1902–03 Netherlands Football League Championship
| Season | 1902–1903 |
|---|---|
| Champions | HVV Den Haag (6th title) |
← 1901–02 1903–04 → | |
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1902–1903 was contested by eighteen teams participating in three divisions. This season, the western division had been split in two, creating the Eerste Klasse West-A and the Eerste Klasse West-B. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the three divisions of the Netherlands. HVV Den Haag won this year's championship by beating Vitesse Arnhem and Volharding.
New entrants[edit]
Eerste Klasse West-A:
- Sparta Rotterdam returned after one year of absence
Eerste Klasse West-B: (new division)
Moved from Division East:
Moved from Division West-A:
New:
Divisions[edit]
Eerste Klasse East[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitesse | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 18 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | PW | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 13 | |
| 3 | Go Ahead Wageningen | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 11 | Merged to form GVC Wageningen |
| 4 | Quick Nijmegen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 8 | |
| 5 | Koninklijke UD | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 7 | |
| 6 | Victoria Wageningen | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 47 | −35 | 3 | Merged to form GVC Wageningen |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse West-A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HVV Den Haag | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 14 | Qualified for Championship play-off Moved to Division West-B |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 12 | |
| 3 | Ajax Sportman Combinatie | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 11 | |
| 4 | Velocitas | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 11 | Moved to Division West-B |
| 5 | HFC Haarlem | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 8 | |
| 6 | RAP | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 4 |
Source: rsssf.com
Eerste Klasse West-B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volharding | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 19 | Qualified for Championship play-off |
| 2 | HBS Craeyenhout | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 13 | Moved to Division West-A |
| 3 | Koninklijke HFC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 9 | |
| 4 | Hercules | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 9 | |
| 5 | Rapiditas Rotterdam | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Quick 1890 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 1 | Moved to Division West-A |
Source: rsssf.com
Championship play-off[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HVV | VIT | VOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HVV Den Haag | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 2 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | ||
| 3 | Volharding | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 2 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
Source: rsssf.com
