Season 1940-1941 | Champions Heracles (2nd title) | |
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1940/1941 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. Heracles won its second championship this year by beating PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag, Be Quick 1887 and VSV.
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Eerste Klasse South
[1] Juliana, named after the princess who was staying in England and Canada during the war, were forced to change the name into Spekholzerheide in order to discourage any resistance against the occupation.
Apparently, this rule only applied to clubs named after living members of the house of Oranje, as Willem II was allowed to keep its name (but second level Wilhelmina from Den Bosch were renamed De Kanaries).
Eerste Klasse West-I
Moving in from Division West-II: CVV Rotterdam, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and Xerxes.
[West-II] Team moving to Division West-II next season.
Eerste Klasse West-II
Moving in from Division West-I: ADO Den haag, DWS, 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels
[West-I] Team moving to Division West-I next season.