Women's football in the Netherlands

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in the Netherlands.
Women's football in the Netherlands
Country Netherlands
Governing body KNVB
National team(s) Women's national team
National competitions
Club competitions
BeNe League
Eredivisie 2007 (ran until 2012)
2015 - present
International competitions
Champions League
FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team)
European Championship(National Team)
Olympics(National Team)

Women's football in the Netherlands has traditionally had a low profile and female players had to play abroad.[1][2][3]

History

Women first started trying playing football in the 1890s but were banned by the KNVB.[4] In 1896 Sparta Rotterdam tried to form a women's football team but were thwarted. In the 1950s the Duth Ladies Football Association was formed in 1955 and even created a women's football league but was banned by the KNVB women's football was played regionally in the Netherlands until the 1970s when UEFA declared all UEFA members must invest in women's football.

National team

The Netherlands has not had a strong tradition in women's international football; they did not qualify for the UEFA Women's Championship until 2009, and did not qualify for their first Women's World Cup until 2015 (the latter occasion being the first Women's World Cup with 24 teams instead of 16).[5] In 2017 the national team gained their greatest success winning UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6] 8 out of 10 Dutch television viewers watched the Netherlands win the championship.[7]

Present

In 2012, the KNVB and its Belgian counterpart, the KBVB/URBSFA, created a new top league for both countries, the BeNe League. From the Dutch perspective, the move was intended to improve the Netherlands women's national football team.[8][9] However, the two federations scrapped the BeNe League after the 2014–15 season, with the KNVB choosing to reactivate the women's Eredivisie with the same seven clubs that had formed the Dutch contingent in the final season of the joint league. The Eredivisie has since expanded to nine teams. UEFA Women's Euro 2017 was hosted in the Netherlands.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "For Sky Blue's Dutch Defender, Pay and a Platform". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Women's Soccer in the United States and the Netherlands: Differences and Similarities in Regimes of Inequalities". ResearchGate. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Nixon, Howard L. (30 November 2015). "Sport in a Changing World". Routledge. Retrieved 26 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Parrish, Charles; Nauright, John (21 April 2014). "Soccer around the World: A Cultural Guide to the World's Favorite Sport". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 26 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Haisley, Billy. "Finally, A Netherlands Women's Team That Lives Up To The Name". Deadspin. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Netherlands Women 4-2 Denmark Women". 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Ramesh, Priya (7 August 2017). "Holland victory a triumph for Dutch flair and Sarina Wiegman's tactical nous". Retrieved 8 August 2017 – via The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Women's football about to break through". Radio Netherlands. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  9. ↑ "Data analysis is really helping the Dutch national women's soccer team". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Netherlands to host 2017 women's European Championships". 4 December 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.


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