1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship
Season	1955-1956
Champions	Rapid JC (1st title)
← 1954–55 1956–57 Eredivisie →

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1955/1956 was contested by 36 teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the two best placed teams in both divisions of the Netherlands. Rapid JC won this year's championship by beating NAC, Elinkwijk and Sparta Rotterdam.

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Divisions

Hoofdklasse A

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Sparta Rotterdam	34	18	10	6	60	38	46	+22	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	NAC	34	20	5	9	58	40	45	+18	Qualified for Championship play-off.
3	Fortuna	34	16	12	6	66	34	44	+32
4	AFC Ajax	34	17	8	9	64	44	42	+20
5	VVV Venlo	34	16	8	10	55	34	40	+19
6	DOS	34	16	8	10	91	68	40	+23
7	FC Eindhoven	34	13	12	9	57	46	38	+11
8	BVC Amsterdam	34	14	9	11	58	43	37	+15
9	NOAD	34	13	10	11	55	55	36	+0
10	Limburgia	34	12	11	11	56	56	35	0	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
11	SBV Excelsior	34	12	10	12	53	61	34	-8
12	ADO Den Haag	34	12	8	14	59	62	32	-3
13	Stormvogels	34	10	12	12	60	66	32	-6
14	Roda Sport	34	8	9	17	63	81	25	-18
15	Vitesse Arnhem	34	8	8	18	48	67	24	-19
16	Hollandia Victoria Combinatie	34	6	12	16	45	71	24	-16
17	VV Rigtersbleek	34	8	4	22	44	86	20	-38
18	EBOH	34	3	12	19	40	80	18	-40

Hoofdklasse B

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Elinkwijk	34	22	6	6	79	36	50	+43	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Rapid	34	20	8	6	90	46	48	+44	Play-off as level on points.
3	SC Enschede	34	21	6	7	91	56	48	+35	Play-off as level on points.
4	PSV Eindhoven	34	22	3	9	96	55	47	+41
5	Feijenoord	34	17	7	10	93	62	41	+31
6	BVV Den Bosch	34	17	5	12	67	45	39	+22
7	Willem II	34	17	5	12	64	53	39	+11
8	MVV Maastricht	34	16	6	12	68	47	38	+21
9	DFC	34	15	7	12	69	61	37	+8	Relegation play-off as level on points.
10	GVAV Rapiditas	34	15	7	12	68	64	37	+4	Relegation play-off as level on points.
11	Alkmaar '54	34	13	7	14	47	55	33	-8	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
12	Sittardia	34	12	9	13	63	77	33	-14
13	De Graafschap	34	8	11	15	46	72	27	-26
14	SHS	34	11	5	18	58	75	25	-17	2 points deducted & Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
15	SVV	34	9	6	19	57	69	24	-12	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
16	HFC EDO	34	9	4	21	37	66	22	-29
17	De Volewijckers	34	5	3	26	49	126	13	-77
18	Emma	34	2	5	27	28	105	9	-77

Promotion play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rapid	4 - 3	SC Enschede

Rapid qualify for the Championship play-offs.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
GVAV Rapiditas	4 - 3 aet	DFC

DFC are relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Rapid JC	6	4	0	2	13	7	8	+6	Qualified for 1956-57 European Cup.
2	NAC	6	4	0	2	13	11	8	+2
3	Elinkwijk	6	2	1	3	12	14	5	-2
4	Sparta Rotterdam	6	1	1	4	7	13	3	-6

References

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