1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship

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.

Netherl. Football Championship
Season1955–1956
ChampionsRapid JC (1st title)
1956–57 Eredivisie →
1956–57 Eerste Divisie →
1974–75 Hoofdklasse →

New entrant

Divisions

Hoofdklasse A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Rotterdam 34 18 10 6 60 38 +22 46 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 NAC 34 20 5 9 58 40 +18 45
3 Fortuna 34 16 12 6 66 34 +32 44
4 AFC Ajax 34 17 8 9 64 44 +20 42
5 VVV Venlo 34 16 8 10 55 34 +21 40
6 DOS 34 16 8 10 91 68 +23 40
7 FC Eindhoven 34 13 12 9 57 46 +11 38
8 BVC Amsterdam 34 14 9 11 58 43 +15 37
9 NOAD 34 13 10 11 55 55 0 36
10 Limburgia 34 12 11 11 56 56 0 35 Relegated to Eerste Divisie
11 SBV Excelsior 34 12 10 12 53 61 −8 34
12 ADO Den Haag 34 12 8 14 59 62 −3 32
13 Stormvogels 34 10 12 12 60 66 −6 32
14 Roda Sport 34 8 9 17 63 81 −18 25
15 Vitesse Arnhem 34 8 8 18 48 67 −19 24
16 Hollandia Victoria Combinatie 34 6 12 16 45 71 −26 24
17 Rigtersbleek 34 8 4 22 44 86 −42 20
18 EBOH 34 3 12 19 40 80 −40 18
Source: rsssf.com

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

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 W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rapid JC 6 4 0 2 13 7 +6 8 Qualified for 1956–57 European Cup
2 NAC 6 4 0 2 13 11 +2 8
3 Elinkwijk 6 2 1 3 12 14 −2 5
4 Sparta Rotterdam 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 3
Source: rsssf.com
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