Amsterdamsche Football Club, known as AFC, is a

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club from

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

, Netherlands. It is currently playing in the

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, the third tier of

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History

19th century: Foundation

AFC was founded in 1895 when a group of young Amsterdammers decided to create a football club. On 18 January 1895 the founding meeting took place in the basement of a house on the Koninginneweg where after a long discussion the name "Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC)" was chosen. The meeting was held by six boys aged fifteen and sixteen. Four of them being Gerard Scheepens, Hein Brass, Frits Bernard and G.J. Bernard. These six boys were the progenitors of AFC.

20th century: Championships galore

AFC-1 were crowned champions 13 times; 1906, 1909, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1946, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2010 and 2014, while also having been relegated three times; 1921, 1922 and 1998. In 2010 it was the first club in the Netherlands to enter the newly formed 'Top Class'. Despite only having 15 members when founded, by the time of the club's 50th anniversary (1945) it had over 700. By AFC's 100-year existence (1995) it has more than 1,500 members and in summer 2016 the club, including non-playing donors, over 2,100 members. Due to the shortage of fields and accommodation, unfortunately, hundreds of aspiring members must be disappointed every season when they apply for membership.

21st century: Tweede Divisie and Eerste Klasse

In 2016 the first male squad lost 3–1 against Ajax U15. On 6 July 2017 it was announced that the squad's match against

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in a qualifying round for the Dutch national cup had been postponed until 20 August.

Current squad

''As of 12 November 2020''

Associated people

Chief coaches – 20th century

Chief coaches – 21st century

Notable players

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* Brian Brobbey *

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* Donald Feldmann * Wim Feldmann * Maxim Gullit * Edwin Gyasi *

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Mickey van der Hart Mickey van der Hart (born 13 June 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Heerenveen. Club career Ajax Acquired into the Ajax Youth Academy from local amateur side Amsterdamsche FC in 2007, Van der Hart wor ...

* Thom Haye * Raily Ignacio *

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Justin Kluivert Justin Dean Kluivert (born 5 May 1999) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for La Liga club Valencia CF, Valencia, on loan from Serie A club A.S. Roma, Roma. He also represents the Net ...

Thomas Lam Thomas Anton Rudolph Lam (born 18 December 1993), is a Finnish-Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Melbourne City and the Finland national football team. He began his senior club career playing f ...

* Derrick Luckassen * Daryl van Mieghem *

Marcel Peeper Marcel Benjamin Peeper (born 9 September 1965) is a Dutch former footballer who played as either a left back or left midfielder. During his career, marred by a serious injury whilst on international duty, he played professionally in the Nether ...

* Kenneth Pérez * Immanuel Pherai *

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Philippe Sandler Philippe Sandler (born 10 February 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for NEC Nijmegen. Club career Born in Amsterdam, Sandler began his senior career with PEC Zwolle in the 2016–17 season, having previously pl ...

References

External links

Official site
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