1945–46 Netherlands Football League Championship

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Season 1945-1946
Champions HFC Haarlem (1st title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1945/1946 was contested by 66 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. HFC Haarlem won this year's championship by beating AFC Ajax, sc Heerenveen, NAC, NEC Nijmegen and Limburgia.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

Promoted from 2nd Division: Be Quick Zutphen

Eerste Klasse North:

Promoted from 2nd Division: LAC Frisia 1883

Eerste Klasse South-I:

Moving in from the combined southern division from 1943-44: BVV Den Bosch, FC Eindhoven, LONGA, NAC, NOAD and Willem II

Promoted from 2nd Division: Baronie/DNL, RBC Roosendaal, RKTVV Tilburg, VC Vlissingen & VV Helmond

Eerste Klasse South-II: (new division)

Moving in from the combined southern division from 1943-44: Juliana, Maurits, MVV Maastricht, PSV Eindhoven, RFC Roermond and De Spechten

Promoted from 2nd Division: Bleijerheide, Brabantia, Limburgia, SC Emma & VVV Venlo

Eerste Klasse West-I:

Moving in from West-II: AFC Ajax, Emma, HVV 't Gooi, RFC Rotterdam and VSV

Promoted from 2nd Division: DOS

Eerste Klasse West-II:

Moving in from West-I: DFC, DWS, HBS Craeyenhout, Sparta Rotterdam and Stormvogels

Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Neptunus

Eerste Klasse South-I

^[South-II] Team moving to Division South-II next season.

Play-off

NAC qualified for the Championship Play-off.

Eerste Klasse South-II

^[South-I] Team moving to Division South-I next season.

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

1945–46 Netherlands Football League Championship Wikipedia

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