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32 Ethnic sorting in football Table 2.2 Members of Dutch amateur football clubs in numbers per ethnic background for the years 2005-2014 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Dutch 957,567 987,682 1,008,751 1,028,538 1,030,815 1,036,533 1,034,871 1,033,723 1,023,204 1,027,014 Turkish 30,406 30,341 30,195 31,714 32,399 32,679 31,598 31,024 31,179 30,277 Moroccan 22,480 24,723 25,351 27,020 28,358 29,874 31,174 32,522 33,365 34,183 Indonesian 15,981 15,848 15,603 15,168 14,628 14,075 13,530 13,220 12,685 12,191 Surinamese 19,711 20,647 20,873 21,123 20,973 21,068 20,897 20,771 20,304 20,386 Antillean 7,241 7,838 8,087 8,332 8,434 8,896 9,133 9,227 9,299 9,655 Northern/Western/Southern European & Anglo-Saxon 37,502 39,128 40,092 41,081 41,169 41,457 41,505 41,600 41,364 42,090 Middle & Eastern European 9,309 9,998 10,465 11,206 11,456 12,057 12,500 13,208 13,778 14,696 North African & Muslim Asian 11,251 11,844 12,303 13,042 13,475 14,504 15,138 15,753 16,274 17,693 Sub-Saharan African 8,770 9,458 10,035 10,688 11,157 11,826 12,167 12,589 12,982 13,591 Non-Muslim Asian & Oceanian 4,079 4,615 4,952 5,202 5,286 5,659 6,057 6,290 6,465 7,040 Middle and South American 3,944 4,403 4,658 4,917 5,042 5,349 5,667 5,848 6,002 6,367 Subtotal 1,128,241 1,166,525 1,191,365 1,218,031 1,223,192 1,233,977 1,234,237 1,235,775 1,226,901 1,235,183 Ethnicity unknown 57,796 56,753 56,308 56,345 54,025 52,921 51,125 50,407 51,530 52,394 Total 1,186,037 1,223,278 1,247,673 1,274,376 1,277,217 1,286,898 1,285,362 1,286,182 1,278,431 1,287,577 Note: Years refer to the start of a playing season beginning on 15 August and ending on 15 May of the following year.

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