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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).
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 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 .
Women's football clubs in the Netherlands (4 C, 19 P) Wikipedia categories named after football clubs in the Netherlands (76 C) History of association football clubs in the Netherlands (2 P)
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 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.
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 .
Most wins : 1520 Ajax Most wins in a season: 30 Ajax 1971-72, 1972-73 Most consecutive wins: 17 PSV 1987-88, 2023-24 Most consecutive wins at home: 19 FC Twente 2009-10 Most consecutive wins away: 13 PSV December 2015-September 2016