Governing body of association football in the Netherlands
Royal Dutch Football Association
UEFA
Short name
KNVB
Founded
8 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-08)
Headquarters
Zeist, Netherlands
FIFA affiliation
21 May 1904; 120 years ago (1904-05-21)
UEFA affiliation
15 June 1954; 70 years ago (1954-06-15)
BeNe League affiliation
5 May 2012 (2012-05-05) – 5 May 2015 (2015-05-05)
President
Just Spee
Website
knvb.nl(in Dutch)
knvb.com(in English)
onsoranje.nl(in Dutch)
The Royal Dutch Football Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond, pronounced[ˌkoːnɪŋkləkəˈneːdərlɑntsəˈvutbɑlbɔnt]; KNVB[ˌkaːʔenveːˈbeː]) 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.
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]
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