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 ...

1916–1917 was contested by 35 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating

UVV Utrecht UVV Utrecht is a sports club based in Utrecht, Netherlands. It was founded in 1902. The club has teams in the following sports: football, tennis, baseball, softball and beach volleyball. The UVV baseball stadium has a capacity of 1,000. The UVV ...

, Willem II and

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New entrants

Eerste Klasse East: *Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Enschede Eerste Klasse North: (new Division) *

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LAC Frisia 1883 Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

Velocitas 1897 Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

WVV Winschoten Winschoten (; gos, Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. ...

Eerste Klasse South: *Promoted from 2nd Division:

Zeelandia Middelburg Middelburg () is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province, ''Midden-Zeeland'' (consisting of former islands Walcheren, Noo ...

Eerste Klasse West: *Promoted from 2nd Division:

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Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Eerste Klasse North

Eerste Klasse South

Eerste Klasse West

Championship play-off

References

RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
{{DEFAULTSORT:1916-17 Netherlands Football League Championship Netherlands Football League Championship seasons 1916–17 in Dutch football