1897–98 Netherlands Football League Championship

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

Championship play-off

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RAP won the championship.