45-610: The Eerste Klasse (English: First Class ) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association : each district is organised geographically. Each division consists of 14 teams. The champion of the Eerste Klasse divisions are promoted to
90-497: A FIFA World Cup tournament, as well as the last time Spain failed to qualify. This was the first tournament in which the defending champions (in this case Brazil ) played in the opening game as opposed to the hosts, although this was later changed back to the hosts for the 2006 tournament, which was also held in Germany, as the defending champions no longer had a secured spot in the tournament. The following 16 teams qualified for
135-498: A World Cup Finals without having lost a match. Group 1 contained both East Germany and the host West Germany , and they both progressed at the expense of Chile and newcomers Australia . The last game played in Group 1 was much anticipated, a first ever clash between the two German teams. West Germany was already assured of progression to the second round whatever the result. In one of the most politically charged matches of all time,
180-402: A group containing two of the favourites for the tournament. They beat Argentina 3–2, trounced Haiti 7–0, then beat Italy 2–1 – a result that allowed Argentina to qualify for the second group round ahead of Italy on goal difference. Argentina would not fail to win either of their opening two games of a World Cup again until 2018. While Haiti lost all three games and finished second-to-last in
225-658: A new (professional) league. From 1956, the top flight of Dutch football is the Eredivisie (English: Premier Division , literally Honorary Division ). The second level is the Eerste Divisie (First Division). The third level is the Tweede Divisie (Second Division). Below that are two amateur divisions: the fourth level is the Derde Divisie (Third Division), formerly Topklasse, and the fifth level
270-590: A playoff match on neutral ground. The final draw took place at 21:30 local time on 5 January 1974 in HR Sendesaal in Frankfurt , and was televised on Eurovision . 80 commentators were gathered at the Eurovision headquarters, and TV stations from 32 countries had requested pictures of the ceremony at the time. The TV broadcast of this show was followed by an estimated 800 million people. Ahead of
315-427: A result of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état . The Netherlands and Poland qualified for the first time since 1938. Scotland were back in the finals after a 16-year absence. Argentina and Chile were also back after having missed the 1970 tournament and Yugoslavia returned after missing both the 1966 and 1970 tournaments. First-time qualifiers were East Germany (who made their sole appearance in a FIFA senior tournament's as
360-496: A separate team); Australia, which were the first team from Oceania to qualify (they would not qualify again until the next time the tournament was held in Germany, in 2006 ); Haiti, the first team from the Caribbean to qualify since Cuba in 1938; and Zaire, the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to reach the finals, and the third African team overall. As of 2022, this was the last time Haiti and Zaire (now DR Congo) qualified for
405-479: Is the oldest professional football club in the country, AFC Ajax in 1900, Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1908, and PSV Eindhoven in 1913. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) was founded on 8 December 1889 and joined FIFA in 1904 as one of the founding members alongside the Football Associations of Belgium , Denmark , France , Spain , Sweden , and Switzerland . Professional football
450-681: The Hoofdklasse . The Topklasse was launched in 2010, before that time promotion to or relegation from the Eerste Divisie was not possible. In 2016, the Topklasse was renamed Derde Divisie and the Tweede Divisie was revived. The Netherlands national men's and women's team are usually dressed in orange and have a historic tradition of aesthetic possession football based around technical ability and attacking flair. They won
495-525: The Vierde Divisie (formerly Hoofdklasse). Furthermore, a season is divided into two periods ( Dutch : periodes ) of eight matches each. The winners of these periods qualify for promotion playoffs, provided they finish in the top nine overall in the season. The numbers 11 and 12 in the final rankings play relegation playoffs, and the numbers 13 and 14 relegated to the Tweede Klasse . Until
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#1732772414390540-521: The 1966 and 1974 World Cups were fixed so that England and Germany would win respectively. This was only the second time that a team had won the World Cup after losing a match in the Finals (West Germany losing to East Germany during the group stage). The previous occasion was West Germany's earlier win in 1954. Poland's Grzegorz Lato led the tournament in scoring seven goals. Gerd Müller 's goal in
585-551: The 1974 World Cup. This was the only case of the reigning European champions winning the World Cup, until Spain (champions of the UEFA Euro 2008 ) defeated the Netherlands in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. France have also held both trophies, albeit in a different order, at the same time by winning the 1998 World Cup followed by Euro 2000. Joao Havelange (former FIFA President from 1974 to 1998) claimed that
630-646: The 1974 tournament, and in return West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed. Speaking in 2008, Brazilian former FIFA president João Havelange said to Folha de Sao Paulo that the competition, along with the 1966 FIFA World Cup , was fixed so that the host country would win: "In the three matches that the Brazilian national team played in 1966, of the three referees and six linesmen, seven were British and two were Germans. Brazil went out, Pelé 'exited' through injury [following some rough defensive play], and England and Germany entered into
675-406: The 2022–23 season, clubs were divided into Saturday and Sunday groups. The separation between Saturday and Sunday football was abolished in the Eerste Klasse from 2023–24. Amateur clubs are asked before the season whether they want to play their home games on Saturday or Sunday. This rule may be deviated from by principled Saturday clubs that retain the right to play on their day. Football in
720-550: The East won, thanks to a late Jürgen Sparwasser goal. This result forced a realignment of the West German team that would later help them win the tournament. Coincidentally, the two second-round groups both produced matches that were, in effect, semi-finals. In Group A, the Netherlands and Brazil met after each had taken maximum points from their previous two matches. In Group B, the same happened with West Germany and Poland – so
765-540: The European Championship in 1988, and have competed in many European and World Cups. The men's team finished second in the 1974,1978 and 2010 World Cups and third in the UEFA Euro 1976 and 2014 World Cup tournament. They have reached many finals ( 1974 World Cup , 1978 World Cup , Euro 1988 , 2010 World Cup ) and semi-finals ( Euro 1976 , 1998 World Cup , Euro 2000 , Euro 2004 , 2014 World Cup , Euro 2024 ). The women's team also managed to reach
810-547: The Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands . 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
855-508: The Poles was goalless until the 76th minute, when Gerd Muller scored to send the hosts through 1–0. The Poles took third place after defeating Brazil 1–0. The final was held on 7 July 1974 at Olympiastadion, Munich. West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer , while the Dutch had their star Johan Cruyff , and their Total Football system which had dazzled the competition. With just a minute gone on
900-581: The clock, following a solo run, Cruyff was brought down by Uli Hoeneß inside the German penalty area, and the Dutch took the lead from the ensuing penalty by Johan Neeskens before any German player had even touched the ball. West Germany struggled to recover, and in the 26th minute were awarded a penalty, after Bernd Hölzenbein fell within the Dutch area, causing English referee Jack Taylor to award another controversial penalty. Paul Breitner spontaneously decided to kick, and scored. These two penalties were
945-455: The crucial match between the Netherlands and Brazil turned into another triumph for Total Football, as second-half goals from Johan Neeskens and Cruyff put the Netherlands in the final. However the match would also be remembered for harsh defending on both sides. Meanwhile, in Group B, West Germany and Poland both managed to beat Yugoslavia and Sweden. The crucial game between the Germans and
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#1732772414390990-484: The draw, the FIFA Organising Committee decided that the host nation ( West Germany ) and trophy holder ( Brazil ) would be seeded, and placed respectively into the first position of Groups 1 and 2 prior to the draw. The remaining two top-seeded teams ( Uruguay and Italy ) would be drawn into the first position of Group 3 and Group 4. It was also decided that South American nations could not play in
1035-465: The final in its just second FIFA Women's World Cup , where they reached the 2019 Women's World Cup but failed to win. This means the Netherlands is the second country in the world where both men's and women's teams reached the final of respective gender's World Cup yet failed to win both times, the other being Sweden. The women also won the Women's Euro 2017 . Only the Netherlands and Germany have won both
1080-422: The final tournament. AFC (0) CAF (1) OFC (1) CONCACAF (1) CONMEBOL (4) UEFA (9) The tournament featured a new format. While the competition once again began with the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams, the eight teams which advanced did not enter a knockout stage as in the previous five World Cups but instead played in a second group stage. The winners of
1125-465: The final was the 14th in his career of two World Cups, beating Just Fontaine 's record of 13, in his single World Cup. Müller's record was only surpassed 32 years later, in 2006 by Ronaldo 's 15 goals from three World Cups and then 8 years after, in 2014 by Klose 's 16 goals from four World Cups. Günter Netzer , who came on as a substitute for West Germany during the defeat by the East Germans,
1170-767: The final, just as the Englishman Sir Stanley Rous , who was the President of FIFA at the time, had wanted. In Germany in 1974 the same thing happened. During the Brazil-Holland match , the referee was German, we lost 2–0 and Germany won the title. We were the best in the world, and had the same team that had won the World Cup in 1962 in Chile and 1970 in Mexico , but it was planned for the host countries to win". Ninety-eight countries took part in
1215-486: The first in a World Cup final. West Germany now pushed, and in the 43rd minute, in his typical style, Gerd Müller scored what turned out to be the winning goal, and the last of his career as he retired from the national team. The second half saw chances for both sides, with Müller putting the ball in the net for a goal that was disallowed as offside. In the 85th, Hölzenbein was fouled again, but no penalty this time. Eventually, West Germany, European Champions of 1972, also won
1260-456: The first player to be sent off with a red card in a World Cup match, during their match against West Germany. Red cards were formally introduced in World Cup play in 1970 , but no players were sent off in that tournament. Two teams made a particularly powerful impact on the first round. The Netherlands demonstrated the " Total Football " techniques pioneered by the top Dutch club Ajax , in which specialised positions were virtually abolished for
1305-513: The groups were determined by dividing the participants into pots based on geographical sections. When the final draw was held, the 16th and final qualifier was not yet known; it would be either Yugoslavia or Spain subject to the result of a final playoff match in February 1974. The two teams had finished with an identical record in their qualification group , and following this situation the rules were changed, so that tied teams had to compete in
1350-415: The letters WM ( Weltmeisterschaft , World Cup) and number 74. AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL UEFA OFC For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1974 FIFA World Cup squads . The FIFA Organising Committee agreed by vote to seed the hosts, holders and the other two 1970 semi-finalists into the first position of the four groups: Then the remaining spots in
1395-9264: The men's and the women's European Championship. Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Eredivisie 18 clubs 2 Eerste Divisie 20 clubs 3 Tweede Divisie 18 clubs Saturday Sunday 4 Derde Divisie Saturday 18 clubs Derde Divisie Sunday 18 clubs 5 Saturday Hoofdklasse A 16 clubs Saturday Hoofdklasse B 16 clubs Sunday Hoofdklasse A 16 clubs Sunday Hoofdklasse B 16 clubs 6 District West 1: Saturday Eerste Klasse A 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Eerste Klasse B 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Eerste Klasse C 14 clubs District East: Saturday Eerste Klasse D 14 clubs District North: Saturday Eerste Klasse E 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1: Sunday Eerste Klasse A 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Eerste Klasse B 13 clubs District South 1: Sunday Eerste Klasse C 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Eerste Klasse D 14 clubs District East: Sunday Eerste Klasse E 13 clubs District North: Sunday Eerste Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 7 District West 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse A 14 clubs District West 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse B 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Tweede Klasse C 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Tweede Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse E 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse F 14 clubs District East: Saturday Tweede Klasse G 14 clubs District East: Saturday Tweede Klasse H 14 clubs District North: Saturday Tweede Klasse I 14 clubs District North: Saturday Tweede Klasse J 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse A 14 clubs District West 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse B 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse C 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse D 13 clubs District South 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse E 14 clubs District South 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse F 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse G 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse H 14 clubs District East: Sunday Tweede Klasse I 14 clubs District East: Sunday Tweede Klasse J 14 clubs District North: Sunday Tweede Klasse K 14 clubs District North: Sunday Tweede Klasse L 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 8 District West 1 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District West 2 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District North Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde 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, Saturday Vierde Klasse G 12 clubs District West 2 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 13 clubs Saturday Vierde Klasse E 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs Saturday Vierde Klasse G 13 clubs District South 1 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Saturday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse E 12 clubs District North Saturday Vierde Klasse A 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 12 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 12 clubs District West 2 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs District South 1 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 14 clubs District East Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 15 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 12 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 12 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 12 clubs District North Sunday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 10 District North Saturday Vijfde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse E 14 teams (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 6 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 10 clubs District South 1 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 14 clubs , 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1440-518: The other timeslot (either 16:00 or 19:30 local time). The tournament was held mostly in bad weather, and the stadia had few protected places. Only five western European nations had qualified, of which only the Netherlands , West Germany and Sweden made it past the group stage. Fans from the Eastern Communist neighbour states East Germany, Bulgaria and Poland were hindered by political circumstances . Carlos Caszely of Chile became
1485-436: The outfield players, and individual players became defenders, midfielders or strikers as the situation required. The Dutch marked their first World Cup finals since 1938 by topping their first-round group, with wins over Uruguay and Bulgaria and a draw with Sweden. Sweden joined the Dutch in the second group round after beating Uruguay 3–0. Poland , meanwhile, appearing for the first time since 1938, took maximum points from
1530-447: The qualifying tournament. Some of football's most successful nations did not qualify, including 1966 champions England, France, hosts and quarter-finalists of the 1970 tournament Mexico, Spain, 1966 third-place finishers Portugal, 1970 quarter-finalists Peru, Belgium, 1962 runners-up Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, and Romania. The USSR was also disqualified after refusing to travel for the second leg of their playoff against Chile as
1575-452: The same group during the first group stage. In other words, Argentina and Chile drawn from pot 3, could not be drawn into the two groups seeded by Brazil and Uruguay. Uruguay was drawn before Italy, taking the seeded first position of Group 3, and Italy were drawn into the seeded first position of Group 4. Next, the remaining two South American teams from pot 3 were drawn into the two top-seeded European groups (Group 1 and Group 4), as per
1620-651: The third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. West Germany won the title, beating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Munich . This was the second victory for West Germany, who had also won in 1954 . Australia , East Germany , Haiti and Zaire made their first appearances at the final stage, with the latter two also making their only appearance, and East Germany making their only appearance before Germany
1665-486: The tournament, they did have one moment of glory; in their opening game against Italy, they managed to take the lead with a goal from Emmanuel Sanon , before eventually losing 3–1. That goal proved to be significant as it ended Dino Zoff 's run of 1,142 minutes without conceding a goal – Italy had not conceded in their last 12 international matches. Group 2 was a particularly close group. With Brazil , Yugoslavia and Scotland drawing all their games against each other, it
1710-432: The two groups in the second stage then played each other in the final, with the respective runners-up from each group meeting in the third place play-off. This was one of only two times that this format was deployed (1978 being the other). For the 1974 World Cup, FIFA introduced the penalty shoot-out as a means of determining the winner in knockout stages should the match end on a draw after 120 minutes. The method, however,
1755-494: The winners of these two games would contest the final. In Group A, two goals from the inspirational Johan Cruyff helped the Dutch side thrash Argentina 4–0. At the same time, Brazil defeated East Germany 1–0. The Dutch triumphed over East Germany 2–0 while in the "Battle of the South Americans", Brazil managed to defeat Argentina 2–1 in a scrappy match. Argentina and East Germany drew 1–1 and were on their way home while
1800-452: Was reunified in 1990. Brazil , the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round, and lost the third-place match to Poland . West Germany was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London, England on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1978 and 1982 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany agreed to a deal with Spain by which Spain would support West Germany for
1845-477: Was decided by the number of goals these three teams scored when defeating Zaire . Yugoslavia hammered the African nation 9–0, equalling a finals record for the largest margin of victory. Brazil beat them 3–0. Scotland only managed a 2–0 margin, and so were edged out of the tournament on goal difference. They were the only team that did not lose a game in the tournament and the first ever country to be eliminated from
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1890-617: Was introduced in 1954, with the establishment of the Dutch Professional Football Association ( Nederlandse Beroeps Voetbal Bond , or NBVB). The first professional game was played on 14 August 1954 between Alkmaar '54 and SC Venlo . The KNVB had opposed professional football for a long time, but eventually submitted to pressure and merged with the NBVB in November 1954 to form a new football association and
1935-405: Was not put in practice as both the third-place match and the final were decided after 90 minutes. The first World Cup to feature a penalty shoot-out was the 1982 World Cup, in the semi-final match between France and West Germany. It was decided in advance that if the host nation progressed to the second round their matches would not take place simultaneous to the other matches but instead be held in
1980-417: Was playing for Real Madrid at the time: this was the first time that a World Cup winner had played for a club outside his home country. This is the last of four FIFA World Cup tournaments to date with no extra-time matches. The others are the 1930 , 1950 , and 1962 tournaments. The official mascots of this World Cup were Tip and Tap , two boys wearing an outfit similar to West Germany's , with
2025-655: Was the 10th FIFA World Cup , a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin ) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy , created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga , was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy , had been won for
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