Netherl. Football Championship
Season1952–1953
ChampionsRCH (2nd title)

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1952–1953 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 the Netherlands. RCH won this year's championship by beating FC Eindhoven, Sparta Rotterdam and Vitesse Arnhem.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse A:

Eerste Klasse B:

Eerste Klasse C:

Eerste Klasse D:

Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 RCH 26 16 7 3 49 21 +28 39 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 VSV 26 13 6 7 50 34 +16 32 Transferred to Eerste B
3 AFC Ajax 26 12 6 8 53 40 +13 30
4 HFC EDO 26 11 7 8 30 32 2 29 Transferred to Eerste B
5 DOS 26 13 2 11 62 49 +13 28
6 FC Wageningen 26 7 14 5 30 28 +2 28
7 Heracles 26 9 8 9 51 51 0 26
8 GVAV Rapiditas 26 9 6 11 47 47 0 24 Transferred to Eerste B
9 Enschedese Boys 26 9 6 11 40 47 7 24
10 NEC Nijmegen 26 8 7 11 31 39 8 23
11 Sneek Wit Zwart 26 7 8 11 31 45 14 22 Transferred to Eerste B
12 De Volewijckers 26 9 3 14 41 43 2 21
13 Zwolsche Boys 26 7 6 13 34 58 24 20
14 LAC Frisia 1883 26 5 8 13 32 47 15 18 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vitesse Arnhem 26 16 4 6 43 32 +11 36 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Stormvogels 26 15 4 7 66 33 +33 34 Transferred to Eerste A
3 sc Heerenveen 26 15 4 7 59 40 +19 34
4 HFC Haarlem 26 13 8 5 44 32 +12 34 Transferred to Eerste A
5 SC Enschede 26 12 6 8 47 44 +3 30
6 DWS 26 11 5 10 46 36 +10 27 Transferred to Eerste A
7 VV Leeuwarden 26 11 4 11 52 42 +10 26
8 Elinkwijk 26 11 3 12 35 40 5 25 Transferred to Eerste A
9 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 26 9 6 11 32 32 0 24
10 HVV 't Gooi 26 8 7 11 35 39 4 23
11 AGOVV Apeldoorn 26 8 6 12 41 49 8 22
12 Be Quick 1887 26 8 6 12 48 67 19 22 Transferred to Eerste A
13 Go Ahead 26 5 6 15 32 50 18 16
14 Achilles 1894 26 3 5 18 29 73 44 11 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Rotterdam 26 18 4 4 57 25 +32 40 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 Willem II 26 17 5 4 79 40 +39 39 Transferred to Eerste D
3 BVV Den Bosch 26 13 7 6 53 26 +27 33
4 SBV Excelsior 26 13 6 7 65 42 +23 32 Transferred to Eerste D
5 VVV Venlo 26 11 7 8 41 38 +3 29
6 MVV Maastricht 26 10 8 8 49 36 +13 28 Transferred to Eerste D
7 Emma 26 10 5 11 52 53 1 25
8 Sittardia 26 11 3 12 59 70 11 25
9 SVV 26 11 1 14 50 59 9 23
10 LONGA 26 11 1 14 43 57 14 23
11 Brabantia 26 9 2 15 44 52 8 20
12 Juliana 26 5 8 13 30 52 22 18 Transferred to Eerste D
13 HBS Craeyenhout 26 6 4 16 47 70 23 16
14 Theole 26 4 5 17 36 85 49 13 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Eindhoven 27 17 5 5 47 22 +25 39 Qualified for Championship play-off
2 PSV Eindhoven 27 16 5 6 61 34 +27 37 Transferred to Eerste C
3 ADO Den Haag 26 13 6 7 43 31 +12 32
4 Bleijerheide 26 11 6 9 46 32 +14 28 Transferred to Eerste C
5 Feijenoord 26 9 9 8 45 43 +2 27
6 NAC 26 11 5 10 46 47 1 27 Transferred to Eerste C
7 Limburgia 26 10 5 11 37 38 1 25
8 Hermes DVS 26 9 7 10 47 57 10 25
9 NOAD 26 8 7 11 37 42 5 23
10 Xerxes 26 7 9 10 42 51 9 23 Transferred to Eerste C
11 RBC Roosendaal 26 10 2 14 44 50 6 22
12 DHC Delft 26 9 4 13 48 67 19 22
13 Maurits 26 6 7 13 47 57 10 19
14 TEC Tiel 26 6 5 15 41 60 19 17 Relegated to 2nd Division
Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result RCH EIN SPA VIT
1 RCH 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Champion 0–2 2–2 2–1
2 FC Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 7 0–2 0–2 6–0
3 Sparta Rotterdam 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 6 1–1 0–1 1–2
4 Vitesse Arnhem 6 1 2 3 10 19 9 4 1–1 4–4 2–5
Source: rsssf.com

Play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
RCH 2–1 FC Eindhoven

RCH won the championship.

References

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