Note that this list includes all clubs mentioned in this document, including a
number of foreign ones, 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 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.
All clubs in italics were members of the N.V.A.B. at least at some point during the season.
Alkmaar Alkmaar = Alkmaarsche Voetbal Club Amersfoort Amersfoort = Amersfoortsche Voetbal Club Amsterdam A.A.C. = Amsterdamsche Athletische Club Odin = Amsterdamsche Football Club "Odin" Olympia A. = Amsterdamsche Football Club "Olympia" Quick A. = Amsterdamsche Footballclub "Quick" R.A.P. = Amsterdamsche Voetbal Vereeniging "R.U.N. Amstels Progress" U.n.I. = Amsterdamsche Football en Cricket Club "Uitspanning na Inspanning" [1] Volharding = Amsterdamsche Cricket- en Voetbal Vereeniging "Volharding" Antwerpen (Belgium) Antwerp F.C. = Antwerp Football Club Apeldoorn Robur et Velocitas = Apeldoornsche Cricket- en Footballvereeniging "Robur et Velocitas" Arnhem Vitesse = Cricket en Football Club "Vitesse" Den Bosch (official name: 's-Hertogenbosch) Achilles DB = Bossche Football Club "Achilles" [2] Breda Brabantia = Bredasche Voetbal-Vereeniging "Brabantia" [3] Cadetten = Cadetten Voetbal-Vereeniging "Quick" [army] Delft Concordia = Delftsche Cricket en Voetbal Vereeniging "Concordia" D.S.V.V. = Delftsche Studenten Voetbal-Vereeniging Oriental = Delftsche Voetbal Vereeniging "Oriental" Deventer Excelsior Dev. = Deventer Cricket en Football Club "Excelsior" [4] Doetinchem D.V.C.C. = Doetinchemsche Voetbal- en Cricket Club Dordrecht Dordrecht = Dordrechtsche Cricket en Football Club Enschede (usually spelled Enschedé at the time) Prinses Wilhelmina = Enschedesche Football Club "Prinses Wilhelmina" Felixstowe (England) Felixstowe F.C. = Felixstowe Football Club Gouda Olympia G. = Goudsche Cricket en Footballclub "Olympia" Den Haag (official name: 's-Gravenhage) Excelsior DH = Haagsche Football en Cricket Club "Excelsior" H.V.V. = Haagsche Voetbalvereeniging Haarlem Haarlem = Haarlemsche Cricket- en Football Club "Haarlem" H.F.C. = Haarlemsche Football-Club Harwich (England) H.P.F.C. = Harwich & Parkeston Football Club Den Helder (Willemsoord) Adelborsten = Adelborsten Voetbal Vereeniging "Concordia" [navy] Hilversum Gooische F.C. = Gooische Football Club Kampen Celeritas K. = Kampensche Football Club "Celeritas" Leiden Achilles L. = Leidsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Achilles" Ajax = Leidsche Cricket- en Voetbal-Vereeniging "Ajax" [4] L.S.F.C. = Leidsche Studenten Football Club Maassluis/Vlaardingen Amicitia = Maassluisch-Vlaardingsche Voetbal-Vereeniging "Amicitia" Maidstone (England) Maidstone F.C. = Maidstone Football Club Nijmegen Advendo Nijmeegsche F.C. = Nijmeegsche Football Club Quick N. = Nijmeegsche Cricket- en Football Club "Quick" Quick Step = Nijmeegsche Cricket- en Football Club "Quick Step" Rotterdam Batavia = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Voetbal Club "Batavia" Celeritas R. = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football Club "Celeritas" [6] Feijenoord = Feijenoordsche Cricket en Voetbal Vereeniging "Feijenoord" R.A.C. Hercules = Rotterdamsche Athletische Club "Hercules" (did not play football) Katendrecht Kralingen = Cricket- en Football Club "Kralingen" Leonidas = Rotterdamsche Football Club "Leonidas" Neptunus = Rotterdamsche Cricket en Voetbal Vereeniging "Neptunus" [7] R.C. en V.V. = Rotterdamsche Cricket en Voetbal Vereeniging [8] Rapiditas = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Rapiditas" Sparta = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Sparta" Victoria = Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Victoria" Schiedam Hermes = Schiedamsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Hermes" Tiel Trapraak = Voetbal Vereeniging "Trapraak" Voorwaarts = Tielsche Voetbal-Vereeniging "Voorwaarts" Utrecht Gooi-Hercules [temporary merger of Gooische F.C. en Hercules] Hercules = Utrechtsche Football Club "Hercules" Wageningen Get-on = Wageningsche Football Club "Get-on" [9] Go Ahead = Wageningsche Cricket- en Football-Club "Go-Ahead" Wijk bij Duurstede Wijk bij Duurstede XI [presumably an ad hoc selection] Zutphen Zutphania = Zutphense Football en Athletiek Club "Zutphania" Zwolle Z.A.C. = Zwolsche Athletische Club [1] Founded on Feb 8, 1891. [2] Founded on Sep 27, 1890. [3] Founded on Sep 15, 1890. [4] Founded on May 13, 1893. [5] Founded on Mar 11, 1891. [6] Founded on Jun 1, 1892. [7] Founded on Mar 1, 1890. [8] Dissolved on Oct 25, 1893. [9] Founded in fall 1893.
After the fiasco of the Eerste Klasse competition in
the 1892/93 season, Drooglever Fortuijn
suggested (in the Sep 16 issue of the "Nederlandsche Sport") to contest the
championship in a knock-out format instead (with teams meeting over two legs
with a possible third one as decider).
This was not received favourably, and opponents advanced two main reasons for
being confident that the new league season would fare better: first, a number
of clubs had secured new grounds (R.A.P. at the Potgieterstraat, although in the end
they would not play any matches there – for the first time ever, not a single
Eerste Klasse match was played in Amsterdam during the entire season;
H.F.C. in Heemstede; and both Sparta and Victoria at the Ouden Binnenweg;
meanwhile H.V.V. had obtained permission to return playing at the Malieveld), and second,
even more importantly, that one of the Eerste Klasse clubs would soon cease
to be – indeed, the R.C. en V.V. were officially dissolved a week before the
start of the league, reducing the number of matches to be played from 42 to 30.
Thus, at the general meeting on Oct 22, 1893, at café "Zomerzorg", Leiden, it was decided to retain the set-up of the Eerste Klasse, but with one important improvement, already suggested by De Goeje at the meeting on Oct 9, 1892, but rejected at the time: fixtures were determined (on a monthly basis) by the federation, with referees appointed to each match, and, in order to prevent the gratuitous cancelling of matches by clubs all too common in the previous season, the stipulation that: "Eene vereeniging die een vastgestelden wedstrijd niet speelt, verliest dezen en verbeurt eene boete van f 5 ten bate der bondskas; tenzij de aangewezen scheidsrechter grond of weder ongeschikt verklaard heeft. De vereeniging die de 2 punten verdient, krijgt tevens 5 goals in haar voordeel." In other words, only the appointed referee could cancel a fixture, and forfeiture would result in an automatic 0-5 loss.
A proposal from Louis M.J. van Rooy to have reserve sides of Eerste Klasse clubs enter the Tweede Klasse was rejected (by 12 votes to 4); this would lead, in the next season, to the formation of city subassociations (onderbonden). After the promotion of two clubs (Sparta and Go Ahead) to the Eerste Klasse and the withdrawal of Amersfoort shortly before the start of the season, the Tweede Klasse was thus contested by four clubs only, and even that only because Hercules entered into a collaboration with the Gooische F.C., playing as Gooi-Hercules and hosting most home matches in Hilversum, although the official seat of this temporary merger club remained in Utrecht.
In addition, the federation decided to establish two additional league competitions, the so-called Derde Competitie and the Oostelijke Competitie, provided at least three clubs would register for them. This indeed did happen, albeit well into the season. Note that neither competition was part of a league hierarchy.
After Sparta had fielded two Englishmen (Howard and Moran from their March guests H.P.F.C.) against R.A.P. (Howard had already played against H.F.C. three weeks earlier), a special general assembly on Dec 26, 1893, held at café "Brinkman", Groote Markt, in Haarlem, ruled that only Dutch nationals or foreigners who had been resident in the Netherlands for at least six months were entitled to play in the league. At the same meeting, another new competition was announced, that for the Holdert-beeld, a statue offered by H.M.C. Holdert, a former president of defunct V.V.A. However, eventually only one match (the Haarlem derby between H.F.C. and Haarlem) was played before the final, as four of the seven original entrants withdrew during the competition, incensing the donator of the trophy to such an extent that he withdrew it and the final (which tantalisingly would have opposed the two strongest clubs of the country, champions R.A.P. and runners-up H.F.C.) was cancelled.
At the general meeting concluding the season, held
on May 6, 1894 in Utrecht at "het Haagsche Koffiehuis", perennial bottom
finishers Victoria were voted out of the Eerste Klasse; they had won
only one of their ten matches, in spite of having been reinforced at the
beginning of the season by a number of former R.C. en V.V. players, causing
immediate title dreams, and while their two meagre points would have been
enough to secure survival in earlier seasons (with fewer participants in
the Eerste Klasse), this time they had to seek re-election. In
previous years they had won such votes (gaining access to the Eerste Klasse
in 1891 and retaining their place in 1893 in spite of losing all seven matches),
but this time they met with little sympathy, the vote going 24 to 8
(with 4 abstentions) against them. Third time unlucky.
Following that vote, the assembly unanimously
approved a change in article 133 of
the regulations, suggested by Van Leeuwen, to avoid future votes on whether or not
clubs would remain in Eerste Klasse, as follows:
"een vereeniging wordt 2e klasse club, ingeval een vereeniging geen twee punten
heeft kunnen behalen in twee wedstrijden in hetzelfde seizoen", implying a
club would be relegated unless it won at least two matches during the season.
Meanwhile, Tweede Klasse runners-up Haarlem begged for a challenge match
(to which only the second level champions were entitled, Rapiditas having beaten
Victoria four weeks before the meeting) against an Eerste Klasse club in
order to earn promotion, but this was flatly refused by the board, arguing they
could not force any club to meet them for such a match.
Final Table:
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 10 8 0 2 27- 8 16 Champions
2.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 10 7 0 3 31-13 14
3.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 10 6 1 3 20-20 13
4.Sparta (Rotterdam) 10 4 1 5 14-24 9
5.Go Ahead (Wageningen) 10 3 0 7 16-22 6
6.Victoria (Rotterdam) 10 1 0 9 9-30 2 Failed to obtain re-election
-.R.C. en V.V. (Rotterdam) dissolved before the season
[Nov 5, 1893; Rotterdam]
Victoria 1-5 R.A.P.
[as in 1891/92 and 1892/93, Victoria conceded five in the first match of the season]
[Nov 12, 1893; Rotterdam]
Victoria 1-2 H.V.V.
[Nov 12, 1893; Wageningen]
Go Ahead 0-6 R.A.P.
[Nov 19, 1893; Rotterdam]
Sparta 4-3 H.F.C.
[Sparta's line-up included Howard, back of H.P.F.C., who had travelled overnight
by boat for the match]
[Nov 26, 1893; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 3-2 Sparta
[Nov 26, 1893; Haarlem]
H.F.C. 3-2 Go Ahead
[Dec 10, 1893; Heemstede]
R.A.P. 1-0 Sparta [protest Sparta against goal rejected]
[Sparta fielded Howard and Moran, both players of H.P.F.C.; just over two weeks
later, a rule forbidding the use of non-resident foreigners was accepted]
[Dec 10, 1893; Rotterdam]
Victoria 1-2 Go Ahead
[Dec 17, 1893; Heemstede]
R.A.P. 3-1 H.F.C.
[Dec 17, 1893; Rotterdam]
Sparta 1-3 Victoria [at ground Victoria]
[this officially was the home match for Sparta but as their ground was flooded,
it was played at the nearby ground of their guests]
[Dec 17, 1893; Wageningen]
Go Ahead 2-4 H.V.V.
[Dec 24, 1893; Heemstede]
H.F.C. 2-0 Victoria
[Dec 25, 1893; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 0-4 R.A.P.
[Jan 14, 1894; Wageningen]
Go Ahead awd Sparta [awarded 5-0, Sparta did not show]
[Jan 21, 1894; Heemstede]
H.F.C. 7-0 Sparta
[Jan 21, 1894; Hilversum]
R.A.P. 1-0 Go Ahead
[Jan 28, 1894; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 3-0 Go Ahead
[Jan 28, 1894; Heemstede]
H.F.C. 5-1 R.A.P.
[Jan 28, 1894; Rotterdam]
Victoria 0-3 Sparta [at ground Sparta]
[this officially was the home match for Victoria but as they had already
hosted the first meeting between the two clubs, it was played at Sparta]
[Feb 4, 1894; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 2-0 H.F.C.
[Feb 4, 1894; Heemstede]
R.A.P. 2-0 Victoria
[Feb 11, 1894; Wageningen]
Go Ahead abd Victoria [abandoned at 2-2 after about one hour due
to adverse weather conditions]
[Feb 18, 1894; Rotterdam]
Sparta 2-1 Go Ahead
[Feb 25, 1894; Rotterdam]
Sparta 1-1 H.V.V. [protest Sparta against goal H.V.V. rejected]
[Mar 4, 1894; Den Haag]
H.V.V. 4-2 Victoria
[Mar 4, 1894; Rotterdam]
Sparta 1-0 R.A.P.
[Mar 4, 1894; Wageningen]
Go Ahead 0-1 H.F.C.
[H.F.C. unsuccesfully tried to convince Go Ahead to play this match in Heemstede]
[Mar 11, 1894; Heemstede]
R.A.P. 4-0 H.V.V.
[F. Reisiger 1-0, Hisgen 2-0, Hisgen 3-0, Hisgen 4-0; half-time: 0-0]
[this win guaranteed R.A.P. the championship]
[R.A.P.: Blijdenstein; N.J. Kampers, J. v.d. Linde; Oldenboom, Koopman, J.C. Schröder (c);
Van Wijk, Zweerts, Feith, F. Reisiger, Hisgen;
H.V.V.: W. Coops; F. v.d. Bosch (c), K.S. de Graag; C. Hartzfeld, F.L. Kleijn,
F. Beukema; E. Bourlier, F. Eyken, B.J. Ferf, P. Elias, K. Beukema;
ref: Prange]
[Mar 11, 1894; Wageningen]
Go Ahead 4-1 Victoria [replay Feb 11]
Table (Mar 12):
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 10 8 0 2 27- 8 16 Champions
2.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 9 6 1 2 19-16 13
3.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 8 5 0 3 22-12 10
4.Sparta (Rotterdam) 10 4 1 5 14-24 9
5.Go Ahead (Wageningen) 10 3 0 7 16-22 6
6.Victoria (Rotterdam) 9 1 0 8 9-25 2
-.R.C. en V.V. (Rotterdam) dissolved before the season
[Mar 18, 1894; Heemstede]
H.F.C. 4-1 H.V.V.
[Mar 25, 1894; Rotterdam]
Victoria 0-5 H.F.C.
Final Table:
1.R.A.P. (Amsterdam) 10 8 0 2 27- 8 16 Champions
2.H.F.C. (Haarlem) 10 7 0 3 31-13 14
3.H.V.V. (Den Haag) 10 6 1 3 20-20 13
4.Sparta (Rotterdam) 10 4 1 5 14-24 9
5.Go Ahead (Wageningen) 10 3 0 7 16-22 6
6.Victoria (Rotterdam) 10 1 0 9 9-30 2 Failed to obtain re-election
-.R.C. en V.V. (Rotterdam) dissolved before the season
Cross-Table: home records: away records:
RAP HFC HVV Spa GoA Vic HP HW HD HL HF HA HPts AP AW AD AL AF AA APts
R.A.P. xxx 3-1 4-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 5 5 0 0 11- 1 10 5 3 0 2 16- 7 6
H.F.C. 5-1 xxx 4-1 7-0 3-2 2-0 5 5 0 0 21- 4 10 5 2 0 3 10- 9 4
H.V.V. 0-4 2-0 xxx 3-2 3-0 4-2 5 4 0 1 12- 8 8 5 2 1 2 8-12 5
Sparta 1-0 4-3 1-1 xxx 2-1 3-0 5 4 1 0 11- 5 9 5 0 0 5 3-19 0
Go Ahead 0-6 0-1 2-4 5a0 xxx 4-1 5 2 0 3 11-12 4 5 1 0 4 5-10 2
Victoria 1-5 0-5 1-2 3-1 1-2 xxx 5 1 0 4 6-15 2 5 0 0 5 3-15 0
NB: note that R.A.P. played all its home matches in Heemstede (at the H.F.C. ground)
except the match against Go Ahead, which was played in Hilversum, so effectively
H.F.C. twice played R.A.P. at home; this is not reflected in the home/away records
because the ground in Heemstede must be considered R.A.P.'s home venue as well;
both Rotterdam derbies were played at the ground of the nominal away team; this is
taken into account in both the cross-table and the home/away records, so the match
played on Dec 17 is here included as home match for Victoria and the return played
on Jan 28 as home match for Sparta, reflecting the actual state of affairs;
5a0 indicates match awarded 5-0 due to forfeit by away team.
Knock-out competition open to all clubs for a statue offered by H.M.C. Holdert,
former president of V.V.A. (Amsterdam), and specifically intended to offer clubs
from outside the Eerste Klasse a chance to play Eerste Klasse clubs.
The first club to win the tournament three times in succession or four times in
total would obtain possession of the trophy.
The original deadline for inscription was Jan 11, by which time five clubs had
registered (Haarlem, H.F.C., R.A.P., Rapiditas and Victoria); after an extension
of that deadline also Gooi-Hercules and Sparta entered, so eventually four clubs
from the Eerste Klasse and three from the Tweede Klasse were part of the draw.
Round 1
[Feb 11, 1894; Haarlem]
Haarlem 1-3 H.F.C.
[O. Menten 0-1, Flier 0-2, Smit 1-2, O. Menten 1-3; half-time: 1-2]
[first ever "cup" match in the Netherlands]
[Haarlem: Loeres; Gerth van Wijk, Pannekoek ("Foezel"); Avis, R. van Suchtelen, Holtz;
Kremer, Vander Willingen, L. van Suchtelen, van Citters, Kerbert ("Smit");
H.F.C.: Tromp; Swens, Van Manen; F. Dölleman, H. Menten, Putman Cramer ("Vestjes");
Schut, O. Menten, Flier, Schorer, Meijer;
ref: Wijnands]
[Feb 25, 1894; Heemstede]
R.A.P. w/o Victoria [Victoria did not show]
[Feb 25, 1894; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas w/o Gooi-Hercules [Gooi-Hercules withdrew]
Sparta bye
Semifinals [both at neutral venue, viz. the ground of Haarlem]
[Mar 11, 1894; Haarlem]
H.F.C. w/o Rapiditas [Rapiditas withdrew]
[Mar 18, 1894; Haarlem]
R.A.P. w/o Sparta [Sparta withdrew]
NB: Rapiditas withdrew because they were planning a match against Go Ahead
(possibly as promotion match) which eventually did not take place (in
the end, Rapiditas played Victoria in their promotion match);
Sparta withdrew because of their upcoming trip to England.
Out of disappointment with the lack of interest shown by the clubs, Holdert
withdrew his statue and the final between H.F.C. and R.A.P. was cancelled.
Final Table:
1.Rapiditas (Rotterdam) 6 4 1 1 19- 8 9 Promotion Match
2.Haarlem 6 3 2 1 20-10 8
3.Gooi-Hercules (Utrecht) 6 1 2 3 11-24 4 [*]
4.Quick (Amsterdam) 6 1 1 4 7-15 3
-.Amersfoortsche V.C. withdrew before playing a match
[*] Gooische F.C. (Hilversum) and Hercules (Utrecht) merged into Gooi-Hercules to
play this season in the Tweede Klasse.
[Nov 19, 1893; Amsterdam]
Quick A. n/p Amersfoort [Amersfoort withdrew from competition]
[Nov 19, 1893; Haarlem]
Haarlem 2-3 Rapiditas
[Nov 26, 1893; Hilversum]
Gooi-Hercules 3-3 Haarlem
[Nov 26, 1893; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas 0-1 Quick A.
[Dec 10, 1893; Utrecht]
Gooi-Hercules 2-5 Rapiditas
[Dec 17, 1893; Hilversum]
Gooi-Hercules 4-3 Quick A.
[Dec 24, 1893; Haarlem]
Haarlem 5-1 Gooi-Hercules
[Jan 28, 1894; Haarlem]
Haarlem 3-1 Quick A.
[Jan 28, 1894; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas 7-0 Gooi-Hercules
[Feb 4, 1894; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas 2-2 Haarlem
[played at ground Sparta; the ground of Rapiditas ("achter den Heuvel") was unplayable]
[Feb 18, 1894; Amsterdam]
Quick A. n/p Gooi-Hercules
[match called off by N.J. Kampers on Feb 17, sending telegrams to both clubs;
however, he had no right to do so and on the day of the match, referee Burkens
judged the ground playable; as the visitors had not travelled for the match
due to the telegram by Kampers, Quick would have been entitled to a forfeit
win by 5-0, but instead agreed to have the match refixtured (on Mar 18)]
[Mar 4, 1894; Amsterdam]
Quick A. 1-2 Rapiditas [after two protests Quick, originally 1-3]
[thanks to this win, Rapiditas were champions and entitled to play a promotion
match; eventually they challenged city rivals Victoria]
[Mar 11, 1894; Amsterdam]
Quick A. 0-5 Haarlem
[out of annoyance with the decisions taken on the match one week earlier, Quick
showed with only six players and were "strengthened" by some spectators]
[Mar 18, 1894; Amsterdam]
Quick A. 1-1 Gooi-Hercules
Final Table:
1.Rapiditas (Rotterdam) 6 4 1 1 19- 8 9 Promotion Match
2.Haarlem 6 3 2 1 20-10 8
3.Gooi-Hercules (Utrecht) 6 1 2 3 11-24 4 [*]
4.Quick (Amsterdam) 6 1 1 4 7-15 3
-.Amersfoortsche V.C. withdrew before playing a match
[*] Gooische F.C. (Hilversum) and Hercules (Utrecht) merged into Gooi-Hercules to
play this season in the Tweede Klasse.
Cross-Table: home records: away records:
Rap Haa GHe Qui HP HW HD HL HF HA HPts AP AW AD AL AF AA APts
Rapiditas xxx 2-2 7-0 0-1 3 1 1 1 9- 3 3 3 3 0 0 10- 5 6
Haarlem 2-3 xxx 5-1 3-1 3 2 0 1 10- 5 4 3 1 2 0 10- 5 4
G.-Hercules 2-5 3-3 xxx 4-3 3 1 1 1 9-11 3 3 0 1 2 2-13 1
Quick 1-2 0-5 1-1 xxx 3 0 1 2 2- 8 1 3 1 0 2 5- 7 2
NB: Gooi-Hercules hosted Rapiditas in Utrecht and the other two clubs in Hilversum.
Promotion Match
[Apr 8, 1894; achter den Heuvel, aan den ouden Delfhavenschen weg, Rotterdam]
Rapiditas 2-1 Victoria [protest Victoria against ground; rejected]
NB: thanks to this win, Rapiditas were automatically promoted;
Victoria had to seek re-election to the Eerste Klasse at the general meeting
in Utrecht on May 6, 1894, and failed to obtain it, being relegated to the
Tweede Klasse with 24 votes to 8 (and 4 abstentions).
Competition agreed upon by the N.V.A.B. on condition that at least three clubs would register; after Kralingen and Neptunus did so at the beginning of November, Batavia joined later that month and the competition could start; at the start of December, also Feijenoord joined. All four clubs were from Rotterdam.
Note that this competition was explicitly not called "Derde Klasse" and always referred to as "Derde Competitie"; at the time, the only "class distinction" in Dutch football was between clubs belonging to the Eerste Klasse and all others; in principle, any member club was free to enter the Tweede Klasse competition, although this posed obvious logistical problems to clubs in more remote areas, such as those entering the "Oostelijke Competitie" this season.
Final Table:
1.Kralingen (Rotterdam) 6 6 0 0 42- 0 12
2.Neptunus (Rotterdam) 6 3 1 2 7-11 7
3.Feijenoord (Rotterdam) 6 1 1 4 3-20 3 [*]
4.Batavia (Rotterdam) 6 1 0 5 3-24 2
[*] also often spelled Feyenoord.
[Dec 10, 1893; Rotterdam]
Kralingen 10-0 Batavia
[Dec 17, 1893; Rotterdam]
Kralingen 8-0 Neptunus
Feijenoord 0-2 Batavia
[Dec 24, 1893; Rotterdam]
Neptunus 2-0 Batavia
Kralingen 8-0 Feijenoord
[Dec 31, 1893; Rotterdam]
Neptunus 1-0 Feijenoord
NB: halfway into the season, also Celeritas (Rotterdam) and U.n.I. (Amsterdam)
requested to join the competition, but as not all participating clubs
agreed, this was denied.
[Jan 14, 1894; Rotterdam]
Neptunus 0-2 Kralingen [after protest, originally 0-3]
[Jan 21, 1894; Rotterdam]
Batavia 0-7 Kralingen
[Feb 4, 1894; Rotterdam]
Feijenoord 0-7 Kralingen
[Feb 11, 1894; Rotterdam]
Batavia 1-2 Feijenoord
[Feb 18, 1894; Rotterdam]
Batavia n/p Neptunus
[not played as both awaited opponents on their own field; refixtured Mar 4]
[Feb 25, 1894; Rotterdam]
Feijenoord abd Neptunus [abandoned due to inclement weather]
[Mar 4, 1894; Rotterdam]
Batavia 0-3 Neptunus
[Mar 11, 1894; Rotterdam]
Feijenoord 1-1 Neptunus
Final Table:
1.Kralingen (Rotterdam) 6 6 0 0 42- 0 12
2.Neptunus (Rotterdam) 6 3 1 2 7-11 7
3.Feijenoord (Rotterdam) 6 1 1 4 3-20 3 [*]
4.Batavia (Rotterdam) 6 1 0 5 3-24 2
[*] also often spelled Feyenoord.
Cross-Table: home records: away records:
Kra Nep Feij Bat HP HW HD HL HF HA HPts AP AW AD AL AF AA APts
Kralingen xxx 8-0 8-0 10-0 3 3 0 0 26- 0 6 3 3 0 0 16- 0 6
Neptunus 0-2 xxx 1-0 2-0 3 2 0 1 3- 2 4 3 1 1 1 4- 9 3
Feijenoord 0-7 1-1 xxx 0-2 3 0 1 2 1-10 1 3 1 0 2 2-10 2
Batavia 0-7 0-3 1-2 xxx 3 0 0 3 1-12 0 3 1 0 2 2-12 2
Competition agreed upon by the N.V.A.B. on condition that at least three clubs would register; while Vitesse and Nijmeegsche F.C. declined to join this league, Prinses Wilhelmina and Z.A.C. expressed interest in November; then, Zutphania also refused to enter but Celeritas (Kampen) signed up in December.
Final Table:
1.Prinses Wilhelmina (Enschede) 4 4 0 0 17- 0 8
2.Z.A.C. (Zwolle) 4 1 0 3 6-13 2 [g.a.: 0.46]
3.Celeritas (Kampen) 4 1 0 3 4-14 2 [g.a.: 0.29]
[Jan 21, 1894; "De Zandberg", IJsselmuiden]
Celeritas K. 0-3 Prinses Wilhelmina
[the mayor of IJsselmuiden fined players from both clubs for playing on Sunday,
contravening, in his opinion, a law against publieke vermakelijkheden on "the
Lord's Day" (on Dec 7, 1890, the mayor of Wageningen had taken the same stance
but relented after a week); although the district judge did not uphold those
fines, Celeritas decided against playing any further Sunday league matches at
their ground in IJsselmuiden (now part of Kampen but then a separate commune),
given that the mayor had threatened to appeal to higher courts in case of any
future occurrences]
[Jan 28, 1894; "De Zandberg", IJsselmuiden]
Celeritas K. n/p Z.A.C.
[cancelled because of opposition by the mayor of IJsselmuiden]
[Feb 11, 1894; Zwolle]
Z.A.C. 5-1 Celeritas K.
[as the official venue ("De Turfmarkt") was unplayable, the match took place
on a nearby meadow]
[Feb 18, 1894; Enschede]
Prinses Wilhelmina 7-0 Z.A.C.
[as Z.A.C. showed with nine players only, the hosts played with nine as well]
[Feb 25, 1894; Enschede]
Prinses Wilhelmina n/p Celeritas K. [cancelled due to unplayable pitch]
[Mar 4, 1894; Zwolle]
Z.A.C. 0-2 Prinses Wilhelmina
[Mar 18, 1894; Zwolle]
Celeritas K. 3-1 Z.A.C.
[refixtured from Jan 28 and played in Zwolle because of the threats by the
mayor of IJsselmuiden]
NB: on Easter Monday, Mar 26, a selection from the three clubs involved in
this competition played Tweede Klasse side Haarlem in Zwolle.
[Apr 1894]
Prinses Wilhelmina awd Celeritas K. [awarded 5-0]
[Celeritas declined to play the match still to be refixtured from Feb 25]
Final Table:
1.Prinses Wilhelmina (Enschede) 4 4 0 0 17- 0 8
2.Z.A.C. (Zwolle) 4 1 0 3 6-13 2 [g.a.: 0.46]
3.Celeritas (Kampen) 4 1 0 3 4-14 2 [g.a.: 0.29]
Cross-Table: home records: away records:
PrW ZAC Cel HP HW HD HL HF HA HPts AP AW AD AL AF AA APts
P.W. xxx 7-0 5a0 2 2 0 0 12- 0 4 2 2 0 0 5- 0 4
Z.A.C. 0-2 xxx 5-1 3 1 0 2 6- 6 2 1 0 0 1 0- 7 0
Celeritas 0-3 3-1 xxx 1 0 0 1 0- 3 0 3 1 0 2 4-11 2
NB: Celeritas-Z.A.C. was played in Zwolle and thus counted as a home match for Z.A.C.;
5a0 indicates match awarded 5-0 due to forfeit by away team.
NB: includes matches by reserve sides; additional information is welcome.
[Oct 1, 1893; Rotterdam]
Sparta 2-1 Rapiditas
[Oct 22, 1893; Rotterdam (Crooswijk)]
Kralingen 10-1 Neptunus
[Oct 29, 1893; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas 6-0 H.V.V. II
Kralingen 11-2 Olympia G.
[Oct 29, 1893; Zutphen]
Zutphania 3-2 Vitesse
[Nov 5, 1893; Nijmegen]
Quick N. 1-1 Quick Step
[Nov 5, 1893; Rotterdam]
Feijenoord 0-1 Neptunus
[Nov 12, 1893; Schiedam]
Hermes 0-4 Feijenoord
[Nov 12, 1893; Wijk bij Duurstede]
Wijk bij Duurstede XI 0-4 Voorwaarts
[Nov 19, 1893; Enschede]
Prinses Wilhelmina 6-0 Zutphania
[Nov 19, 1893; Malieveld, Den Haag]
Excelsior DH 4-0 Olympia G.
[Nov 19, 1893; Schuttersveld, Rotterdam]
Kralingen 7-0 Feijenoord
[Nov 19, 1893; Schiedam]
Hermes 3-5 Neptunus
[Nov 26, 1893; Schiedam]
Hermes 2-0 Amicitia
[Dec 3, 1893; Amsterdam]
Quick A. 2-4 R.A.P.
[Dec 3, 1893; Den Haag]
H.V.V. II 3-1 Oriental
[Dec 3, 1893; Haarlem]
Haarlem II 2-0 U.n.I.
[Dec 3, 1893; Hilversum]
Gooische F.C. 1-0 Go Ahead II
[Dec 3, 1893; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas 7-0 Victoria II
[Dec 10, 1893; Breda]
Brabantia 6-1 Dordrecht
[Dec 10, 1893; Leiden]
Ajax 2-1 Achilles L.
[Dec 10, 1893; Wageningen]
Go Ahead III 2-0 Get-on
[Dec 10, 1893; Zutphen]
Zutphania 1-5 Prinses Wilhelmina
[Dec 13, 1893; Leiden]
Achilles L. 3-3 L.S.F.C.
[Dec 17, 1893; Amsterdam]
R.A.P. II 2-2 Olympia A.
[Dec 17, 1893; Arnhem]
Vitesse 2-3 Nijmeegsche F.C.
[Dec 17, 1893; Haarlem]
Haarlem 3-1 A.A.C.
[Dec 17, 1893; Schiedam]
Hermes 2-3 Rapiditas II
[Dec 24, 1893; Amsterdam]
U.n.I. 4-0 A.A.C.
[Dec 25, 1893; Amsterdam]
Olympia A. 4-2 Volharding II
[Dec 26, 1893; Amsterdam]
Olympia A. 0-5 Volharding
County Match [Dec 26, 1893; Heemstede]
Noord-Holland 4-2 Zuid-Holland
[first "county" football match since Feb 7, 1892]
[Dec 27, 1893; Amsterdam]
Odin 21-0 Olympia A. III
Army/Navy Match [Dec 28, 1893; Malieveld, Den Haag]
Adelborsten 1-1 Cadetten
[third ever "army-navy" match]
[Dec 31, 1893; Haarlem]
Haarlem 5-1 Volharding
[Dec 31, 1893; Maassluis]
Amicitia 2-1 Hermes
[Jan 1, 1894; Haarlem]
Haarlem II 1-3 Olympia A.
[Jan 21, 1894; Amsterdam]
U.n.I. 7-0 Olympia A.
[Jan 21, 1894; Apeldoorn]
Robur et Velocitas 1-1 Excelsior Dev.
[apparently first ever match for Excelsior]
[Jan 21, 1894; Arnhem]
Vitesse II 4-1 Get-on
[Jan 21, 1894; Den Haag]
Excelsior DH 0-1 Concordia
H.V.V. 3-0 Rapiditas
[Jan 28, 1894; Amsterdam]
Volharding 6-0 R.A.P. II
[Jan 28, 1894; Nijmegen]
Quick N. 1-1 Vitesse
[Jan 28, 1894; Rotterdam]
Rapiditas II 2-1 Amicitia
Varsity Match [Jan 31, 1894; Malieveld, Den Haag]
D.S.V.V. 4-3 L.S.F.C.
[in the previous year, Delft had beaten Leiden 3-2]
[Feb 4, 1894; Amsterdam]
U.n.I. 5-1 Quick A.
Volharding 3-3 Olympia A.
[Feb 4, 1894; Arnhem]
Vitesse 2-4 Zutphania
[Feb 4, 1894; Hilversum]
Gooische F.C. 0-2 Go Ahead II
[return match Dec 3; not played in Wageningen due to bad pitch]
[Feb 4, 1894; Nijmegen]
Advendo 3-1 Quick Step
[Feb 4, 1894; Rotterdam]
Excelsior (R.?) 3-2 Neptunus II
[Feb 11, 1894; Rotterdam]
Kralingen 3-2 Sparta II
Celeritas R. 4-1 Quick (A.?)
Leonidas 2-1 Katendrecht
[Feb 11, 1894; Utrecht]
Gooi-Hercules 0-1 A.A.C.
[Feb 18, 1894; Apeldoorn]
Robur et Velocitas 3-0 Zutphania II
[Feb 25, 1894; Amsterdam]
U.n.I. 3-1 Haarlem II
[Feb 25, 1894; Deventer]
Excelsior Dev. 3-2 Robur et Velocitas [also reported 3-1]
[Feb 25, 1894; Tiel]
Voorwaarts 0-5 Go Ahead II
[Mar 4, 1894; Alkmaar]
Alkmaar 1-2 Adelborsten
[Mar 4, 1894; Amsterdam]
Volharding II 5-4 Olympia A. II
[Mar 4, 1894; Paaschweide, Arnhem]
Vitesse II 1-1 Get-on
[return match Jan 21; not played in Wageningen as Get-on did not have ground]
[Mar 4, 1894; Den Bosch]
Achilles DB 0-8 Quick N.
[Mar 4, 1894; Haarlem]
Haarlem 4-2 H.F.C. II [also reported 4-0]
[Mar 4, 1894; Van der Linden-laan, Hilversum]
Gooische F.C. 0-1 A.A.C.
[Mar 4, 1894; Maassluis]
Amicitia 2-1 Concordia
[Mar 4, 1894; Schiedam]
Hermes 2-3 Celeritas R.
[Mar 4, 1894; Tiel]
Voorwaarts II 7-0 Trapraak
[Mar 4, 1894; Zutphen]
Zutphania II 0-0 Excelsior Dev.
[Mar 11, 1894; Amsterdam]
Olympia A. 1-2 U.n.I.
[Mar 11, 1894; Delft]
Concordia 4-1 Amicitia
[Mar 11, 1894; Malieveld, Den Haag]
Excelsior DH II 9-1 Achilles L.
[Mar 17, 1894; Zwolle]
Z.A.C. 1-0 D.V.C.C.
[Mar 18, 1894; Maassluis]
Amicitia drw Celeritas R. [also reported 2-1]
[Mar 18, 1894; Nijmegen]
Quick Step 5-0 Zutphania
[Mar 18, 1894; Rotterdam]
Sparta II 4-1 Excelsior DH
[Mar 21, 1894; Doetinchem]
D.V.C.C. 1-0 Z.A.C.
[Mar 22, 1894; Den Haag]
H.V.V. II 4-3 Excelsior (DH?)
[Mar 23, 1894; Rotterdam]
Universiteiten XI 2-5 Bondselftal
[Universiteiten XI: Locker de Bruijne; K.S. de Graag, Van den Bosch (c); Krantz, Van Suchtelen,
Hartzfeld; J. Kan, Elias, B.J. Ferf, F. Reisiger, J.H. Meijer;
N.V.A.B.: W. Coops; Neeb, Heinen; Bernicke, F. Beukema, Hooykaas;
J. Bakker, V.d. Laan, Schröder, Alfred Buck, K. Beukema;
second ever match by a representative side of the N.V.A.B. after that on Feb 6]
[Mar 25, 1894; Hilversum]
Gooische F.C. 2-1 Amersfoort
[Mar 25, 1894; Leiden]
Achilles L. abd Excelsior DH [abandoned at 7-4 due to broken ball]
[Mar 26, 1894; Amsterdam]
U.n.I. 4-2 R.A.P. II
U.n.I. II 1-0 Odin
[Mar 26, 1894; Zwolle]
Ooster Competitie 2-11 Haarlem
[the hosts represented the oostelijke competitie]
[Apr 1, 1894]
Olympia (G.?) 0-1 Haarlem II
[Apr 1, 1894; Hilversum]
Gooische F.C. II 3-5 Hercules II
[Apr 1, 1894; Rotterdam]
Sparta II 3-3 Volharding
[Apr 8, 1894; Amsterdam]
U.n.I. 3-2 Volharding
[Apr 8, 1894; Arnhem]
Vitesse II 1-2 Get-on
[Apr 8, 1894; Dordrecht]
Dordrecht 1-2 Brabantia
[Apr 15, 1894; Rotterdam]
Celeritas R. 7-0 Feijenoord
[Apr 15, 1894; Wageningen]
Go Ahead III 3-1 Get-on
[Apr 22, 1894; Rotterdam]
Neptunus 1-3 Celeritas R.
[May 3, 1894; Rotterdam]
Leonidas 4-1 Celeritas R. II
As in the previous years, the mostly British club side from Antwerpen played against Rotterdam opponents; this season they played Victoria home and away and first registered their first ever draw before chalking up their first ever win.
[Dec 3, 1893; Transvaalstraat, Antwerpen]
Antwerp F.C. 2-2 Victoria
[Jacobs 1-0, J. Bakker 1-1, Heyder 2-1, Dirkzwager 2-2; half-time: 1-1]
[Antwerp: Price; Rivaz, Buffham; Chapman, C. Jacobs, Walther;
Layton, H. Jacobs, Borthwick, Ajnez, Heyder;
Victoria: R. v.d. Arend; E. Heinen (c), G. Havelaar; R. Zuyderhoff, Hooykaas,
Bouman; Alfr. Buck, Bernicke, B. Visser, Dirkzwager, J. Bakker;
match served as the inauguration of the new ground of Antwerp at the
Transvaalstraat in Berchem; first ever match in Belgium at which the
spectators (500 in all) had to pay for entrance (50 centimes)]
[Mar 18, 1894; Rotterdam]
Victoria 1-4 Antwerp F.C.
[Hickson 0-1, Borthwick 0-2, Hickson 0-3, H. Jacobs 0-4, J. Bakker 1-4]
[Victoria: V.d. Prop; Heijnen (c), Hooykaas; Krantz, Zuyderhoff, Bernicke;
J. Kan, Alfred Buck, Bouman, Visser, J. Bakker;
Antwerp: Price; Rivaz, Timmis; Chapman, C. Jacobs, Mackenzie;
H. Jacobs, Walrond, Hickson, Borthwick (Bortharick?), Heyder;
ref: R. Zuyderhoff]
Visit H.P.F.C.
Sparta again made British sides cross the Channel: first Harwich & Parkeston F.C. repeated their visit of the previous season, playing both Sparta and a Rotterdam XI; four weeks later, Felixstowe F.C. came to play Sparta and the "Bondselftal" (an XI selected by the N.V.A.B.). At the end of March, Sparta paid a return visit to both their guests.
[Jan 8, 1894; Exercitieterrein der Schutterij, Linker Rottekade (Crooswijk), Rotterdam]
Sparta 0-1 H.P.F.C.
[Fernie 0-1; half-time: 0-1; match played 2x20 minutes due to late arrival H.P.F.C.]
[Sparta: Schuld; Van Hasselt, Holtz; De Roodt, J. Stok (c), A. Timmermans;
Kampschreur, Pauls, C. v.d. Ende, L. Weinthal, Bouwman;
H.P.F.C.: Mason; Mills, Howard; Nalborough, Mann, Moran;
Watts (c), Clemens, rev. Fernie, Bambridge, Middleton]
[Jan 9, 1894; Sparta-terrein, Ouden Binnenweg, Rotterdam]
Rotterdam XI 2-5 H.P.F.C.
Visit Felixstowe F.C.
[Feb 5, 1894; Sparta-terrein, Ouden Binnenweg, Rotterdam]
Sparta 1-1 Felixstowe F.C.
[Kampschreur 1-0, A. Howard 1-1; half-time: 1-1]
[Sparta: G. Stok; C. van Hasselt, J. Timmermans; Kleine, J. Stok (c), A. Timmermans;
Pauls, F. Kampschreur, C. v.d. Ende, L. Weinthal, J. Bouman;
Felixstowe: P.P. Cornell; J. Winks, F. Lebbon; R. Turner, R. Smith, W.B. Cooper;
D. Winks, J. Wade, A. Howard (c), H. Minus, A. Wilson;
ref: W. Prange]
[Feb 6, 1894; Sparta-terrein, Ouden Binnenweg, Rotterdam]
Bondselftal 0-1 Felixstowe F.C.
[A. Howard 0-1; half-time: 0-1]
[N.V.A.B.: Tromp; K. Ples, N.J. Kampers; J.C. Schröder (c), H. Menten, F. v.d. Bosch;
J. Meijer, L. Weinthal, J. Timmermans, J. Kan, F. Kampschreur;
Felixstowe: P.P. Cornell; J. Winks, F. Lebbon; R. Turner, R. Smith, W.B. Cooper;
D. Winks, J.M. Wade, A.J. Howard (c), H. Minus, A. Wilson;
ref: W. Prange;
first ever match by a representative side of the N.V.A.B. after a match arranged
for Jan 3, 1892 against Barnes F.C. had been cancelled]
Sparta trip to England
[Mar 24, 1894; Dovercourt] H.P.F.C. 7-0 Sparta [Mar 26, 1894; Felixstowe] Felixstowe F.C. 1-1 Sparta [Mar 27, 1894; Felixstowe] Felixstowe F.C. 1-2 SpartaVisit Maidstone F.C.
Finally, a third English club side came over to play freshly crowned champions R.A.P. and the "Bondselftal"; unfortunately they only travelled with eight players and had to be completed by Dutch players.
[Apr 9, 1894; Heemstede]
R.A.P. 5-1 Maidstone F.C.
[R.A.P.: Deufferwiel; V.d. Linde, Kampers; Van Oosten, Koopman, Schröder;
Hisgen, F. Reisiger, J. Feith, J. Reisiger, Zweerts;
Maidstone: E. Craven; Willey (c), Mendell; Southey, Stok, Prange;
Wortley-dizlewoor, Barber, Wilks, Schumacher;
as a telegram to Antwerp asking for additional British players did not produce
a response, Prange and Stok played for Maidstone as Dutch guest players]
[Apr 10, 1894; Heemstede]
Bondselftal 4-3 Maidstone F.C.
[N.V.A.B.: Tromp; Neeb, F. v.d. Bosch (c); Hartzfeld, Hooykaas, Dölleman;
Schut, O. Menten, Mulier, Schorer, Meijer;
Maidstone: E. Craven; Kampers (R.A.P.), Mendell; Southey, Willey, Schröder (R.A.P.);
Wortley, F. Reisiger (R.A.P.), Barber, Pitzwood, Wilks;
third ever match by a representative side of the N.V.A.B. (after those on
Feb 6 against Felixstowe and Mar 23 against a University XI)]
list of first class champions.
list of second level champions.
Main sources: "Nederlandsche Sport" and "De Athleet" (available through Delpher)
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