The van den Berg family also owned hotel “de Leeuwerik” in the Kruisstraat, which was the clubhouse of HFC Haarlem until the 1960s.
The tournament was held in Brussels and on 15 April, in the first round, van den Berg scored a goal in a 2–1 win over the champions of Belgium, Racing Club de Bruxelles.
On the following day, in the semi-finals, van den Berg nets twice against the champions of Switzerland, Grasshopper Club, including the winning goal in a 3–2 victory.
[3] HVV scored early in the first half but the Amsterdammers fought back and van den Berg found an equalizer with just 10 minutes to go.
It seemed he had just forced extra-time, however, just 5 minutes later, they found the winner thanks to Julius Hisgen, so he contributed decisively to help RAP lift the first trophy of the competition.
[citation needed] In the infamous unofficial Dutch-Belgian meetings of 1901–04, van den Berg netted again on 3 January 1904 in a 4–6 loss to Belgium.
Van den Berg was a member of the Dutch squad that competed in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he failed to feature in a single game as the Netherlands won bronze after beating Sweden (3–1) in the third place match, thus missing out on the chance to become the first-ever HFC Haarlem player to be an Olympic medalist as he was not awarded a bronze medal due to have not played.