1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship Explained

Season:	1939–1940
Winners:	Feijenoord (5th title)
Nextseason:	1940–41

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1939–1940 was contested by 52 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas.

This season's championship was not considered official. Owing to the start of World War II, not all teams played an equal number of matches.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

• Promoted from 2nd Division: Enschedese Boys

Eerste Klasse North:

• Promoted from 2nd Division: WVV Winschoten

Eerste Klasse South:

• Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Helmond & Limburgia

Eerste Klasse West-I:

• Moving in from West-II: Ajax, DOS, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem and VSV

Eerste Klasse West-II:

• Moving in from West-I: CVV Mercurius, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, Sparta Rotterdam and Xerxes

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