Netherlands national football team results (unofficial matches)

This is a list of the Netherlands national football team's results from 1894 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official internationals and are not being recognized by FIFA.[1] Player appearances and goals in these matches are also not counted to their totals.

Netherlands national football team results
  Win    Draw    Loss
The unofficial Dutch national team in their first match against Felixstowe in 1894.
Mulier as captain of the unofficial Dutch national team in a match against Maidstone in 1895.

The national team played twelve matches until the first official international match of the Netherlands took place in 1905. Their first match was against the English side Felixstowe FC.[2] Their first unofficial victory came against the English side Maidstone FC, which was defeated 4–3, thanks to two goals from Pim Mulier.[3] The biggest victory came on 18 November 1895 when Saxmundham FC, the losing finalists in the Suffolk Senior Cup the season before, was sent home after a 9–2 loss, thanks in part to a 5-goal haul from Rein Boomsma.[4]

1890s
6 February 1894 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 0–1 England Felixstowe FC Exercitieterrein (Sparta site), Rotterdam
Tromp (HFC)
Kampers (RAP), Ples (HFC)
J. van den Bosch (HVV), Menten (HFC), Schröder (RAP, captain)
Kampschreur (Sparta), Kan (Victoria Rotterdam), Timmermans (Sparta), Weinthal (Sparta) and Meyer (HFC)
 Report A. J. Howard
 ?
Attendance: 500
10 April 1894 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 4–3 England Maidstone FC HFC site, Heemstede
Mulier 1–0', 3–0'
W. Schorer 2–0'
Puck Meijer 4–0'		 Report Barber 3–1'
Unknown 4–2', 4–3'
Note: The English came with only eight players and had to be reinforced with three Dutch players.
31 March 1895 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 1–2 England Maidstone FC HFC site, Heemstede
Unknown 1–2' Report Wethered 0–1'
Smith 0–2'		 Referee: L.J. Wijnands (Netherlands)
18 November 1895 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 9–2 England Saxmundham FC Sparta site, Rotterdam
van Holten 1–0', 3–0'
Boomsma 2–0', 4–1', 7–2', 8–2', 9–2'
J. H. Meijer 5–1'
Ch. van Braam Houckgeest 5–1'
J. H. Meijer 5–1'		 Report Unknown 3–1', 6–2' Referee: H.A. Tromp (Netherlands)
Note: They were invited by Sparta. Although losing finalists in the Suffolk Senior Cup the season before, they could not offer the Dutch enough resistance, since Sparta won 5–0 and the Dutch team 9–2.
12 April 1896 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 2–3 England English Wanderers RAP site, Amsterdam
Broese van Groenou 1–0'
Van Braam Houckgeest 2–1'		 Report C.B. Ward 1–1', 2–2', 2–3' Referee: H.A. Tromp (Netherlands)
28 March 1897 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 2–6 England English Wanderers HFC site, Heemstede
F.W. Bult 1–3'
Bernicke 2–4'		 Report van Hasselt 0–1' (o.g.)
Unknown 0–2', 0–3', 1–4', 2–5', 2–6'		 Referee: L.J. Wijnands (Netherlands)
10 April 1898 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 7–0 England English Wanderers Sparta site, Rotterdam
Harry Roqué 1–0', 6–0'
Van den Berg 2–0', 3–0', 4–0'
H. van Heuckelum 6–0'
J. Führi 7–0'		 Report Referee: H.A. Tromp (Netherlands)
2 April 1899 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 1–6 England English Wanderers HVV site, The Hague
Van den Berg 1–5' Report ?
30 December 1900 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 5–1 Germany BFC Preussen HVV site, The Hague
Sol 1–0'
Hesselink 2–0', 5–1'
Offers 3–0', 4–1'		 Report Unknown 3–1'
Note: BFC Preussen won three consecutive Berlin Football Championships in 1899–1901,[5] and such was their success, that they contested a match against the unofficial Dutch national team on 30 December 1900. Just a few months later, in November 1899, a German touring side faced the England national team three times, losing each game.[6]
30 March 1902 Friendly match Netherlands Netherlands 3–1 England Old Xaverians FC HBS site, The Hague
Offers 1–0' (pen.)
Overman 2–0'
Penninck 3–0'		 [Report] Unknown 3–1'

Coupe Vanden Abeele

In the early 1900s, the Netherlands played four unofficial matches against Belgium as they contested for the Coupe Vanden Abeele.[7] The Dutch were represented by sides selected and organized by Cees van Hasselt, but since the games were not being sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), only players from the second division were available to Van Hasselt, so Belgium naturally won those games.[7][8][9]

28 April 1901 1901 Coupe Vanden Abeele Belgium  8 – 0 Netherlands Netherlands C Antwerp, Belgium
H. Potts ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
W. Potts ?'		 Report Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground
Attendance: 300
Referee: Charles Maggee
5 January 1902 1902 Coupe Vanden Abeele Belgium  1 – 0 Netherlands Netherlands ("van Hasselt XI") Antwerp, Belgium
W. Potts Report Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground
15 December 1902 1903 Coupe Vanden Abeele Belgium  2 – 1 Netherlands Netherlands ("van Hasselt XI") Antwerp, Belgium
Blanchard 1–1'
H. Potts 2–1'		 Report Lotsy 0–1' Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground
3 January 1904 1904 Coupe Vanden Abeele Belgium  6 – 4 Netherlands Netherlands ("van Hasselt XI") Antwerp, Belgium
H. Potts 1–0', 2–1', 4–2', 6–4'
Feye 3–2', 5–4'		 Report Bekker 1–1'
Kamperdijk 2–2'
Van den Berg 3–4'
Wollenberg 4–4'		 Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground
Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)
Note: Belgium had originally announced to field an exclusively Belgian squad, but eventually replaced Paul Chibert (injured) with Herbert Potts, who contributed decisively to Belgium's win, scoring four goals.

1910s
29 August 1919 Friendly match Vestland selection 0 – 5  Netherlands Kristiania, Norway
[ Report] Felix 5'
Dé Kessler 21', 76'
Evert van Linge 22', 63'

References
  1. "Netherlands - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. "Beste spelers van Nederland niet opgewassen tegen Engelse ploeg" [Best players in the Netherlands are no match for the English team]. www.dagvantoen.nl (in Dutch). 6 February 1894. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. "Nederlands elftal 1893-'94" [The Dutch national team in 1893-'94]. www.dagvantoen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. "Nederlands elftal 1895-'96" [The Dutch national team in 1895-'96]. www.dagvantoen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. "Liste aller Berliner Fußballmeister" [List of all Berlin football champions]. stadioncheck.de (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. "England Matches - Unofficial". Englandfootballonline.com. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. "Coupe Vanden Abeele". RSSSF. 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. Hubert, Christian (1980). Les diables rouges (in French). Brussels: Arts & voyages. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-28-016-0046-7.
  9. Fraiponts, Jean; Willocx, Dirk (2003). Kroniek van het Belgische voetbal / Pioniers en Rode Duivels - 1863-1906 (in Dutch). Vol. 1. Antwerp: Assoc. BE bvba. ISBN 978-90-77314-01-2.. Extract consulted online on 30 August 2010 on Beerschot Athletic Club
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