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 ...

1954–1955 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

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. Willem II won this year's championship by beating NAC,

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and

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. This season saw the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. Initially two competitions began after the summer break: one from the NBVB and one from the

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. In November, the NBVB merged into the KNVB and one unified league commenced. At the end of the season, the four

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

Divisions were re-aligned as two Divisions called

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A & B.

New entrants

48 competitors from last season participated, only in completely other divisions. Last years competitors ''Bleijerheide'' merged to form ''Roda Sport'' and ''Juliana'' merged to form ''Rapid JC''. New entrants were: * Alkmaar '54 * BVC Amsterdam *

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* DFC *

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* HVC *

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Divisions

Eerste Klasse A

Table

Results

Eerste Klasse B

Table

Results

Eerste Klasse C

Table

Results

Eerste Klasse D

Table

Results

Championship play-off

References

Netherlands professional football season '54/55
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