The Netherlands Football League Championship 1936–1937 was contested by 50 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 Feijenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Be Quick 1887 and Go Ahead.
New entrants Eerste Klasse East: Promoted from 2nd Division: NEC Nijmegen Eerste Klasse West-I: Moving in from West-II: DHC Delft, DFC, SBV Excelsior, Sparta Rotterdam and Stormvogels Promoted from 2nd Division: CVV Mercurius Eerste Klasse West-II: Moving in from West-I: HFC Haarlem, HBS Craeyenhout, Hermes DVS, KFC, Sparta Rotterdam and VSV
Divisions
Eerste Klasse East
Eerste Klasse North
Eerste Klasse South
Eerste Klasse West-I
Eerste Klasse West-II
Championship play-off
References RSSSF Netherlands Football League Championships 1898-1954 RSSSF Eerste Klasse Oost RSSSF Eerste Klasse Noord RSSSF Eerste Klasse Zuid RSSSF Eerste Klasse West