1938–39 Netherlands Football League Championship

The Netherlands Football League Championship 1938–1939 was contested by 51 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating DWS, NEC, FC Eindhoven and Achilles 1894.

New entrants
Eerste Klasse East: Eerste Klasse North: Eerste Klasse West-I: Eerste Klasse West-II:
 * Promoted from 2nd Division: Quick Nijmegen
 * Promoted from 2nd Division: FVC
 * Moving in from West-II: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, HVV 't Gooi, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, Stormvogels and Xerxes
 * Moving in from West-I: AFC Ajax, DFC, RFC, VSV, VUC
 * Promoted from 2nd Division: DOS