1915–16 Netherlands Football League Championship
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| Season | 1915-1916 |
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| Champions | Willem II (1st title) |
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The Netherlands Football League Championship 1915/1916 was contested by 26 teams participating in three divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Willem II won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead and Sparta Rotterdam.
Contents
New entrants
Eerste Klasse South: (returning after one season of suspension due to World War I).
Divisions
Eerste Klasse East
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Ahead | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 21 | +15 | Qualified for Championship play-offs. |
| 2 | Quick Nijmegen | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 20 | +11 | |
| 3 | Koninklijke UD | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 15 | +4 | |
| 4 | HVV Tubantia | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 14 | -3 | |
| 5 | Robur et Velocitas | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 13 | +1 | |
| 6 | Vitesse Arnhem | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 11 | -4 | |
| 7 | Be Quick Zutphen | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 10 | -8 | |
| 8 | GVC Wageningen | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 8 | -16 |
Eerste Klasse South
The Eerste Klasse South returned after being suspended for one season due to World War I.
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willem II | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 15 | 26 | +50 | Qualified for Championship play-offs. |
| 2 | NAC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 17 | +15 | |
| 3 | CVV Velocitas | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 16 | +7 | |
| 4 | MSV Maastricht | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 16 | -3 | |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | +1 | |
| 6 | RKVV Wilhelmina | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 10 | -13 | |
| 7 | RVV Roermond | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 44 | 9 | -22 | Not participating next season. |
| 8 | VVV Venlo | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 3 | -35 |
Eerste Klasse West
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 25 | +27 | Qualified for Championship play-offs. |
| 2 | DFC | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 34 | 24 | +11 | |
| 3 | HBS Craeyenhout | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 20 | 0 | |
| 4 | HC & CV Quick | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 19 | +9 | |
| 5 | VOC | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 19 | -4 | |
| 6 | Koninklijke HFC | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 38 | 17 | -3 | |
| 7 | UVV Utrecht | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 16 | -8 | |
| 8 | USV Hercules | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 15 | -13 | |
| 9 | HVV Den Haag | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 14 | -9 | |
| 10 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | -10 |
Championship play-offs
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willem II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Go Ahead | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | +2 | |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | -2 |
