1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship
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1939–40 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1939–1940 was contested by 52 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Heracles, Juliana and GVAV Rapiditas. This season's championship was not considered official. Owing to the start of World War II, not all teams played an equal number of matches. New entrants Eerste Klasse East: *Promoted from 2nd Division: Enschedese Boys Eerste Klasse North: *Promoted from 2nd Division: WVV Winschoten Eerste Klasse South: *Promoted from 2nd Division: HVV Helmond & Limburgia Eerste Klasse West-I: *Moving in from West-II: Ajax, DOS, HVV 't Gooi, HFC Haarlem and VSV Eerste Klasse West-II: *Moving in from West-I: CVV Mercurius, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch profe ...
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Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is considered one of the best European leagues. As of the 2020–21 season, it is ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with six high-placed clubs from the . The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. Ajax have won the most titles with 36. PSV Eindhoven are ...
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