Netherlands (Women) 1956/57

Women's League

On Sep 29, 1956, the entire board of the N.D.V.B. resigned following a dispute
on whether or not a man could be chosen as part of it; unity was restored after
three weeks.  

E.D.H.V.V. (Den Haag) was renamed Agido.

The 1956/57 league season was eventually cancelled; a season denoted "1957" was
started on Mar 31, but apparently also not finished.

[Mar 31, 1957, terrein L.M.O. (Linker Maas Oever), Rotterdam, first match]
V.V.V.         1-7 Herbido        

[Jun 22, 1957, Heerenveen]
Herbido        4-0 D.C.O.         

International Match

On Sep 23, 1956, a Dutch women team (representing the N.D.V.B.) played an international
match (also the first ever match for opponents West Germany, whose team was selected by
the W.D.F.V., Westdeutscher Damen-Fußball-Verband); it is not considered official by
either country now.

[Sep 23, 1956; Stadion Mathias Stinnes, Essen; att: 18,000]
West Germany   2-1 Netherlands      [HT: 2-0]
  [Lotti Beckmann 25, Nibbrig 27; Lenie van der Jagt 70; 2x35 minutes]
  [note that Dutch scorer Van der Jagt (born 10 June 1942) was only 14 years 105 days old]
  [Netherlands: Gien van Maanen (Herbido); J. Kraayenbosch (Zeemeeuwen), Jopie Biere (E.H.D.V.V.);
                Johanna Lena Slagboom (V.V.V.), T. van Zĳl (D.C.O.), C. Verhage (D.C.O.);
                J. Bakker (Zeemeeuwen), B. de Graaf (D.C.O.), Joke van de Groenekan (Herbido),
                Clazien Verhoef (Herbido), Lenie van der Jagt (V.V.V.);
                reserves: Annie Brouwer (Herbido), Rita Riethoven (E.H.D.V.V.),
                          Cilly Boon (E.H.D.V.V.)]

One year later, a return match was played in Doetinchem.

Club Friendlies

In March 1957, a Dutch team consisting mostly of players from Agido (the new
name for E.H.D.V.V.), reportedly strengthened with two players from Herbido,
travelled to southern Germany, where they apparently were announced as "the"
Dutch national team, or, in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, as "Nordholland" (a
geographical misnomer of some magnitude given that neither Agido nor Herbido
were from that province).

[Mar 16, 1957, Dantestadion, München; att: 14,000]
West Germany    4-2 Netherlands XI  [HT: 1-1]
  [both Dutch goals scored by (Rita) Riethoven; the Dutch newspapers referred
   to the guests as "een Nederlands damesvoetbalelftal", explicitly using the
   indefinite ("een") rather than the definite article ("het")]

The champions (Herbido) and runners-up (D.C.O.) of the 1955/56 season played
two friendlies against West German selections on Whitmonday 1957.  The match
in Ulm was announced as a "Damen-Fußball-Länderspiel".

[Jun 10, 1957, Ulm]
West Germany XI 7-0 D.C.O.          
[Jun 10, 1957, Hollandveld, Utrecht]
Herbido         6-0 West Germany XI [HT: 1-0]

NB: D.C.O. were announced as "Nordholland"; their hosts ("Westdeutschland")
    represented "western Germany" (rather than West Germany), as all players
    were from either Fortuna Dortmund or Gruga Essen; after the arrest of
    two of the organisers of the "Damen-Fußball-Europameisterschaft" in
    Berlin, D.C.O. released a press statement, in which the club claimed it
    had had problems with the organisers about the restitution of its travel
    costs and that it had not been informed about the publicity made for the
    match as a "Länderspiel";
    Herbido played numerous other friendlies in West Germany in the spring
    of 1957 but the opponents (usually described as "West Germany" in the
    Dutch press) are not clear (Herbido won 2-1 in Essen on Apr 14, 6-1 in
    Frankfurt on Apr 20, and drew 1-1 in Regensburg on Apr 22 after having
    provided the short-handed opponents with three of their own players).
1955/56
1957/58
list of champions
list of cup winners
About this document

Sources: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Gender Open Repositorium, various contemporary Dutch newspapers (available through Delpher)
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 11 Aug 2025