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
Season1951–1952
ChampionsWillem II (2nd title)

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:

Eerste Klasse B:

Eerste Klasse C:

Eerste Klasse D:

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 27 16 7 4 77 37 +40 39 Championship play-off as level on points after 26 games
2 Sparta Rotterdam 27 16 5 6 54 26 +28 37 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 Chèvremont 26 6 1 19 34 76 −42 13 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

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
1 Willem II 6 6 0 0 21 9 +12 12 Champion
2 Hermes DVS 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7
3 HFC Haarlem 6 2 0 4 12 15 −3 4
4 AFC Ajax 6 0 1 5 8 17 −9 1
Source: rsssf.com
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