1941–42 Netherlands Football League Championship Explained

Season:	1941–1942
Winners:	ADO Den Haag (1st title)
Nextseason:	1942–43

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1941–1942 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. ADO Den Haag won this year's championship by beating FC Eindhoven, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam and sc Heerenveen.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Promoted from 2nd Division: PEC Zwolle

Eerste Klasse North:

Promoted from 2nd Division: LSC Sneek

Eerste Klasse South:

Promoted from 2nd Division: Picus
Last years competitors Juliana were forced to change their name to Spekholzerheide

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Moving in from West-II: ADO Den Haag, DFC, DWS, Feijenoord and Stormvogels
Promoted from 2nd Division: HFC EDO

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, HFC Haarlem, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam and VSV
Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Emma

Divisions

Play-off

AGOVV Apeldoorn qualified for the Championship Play-offs owing to a better Goal Average(!)

Championship play-off

References