List of football clubs in the Netherlands

The Dutch Football League is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond).The most successful teams are Ajax (34), PSV (23) and Feyenoord (15). Important teams of the past are HVV (10 titles), Sparta Rotterdam (6 titles) and Willem II (3 titles).

The annual match that marks the beginning of the season is called the Johan Cruijff Schaal (Johan Cruyff Shield). Contenders are the champions and the cup winners of the previous season.

Dutch professional clubs
Location of teams in the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie 2018-2019
Club Location Venue Capacity Manager
ADO Den Haag The Hague Cars Jeans Stadion 15,000 Alfons Groenendijk
Ajax Amsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena 53,490 Erik ten Hag
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023 John van den Brom
Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 4,400 Mitchell van der Gaag
Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,177 Dick Advocaat
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Adelaarshorst 10,400 John Stegeman
Groningen Groningen Noordlease Stadion 22,550 Danny Buijs
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 27,224 Jan Olde Riekerink
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 13,500 Frank Wormuth
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 13,250 Jaap Stam
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 36,500 Mark van Bommel
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,026
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750 Dick Advocaat
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,500 Leonid Slutsky
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500 Adrie Koster
Almere City Almere Yanmar Stadion 3,000
Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,500 René Hake
De Graafschap Doetinchem Stadion De Vijverberg 12,600 Henk de Jong
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch De Vliert 9,000
Dordrecht Dordrecht GN Bouw Stadion 4,088
FC Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 4,600
Emmen Emmen Univé Stadion 8,600 Dick Lukkien
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Fortuna Sittard Stadion 12,500 Sunday Oliseh
Helmond Sport Helmond Stadion De Braak 4,100
MVV Maastricht De Geusselt 10,000
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000 Ruud Brood
Oss Oss Heesen Yachts Stadion 4,700
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,508
Telstar Velsen TATA Steel Stadion 3,625
Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 6,260
VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 8,000 Maurice Steijn

Former Dutch league teams
  • Koninklijke HFC
  • RAP (of Amsterdam) were the first official champions of the Netherlands in 1899. The club however became a Cricket club in 1916 following a total of 5 national football titles.
  • Fortuna 54 (of Geleen) and Sittardia (of Sittard) merged to form Fortuna Sittard in 1968.
  • Blauw Wit, DWS and De Volewijckers merged to form FC Amsterdam in 1972, which ceased to exist in 1982.
  • PEC and the Zwolsche Boys merged to form PEC Zwolle in 1971, which became FC Zwolle in 1990.
  • Sportclub Enschede and the Enschedese Boys merged to form FC Twente in 1965.
  • DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox merged to form FC Utrecht in 1970.
  • GVAV became FC Groningen in 1971.
  • Alkmaar 54 and FC Zaanstreek merged to form AZ in 1967.
  • Roda Sport and Rapid JC merged to form Roda JC in 1962.
  • BVC Rotterdam and BVC Flamingos merged to form Scheveningen Holland Sport in 1954, which merged with ADO in 1971 to form FC Den Haag, which became ADO Den Haag in 1996.
  • SVV and Dordrecht '90 merged to form SVV/Dordrecht '90 in 1991. The club has since been renamed FC Dordrecht.
  • VC Vlissingen (from Flushing) became a professional club in 1990, changed its name to VCV Zeeland a year later, and became an amateur club again in 1992.
  • FC Wageningen (founded in 1911) won the Dutch cup in 1939 and 1948, joined the Dutch professional league when it was formed in 1954, and remained professional until the club went bankrupt in 1992.
  • HVC of Amersfoort was formed in 1905, joined the league in 1954, was renamed to SC Amersfoort in 1973 and went bankrupt in 1982.
  • Fortuna Vlaardingen (formed in 1904) joined the professional league in 1955, was renamed to FC Vlaardingen in 1974 and went bankrupt in 1981.
  • HFC Haarlem (formed in 1889) joined the professional league in 1954 and remained professional until the club went bankrupt in 2010.
  • RBC Roosendaal (formed in 1927) joined the professional league in 1955 till 1971 and 1983 and remained professional until the club went bankrupt in 2011.
  • AGOVV Apeldoorn (formed in 1913) joined the professional league in 1954 till 1971, but returned on 1 July 2003 until the club went bankrupt in 2013.
  • SC Veendam (formed in 1894) joined the professional league in 1954, but went bankrupt in 2013.
  • Zwart-Wit '28 won the national amateur championship in 1971 and the national cup for women in 2000. Went bankrupt in 2004.

See also

References
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