	49	50	24	-1	^{[Eerste D]}
10	HFC EDO	26	7	9	10	35	48	23	-13
11	sc Heerenveen	26	8	6	12	57	68	22	-11
12	SC Enschede	26	7	7	12	40	41	21	-1	^{[Eerste D]}
13	Sneek Wit Zwart	26	7	5	14	30	52	19	-22	Relegated to 2nd Division.
14	HVV 't Gooi	26	5	6	15	31	56	16	-25	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste A]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse A next season.
^{[Eerste C]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse C next season.
^{[Eerste D]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse D next season.

Eerste Klasse C

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	PSV Eindhoven	26	17	4	5	72	41	38	+31	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Sparta Rotterdam	26	17	3	6	50	30	37	+20	^{[Eerste B]}
3	Emmen	26	15	7	4	71	44	37	+27	^{[Eerste A]}
4	VVV Venlo	26	13	10	3	57	39	36	+18	^{[Eerste D]}
5	SVV	26	12	4	10	53	47	28	+6	^{[Eerste B]}
6	BVV Den Bosch	26	10	6	10	53	41	26	+12	^{[Eerste D]}
7	Sittardia	26	10	4	12	62	56	24	+6	^{[Eerste B]}
8	Xerxes	26	9	6	11	38	47	24	-9	^{[Eerste D]}
9	Bleijerheide	26	9	6	11	34	49	24	-15	Merged with SV Kerkrade to form Roda Sport.
10	NAC	26	9	4	13	45	47	22	-2	^{[Eerste A]}
11	LONGA	26	9	3	14	38	46	21	-8	^{[Eerste A]}
12	VV Brabantia	26	7	6	13	38	52	20	-14	^{[Eerste B]}
13	VVH Heerlen	26	6	4	16	35	69	16	-34	Relegated to 2nd Division.
14	HBS Craeyenhout	26	4	3	19	36	74	11	-38	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste A]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse A next season.
^{[Eerste B]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse B next season.
^{[Eerste D]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse D next season.

Eerste Klasse D

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	FC Eindhoven	26	18	5	3	62	33	41	+29	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Willem II	26	18	2	6	80	39	38	+41	^{[Eerste B]}
3	EBOH	26	15	5	6	56	47	35	+9	^{[Eerste C]}
4	Hermes DVS	26	15	3	8	53	38	33	+15	^{[Eerste C]}
5	Feijenoord	26	13	4	9	46	31	30	+15	^{[Eerste C]}
6	NOAD	26	10	8	8	34	45	28	-11	^{[Eerste C]}
7	Juliana	26	12	3	11	50	45	27	+5	Merged with Rapid '54 to form Rapid JC.
8	ADO Den Haag	26	11	3	12	38	37	25	+1	^{[Eerste B]}
9	SBV Excelsior	26	9	6	11	46	42	24	+4	^{[Eerste A]}
10	RBC Roosendaal	26	9	6	11	46	51	24	-5
11	MVV Maastricht	26	11	1	14	53	46	23	+7	^{[Eerste A]}
12	Limburgia	26	7	3	16	38	60	17	-22	^{[Eerste C]}
13	Maurits	26	2	6	18	25	68	10	-43	Relegated to 2nd Division.
14	DHC Delft	26	2	5	19	39	84	9	-45	Relegated to 2nd Division.

^{[Eerste A]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse A next season.
^{[Eerste B]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse B next season.
^{[Eerste C]} Team moving to Eerste Klasse C next season.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	FC Eindhoven	6	3	2	1	13	9	8	+4
2	DOS	6	2	2	2	10	11	6	-1
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	12	12	5	0
4	DWS	6	1	3	2	13	16	5	-3

References

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