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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.
Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club. Over the next 30 years, football gained popularity in the Netherlands and the late 1890s and early 1900s saw the foundation of many new clubs, notably Sparta Rotterdam in 1888, which is the oldest ...
Dutch football clubs have entered European association football competitions since 1900, when HVV and RAP took part in the inaugural season of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz (one of the first European club football tournaments, is considered a predecessor of club tournaments in Europe, namely the European Cup), [4] which was also won by RAP.
The history of the Netherlands national football team began when the Netherlands played their first international match on 30 April 1905 in Antwerp against Belgium. The game went into extra time, in which the Dutch scored three times, making the score 4–1 for the Dutch side, winning the Coupe Vanden Abeele .
The championship was first awarded in 1898. Until 1954 the national champion was determined by means of a championship competition between the champions of the different regions. This system continued for two years after the introduction of professional football in 1954 until the creation of the Eredivisie for the 1956–57 season.
Pages in category "Football clubs in the Netherlands" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 288 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "History of association football clubs in the Netherlands" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
] The first Dutch football club was formed in 1879 in Haarlem. [4] The Netherlands Football League Championship had already existed unofficially for a decade when the association was founded. The KNVB strongly disapproved of the professionalism of football in 1909. It said that "it will protest against it by all means necessary."