DZC '68 is an amateur

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club from

Doetinchem Doetinchem (; Low Saxon: ) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek. The municipality had a population of in ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It was formed on 1 May 1968 and they play their home games at "Sportpark Zuid". They play in yellow jerseys with blue shorts and blue socks. In the 2011/2012 season they were relegated from 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 ...

in Dutch amateur football. Two seasons earlier they were promoted to the Eerste Klasse. DZC '68 has produced multiple players who have played professional football. Luuk de Jong,

Siem de Jong Siem Stefan de Jong (; born 28 January 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap as an attacking midfielder or striker. Playing in the youth academies of De Graafschap and Ajax, he made his pro ...

Caner Cavlan Caner Cavlan (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a Full back (association football), left back for Turkish club Bandırmaspor. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey and Austria. ...

, Remy Raterink and Cihan Yalcin all have played for DZC '68.

Scott Calderwood Scott Calderwood (born 11 March 1978) is an English retired professional footballer and current manager of DOVO. Calderwood is the son of Jimmy Calderwood and has played for a number of Dutch clubs, including Willem II, Heracles Almelo and SV ...

is a former manager. Joop Doornebosch is an important person for the club and also a former football player of

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

. Siri Worm started her international career on DZC boys' teams. In 2008 DZC '68 played a match against

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

. The

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beat DZC '68 5–0. At the time

Jimmy Calderwood James Calderwood (born 28 February 1955) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Calderwood played for Birmingham City and Dutch clubs Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II Tilburg, Roda JC and Heracles Almelo. After retiring as a player, Calder ...

was manager of Aberdeen and Scott Calderwood was manager of DZC '68. In 2010 DZC '68 played their neighbours

for the last time, losing 4–0.

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