The Royal Dutch Football Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond, pronounced [ˌkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈvudbɑlbɔnt]; KNVB [ˌkaːʔɛɱveːˈbeː]) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women's national teams.
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| Short name | KNVB |
| Founded | 8 December 1889 |
| Headquarters | Zeist, Netherlands |
| FIFA affiliation | 21 May 1904 |
| UEFA affiliation | 15 June 1954 |
| BeNe League affiliation | 5 May 2012 – 5 May 2015 |
| President | Just Spee |
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For three seasons in the 2010s, the KNVB and its Belgian counterpart operated a joint top-level women's league, the BeNe League, until the two countries dissolved the league after the 2014–15 season and re-established their own top-level leagues. The KNVB is based in the central municipality of Zeist. With over 1.2 million members, the KNVB is the single largest sports association in the Netherlands.[1]
History
editIn 1889, the Nederlandse Voetbal en Athletiek Bond was founded. Due to certain disagreements, several football clubs ended their association with it and joined together to form Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB) which was later renamed to its present name.[2] It was one of the founding members of FIFA in 1904 and one of the first non-British football associations in Europe.[3][self-published source?] The first Dutch football club was formed in 1879 in Haarlem.[4] The Netherlands Football League Championship had already existed unofficially for a decade when the association was founded. The KNVB strongly disapproved of the professionalism of football in 1909. It said that "it will protest against it by all means necessary."[5] In 2012, the KNVB launched an 11-point action plan, called 'Football for everyone' to promote gay football players in coming out. It released a 30-second video named 'Gay? It doesn't matter'; prepared by broadcaster BNN. The video was also broadcast during the Dutch national football teams World Cup qualifier match against Andorra held in October 2012.[6]
During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it collaborated with Royal Philips to open six football clinics across Brazil. Bert van Oostveen is the current Secretary-General of KNVB.[1]
Management
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Current sponsorships
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Philips partners with the Royal Dutch Football Association to kick- off a series of football clinics across Brazil". Philips Newscenter. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ Sean Hamil; Simon Chadwick (2010). Managing Football: An International Perspective. Routledge. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-85617-544-9. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ David Laine (25 February 2012). Facts About Association Football – History Timeline. Lulu.com. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4716-1231-2. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ John Nauright; Charles Parrish (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Jacco van Uden (2004). Organisation and Complexity: Using Complexity Science to Theorise Organisational Aliveness. Universal-Publishers. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-58112-222-0. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Comiteau, Lauren (12 October 2012). "Out of the closet and on to the pitch". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
External links
edit- KNVB.nl – official website (in Dutch)
- KNVB.com – official website in English
- OnsOranje.nl – website of the Netherlands national football team (in Dutch)
- Netherlands National Football Team History at VoetbalStats.nl (in Dutch)
- Netherlands at FIFA site