[2] The league was established in 1973, and before the league existed the champions of the several district played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.

Kampong are the current champions, having won the 2023–24 season by defeating Rotterdam in the championship final.

Each semi-final and the final consist of two-leg matches, with the winner determined by the highest aggregate score over both home and away games.

[3] The eleventh-placed team plays in a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the Promotieklasse and the tenth-placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed from the Promotieklasse.

[3] Since 2015, almost every Sunday, one match from either the men's or the women's league is broadcast live by either Ziggo Sport or the NOS.