The

Netherlands Football League Championship 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 c ...

1888–1889 was the first national football championship in the Netherlands. Seven teams from the cities Amsterdam, The Hague,

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

and Rotterdam participated in the competition that would later be called ''Eerste Klasse West''. But since the western football district of the Netherlands was the only one to have a competition at the time, it could be regarded as a national championship. VV Concordia from Rotterdam won the championship, however this championship was not official, since the teams had not played an equal number of matches.

League standings

Results

References

RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
Netherlands Football League Championship seasons 1888–89 in European football {{Netherlands-footy-competition-stub