Football in Slovenia and in the Netherlands

By: Jus, David and Joep jusdavid123.blog.com

Our question: In which country is football being played at a higher quality level

International team Slovenia has qualified two times for the World Championship

and once for the European Championship. Slovenia never made it out of the group stage. The Netherlands have almost every time qualified for the

World Championship and the Europa Championship. The Netherlands have reached the final of the World

Championship three times and once won the Europa Championship.

Football clubs The Dutch clubs are more successful than the Slovenian

clubs, because they compete on the European level.

PSV and Feyenoord have won the Europa Cup once and AJAX has won it three times.

FC Maribor is the only Slovenian club that has ever qualified for the Champions League.

The interviews We interviewed Brahim Darri, a player of Vitesse, and Matjaž

Jakopič, the coach of the Slovenian club NK Bravo Their answers were very similar, except for one answer Brahim Darri thinks it‘s better for an ambitious player to play

often for a small club Matjaž Jakopič thinks it‘s better for an ambitious player to

play rarely for a big club The conclusion of both interviews is that the world of football

is all about money

Brahim Darri

The conclusion As shown by the statistics football is played at a higher

quality level in the Netherlands, because 10 of the 21 players from the Dutch squad play in the Eredivisie an only 3 of the 21 players of the Slovenian squad play in the 1. Slovenian League

But in Slovenia it is easier to become a professional football player. If you succeed in Holland as a professional football player you will get a better salary and a better future in football.