1898–99 Netherlands Football League Championship

Netherl. Football Championship

Season	1898–99
Champions	RAP (5th title)
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The Netherlands Football League Championship 1898–1899 was contested by twelve 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 PW Enschede 3-2 and 2-1.

New entrants

Eerste Klasse East:

• Koninklijke UD
• Quick Nijmegen

Eerste Klasse West:

• Koninklijke HFC returned after one season of absence

Divisions

Eerste Klasse East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitesse	8	5	3	0	32	12	+20	13	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	Go Ahead Wageningen	8	5	1	2	28	8	+20	11
3	Quick Nijmegen	8	2	3	3	15	15	0	7
4	Koninklijke UD	8	1	3	4	8	16	−8	5	Not participating next season
5	PW	8	1	2	5	8	40	−32	4

Source: rsssf.com

Eerste Klasse West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RAP	12	10	2	0	37	15	+22	22	Qualified for Championship play-off
2	HVV Den Haag	12	6	2	4	23	15	+8	14
3	HFC Haarlem	12	5	3	4	29	23	+6	13
4	HBS Craeyenhout	12	5	2	5	21	15	+6	12
5	Sparta Rotterdam	12	5	0	7	18	28	−10	10
6	Koninklijke HFC	12	3	1	8	13	33	−20	7
7	Rapiditas Rotterdam	12	3	0	9	17	29	−12	6	Not participating next season

Source: rsssf.com

Championship play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RAP	5-3	PW Enschede	3-2	2-1

RAP won the championship.

References

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