1916–17 Netherlands Football League Championship Explained

Season:	1916–1917
Winners:	Go Ahead (1st title)
Nextseason:	1917–18

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1916–1917 was contested by 35 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. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating UVV Utrecht, Willem II and Be Quick 1887.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

• Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Enschede

Eerste Klasse North: (new Division)

• Achilles 1894, Be Quick 1887, Veendam, GSAVV Forward, LAC Frisia 1883, Velocitas 1897 & WVV Winschoten

Eerste Klasse South:

• Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeelandia Middelburg

Eerste Klasse West:

• Promoted from 2nd Division: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

Divisions

Championship play-off

References

• RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse Noord
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse Zuid
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse West