ABSTRACT

The organisation of Dutch professional football is well documented in past contributions. For example, sports journalists Colin and Muller (1996, 2002) describe the development of all major Dutch professional football clubs, the Dutch FA, and the competition. Furthermore, academics have analyzed specific aspects regarding the organisation of Dutch professional football such as the failure of a dedicated sport TV channel (Sminia, 2003), the evolution of football hooliganism (Spaaij, 2007), the collective labor agreements (Hout, 2008), clubs’ ownership and governance structures (Morrow, 2003), clubs’ strategic actions (De Heij, Vermeulen, & Teunter, 2006), and clubs’ business model transformation (Van Uden, 2005). Together these contributions provide rich and detailed insights in the organisation of Dutch top football.