1897–98 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1897–98
Champions	RAP (4th title)
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The Netherlands Football League Championship 1897–1898 was contested by ten teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off match featuring the winners of the eastern and western football division of the Netherlands. RAP won this year's championship by beating Vitesse Arnhem 4–2.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East: (new division)

• Go Ahead Wageningen, returning after one year of absence (previously participating in the western division)
• PW
• Vitesse

Eerste Klasse West:

• Celeritas
• HFC Haarlem

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitesse	4	3	1	0	12	5	+7	7	Qualified for Championship Final
2	Go Ahead Wageningen	4	1	2	1	9	8	+1	4
3	PW	4	0	1	3	6	14	−8	1

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RAP	12	9	2	1	39	8	+31	20	Qualified for Championship Final
2	Sparta Rotterdam	12	6	4	2	22	13	+9	16
3	HBS Craeyenhout	12	6	1	5	24	19	+5	13
4	HFC Haarlem	12	4	3	5	23	23	0	11
5	Rapiditas Rotterdam	12	4	2	6	21	31	−10	10
6	HVV Den Haag	12	4	2	6	16	28	−12	10
7	Celeritas	12	0	4	8	7	30	−23	4	Not participating next season

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RAP	4–2	Vitesse

RAP won the championship.

References

• RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse West
• RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost