Note that this list includes all clubs mentioned in this document, including a
foreign one, but is not necessarily exhaustive.
The short versions of the names on the left hand side are used in this
document; an additional indication of the home town is only included if
a homonymous club from another town appears in the document as well.
The full names on the right hand side appeared at least once in contemporary
publications (usually the "Nederlandsche Sport") but for most clubs other
versions appeared as well: in particular, the words "voetbal" and "football"
as well as "vereeniging" and "club" were often interchanged, sometimes
apparently at random, and while nearly all early Dutch football clubs
originated from an older cricket club, the "cricket" part was not always
included in the name.
Additional information is most welcome.
The eleven underlined clubs were founding members of the N.V.A.B.
on Dec 8, 1889; there was a twelfth founding member,
the Scheveningsche Wielerbaan, but this was not a football club
but the entity exploiting the (outdoor) cycling track in Scheveningen, an
accommodation used for football matches on a number of occasions around 1890,
including the first ever Eerste Klasse match between H.V.V. and H.F.C.
on Oct 19, 1890.
All clubs in italics were members of the N.V.A.B. at least at some point
during the season.
Amsterdam
A.S.C. = Amsterdamsche Sportclub
Excelsior A. = Amsterdamsche Cricket- en Football Club "Excelsior"
Machinisten = Machinisten Voetbal en Cricket-Vereeniging [1]
Mercurius = Amsterdamsche Voetbal Club "Mercurius"
Quick = Amsterdamsche Cricket en Footballclub "Quick"
R.A.P. = Amsterdamsche Footballclub "R.U.N. Amstels Progress"
Sparta A. = Amsterdamsche Cricket- en Football Club "Sparta"
V.V.A. = Voetbal Vereeniging "Amsterdam"
Volharding = Amsterdamsche Cricket- en Voetbal Vereeniging "Volharding" [2]
Antwerpen (Belgium)
Antwerp F.C. = Antwerp Football Club
Apeldoorn
Robur et Velocitas = Apeldoornsche Cricket- en Footballvereeniging "Robur et Velocitas" [3]
Delft
D.F.C. = Delftsche Football Club
Enschede (usually spelled Enschedé at the time)
Prinses Wilhelmina = Enschedesche Football Club "Prinses Wilhelmina" [4]
Den Haag (official name: 's-Gravenhage)
H.V.V. = Haagsche Voetbal Club [5]
Thor = Haagsche Cricket- en Voetbalvereeniging "Thor"
Haarlem
Excelsior H. = Haarlemsche Football Club "Excelsior"
H.F.C. = Haarlemsche Football-Club
Haarlem = Haarlemsche Cricket- en Football Club "Haarlem"
Den Helder (Willemsoord)
Adelborsten = Adelborsten Voetbal Vereeniging "Concordia" [navy]
Hilversum
Hilversum = Hilversumsche Football Club
Leiden
Achilles = Leidsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Achilles"
Rotterdam
Concordia = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Concordia"
Excelsior R. = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Excelsior"
Kralingen = Cricket- en Football Club "Kralingen"
Olympia = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Olympia"
Rapiditas = Rotterdamsche Football-Club "Rapiditas"
Rotterdam = Voetbal-Vereeniging "Rotterdam" [6]
Sparta R. = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Sparta"
Victoria = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Victoria"
Utrecht
Hercules = Utrechtsche Football Club "Hercules" [7]
Voorschoten
Sportclub Noorthey = Voorschotensche Sportclub Noorthey [8]
Wageningen
Go Ahead = Wageningsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Go-Ahead"
[1] Founded on Dec 12, 1889.
[2] Founded on Jun 20, 1889.
[3] In the issue of the "Nederlandsche Sport" of Nov 2, 1889, the merger of
football club Apeldoornsche F.C. and cricket club Robur et Velocitas into
the Apeldoornsche Cricket- en Footballvereeniging "Robur et Velocitas"
was announced.
[4] Prinses Wilhelmina and E.F.C. merged on Oct 10, 1888.
[5] In the issue of the "Nederlandsche Sport" of Sep 28, 1889, the combination
of the football sides of the cricket clubs H.C.C. (Haagsche Cricket Club)
and Olympia as "Haagsche Voetbal Club" on Sep 20, 1889, was announced, thus
repeating the formation of the "'s-Gravenhaagsche Football-Club" in the
previous season; later during the season, this combined side increasingly
was referred to as H.V.V. (Haagsche Voetbal Vereeniging) instead of H.V.C.;
in the overview of matches below, we will use that variant exclusively, as
is customary, in spite of the fact that it was not always used at the time.
[6] Founded on Sep 3, 1889 as split-off from Concordia.
[7] Founded on Oct 25, 1889 as football section of the Utrechtsche Cricket-club
"Hercules" (founded Apr 22, 1882).
[8] Founded on Oct 4, 1889.
On Nov 17, 1889, a meeting to establish the "Nederlandsche Voetbalbond" was held in café "Neuf", in Haarlem. It was attended by fifteen men: W. Mulier (H.F.C., acting as president), M. Weinthal, P. Drooglever Fortuijn (both Concordia), H. Bijstra (D.F.C.), H. Westerveld, A. van Walchren, W. Bok (all H.F.C.), H. Burkens, Vollmer (both Excelsior H.), H.E.P. Coops (H.V.V.), J. Boer (representing both Olympia and Rotterdam), Herman Gorter (A.S.C.), Van Hasselt (R.A.P.), H. Rust and Harthoorn (both V.V.A.).
This meeting discussed a Dutch translation of the "Laws of the Game", the inclusion (or not) of athletics, membership fees for the clubs, the number of board members (seven) and regulations for "Bondswedstrijden" (following the suggestions of Noppen and Weinthal in July 1888); finally it decided to reconvene on Dec 8 in Den Haag.
The translation of the "Laws of the Game" as well as a draft regulation for "De Nederlandsche Voetbal- en Athletische Bond", which included the intended set-up for the "Bondswedstrijden", were then published in the Nov 23 issue of the "Nederlandsche Sport".
That second meeting, on Dec 8, 1889 in café "Central", Den Haag, was attended by sixteen people: W. Mulier (H.F.C., acting as president), H. Bijstra, E. Versteghe (both D.F.C.), P. Drooglever Fortuijn (Concordia), Van Goor, Wilton (both Rotterdam), Burkens, Vollmer (both Excelsior H.), C. Nolet, H. Isbrücker (both H.V.V.), Vaes, Van de Ven (both Olympia), Van der Waarden (R.A.P.), H. Rust, Harthoorn (both V.V.A.) and M. Weinthal. In addition, Go Ahead (Wageningen) had sent a letter joining the federation. This meeting, at which the seven board members were chosen, is taken to have been the official foundation of the N.V.A.B.
At a board meeting on Feb 9, 1890 at Wagenstraat 70, Den Haag, which was attended by six board members: W. Mulier, C. Nolet, Harthoorn, Bijstra, Burkens and Van der Waarden (Drooglever Fortuijn had missed his train), a decision was taken on the Eerste Klasse clubs for the 1889/90 season; the following six were selected: R.A.P., V.V.A., H.F.C., Excelsior H., H.V.V., and Concordia – coincidentally, or not, these were, apart from D.F.C., exactly all clubs represented in the board. The matches among these clubs were to count for the standings (het rangcijfer), with a win giving two points and a draw one. In addition, it was decided that if a Tweede Klasse club (that is, any other N.V.A.B. member club) would twice draw against an Eerste Klasse club or win once, that club would also become a member of the Eerste Klasse.
NB: includes matches by reserve sides, but not those involving "adspiranten";
additional information is welcome.
[Oct 6, 1889; Wielerbaan, Scheveningen]
H.V.V. 1-1 H.F.C.
[the hosts challenged H.F.C. for a second meeting on Oct 27 at the same venue,
but this was rejected by H.F.C., who wanted to play the return at home]
[Oct 27, 1889; Hilversum]
Hilversum 3-0 R.A.P. II
[Oct 27, 1889; Rotterdam]
Sparta R. 6-0 Kralingen
[Oct 27, 1889; Rotterdam]
Concordia n/p Go Ahead
[Nov 3, 1889; Haarlem]
Excelsior H. 3-0 Concordia
[Nov 3, 1889; achter den Heuvel, aan den ouden Delfhavenschen weg, Rotterdam]
Olympia 4-1 Thor
[Nov 10, 1889; Koekamp, Haarlem]
H.F.C. 0-2 R.A.P.
[Nov 10, 1889; Rotterdam]
Concordia 3-1 Olympia
[Nov 17, 1889; Amsterdam]
V.V.A. n/p Prinses Wilhelmina
[Nov 17, 1889; Malieveld, Den Haag]
H.V.V. 0-0 Olympia
[Nov 24, 1889; Amsterdam]
R.A.P. II 1-0 Mercurius
[Nov 24, 1889; Malieveld, Den Haag]
H.V.V. 1-1 Concordia
[Nov 24, 1889; Koekamp, Haarlem]
H.F.C. abd Excelsior H.
[abandoned at 0-0 after an interruption of about half an hour due to injury
of Excelsior player Vogel; afterwards a "friendly" was played, won 6-1 by
Excelsior]
[Nov 24, 1889; Rotterdam]
Sparta R. 1-1 Olympia II
[Dec 1, 1889; Malieveld, Den Haag]
H.V.V. 7-1 Excelsior H.
[Dec 1, 1889; Koekamp, Haarlem]
H.F.C. II 3-1 R.A.P. II
[Dec 1, 1889; Rotterdam]
Concordia n/p V.V.A.
[match cancelled due to conflicts within Concordia; the club was officially
dissolved but then immediately refounded by some of its (former) members;
it resumed activities in 1890]
[Dec 8, 1889; Amsterdam]
R.A.P. II 0-1 Quick
[Dec 8, 1889; achter den Heuvel, aan den ouden Delfhavenschen weg, Rotterdam]
Victoria 1-1 Olympia
[Dec 15, 1889; sportterrein, Amsterdam]
R.A.P. 0-0 H.V.V.
[Dec 15, 1889; Haarlem]
H.F.C. 5-1 V.V.A.
NB: at this point, a correspondent of the "Nederlandsche Sport" summarised
the results among the first teams of the western clubs so far in the
following fairly absurd "standings", published in the Dec 21 issue
(clubs ranked on points/game ratio; goals were not listed but added
here for the sake of completeness):
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 2 1 1 0 ( 2- 0) 3
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 4 1 3 0 ( 9- 3) 5 [!?]
3.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 3 1 1 1 ( 6- 4) 3
Concordia (Rotterdam) 3 1 1 1 ( 4- 5) 3
Excelsior (Haarlem) 2 1 0 1 ( 4- 7) 2
Olympia (Rotterdam) 4 1 2 1 ( 6- 5) 4 [?!]
7.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 1 0 0 1 ( 1- 5) 0
[!?] the draw against Olympia is missing in the total for H.V.V.
although that draw is included in the total for Olympia;
[?!] the total of Olympia includes their win against Thor and their
draw against Victoria, although neither of those two clubs is
included in these standings themselves.
[Dec 26, 1889; Amsterdam]
R.A.P. 1-0 V.V.A.
[Dec 27, 1889; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 3-0 Adelborsten F.C.
[Dec 29, 1889; Amsterdam]
V.V.A. II 0-2 R.A.P. II
[Dec 29, 1889; Hilversum]
R.A.P. 9-1 Robur et Velocitas
[Jan 19, 1890; Rotterdam]
Sparta R. II 0-0 Rapiditas
[Jan 26, 1890; Vondelpark, Amsterdam]
Quick 2-0 Mercurius
[Jan 26, 1890; Malieveld, Den Haag]
Thor 0-1 Olympia
[Jan 26, 1890; Koekamp, Haarlem]
H.F.C. II 3-1 H.V.V. II
[Feb 2, 1890; Amsterdam]
Volharding 1-0 Mercurius II
[Feb 2, 1890; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 0-1 R.A.P.
[Feb 2, 1890; Rotterdam]
Concordia 1-0 V.V.A.
NB: after the N.V.A.B. board meeting on Feb 8, 1890, which had determined
six Eerste Klasse clubs, the following standings based on the matches
between those clubs was published in the "Nederlandsche Sport" on Feb 15
(clubs ranked on points only; again, goals were not listed but are added
here for the sake of completeness):
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 4 3 1 0 ( 4- 0) 7
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 5 1 3 1 ( 9- 4) 5
3.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 3 1 1 1 ( 6- 4) 3
Concordia (Rotterdam) 3 1 1 1 ( 2- 4) 3
5.Excelsior (Haarlem) 2 1 0 1 ( 4- 7) 2
6.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 3 0 0 3 ( 1- 7) 0
Note that clubs could still become a member of the Eerste Klasse if during
the season they either once won or twice drew against clubs already part of
the Eerste Klasse; at that point, only Olympia, who had drawn 0-0 away at
H.V.V. (and lost 1-3 against Concordia), had once avoided a loss.
County Match [Feb 9, 1890; Den Haag]
Zuid-Holland 1-0 Noord-Holland
[Feb 9, 1890; achter het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam]
Volharding 0-1 Haarlem
[Feb 9, 1890; Rotterdam]
Olympia 4-0 Victoria
[Feb 16, 1890; Amsterdam]
Quick 1-2 R.A.P. II
[Feb 16, 1890; Rotterdam]
Victoria II 1-1 Rapiditas
Olympia II 0-0 Sparta R.
[Feb 16, 1890; achter Sterrebosch, Utrecht]
Hercules 0-2 V.V.A.
[had Hercules won this match, they would have entered the Eerste Klasse]
[Feb 23, 1890; Haarlem]
Haarlem 1-1 Volharding
[Feb 23, 1890; Rotterdam]
Concordia 0-1 R.A.P.
[Mar 2, 1890; Amsterdam]
V.V.A. 0-0 R.A.P.
Excelsior A. 2-0 Sparta A.
[Mar 9, 1890; Amsterdam]
R.A.P. II 1-2 Hilversum
R.A.P. 1-2 Olympia
[thanks to this win (a draw would in fact have been sufficient), Olympia
became a member of the Eerste Klasse; because of this, Victoria, who had
drawn with Olympia during the season, needed one more draw to follow suit]
[Mar 9, 1890; Haarlem]
H.F.C. 2-6 H.V.V.
Table (published in the "Nederlandsche Sport" on Mar 15, after inclusion of
all relevant matches played by Olympia that season; clubs ranked on
points only; again, goals were not listed but are added here for the
sake of completeness):
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 7 4 2 1 ( 6- 2) 10
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 7 2 4 1 (15- 6) 8
3.Concordia (Rotterdam) 5 2 1 2 ( 5- 6) 5
4.Olympia (Rotterdam) 3 1 1 1 ( 3- 4) 3
H.F.C. (Haarlem) 4 1 1 2 ( 8-10) 3
6.Excelsior (Haarlem) 2 1 0 1 ( 4- 7) 2
7.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 4 0 1 3 ( 1- 7) 1
County Match [Mar 16, 1890; Amsterdam]
Noord-Holland 0-0 Zuid-Holland
[return game for the first match on Feb 9; abandoned at 0-0 with about
five minutes left as the visitors wanted to catch their train back; it
was agreed to let the result stand in spite of subsequent polemics in
the "Nederlandsche Sport"]
[Mar 16, 1890; Wassenaarsche Weg, Den Haag]
H.V.V. II 7-0 Achilles
[Mar 16, 1890; Rotterdam]
Excelsior R. 3-0 Rapiditas
[Mar 23, 1890; achter het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam]
V.V.A. 1-1 H.F.C.
[Mar 23, 1890; Amsterdam]
Volharding II 0-2 Sparta A.
[Mar 23, 1890; Leiden]
Achilles 2-1 Sparta R.
[Mar 23, 1890; Rotterdam]
Olympia 1-0 R.A.P.
[Mar 23, 1890; Utrecht]
Hercules 1-2 Machinisten
Table (as in "Nederlandsche Sport", issue of Mar 29, 1890):
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 8 4 2 2 6- 3 10
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 7 2 4 1 15- 6 8
3.Concordia (Rotterdam) 5 2 1 2 5- 6 5
4.Olympia (Rotterdam) 4 2 1 1 4- 4 5
5.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 5 1 2 2 9-11 4
6.Excelsior (Haarlem) 2 1 0 1 4- 7 2
7.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 5 0 2 3 2- 8 2
NB: it is unclear why Concordia were ranked third and Olympia fourth;
Olympia protested against the standings, arguing that the record
of Concordia should be split into separate records for the club
before (1889 matches) and after (1890 matches) its resurrection.
[Mar 30, 1890; Amsterdam]
Machinisten 1-1 Mercurius
Volharding 4-0 Haarlem
[Mar 30, 1890; cavalerie-kazerne, Kleverlaan, Haarlem]
Excelsior H. 1-6 H.F.C.
[Mar 30, 1890; achter den Heuvel, aan den ouden Delfhavenschen weg, Rotterdam]
Olympia 1-1 H.V.V.
[Apr 6, 1890; Rotterdam]
Concordia 0-1 H.F.C.
[Apr 13, 1890; cavalerie-kazerne, Kleverlaan, Haarlem]
H.F.C. 1-1 Olympia
[Apr 20, 1890; Sportterrein, Amsterdam]
R.A.P. 1-2 H.F.C.
[Apr 20, 1890; Rotterdam]
Olympia 0-0 Concordia
Table (as in "Nederlandsche Sport", issue of Apr 26, 1890, published as
"Ranglijst van de eerste classe clubs"):
1.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 9 4 3 2 19-14 11
2.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 9 4 2 3 7- 5 10
3.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 8 2 5 1 16- 7 9
4.Olympia (Rotterdam) 7 2 4 1 6- 6 8
5.Concordia (Rotterdam) 7 2 2 3 5- 7 6 [!]
6.Excelsior (Haarlem) 3 1 0 2 5-13 2
7.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 5 0 2 3 2- 8 2
[!] note that splitting Concordia's record into matches played in 1889
and those played in 1890 makes no difference whatsoever to the order;
in 1889 they obtained 3 points from 3 matches (goal record 4-5), in
1890 3 points from 4 matches (goal record 1-2); with each of these
records as well as with their sum they would be ranked fifth.
This is sometimes taken as the standings of an (unfinished) league, but
the new N.V.A.B. had decided to start its first official competition in
the 1890/91 season; while the above seven clubs had been established as
belonging to the Eerste Klasse, no championship, official or otherwise,
was contested in 1889/90, in spite of the fact that the correspondent of
the "Nederlandsche Sport" (H.E.P. Coops) decided to proclaim H.F.C. as
the champions. This proclamation should be seen in the same light as the
attempt to extract champions from the final match of the 1887/88 season,
between V.V.A. and H.F.C., which only failed because it ended goalless:
an informal tentative to identify the strongest club in the country.
If, anachronistically, one would eliminate, according to the rules valid
for the 1892/93 season, the results of those clubs who did not manage to
play all other clubs at least once (i.e. Excelsior and V.V.A.), the table
would look as follows (note how the would be champions from Haarlem are
the only club with a negative goal record):
1.Olympia (Rotterdam) 7 2 4 1 6- 6 8
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 7 1 5 1 9- 6 7
3.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 7 3 1 3 6- 5 7
4.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 6 2 2 2 7-11 6
5.Concordia (Rotterdam) 5 1 2 2 4- 4 4
Had an Eerste Klasse competition (which did not exist) been completed
between those five clubs, they might (if Olympia had lost to H.F.C.,
H.F.C. had lost to Concordia, and the other matches had been drawn)
all have finished on eight points! Also, all of them might, with a
suitable set of results in the four unplayed matches, have finished
alone in first place (i.e. with more points than all other clubs).
Cross-Table: home records: away records:
Oly HVV RAP HFC Con HP HW HD HL HF HA HPts AP AW AD AL AF AA APts
Olympia xxx 1-1 1-0 0-0 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4 4 1 2 1 4- 5 4
H.V.V. 0-0 xxx 0-1 1-1 1-1 4 0 3 1 2- 3 3 3 1 2 0 7- 3 4
R.A.P. 1-2 0-0 xxx 1-2 3 0 1 2 2- 4 1 4 3 0 1 4- 1 6
H.F.C. 1-1 2-6 0-2 xxx 3 0 1 2 3- 9 1 3 2 1 0 4- 2 5
Concordia 3-1 0-1 0-1 xxx 3 1 0 2 3- 3 2 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2
Note that apart from Olympia all clubs had negative home records! (If
the hosting rights for the two matches between the two Rotterdam clubs,
which were played at the same venue, are reversed, all clubs would have
had a negative home and a positive away record.)
NB: only for clubs to have met home and away.
Concordia/Olympia
1.Concordia (Rotterdam) 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3
2.Olympia (Rotterdam) 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1
Excelsior H./H.F.C.
1.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2
2.Excelsior (Haarlem) 1 0 0 1 1- 6 0
NB: first match abandoned at 0-0.
H.F.C./H.V.V.
1.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 2 1 1 0 7- 3 3
2.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 2 0 1 1 3- 7 1
H.F.C./R.A.P.
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 2 1 0 1 3- 2 2
2.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 2 1 0 1 2- 3 2
H.F.C./V.V.A.
1.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 2 1 1 0 6- 2 3
2.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 2 0 1 1 2- 6 1
H.V.V./Olympia
1.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2
Olympia (Rotterdam) 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2
H.V.V./R.A.P.
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
Haarlem/Volharding
1.Volharding (Amsterdam) 3 1 1 1 5- 2 3
2.Haarlem 3 1 1 1 2- 5 3
Hilversumsche F.C./R.A.P. II
1.Hilversum 2 2 0 0 5- 1 4
2.R.A.P. II (Amsterdam) 2 0 0 2 1- 5 0
Olympia/R.A.P.
1.Olympia (Rotterdam) 2 2 0 0 3- 1 4
2.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 2 0 0 2 1- 3 0
Olympia/Thor
1.Olympia (Rotterdam) 2 2 0 0 5- 1 4
2.Thor (Den Haag) 2 0 0 2 1- 5 0
Olympia/Victoria
1.Olympia (Rotterdam) 2 1 1 0 5- 1 3
2.Victoria (Rotterdam) 2 0 1 1 1- 5 1
Olympia II/Sparta R.
1.Olympia II (Rotterdam) 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2
Sparta (Rotterdam) 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2
Quick/R.A.P. II
1.Quick (Amsterdam) 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2
R.A.P. II (Amsterdam) 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2
R.A.P./V.V.A.
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
2.V.V.A. (Amsterdam) 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
Noord-Holland/Zuid-Holland ("county matches")
1.Zuid-Holland 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3
2.Noord-Holland 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
NB: second match abandoned at 0-0 but result was allowed to stand.
In October 1889 the Antwerp Football Club invited Concordia to play two matches, one in both Antwerpen and Rotterdam, on dates to be agreed upon. After several attempts to arrange these matches had miscarried, eventually one match was played towards the end of the season in Breda, roughly equidistant from both cities. Unfortunately, the Belgian club, which consisted mostly of Britons, showed up with only eight players.
[Mar 30, 1890; Breda]
Concordia 1-0 Antwerp F.C.
[Concordia: C.A. Schuld; Valcken, B.; v.d. Kolk, v.d. Ende, v.d. Linden;
Brans, Bijstra (c), A. Schuld, Meijer, Van Goor;
Antwerp: Renard; Stoopen, Hermans; Clare (c); Dilks, Price, Howden,
Tootman; missing: Little, O'Brien, E. Jones]
While this was the first match in the Netherlands involving a foreign club,
note that two months earlier, on Jan 20, 1890, the Gymnastiek Vereeniging
in Medan (Sumatra,
Dutch East Indies) had hosted the Penang Cricket Club
of Malaya (then British), contesting both a cricket and a football match.
list of first class champions.
Main source: "Nederlandsche Sport" (available through Delpher)
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