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Football in the Netherlands
Football
is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the
Netherlands
by
Pim Mulier
in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded
Haarlemsche Football Club
. Over the next 30 years, football gained popularity in the Netherlands and the late 1890s and early 1900s saw the foundation of many new clubs, notably
Sparta Rotterdam
in 1888,
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax
in 1900,
Feyenoord Rotterdam
in 1908 and
Philips Sport Vereniging Eindhoven
in 1913.
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