Be Quick 1887 is a

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club from

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. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Vierde Divisie.

History

19th century

Be Quick 1887 was founded on 4 October 1887 by students of a local gymnasium. The club joined the football competition in 1895, and was placed in the ''Tweede Klasse Noord'', then the highest tier of football in the northern districts of the country.

20th century

Be Quick joined the newly established ''Eerste Klasse'' in 1916, and would remain in the league until the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands in 1954. The heyday of Be Quick came between 1915 and 1926. The club won the title in the northern football competition in every season except for 1925. On 6 June 1920, Be Quick won the national football title, by defeating

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, champion of the western football league, 4–0. Of that team, goalkeeper Deck Ruijter Zylker was the only player who wouldn't make it to the

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. When professional football was introduced in the Netherlands, in 1954, Be Quick joined the professional leagues. They were placed in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

, where they won the 1959–60 title. Be Quick played in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

for a number of seasons, but withdrew from the ranks of professional football after the 1963–64 season. Upon returning to the amateur football structure, Be Quick were placed in the Tweede Klasse (now

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

). The club were promoted to the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

in 1992, suffered relegation to the

in 1995 and to the

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 t ...

in 1997. After one season in the Tweede Klasse, the club returned to the Eerste Klasse, finishing the first season there in second place and winning the title in the second season, 1999–2000.

21st century

The club was relegated back to the Eerste Klasse in 2002, but secured promotion a year later, and has played in the Hoofdklasse since. They were promoted to the Topklasse in 2013, but went relegated after one only season in the top Dutch amateur level. Two seasons later they returned to the renamed

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by placing second in Hoofdklasse C.

Stadium

The successes between 1915 and 1926 allowed the club to buy a piece of land to the south of the city of Groningen. Stadion Esserberg was then built, designed by architect

Evert van Linge Evert van Linge (19 November 1895 – 6 December 1964) was a Dutch footballer who earned 13 caps for the Dutch national side between 1919 and 1926, scoring three goals. He also participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He played for Be Quick 18 ...

, one of the players of the team that won the national title in 1920. The stadium had a capacity of 18,000 when it was built, and now is located in the territory of the municipality of Haren, just a mere four kilometers south of Groningen. Nowadays, it has hosted to the Eurovoetbal tournament.

Honours

* National football title: 1 :: 1919–20 *

: 1 :: 1959–60 *Northern football competition: 18 :: 1895–96, 1896–97, 1905–06, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1940–41 *

: 2 :: 1991–92, 1999–2000

External links

Official website
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