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The Royal Dutch Football Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond, pronounced [ˌkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈvudbɑlbɔnt]; KNVB [ˌkaːʔɛɱveːˈbeː]) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands.
The subregions (Dutch: streek or landstreek (plural: (land)streken), literally translating to a combination of 'land/country area/region') are non-administrative area in the Netherlands that can be demarcated on grounds of cohesion with regards to culture or landscape. This means that a landstreek is not bound by provincial or municipal ...
The KNVB Beker (pronounced [ˌkaːʔɛɱveːˈbeː ˈbeːkər]; English: KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. [1] It was based on the format of the English FA Cup.
The 2024–25 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, is the 107th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 110 teams will contest, beginning in September with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending in April 2024 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.
Midfield Dynamo's list of the Dutch football league's 'Big 3' and 'Best of the Rest' of the other clubs, midfielddynamo.com (in English) Orange Football Blog - Weekly summaries from the Eredivisie and other articles, nlplanet.com (in Dutch) Official Eredivisie site (in Dutch) Official Eerste Divisie website; League321.com - Club stats records.
Again, each division contains between 11 and 14 clubs. This is the lowest amateur league in the South 1 region. The lowest amateur league overall, in all regions except for the South 1 region, is the Vijfde Klasse (English: Fifth Class). The Saturday league has four regional groups and the Sunday league is divided into five regions.
The KNVB introduced the new level for the 2010–11 season, comprising 32 clubs. After the 2009–10 season, the bottom 2 teams in the Eerste Divisie , whose size was reduced from 20 to 18 clubs, and the top four clubs from each of the six Hoofdklasse divisions – a total of 26 clubs – automatically joined the new level.
The KNVB Women's Cup (Dutch: KNVB Beker Vrouwen) is the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands. The competition was established in 1980, along with the KNVB Amateur Cup . It is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (K oninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond or KNVB).