[johan neeskens]

Officially you can only legally buy tickets to Dutch league games in the Netherlands. You officially need to register and get a club card first, and as far as I know you can only do that through the ticketbox network. You'll need to show a passport and hand over two passport photos. Once you have a club card you can buy a ticket at a ticketbox outlet (online at www.ticketbox.nl, at a random stadium on match day, or at a Primera bookshop any day of the working week, outlets across the NL). The bigger clubs typically have a high number of season ticket holders. That means that not a lot of tickets go on general sale, and for popular games, it's virtually impossible to get a ticket on general sale. So check with the club ahead of the game.

Alternatively: I think Ajax sell tickets to foreign fans as part of a travel & hospitaly package. You can probably find more info on their website. Feyenoord and PSV might do the same thing.

Alternatively: show up on match day and ask one of the fans if he's a season ticket or club card holder and would they buy a ticket on your behalf (you can buy four tickets on one club card). Dutch fans generally are very friendly to foreign visitors and won't have a problem doing you that favour.

Alternatively: get a club card holder you know in the NL to buy tickets for you in advance.

Alternatively: contact the football club directly, and well in advance, sound desperate and beg them for tickets.

[fedayn]

hi everyone
first post here at dutch subforum
i need some help plz,from alkmaar fans
i am from greece and will be at your country at 20-30 november
i would like if possible to get 2 tickets for the alkmaar-olympiakos and 2 more for the alkmaar-venlo matches
i am willing to pay in advance the whole amount
do me this favour,i am from greece and all these years olympiakos lady-boys win with the help of referees the championship
i want to see them crash 'n' burn in this match
plz boys,i am an ""atromitos peristeriou"" real football fan not just supporter and i promise that i will scream as loud as i can with the few dutch i will know by then,lol
i also promise to learn u greek really bad words and poems we sing here at greece against olympiakos,lol
thanks in advance

[feyenoordsoccerfan]

Look at the AZ site:

http://www.az.nl/index.php?id=269

Click on the info button: For the Ol. match it says that it isnot clear yet if the UEFA is returning tickets. That is expected to be made public the 13th of november. In case there are tickets available they will be sold at the same time on line and in the Fanshop 16 november at 9:00 local time. That means that the available tickets for the AZ fans have been sold out. But you will have to find someone with an AZ club card to buy the ticket and if you want 2 tickets you have to find 2 clubcard holders.

For the VVV match there is no info available yet.

[RangerKeeper]

Hey all-

If anyone can help me get four tickets to Ajax/Feyenoord on Sunday November 1, I will gladly pay your costs/profit. I know this is a longshot, but I'm looking for four together or two pairs. I can meet anywhere in Amsterdam and would really appreciate it! PM me!

[AFCA]

That's going to be very hard, or actually pretty much impossible.

[Jamooky]

I've been to 2 games in Holland. For PSV I had to book the tickets well in advance and pay via a direct bank transfer from my account to PSV's. For all the trouble (and it was trouble, I also had to pay a $40 service charge because it was international) I got the tickets plus 40 euros or so to spend at the ground (for food, beer and in the team shop). For the Willem II match, I simply contacted their ticket office via e-mail and had the tickets left for me at the box office. I had a great time at each match.

Long story short: the big clubs make it difficult and you'll have to pay an arm and a leg & jump through a couple hoops. The small clubs are much more amenable. Go to a small club match.

[swintonrover]

Its as easy as you want to make it for PSV. I went last week against Vitesse. Went to the ground on Friday, walked into the club store, went up to a man shopping, explained that I needed a ticket. He was only too pleased to help so he went straight to the ticket office and got me a ticket for 21 Euros. No problem. I find most Dutch fans are only too pleased to help if you just ask.
I also did the same for Waalwijk v Willem on the Sunday. Contacted the club before I left for Holland and they said I couldnt have one because of 'security issues'. Again, I went to the ground on the Friday when I got there, walked into the Supporters Bar, asked a man there, and he did the same. Went and got me a ticket for 15 Euros. It really is that easy, they're a friendly bunch over there ;-)

[swintonrover]

Incidentally, Ive now visited 11 of the 18 Eredivisie grounds and never had a problem at any of them yet.
The ones I have left to visit are Groningen, Utrecht, Breda, Feyernoord, Sparta, Twente and Hercules.
I know an English fan living in Breda, I m hoping Johan Neeskens off this site can do me a favour when I visit Twente, and of the remaining five, I think the only problem might be Groningen. Unless of course, anyone knows different......lol.

[ArizonaFußballFan]

that seems quite interesting. I plan on yearly visits overseas to hopefully attend some matches including one maybe in Holland. I am a little nervous to leave all to chance for when I arrive in town though.

All this info from this thread has been helpful though!

[feyenoordsoccerfan]

Originally Posted by swintonrover

Incidentally, Ive now visited 11 of the 18 Eredivisie grounds and never had a problem at any of them yet.
The ones I have left to visit are Groningen, Utrecht, Breda, Feyernoord, Sparta, Twente and Hercules.
I know an English fan living in Breda, I m hoping Johan Neeskens off this site can do me a favour when I visit Twente, and of the remaining five, I think the only problem might be Groningen. Unless of course, anyone knows different......lol.

Why?