1898–99 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1898-99
Champions	RAP (5th title)
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The Netherlands Football League Championship 1898/1899 was contested by twelve teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off match featuring the winners of the eastern and western football division of the Netherlands. RAP won this year's championship by beating Vitesse Arnhem 3-2 and 2-1.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

• Koninklijke UD
• Quick Nijmegen

Eerste Klasse West:

• Koninklijke HFC returned after one season of absence

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Vitesse	8	5	3	0	32	12	13	+20	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	Go Ahead Wageningen	8	5	1	2	28	8	11	+20
3	Quick Nijmegen	8	2	3	3	15	15	7	0
4	Koninklijke UD	8	1	3	4	8	16	5	-8	Not participating next season.
5	PW	8	1	2	5	8	40	4	-32

Eerste Klasse West

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	RAP	12	10	2	0	37	15	22	22	Qualified for Championship play-off.
2	HVV Den Haag	12	6	2	4	23	15	14	+1
3	HFC Haarlem	12	5	3	4	29	23	13	+10
4	HBS Craeyenhout	12	5	2	5	21	15	12	+6
5	Sparta Rotterdam	12	5	0	7	18	28	10	-10
6	Koninklijke HFC	12	3	1	8	13	33	7	-20
7	Rapiditas Rotterdam	12	3	0	9	17	29	6	-12	Not participating next season.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RAP	5-3	Vitesse	3-2	2-1

RAP won the championship.

References

• RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse West