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The Dutch Football League is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond).The most successful teams are Ajax (36), PSV (24) and Feyenoord (16). Important teams of the past are HVV (10 titles), Sparta Rotterdam (6 titles) and Willem II (3 titles).
Dutch football club records and statistics (1 C) Women's football clubs in the Netherlands (4 C, 19 P) Wikipedia categories named after football clubs in the Netherlands (76 C)
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 ...
The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2024–25 season, it is ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. [1] The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away.
The Dutch football league system consists of two fully professional leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie) and eight levels of amateur football leagues. The three highest amateur leagues, the Tweede , Derde and Vierde Divisie play in nationwide leagues and the five levels below are regional leagues.
The three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions and contending for the title. None of them have been relegated from the Eredivisie either, having been participants in all editions since Dutch football was merged into a single top-level competition in the 1956–57 season .
Football clubs in Limburg (Netherlands) (7 C, 6 P) N. Football clubs in North Brabant (11 C, 16 P) Football clubs in North Holland (9 C, 13 P) O.
Football clubs in Berg en Dal (municipality) (2 C, 4 P) Football clubs in Breda ... Football clubs in Emmen, Netherlands (2 C, 3 P) Football clubs in Enschede (1 C, 5 ...