| Season | 1954–1955 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Willem II (3rd title) |
| European Cup | PSV Eindhoven |
TheNetherlands Football League Championship 1954–1955 was contested by 56 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of each division of theNetherlands.Willem II won this year's championship by beatingNAC,PSV Eindhoven andFC Eindhoven.
This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from theKNVB. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced.
At the end of the season, the fourEerste Klasse Divisions were re-aligned as two Divisions calledHoofdklasse A & B.
48 competitors fromlast season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitorsBleijerheide merged to formRoda Sport andJuliana merged to formRapid JC. New entrants were:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAC | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 41 | Qualified to Championship play-off |
| 2 | Holland Sport | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 40 | Not participating next season |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 34 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 4 | SBV Excelsior | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 31 | |
| 5 | BVC Amsterdam | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 27 | |
| 6 | Emma | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 27 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 7 | Stormvogels | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 26 | |
| 8 | DOS | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 26 | |
| 9 | Roda Sport | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 26 | |
| 10 | LONGA | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 23 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | VV Leeuwarden | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 21 | |
| 12 | Zwolsche Boys | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 15 | |
| 13 | Veendam | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 85 | −47 | 14 | |
| 14 | Go Ahead | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 13 |
| Home \ Away | AMS | DOS | EMA | EXC | GOA | HOL | LEE | LON | MVV | NAC | RSP | STO | VEE | ZBO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
| DOS | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 6–1 | |
| Emma | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Excelsior | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–6 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
| Go Ahead | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Holland Sport | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 0–0 | |
| Leeuwarden | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | |
| LONGA | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 7–2 | |
| MVV | 1–2 | 5–3 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| NAC | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Roda Sport | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–4 | |
| Stormvogels | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 6–1 | 0–0 | |
| Veendam | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
| Zwolsche Boys | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willem II | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 96 | 42 | +54 | 43 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 32 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 3 | Fortuna | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 31 | |
| 4 | SVV | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 28 | |
| 5 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 26 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 6 | Sittardia | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 26 | |
| 7 | Elinkwijk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 26 | |
| 8 | HFC EDO | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 26 | |
| 9 | Rigtersbleek | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 26 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 10 | DWS | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 24 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | sc Heerenveen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 23 | |
| 12 | Heracles | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 21 | |
| 13 | Brabantia | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 18 | |
| 14 | FC Wageningen | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 14 |
| Home \ Away | ADO | BRA | DWS | EDO | ELI | F54 | HEE | HER | RIG | SIT | SPA | SVV | WAG | WIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
| Brabantia | 0–6 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–5 | |
| DWS | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| EDO | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Elinkwijk | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Fortuna '54 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | |
| Heerenveen | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Heracles | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | |
| Rigtersbleek | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Sittardia | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 7–4 | |
| Sparta | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| SVV | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Wageningen | 0–5 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–6 | |
| Willem II | 4–0 | 7–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 8–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 5–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 39 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 2 | Rapid | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 35 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 3 | Limburgia | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 34 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 4 | GVAV Rapiditas | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 33 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 5 | Alkmaar '54 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 28 | |
| 6 | EBOH | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 28 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 7 | Feijenoord | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 27 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 8 | Vitesse Arnhem | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 27 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 9 | NOAD | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 26 | |
| 10 | HFC Haarlem | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 26 | Relegated to 2nd Division. |
| 11 | Enschedese Boys | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 18 | |
| 12 | NEC Nijmegen | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 17 | |
| 13 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 14 | |
| 14 | Hermes DVS | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | ALK | BLW | EBO | ENB | FEY | GVA | HAA | DVS | LIM | NEC | NOA | PSV | RAP | VIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkmaar '54 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | |
| Blauw-Wit | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–0 | |
| EBOH | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Enschedese Boys | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | |
| Feijenoord | 2–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–6 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| GVAV | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Haarlem | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Hermes DVS | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Limburgia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | |
| N.E.C. | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| NOAD | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | |
| PSV | 4–2 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | |
| Rapid JC | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | |
| Vitesse | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Eindhoven | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 39 | Qualified for Championship play-off and transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 2 | VVV Venlo | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 37 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 3 | AFC Ajax | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 35 | |
| 4 | De Graafschap | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 30 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 5 | SC Enschede | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 29 | |
| 6 | BVV Den Bosch | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 29 | |
| 7 | HVC | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 27 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse A |
| 8 | De Volewijckers | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 26 | Transferred to Hoofdklasse B |
| 9 | DFC | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 25 | |
| 10 | RBC Roosendaal | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 25 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 11 | VSV | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 24 | |
| 12 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 13 | |
| 13 | Xerxes | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 13 | |
| 14 | Be Quick 1887 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | AGO | AJA | BQU | BVV | DFC | EIN | ENS | GRA | HVC | RBC | VWK | VSV | VVV | XER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGOVV | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 10–0 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | |
| Ajax | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Be Quick | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–7 | 1–1 | |
| BVV | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | |
| D.F.C. | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Eindhoven | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | |
| SC Enschede | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| De Graafschap | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| HVC | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| RBC | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| De Volewijckers | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| VSV | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| VVV | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Xerxes | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WIL | NAC | PSV | EIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willem II(C) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 8 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||
| 2 | NAC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |||
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | Qualification for theEuropean Cup first round | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 4 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 |