The traditional matches between the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg, played for the Coupe Coenegracht, were also often labelled semi-interlands.
Note that these district representations also played each other in domestic events.
After Luxembourg had played the Netherlands at
the 1920 Olympic tournament,
the F.S.L.S.A. (Fédération des Sociétés Luxembourgeoises de Sports
Athlétiques, renamed F.L.F. in 1930), approached the N.V.B. with the
request to meet annually for an international match;
instead, the N.V.B. suggested to set up a series with
the district Zuid, covering the provinces of Noord-Brabant,
Limburg and Zeeland.
Starting with the 15th meeting in 1935, the winners obtained the
Mulier-Wisselbeker.
The series was stopped by the K.N.V.B. in 1957; instead, since 1958 matches
between Luxembourg and the Netherlands B
were played at irregular intervals.
Game Date Venue Result 1 20-11-1921 Esch/Alzette Luxembourg 1-4 South Netherlands 2 5-11-1922 Maastricht South Netherlands 2-3 Luxembourg 3 28-10-1923 Esch/Alzette Luxembourg 1-3 South Netherlands 4 9-11-1924 Eindhoven South Netherlands 4-0 Luxembourg 5 8-11-1925 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 South Netherlands 6 10-10-1926 Den Bosch South Netherlands 2-3 Luxembourg 7 9-10-1927 Differdange Luxembourg 4-5 South Netherlands 8 21-10-1928 Venlo South Netherlands 4-3 Luxembourg 9 13-10-1929 Esch/Alzette Luxembourg 1-3 South Netherlands 10 19-10-1930 Maastricht South Netherlands 1-2 Luxembourg [on the same day East Netherlands and West Germany met in Deventer] 11 25-10-1931 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-0 South Netherlands [on the same day West Germany and East Netherlands met in Düsseldorf] 12 16-10-1932 Breda South Netherlands 2-2 Luxembourg [on the same day East Netherlands and West Germany met in Apeldoorn] 13 15-10-1933 Esch/Alzette Luxembourg 3-6 South Netherlands 14 21-10-1934 Helmond South Netherlands 3-1 Luxembourg 15 13-10-1935 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-2 South Netherlands 16 18-10-1936 Heerlen South Netherlands 4-4 Luxembourg 17 19-12-1937 Dudelange Luxembourg 0-5 South Netherlands 18 6-11-1938 Tilburg South Netherlands 2-2 Luxembourg [on the same day North Netherlands and North Germany met in Groningen and West Germany and East Netherlands in München-Gladbach; the F.L.F. incorrectly lists the match date as 30-10-1938] 19 10-11-1946 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-2 South Netherlands 20 26-10-1947 Eindhoven South Netherlands 2-3 Luxembourg 21 24-10-1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 South Netherlands 22 23-10-1949 Geleen South Netherlands 2-1 Luxembourg 23 15-10-1950 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-0 South Netherlands 24 11-11-1951 Den Bosch South Netherlands 0-3 Luxembourg 25 29- 3-1953 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-3 South Netherlands 26 15-11-1953 Spekholzerheide South Netherlands 0-3 Luxembourg 27 21-11-1954 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-2 South Netherlands 28 18- 4-1956 Den Bosch South Netherlands 3-1 Luxembourg NB: the series was stopped by the K.N.V.B. in 1957; the F.L.F. lists one more match against la Hollande-Sud, but in fact the hosts were Netherlands B: - 26-10-1960 Den Bosch Netherlands B 7-4 Luxembourg Overall record: Luxembourg 28 8 6 14 53- 70 22 South Netherlands 28 14 6 8 70- 53 34 In Luxembourg: Luxembourg 14 2 3 9 22- 39 7 South Netherlands 14 9 3 2 39- 22 21 In the Netherlands: South Netherlands 14 5 3 6 31- 31 13 Luxembourg 14 6 3 5 31- 31 15
The series was initiated by Ch.J. Engelberts, a notary in Arnhem, who contacted a notary in Bochum, Jersch, to arrange the matches, which were initially played as a home-and-away series each season; various cups (a "Revue der Sporten" cup offered by Leo Lauer and a cup offered by Dr. Marks, the then mayor of Düsseldorf) were contested over the years.
Game Date Venue Result 1 9- 4-1911 Arnhem East Netherlands 1-0 West Germany 2 14- 5-1911 Düsseldorf West Germany 3-1 East Netherlands 3 21- 4-1912 Nijmegen East Netherlands 0-0 West Germany 4 16- 5-1912 Düsseldorf West Germany 1-1 East Netherlands 5 3-11-1912 München-Gladbach West Germany 0-5 East Netherlands 6 6- 4-1913 Deventer East Netherlands 2-1 West Germany 7 5-10-1913 Düsseldorf West Germany 4-1 East Netherlands 8 19- 4-1914 Enschede East Netherlands 1-4 West Germany [on the same day North Germany and North Netherlands met in Hamburg] 9 13- 3-1921 Essen West Germany 2-1 East Netherlands 10 29- 5-1921 Arnhem East Netherlands 1-0 West Germany 11 14- 5-1922 Düsseldorf West Germany 4-2 East Netherlands 12 22-10-1922 Enschede East Netherlands 0-3 West Germany 13 28- 6-1925 Köln West Germany 5-2 East Netherlands 14 20- 6-1926 Deventer East Netherlands 4-6 West Germany 15 14-11-1926 Essen West Germany 3-0 East Netherlands 16 30-10-1927 Düsseldorf West Germany 2-3 East Netherlands 17 30- 6-1929 Arnhem East Netherlands 5-2 West Germany 18 25- 5-1930 Recklinghausen West Germany 1-1 East Netherlands 19 19-10-1930 Deventer East Netherlands 1-3 West Germany [on the same day South Netherlands and Luxembourg met in Maastricht] 20 31- 5-1931 Arnhem East Netherlands 0-3 West Germany 21 25-10-1931 Düsseldorf West Germany 5-0 East Netherlands [on the same day Luxembourg and South Netherlands met in Luxembourg] 22 16-10-1932 Apeldoorn East Netherlands 1-4 West Germany [on the same day South Netherlands and Luxembourg met in Breda] 23 28- 5-1933 Osnabrück West Germany 5-0 East Netherlands 24 27- 5-1934 Nijmegen East Netherlands 0-7 West Germany 25 2- 6-1934 Emmerich West Germany 1-0 East Netherlands 26 3- 3-1935 Düsseldorf West Germany 1-1 East Netherlands 27 25-10-1936 Enschede East Netherlands 2-1 West Germany 28 6-11-1938 München-Gladbach West Germany 4-1 East Netherlands [on the same day South Netherlands and Luxembourg met in Tilburg and North Netherlands and North Germany in Groningen] NB: the series was replaced by one against North-East France after World War II before being resumed in the fifties. 29 20- 5-1953 Duisburg West Germany 4-0 East Netherlands 30 27- 5-1954 Nijmegen East Netherlands 4-4 West Germany 31 19- 5-1955 Hagen West Germany 6-2 East Netherlands 32 9- 5-1956 Nijmegen East Netherlands 0-6 West Germany 33 26- 6-1957 Münster West Germany 2-2 East Netherlands 34 13- 5-1959 Nijmegen East Netherlands 1-3 West Germany 35 17- 5-1960 Rheydt West Germany 4-1 East Netherlands 36 14- 6-1961 Enschede East Netherlands 3-4 West Germany Overall record: West Germany 36 23 6 7 108- 50 52 East Netherlands 36 7 6 23 50-108 20 In Germany: West Germany 19 13 4 2 57- 24 30 East Netherlands 19 2 4 13 24- 57 8 In the Netherlands: East Netherlands 17 5 2 10 26- 51 12 West Germany 17 10 2 5 51- 26 22
This series replaced that between East Netherlands and West Germany after World War II; after that was resumed in 1953, only two more matches were played.
Game Date Venue Result 1 19-10-1947 Reims North-East France 5-1 East Netherlands 2 3- 4-1949 Nijmegen East Netherlands 3-4 North-East France 3 2- 4-1950 Charleville North-East France 1-1 East Netherlands 4 27- 5-1951 Arnhem East Netherlands 3-0 North-East France 5 25- 5-1952 Reims North-East France 2-1 East Netherlands 6 29- 3-1953 Enschede East Netherlands 3-1 North-East France 7 4- 4-1954 Compiègne North-East France 1-4 East Netherlands 8 8- 4-1956 Nijmegen East Netherlands 5-1 North-East France - 4- 5-1958 Reims North-East France n/p East Netherlands Overall record: North-East France 8 3 1 4 15- 21 7 East Netherlands 8 4 1 3 21- 15 9 In France: North-East France 4 2 1 1 9- 7 5 East Netherlands 4 1 1 2 7- 9 3 In the Netherlands: East Netherlands 4 3 0 1 14- 6 6 North-East France 4 1 0 3 6- 14 2
The series was initiated by the Groninger Voetbal Bond; since 1931 all arrangements on the Dutch side were made by the K.N.V.B.
Game Date Venue Result 1 4- 5-1913 Groningen North Netherlands 2-7 North Germany 2 19- 4-1914 Hamburg North Germany 5-0 North Netherlands [on the same day East Netherlands and West Germany met in Enschede] - 8- 6-1919 Groningen North Netherlands n/p North Germany [not played because N.V.B. did not approve international matches except against neutral countries (during World War I)] 3 2- 1-1921 Altona North Germany 1-2 North Netherlands 4 16- 5-1921 Groningen North Netherlands 2-3 North Germany 5 11-12-1921 Hamburg North Germany 5-1 North Netherlands 6 27- 8-1922 Groningen North Netherlands 1-6 North Germany [this match was part of the festivities of the 250th anniversary of the Gronings Ontzet in 1672; with their win, North Germany won the Zilveren Bal offered by R. Hazewinkel Jzn., director of Het Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, for the first team to win five matches in the series; to replace it, Wempe, a jewellers company from Hamburg, offered a new silver cup] 7 14- 9-1922 Hamburg North Germany 5-0 North Netherlands 8 2- 9-1923 Groningen North Netherlands 1-3 North Germany 9 14- 9-1924 Bremen North Germany 2-0 North Netherlands [thanks to the third win in succession, North Germany obtained permament possession of the Wempe-Pokal; match date wrongly given as 24- 9-1924 in the annual K.N.V.B. Voetbal Jaarboekje published in the late thirties] 10 24- 5-1925 Groningen North Netherlands 3-1 North Germany 11 9- 5-1926 Braunschweig North Germany 3-2 North Netherlands 12 15- 5-1927 Leeuwarden North Netherlands 3-3 North Germany 13 20- 5-1928 Hannover North Germany 3-0 North Netherlands 14 23- 6-1929 Groningen North Netherlands 2-3 North Germany 15 15- 6-1930 Hamburg North Germany 5-1 North Netherlands 16 3- 5-1931 Assen North Netherlands 0-2 North Germany 17 8- 5-1932 Hannover North Germany 2-0 North Netherlands 18 14- 5-1933 Leeuwarden North Netherlands 2-1 North Germany 19 3- 6-1934 Hamburg North Germany 4-2 North Netherlands 20 26- 5-1935 Groningen North Netherlands 3-1 North Germany 21 24- 5-1936 Bremen North Germany 10-1 North Netherlands 22 22-11-1936 Leeuwarden North Netherlands 4-2 North Germany [with their win, North Netherlands won the Zilveren Oldenhove, offered in 1933 by P. Bokma for the first to win the fixture three times on Dutch soil] 23 14-11-1937 Hannover North Germany 3-0 North Netherlands 24 6-11-1938 Groningen North Netherlands 4-2 North Germany [on the same day South Netherlands and Luxembourg met in Tilburg and West Germany and East Netherlands in München-Gladbach] NB: the series was replaced by one against Denmark B after World War II before being resumed in the fifties. 25 26- 5-1954 Osnabrück North Germany 3-1 North Netherlands 26 13- 6-1956 Groningen North Netherlands 4-2 North Germany 27 9- 4-1958 Hamburg North Germany 4-1 North Netherlands 28 20- 4-1960 Groningen North Netherlands 3-3 North Germany - 15- 4-1964 Hannover North Germany n/p North Netherlands [originally fixtured for 20-11-1963 in Wilhelmshaven; postponed to 15- 4-1964 and moved to Hannover but eventually cancelled due to a European Cup match between Borussia Dortmund and Internazionale which was fixtured (and played) for the same day and broadcasted on television] Overall record: North Germany 28 19 2 7 94- 45 40 North Netherlands 28 7 2 19 45- 94 16 In Germany: North Germany 14 13 0 1 55- 11 26 North Netherlands 14 1 0 13 11- 55 2 In the Netherlands: North Netherlands 14 6 2 6 34- 39 14 North Germany 14 6 2 6 39- 34 14 NB: at the initiative of Harry Walstra, another match was played nearly six decades after the 28th edition; players could only be chosen from the fourth Dutch and the fifth German level downwards: - 15- 6-2019 Emmen North Netherlands 3-3 North Germany [3-4 pen]
This series replaced that between North Netherlands and North Germany after
World War II; after that was resumed in 1954, only one more match was played.
The Danish B team did not include any players from Copenhagen.
Game Date Venue Result 1 17- 5-1948 Groningen North Netherlands 3-5 Denmark B 2 7-11-1948 Odense Denmark B 5-0 North Netherlands 3 9-12-1951 Leeuwarden North Netherlands 3-2 Denmark B 4 7- 6-1954 Kolding Denmark B 3-6 North Netherlands Overall record: Denmark B 4 2 0 2 15- 12 4 North Netherlands 4 2 0 2 12- 15 4 In Denmark: Denmark B 2 1 0 1 8- 6 2 North Netherlands 2 1 0 1 6- 8 2 In the Netherlands: North Netherlands 2 1 0 1 6- 7 2 Denmark B 2 1 0 1 7- 6 2
Thanks to Mark Sensen for additional information
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