Netherlands - Champions

eerste klasse
NB: only one first class competition existed from 1890/91 until 1895/96.
1890/91 H.V.V.
1891/92 R.A.P.
1892/93   not awarded
1893/94 R.A.P.
1894/95 H.F.C.
1895/96 H.V.V.
landskampioenschap
NB: since 1896/97 there were two first class sections; a playoff between the first class
    winners for the overall title ("landskampioenschap") was first played in 1897/98; in
    later seasons additional first class sections were formed, eventually requiring six
    clubs to play off for the overall title between 1946 and 1950.
1896/97   not contested (section champions: R.A.P. (afd. 1) and Vitesse (afd. 2))
1897/98 R.A.P.
1898/99 R.A.P. 
1899/00 H.V.V. 
1900/01 H.V.V. 
1901/02 H.V.V. 
1902/03 H.V.V. 
1903/04 H.B.S. 
1904/05 H.V.V. 
1905/06 H.B.S. 
1906/07 H.V.V. 
1907/08 Quick (Den Haag)
1908/09 Sparta
1909/10 H.V.V.
1910/11 Sparta 
1911/12 Sparta 
1912/13 Sparta
1913/14 H.V.V. 
1914/15 Sparta 
1915/16 Willem II 
1916/17 Go Ahead 
1917/18 Ajax 
1918/19 Ajax
1919/20 Be Quick (Groningen)
1920/21 N.A.C. 
1921/22 Go Ahead 
1922/23 R.C.H. 
1923/24 Feijenoord 
1924/25 H.B.S. 
1925/26 S.C. Enschede
1926/27 Heracles 
1927/28 Feijenoord 
1928/29 P.S.V. 
1929/30 Go Ahead
1930/31 Ajax
1931/32 Ajax 
1932/33 Go Ahead
1933/34 Ajax 
1934/35 P.S.V. 
1935/36 Feijenoord 
1936/37 Ajax 
1937/38 Feijenoord
1938/39 Ajax
1939/40 Feijenoord 
1940/41 Heracles 
1941/42 A.D.O.
1942/43 A.D.O.
1943/44 De Volewijckers
1944/45   not held
1945/46 Haarlem
1946/47 Ajax 
1947/48 B.V.V.
1948/49 S.V.V.
1949/50 Limburgia
1950/51 P.S.V. 
1951/52 Willem II
1952/53 R.C.H.
1953/54 Eindhoven
introduction of professional football
1954/55 Willem II
1955/56 Rapid J.C.
introduction of nationwide top level (eredivisie)
1956/57 Ajax 
1957/58 D.O.S.
1958/59 Sparta 
1959/60 Ajax
1960/61 Feijenoord 
1961/62 Feijenoord 
1962/63 P.S.V. 
1963/64 D.W.S.
1964/65 Feijenoord 
1965/66 Ajax 
1966/67 Ajax 
1967/68 Ajax 
1968/69 Feijenoord 
1969/70 Ajax 
1970/71 Feijenoord 
1971/72 Ajax 
1972/73 Ajax 
1973/74 Feyenoord 
1974/75 P.S.V. 
1975/76 P.S.V. 
1976/77 Ajax 
1977/78 P.S.V. 
1978/79 Ajax 
1979/80 Ajax 
1980/81 A.Z. '67 
1981/82 Ajax 
1982/83 Ajax 
1983/84 Feyenoord 
1984/85 Ajax 
1985/86 P.S.V. 
1986/87 P.S.V. 
1987/88 P.S.V. 
1988/89 P.S.V. 
1989/90 Ajax 
1990/91 P.S.V. 
1991/92 P.S.V. 
1992/93 Feyenoord 
1993/94 Ajax 
1994/95 Ajax 
1995/96 Ajax 
1996/97 P.S.V. 
1997/98 Ajax 
1998/99 Feyenoord
1999/00 P.S.V.
2000/01 P.S.V.
2001/02 Ajax
2002/03 P.S.V.
2003/04 Ajax
2004/05 P.S.V.
2005/06 P.S.V.
2006/07 P.S.V.
2007/08 P.S.V.
2008/09 A.Z.
2009/10 F.C. Twente
2010/11 Ajax
2011/12 Ajax
2012/13 Ajax
2013/14 Ajax
2014/15 P.S.V.
2015/16 P.S.V.
2016/17 Feyenoord
2017/18 P.S.V.
2018/19 Ajax
2019/20   season abandoned
2020/21 Ajax
2021/22 Ajax
2022/23 Feyenoord
2023/24

Top Champions (124; between square brackets titles [68] since introduction professional football)

NB: the champions of the Eerste Klasse West until 1897 (when it was the only first
    class competition in the country, apart from 1896/97 when the Eerste Klasse Oost
    was first played) are not included; in the seven seasons involved, R.A.P. won the
    title on 3 occasions, H.V.V. twice (thus currently claiming 10 national titles)
    and H.F.C. (Haarlem) once.

36 [28] Ajax (Amsterdam)

24 [21] P.S.V. (Eindhoven)

16 [11] Feyenoord (Rotterdam)

 8      H.V.V. (Den Haag)        [does not include 2 titles until 1897]

 6 [ 1] Sparta (Rotterdam) 

 4      Go Ahead (Deventer)

 3      H.B.S. (Den Haag)
 3 [ 1] Willem II (Tilburg)

 2      A.D.O. (Den Haag)
 2 [ 2] A.Z. (Alkmaar)
 2      Heracles (Almelo)
 2      R.A.P. (Amsterdam)       [does not include 2 titles until 1897]
 2      R.C.H. (Heemstede)

 1      Be Quick (Groningen)
 1      B.V.V. (Den Bosch)
 1 [ 1] D.O.S. (Utrecht)
 1 [ 1] D.W.S. (Amsterdam)
 1      Eindhoven
 1      S.C. Enschede
 1      Haarlem
 1      Limburgia (Brunssum)
 1      N.A.C. (Breda)
 1      Quick (Den Haag)
 1 [ 1] Rapid J.C. (Heerlen)
 1      S.V.V. (Schiedam)
 1 [ 1] F.C. Twente (Enschede)
 1      De Volewijckers (Amsterdam)

NB: as for H.V.V. and R.A.P, the title for H.F.C. (Haarlem) in 1894/95 is not included.

Notes

Feijenoord changed their name to Feyenoord in 1971.
A.Z. '67 changed name to A.Z.
D.O.S. merged with Elinkwijk and Velox into F.C. Utrecht.
S.C. Enschede merged with Enschedese Boys into F.C. Twente.
Rapid J.C. merged with Roda Sport into Roda J.C.
B.V.V. changed name to F.C. Den Bosch.
A.D.O. merged with Holland Sport into F.C. Den Haag.
Go Ahead changed name to Go Ahead Eagles.
S.V.V. merged with Dordrecht '90 into S.V.V./Dordrecht '90, who were later renamed Dordrecht '90 and then F.C. Dordrecht.
D.W.S. and De Volewijckers merged (together with Blauw Wit) into F.C. Amsterdam, which later folded.
R.C.H. moved from Haarlem to Heemstede in 1932.

Finally, note that the "unofficial names" Den Haag (for 's-Gravenhage) and Den Bosch (for 's-Hertogenbosch) have been used throughout.

For more information on the amateur days until 1954, check the Dutch Eerste Klasse page.

See also the list of Dutch Cup Finals.


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Last updated: 29 Dec 2023

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