Low Countries derby

Low Countries Derby
Uniforms
Locale Low Countries
(Western Europe)
Teams  Belgium
 Netherlands
First meeting 30 April 1905 (official)
28 April 1901 (unofficial)[1]
Latest meeting Netherlands 1–1 Belgium
(20 November 2016)[upper-alpha 1]
Statistics
Meetings total 126
Most wins Netherlands (55)

The Low Countries derby (Dutch: Derby der Lage Landen), is the name given in football to any match between the Belgian and Dutch national football teams. The countries have a long-standing tradition of rivalry in football, having played over 125 official Derbies so far.[upper-alpha 2] Only Austria vs. Hungary and Argentina vs. Uruguay have been contested more often.[2] Not only have the Low Countries met 18 times in the framework of major tournaments, they have also played at least 35 friendly cup duels.[3]

All Low Countries derbies

The Dutch (foreground) and Belgian teams lining up before a 1962 derby

The full official record between the two countries is as follows:

Correct as of 13 November 2016.[4][5]

Competition Played Results Goals
BelgiumDrawNetherlands BelgiumNetherlands
World Cup qualifiers 12 2 3 7 7 19
World Cup 2 1 1 0 1 0
European Championship
qualifiers		 2 0 0 2 1 7
European Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0
Olympic Games 2 1 0 1 4 3
Friendly* 108 37 26 45 206 250
TOTAL 126413055219279
* Most games between 1905 and 1932 were friendly cup matches - see below.

Belgium vs. Netherlands Cups

Left: The Coupe Vanden Abeele / Right: Illustration of the first Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad-beker duel in Rotterdam in 1905

From their first friendly derbies onwards, Belgium and the Netherlands competed for floating trophies. During the encounters in Belgium the teams played for the Coupe Vanden Abeele until 1925, and in the friendlies in the Netherlands they played for the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad-beker at least until 1932,[6] for a total of 39 Belgian-Dutch friendly cup matches (of which 35 official internationals).[3] The cup awarded in Belgium was named after and initially handed out by Frédéric Vanden Abeele Sr., father of the secretary of Beerschot Athletic Club (where the tournament took place).[7] As the Dutch disliked the design of this Belgian cup, they quickly nicknamed it Het Koperen Dingetje, meaning "The Copper Thingy".[1]

Belgium-Netherlands Cup Record
Competition Played Results Goals
BelgiumDrawNetherlands BelgiumNetherlands
Belgium 1905–25 Challenge F. Vanden Abeele 143*382534
Netherlands 1905–32 Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad-Beker 2155113555
Total358*8196089
* Excluding the four trophies between 1901 and 1904 won by a 'Belgian' selection, as these matches are unofficial.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ as of 2016
  2. ↑ as of 2014

References

  1. 1 2 Verkamman, Matty (9 Jan 1999). "Interlandvoetbal om 'koperen dingetje'/Sporteeuw (2) - 1901". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 Apr 2015.
  2. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (6 Mar 2014). "The "Derby der Lage Landen"". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Belgium national football team match results". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 Sep 2013.
  4. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel. "Belgium - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Head-to-Head: Belgium v Netherlands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "De geschiedenis van het balspel.". Leeuwarder Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 18 Mar 1932. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Fraiponts & Willocx 2003.

Bibliography


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