1916–17 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1916–1917 was contested by 35 teams participating in four divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and western football division of the Netherlands. Go Ahead won this year's championship by beating UVV Utrecht, Willem II and Be Quick 1887.

New entrants
Eerste Klasse East: Eerste Klasse North: (new Division) Eerste Klasse South: Eerste Klasse West:
 * Promoted from 2nd Division: SC Enschede
 * Achilles 1894, Be Quick 1887, Veendam, GSAVV Forward, LAC Frisia 1883, Velocitas 1897 & WVV Winschoten
 * Promoted from 2nd Division: Zeelandia Middelburg
 * Promoted from 2nd Division: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam