As early as the end of the 19th century, when football was still unprofessional, that is, in the amateur age, football was already very popular in the Netherlands at that time, and in the period from 1908 to 1924, it had entered the semi-finals of the Olympic Games for four consecutive times. Can win further.
In the 1920s, other countries began to slowly professionalize football, and the Netherlands entered a dark period. Up until 1957, the national team’s record performance drove the establishment of professional leagues, trying to minimize the outflow of Dutch players, and Dutch football be