Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira pakatangwa mutambo wenhabvu wenyika yeNetherlands muna 1898 kusvika muna 1954, zita racho raisarudzwa kuburikidza nemakwikwi ekudzokera kumashure nemakirabhu mashoma akanga ambokunda mumakwikwi avo emunharaunda. Makwikwi acho akanga ari amateur chete; Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) yakaramba chero rudzi rwekubhadhara uye yakamisa vatambi vakabatwa vachigamuchira mubhadharo kana kutengesa mari. Kudana kwenhabvu yepamhizha kwakakura mukuvamba kwama 1950 pashure pokunge mitezo mizhinji yetimu yenyika yaenda kundotamba kunze kwenyika mukutsvaka betsero dzemari. Iyo KNVB yaizomisa vatambi ava, ichivadzivirira kubva pakuonekwa nechikwata chenyika cheDutch. Mushure mokunge
North Sea mafashamo a1953, vatambi veDutch kunze kwenyika (kunyanya vachitamba muligi reFrance) vakaronga mutambo werudo kurwisa timu yenyika yeFrance muParis. Mutambo wacho wakarambidzwa neKNVB, asi mushure mekunge vatambi veDutch vakaungana vakunda maFrench (2<unk>1), veruzhinji veDutch vakaona kukwirira kwaigona kuwanikwa kuburikidza nehunyanzvi nhabvu. Kubatira fariro inokura, mubatanidzwa wenhabvu wenhabvu (NBVB) uye ligi zvakavambwa mwaka wa1954/55. Musi wa 3 Chikunguru 1954, KNVB yakasangana neboka revatungamiriri vechikwata cheamateur, vaitya kuti vatambi vakanakisa vaizobatana nezvikwata zvehunyanzvi. Musangano wacho, wakapiwa zita rokuti "slaapkamerconferentie" ("musangano womuimba yokurara"), wakatungamirira Sangano kugamuchira nokusafarira unyanzvi hwebasa.