Delfia Hollandia Combinatie, commonly known as DHC, is a football club from

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. DHC is currently playing in the Sunday

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 ...

A League (4th tier).

History

DHC played professional football from 1955 to 1968. The club played its first year in the

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 ...

, which was later changed to

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 ...

. DHC finished bottom of the league in their first season of professional football and were relegated to the newly established

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 ...

. Three seasons later, DHC finished second in the

and was promoted to the

1959–60 Eerste Divisie The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship. New entrants and group changes Eerste Divisie A Promote ...

. DHC finished at second place twice in the Eerste Divisie. In 1967, DHC finished at last place in the

. Due to some financial problems, the club was forced to merge with the pro-section of Xerxes. Xerxes was playing in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

, so one season later, Xerxes/DHC'66 also played in the

. The club however played its matches on the Xerxes ground in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

instead of playing in Delft. Xerxes/DHC'66 finished at 7th place, but was disbanded due to ongoing financial problems. Because of the merger with Xerxes, DHC started a new amateur section in 1966, which started to play in the

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse ( en, Fourth Class) is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the West II region. The league is divided into 64 divisions, 32 played on Saturday a ...

(the seventh tier in Dutch football at the time). A little over a decade later, DHC played in the highest leagues of amateur football again. DHC won the 1979

KNVB District Cup The KNVB District Cup ( nl, Districtsbeker) is a cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The competition is held in each of the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association. The 24 semi-finalists qualify for next-s ...

for Sunday amateur clubs in the West 2 District. In 1983 and 1985, DHC became national champions of Sunday amateur football.

Coaching history

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(1922–) *

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(1931–1934) *

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(1934–1935) *

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(1937–1938) *

(–1940) *

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(1940–1941) *

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(1948–) *

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(–1954) *

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(1954–1956) *

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(1957–1960) *

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(1973–1990) * Rob de Lange (2008 – present)

References

External links

Official site
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