Uitslagenmatrix
| ALK | BVV | DFC | EDO | ELI | EMM | ENS | FEIJ | GRA | GVA | MVV | PSV | RAP | SHS | SIT | SVV | VOL | WIL | |
| Alkmaar '54 | * | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| BVV | 4 - 1 | * | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| DFC | 2 - 3 | 2 - 1 | * | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 7 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 0 - 3 |
| EDO | 2 - 1 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 3 | * | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 |
| Elinkwijk | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 1 | * | 6 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 1 |
| Emma | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 7 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 5 | * | 1 - 2 | 0 - 6 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 4 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 1 |
| SC Enschede | 2 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 4 | * | 4 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 1 - 6 | 2 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Feijenoord | 0 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 3 | * | 6 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 11 - 4 | 0 - 1 |
| De Graafschap | 0 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 5 | * | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 |
| GVAV | 4 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 9 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 4 | 3 - 0 | * | 2 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
| MVV | 5 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | * | 0 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 7 - 1 | 3 - 1 |
| PSV | 4 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 6 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | * | 4 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| Rapid JC | 6 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 3 | * | 0 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 5 - 2 |
| SHS | 1 - 0 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 6 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | * | 4 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 6 |
| Sittardia | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 0 | * | 4 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 |
| SVV | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 7 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 2 | * | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
| De Volewijckers | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 6 | 2 - 5 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 6 | 2 - 6 | 2 - 5 | 4 - 5 | 2 - 6 | * | 0 - 4 |
| Willem II | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 0 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | * |
Eindstand
| 1 | Elinkwijk * ¹ ² | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 79 | 36 | 2.19 |
| 2 | Rapid JC ¹ ² | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 90 | 46 | 1.95 |
| 3 | SC Enschede ² | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 91 | 56 | 1.62 |
| 4 | PSV ² | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 96 | 55 | 1.74 |
| 5 | Feijenoord ² | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 93 | 62 | 1.50 |
| 6 | BVV ² | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 67 | 45 | 1.48 |
| 7 | Willem II ² | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 64 | 53 | 1.20 |
| 8 | MVV ² | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 68 | 47 | 1.44 |
| 9 | GVAV *** | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 68 | 64 | 1.06 |
| 10 | DFC ³ | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 69 | 61 | 1.13 |
| 11 | Alkmaar’54 ³ | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 55 | 0.85 |
| 12 | Sittardia ³ | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 63 | 77 | 0.81 |
| 13 | De Graafschap ³ | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 72 | 0.63 |
| 14 | SHS ³ | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 58 | 75 | 0.77 |
| 15 | SVV ³ | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 57 | 69 | 0.82 |
| 16 | EDO ³ | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 37 | 66 | 0.56 |
| 17 | De Volewijckers ³ | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 49 | 126 | 0.38 |
| 18 | Emma ³ | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 105 | 0.26 |
Beslissingswedstrijd voor plaats in de kampioenscompetitie:
Rapid JC – SC Enschede 4-3
¹ Geplaatst voor kampioenscompetitie
² Geplaatst voor de Eredivisie
³ Geplaatst voor Eerste Divisie
*** Geplaatst voor nacompetitie voor plek in de Eredivisie
SHS 2 punten in mindering
Wedstrijden om het landskampioenschap
| 20/06/1956 | Elinkwijk | NAC | 2-3 | |
| 20/06/1956 | Rapid JC | Sparta | 3-1 | |
| 23/06/1956 | NAC | Rapid JC | 0-1 | |
| 23/06/1956 | Sparta | Elinkwijk | 0-0 | |
| 27/06/1956 | NAC | Sparta | 2-0 | |
| 27/06/1956 | Rapid JC | Elinkwijk | 3-1 | |
| 30/06/1956 | Elinkwijk | Rapid JC | 2-0 | |
| 30/06/1956 | Sparta | NAC | 1-2 | |
| 04/07/1956 | NAC | Elinkwijk | 5-2 | |
| 04/07/1956 | Sparta | Rapid JC | 2-1 | |
| 08/07/1956 | Elinkwijk | Sparta | 5-3 | |
| 08/07/1956 | Rapid JC | NAC | 5-1 |
Eindstand
| 1 | Rapid JC * | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1.85 |
| 2 | NAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1.18 |
| 3 | Elinkwijk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0.85 |
| 4 | Sparta | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0.53 |
Beslissingswedstrijd om het landskampioenschap:
Rapid JC – NAC 3-0
Nacompetitie voor twee plaatsen in de Eredivisie
| 17/06/1956 | Hermes DVS | RCH | 0-2 | |
| 17/06/1956 | KFC | NOAD | 1-4 | |
| 20/06/1956 | GVAV | RCH | 4-0 | |
| 20/06/1956 | KFC | Hermes DVS | 2-1 | |
| 23/06/1956 | NOAD | GVAV | 3-1 | |
| 23/06/1956 | RCH | KFC | 1-1 | |
| 27/06/1956 | Hermes DVS | GVAV | 0-4 | |
| 27/06/1956 | RCH | NOAD | 1-2 | |
| 01/07/1956 | GVAV | KFC | 2-3 | |
| 01/07/1956 | NOAD | Hermes DVS | 2-1 | |
| 04/07/1956 | NOAD | KFC | 2-0 | |
| 04/07/1956 | RCH | Hermes DVS | 1-0 | |
| 08/07/1956 | GVAV | NOAD | 5-1 | |
| 15/07/1956 | GVAV | Hermes DVS | 3-0 | |
| 08/07/1956 | KFC | RCH | 2-3 | |
| 11/07/1956 | Hermes DVS | KFC | 4-2 | |
| 11/07/1956 | RCH | GVAV | 2-3 | |
| 15/07/1956 | NOAD | RCH | 4-2 |
Eindstand
| 1 | NOAD * | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1.63 |
| 2 | GVAV * | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2.44 |
| 3 | RCH ** | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 0.75 |
| 4 | KFC ** | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0.64 |
| 5 | Hermes DVS ** | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 0.37 |
* Geplaatst voor Eredivisie
** Geplaatst voor Eerste Divisie