1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship Explained

Season:	1949–1950
Winners:	SV Limburgia (1st title)
Nextseason:	1950–51

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1949–1950 was contested by 60 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. SV Limburgia won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Maurits, Ajax, sc Heerenveen and Enschedese Boys.

At the end of this season, the KNVB re-aligned the current system of Regional Divisions into 5 new Divisions for 1950–51, to be called Eerste Klasse A-E.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse South-I:

• Moving in from South-II: SC Helmondia, SV Kerkrade, NOAD, PSV Eindhoven and Sittardse Boys
• Promoted from 2nd Division: RBC Roosendaal

Eerste Klasse South-II:

• Moving in from South-I: BVV Den Bosch, Juliana, NAC, VV TSC and Willem II

Eerste Klasse West-I:

• Moving in from West-II: Feijenoord, Hermes DVS, KFC, VSV and Zeeburgia

Eerste Klasse Wëst-II:

• Moving in from West-I: AFC Ajax, HVV 't Gooi, SVV, De Volewijckers and Xerxes
• Promoted from 2nd Division: RCH

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