1946–47 Netherlands Football League Championship
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Netherlands Football League Championship The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start ...
1946–1947 was contested by 66 teams participating in six divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, two southern and two western football divisions of the
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won this year's championship by beating
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New entrants

Eerste Klasse East: *Promoted from 2nd Division:
Vitesse Arnhem SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...
Eerste Klasse North: *Promoted from 2nd Division:
FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch professional football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1925, the club ...
Eerste Klasse South-I: *Moving in from South-II:
VVV Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...
*Promoted from 2nd Division: Helmondia Eerste Klasse South-II: *Moving in from South-I:
FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...
*Promoted from 2nd Division: Sittardse Boys Eerste Klasse West-I: *Moving in from West-II: DWS,
Feijenoord Feijenoord () is a borough of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, south of the Nieuwe Maas. Feyenoord football club was formed there, but now play in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde. It was a centre of shipbuilding in the nineteenth century, ...
and
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Eerste Klasse West-II: *Moving in from West-I:
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De Volewijckers ASC De Volewijckers is a Dutch football club that plays in the Vierde Klasse. It is a continuation of ASV–DWV and AVV De Volewijckers. History ASV–DWV ASV-DWV or Door Wilskracht Verkregen was founded on 12 May 1912 in present-day Amsterda ...
and Xerxes *Promoted from 2nd Division:
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Divisions


Eerste Klasse East


Eerste Klasse North


Eerste Klasse South-I


Eerste Klasse South-II


Eerste Klasse West-I


Eerste Klasse West-II


Championship play-off


References


RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
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