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1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship

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Season
  
1939-1940

Champions
  
Feijenoord (5th title)

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.

Contents

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

    • Eerste Klasse West-I

    [West-II] Team moving to Division West-II next season.

    Eerste Klasse West-II

    [West-I] Team moving to Division West-I next season.

    References

    1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship Wikipedia
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