The 1901 Coupe Vanden Abeele (English: Vanden Abeele Cup) was a friendly football match held at the ground of Beerschot A.C. in Antwerp, on 28 April 1901. That match was contested by representative teams of Belgium and the Netherlands, and ended in a 8–0 win to the Belgians, but more important than the result was its historical significance, as it was the first international football match played in continental Europe, official or otherwise.[1][2]
The cup was named in honor of the donator of the trophy, Frédéric Vanden Abeele, the Antwerp football director, who organized this match after the huge success of the first edition of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz in 1900.[1] Due to schedule issues, the Dutch side was ultimately mostly formed by players from a third-level Rotterdam club, Celeritas, at the initiative of its captain, J.C. Jirris, together with Cees van Hasselt, a former Sparta player.[1][3] This match is not considered official by FIFA because neither team can be considered a full national team since the Netherlands was only represented by players from South Netherlands (Rotterdam) while Belgium had the presence of English players in its squad, such as center-forward Herbert Potts, who scored 7 of "Belgium's" 8 goals.[1] Likewise, in those games the Netherlands was announced under the name of "Van Hasselt XI", while the hosts were announced as an All-Belgian League XI.
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^"Hoe ging de eerste voetbalwedstrijd van het Nederlands elftal?" [How did the first football match of the Dutch national team go?]. www.quest.nl (in Dutch). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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