Football Club Volendam () is a professional

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club based in

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

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. They play 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 ...

, the top tier of

Dutch football Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club. Over the next 30 years, football gained ...

from the 2022–23 season following promotion. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded as Victoria in 1920, changed its name to RKSV Volendam in 1923 and emerged as an exclusively professional club, FC Volendam, in 1977, following a split from its parent club. The team plays its home matches in the 6,984-capacity

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, where it has been based since 1975. The club has a reputation as the ''heen-en-weer club'' ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of

. They have achieved ten promotions to the

; a record. Volendam also reached two

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

finals – in 1957–58 and 1994–95 – which ended in losses to two

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 ...

-based clubs,

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and

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

, respectively.

History

Beginnings (1920–1955)

''Football Club Volendam'' was founded as ''Victoria'' on 1 June 1920 by local fishermen. By 1923, the club was renamed to ''RKSV Volendam'', simply known as Volendam and its official orange colours were established after having been red and black the previous years. Being from the piously catholic village of

, the club soon joined the '' Roomsch-Katholieke Federatie (RKF)'' ("Catholic Football Association") of the Netherlands. In 1935 and 1938, Volendam won that competition until, in 1940 as part of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the RKF was forced by the

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to merge into the

Royal Dutch Football Association The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women ...

(KNVB). After the Second World War, Volendam played in 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 te ...

for a long time, despite being close to promotion several times.

Professionalism A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ...

was introduced in the Netherlands in 1954 and as a result, Volendam saw many players leave. For example, Alkmaar '54 signed the brothers Klaas, Evert and Thoom Smit from the club.

Professionalism (1955–1969)

A year later, in 1955, Volendam also entered professional football by means of the issue of bonds. Volendam ended its first season in third place and thus qualified for the first season of the second-tier

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 ...

; 1956–57. In the 1958–58

, Volendam reached the final by beating

MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...

1–3 in the semi-final.

, however, proved too strong there, and Volendam finished runners-up. The following season, Volendam became champions in the Eerste Divisie A and thus promoted to the top-tier

for the first time in club history. However, the euphoria was short-lived, and after one season at the highest level, the club suffered relegation again. Soon, the club had established its reputation as the ''Heen-en-weer club'' ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of

. Head coach

Bram Appel Abraham Leonardus Appel (30 November 1921 – 31 October 1997) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker and later a manager. Playing career Club Born in Rotterdam but raised in The Hague,Striker Dick Tol, who would become the club's all-time top goalscorer, became the top goalscorer of the 1961–62 Eredivisie with 27 goals. After three seasons in the Eredivisie, the club once again suffered relegation in the 1963–64 season. The third promotion for Volendam took place in

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under the English manager Ron Dellow. That season also marked Dick Tol's final season before retiring, as he became top goalscorer of the Eerste Divisie.

1970s and 1980s

History was written in FC Volendam history in December 1971. The Portuguese Walter Ferreira signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the club, making him their first foreign player. Despite this, Volendam suffered relegated to the Eerste Divisie in that season. The following season, 1972–73, in which Ferreira became club top scorer with 11 goals, Volendam narrowly missed out on promotion to the highest level. In the deciding match against

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. ...

, a draw was enough, but the club lost 1–0. Volendam then played in the Eerste Divisie for the first time for more than three consecutive seasons. Only in 1976–77 promotion was again achieved after play-offs. The club then split into a professional club, FC Volendam, and an amateur club RKAV Volendam in July 1977, marking the birth of the club known as Volendam today. After seventh and seventeenth places, respectively, in 1977–78 and 1978–79, the club relegated again. In 1982,

Fritz Korbach Fritz Korbach (18 July 1945 – 14 August 2011) was a German professional football player and manager. He was particularly well known in the Netherlands, where he served eleven different teams, including FC Wageningen, FC Zwolle, FC Volendam, ...

was appointed as head coach. He was Volendam's first German manager and had previously successfully led

FC Wageningen FC Wageningen (before 1978 ''Wageningen'' and ''WVV Wageningen'') was a Dutch football club which was founded on 27 August 1911., The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium. Its first success came on 18 June 1939, when the team w ...

and

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

to the Eredivisie. This turned out to be a perfect move, as he also led Volendam to the highest level in the 1982–83 season. As their former stay in the Eredivisie, they last two seasons before suffering another relegation. Under the guidance of new head coach

Jan Brouwer Jan Brouwer (born 1939/1940) is a Dutch former football manager who was the manager of Angolan side Sagrada Esperança, a position he undertook in April 2008. He previously managed the Zambia national team in 2001, Petro Atlético in 2004, an ...

, Volendam again became champions of the Eerste Divisie in the 1986–87 season and thus promoted back to the Eredivisie. In the autumn, an ambitious plan ensured Volendam salvation from financial ruin, which had threatened the club's existence for some years. Throughout the years, Volendam spawned many talented players, such as

Wim Jonk Wilhelmus Maria "Wim" Jonk (born 12 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Eerste Divisie club FC Volendam. In his career as a midfielder, he won a variety of national honours ...

Edwin Zoetebier Eduard Andreas Dominicus Hendricus Jozef "Edwin" Zoetebier (; born 7 May 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Zoetebier was born in Purmerend, North Holland. He started his professional career in t ...

, Arnold and

Gerrie Mühren Gerardus ("Gerrie") Dominicus Hyacinthus Maria Mühren (2 February 1946 – 19 September 2013) was a Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the older brother of Arnold Mühren, who likewise played for the Netherlands national team. ...

. The club also has an accomplished scouting and youth system, which spreads across many different countries.

Golden years (1987–1997)

In the 1989–90 Eredivisie season, Volendam achieved its best result ever by sixth in the table with 39 points. Three seasons later, the feat was repeated and sixth place was achieved once again. In

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, FC Volendam reached the final of the

for the second time. This time, the opponent was

at their home ground,

De Kuip Stadion Feijenoord (), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (, the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same na ...

on 25 May. Volendam lost the match 2–1 after conceding goals by

Gaston Taument Gaston Taument (born 1 October 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played mainly as a right winger but also as a second striker. He played the vast majority of his 14-year professional career with Feyenoord, amassing Eredivisie t ...

and

Michael Obiku Michael (“Mike”) Edirin Obiku (born 24 September 1968 in Warri) is a retired Nigerian Association football, football Forward (association football), striker. He is currently coach at Feyenoord Rotterdam's Soccer Schools. Club career Obiku st ...

André Wasiman André Wasiman (born 11 April 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Wasiman was a product of the Excelsior youth academy, and was promoted to the first team in 1980. He made his debut as a starter und ...

scored the sole goal for FC Volendam. Among the 7,000 travelling away fans from Volendam in De Kuip at that time were also

Kees Kwakman Kees Kwakman (born 10 June 1983) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Between 2004 and 2018, he played for FC Volendam, FC Groningen, Groningen, RBC Roosendaal, NAC Breda, FC Augsbur ...

and Jack Tuijp, who would later both make more than 100 appearances for FC Volendam themselves. For the first time in many years, Volendam managed stay in the Eredivisie for a longer period. From 1987 to 1998. the club played continuously at the highest level.

Ups and downs in the second tier (2009–present)

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, FC Volendam suffered its latest relegation from the Eredivisie. In the 2007–08 season, Volendam had won the Eerste Divisie championship under the leadership of former professional footballer

Stanley Menzo Stanley Purl Menzo (born 15 October 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and worked as a manager of Ajax Cape Town in the South African Premier Soccer League. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super Le ...

, who had secured the club's participation in the highest division in the following season. Menzo, however, did not extend his contract, which meant that

Frans Adelaar Frans Adelaar (born 5 December 1960) is a Dutch association football, football manager and former professional player. He most recently was manager of Dutch top amateur side IJsselmeervogels. Career Club career Adelaar played professional foot ...

took over as new head coach for the 2008–09 season. On 10 May 2009, the last matchday of the season, Volendam suffered relegated to the Eerste Divisie once again, after

drew (2–2) and Roda JC's beat Feyenoord (2–3). The following season was dramatic for Volendam: they finished in 16th place in the second tier. In the 2010–11 season, Volendam was led by head coach

Gert Kruys Gert Kruys (born 8 May 1961 in Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of IJsselmeervogels. Career Kruys played his entire career for FC Utrecht (1978–1988), except for one short spell at RKC Waal ...

, who had come over from

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

. Volendam finished in 6th place in his first season. In the following season, Volendam did not win a ''period title'' for the first time in a long time, which cost Kruys his job at the club. Between 2012 and 2015 and again between 2018 and 2019, the club was led by

Hans de Koning Hans de Koning (; born 5 April 1960) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. De Koning played as a goalkeeper. Playing career De Koning played for AZ'67 for ten years, before moving to Twente, where he became known as "''Hansj ...

, who had come over from

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the first time. In the 2012–13 season, Volendam finished in 2nd place after losing its last game to

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

. They were then defeated again by Go Ahead Eagles in the final of the playoffs for promotion. In that season, Volendam also managed to win a ''period title''. Due to missing out on promotion, Volendam, for the first time since the start of the Eerste Divisie (1956), competed for more than five seasons in a row at the second level. In the 2014–15 season, Volendam again lost in the final of the promotion play-offs by losing 0–1 to De Graafschap at home, after the first leg had finished 0–0 in

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 ...

In the 2021–22 season, Volendam promoted to the Eredivisie again after 13 years of absence.

Honours

**Winners (6): 1958–59, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1986–87, 2007–08 **Promoted (4): 1976–77, 1982–83, 2002–03, 2021–22 *

**Runners-up (2): 1957–58, 1994–95

Results

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Domestic results

Below is a table with Volendam's domestic results since the introduction of the

in 1956.

Current squad

On loan

Coaching staff

Former managers

* Leen van Woerkom (1955–58) * Ger Stroker (1958–60) *

Hans Croon Hans Croon (25 May 1936 – 5 February 1985) was a Dutch football manager who won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final with Anderlecht. Managerial career As well as Anderlecht, Croon coached in the Netherlands and Belgium with DWS, VER, HVC, FC ...

(1969–72) * Joep Steur (1972–75) * Arie Stehouwer (1975–76) * Leo Steegman (1976–77) *

Jan Mak Jan Mak (born 21 June 1945) is a Dutch professional association football, football manager. Career He was caretaker at amateur side HVV Den Haag in 1971. After managing FC Volendam in his native Netherlands, Mak took charge of Swedish sides Hal ...

(1977–79) * Henk Ellens (1979–80) * Joep Steur (1980–81) * Dick Maurer (1981–82) *

(1982–83) *

Cor van der Hart Cor van der Hart (25 January 1928 – 12 December 2006) was a Dutch footballer. He is known as one of the best defenders of the Netherlands national team in history, who was physically strong, who read the game very well and who had a qualit ...

(1983–84) * Joep Steur (1984) (a.i.) * Simon Kistemaker (1984) (a.i.) *

Leo Beenhakker Leo Beenhakker CM (; born 2 August 1942) is a Dutch international football coach. He has had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level. He led both Ajax and Feyenoord to Dutch championships and also had domestic s ...

(1984–85) *

Barry Hughes Barry Hughes (31 December 1937 – 2 June 2019) was a Welsh professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands. He played as a defender. Early and personal life Hughes was born in Caernarfon. He attended Glyndwr Se ...

(1985–86) *

(1986–88) * Leo Steegman (1988–92) * André Stafleu (1992–93) *

(1993–94) *

Wim Rijsbergen Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team. Playing career Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, So ...

(1994–95) *

Bert Jacobs Bert Jacobs (March 5, 1941 – November 14, 1999) was a Dutch football manager, who played for HFC Haarlem. Jacobs was a football trainer at a young age, worked for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Fortuna Sittard, Vitesse Arnhem, RKC Waalwijk and Sportin ...

(1995–96) *

(1996) (a.i.) * Hans van der Zee (1996–97) * Dick de Boer (1997–99) *

Andries Jonker Andries Jonker (; 22 September 1962) is the Netherlands women's national football team manager and former player. Jonker was at the helm of Dutch outfits Willem II, MVV and Volendam and was the assistant manager of VfL Wolfsburg, FC Barcelona ...

(1999–00) *

Henk Wisman Henk Wisman (born 19 May 1957) is a Dutch football manager. He who was the coach of the Armenia national football team for about a year. Club career Wisman was born in Amsterdam. He began his career at AFC Ajax, having played in their youth sy ...

(2000–04) * Johan Steur (2004) (a.i.) *

Job Dragtsma Jan Jochen Dragtsma (born 23 October 1955) is a Dutch football manager, who was the coach of FC Volendam for around a year (2004–2005). He also managed FC Inter Turku in Finland, with whom he won the national title in 2008, Finnish League Cup in ...

(2004–05) *

Ernie Brandts Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Playing career Club Born in Didam, he played for local club De Sprinkhanen before joining De Graafschap at 17. After three seasons ...

(2005–06) *

(2006–08) *

(2008–09) *

Edward Sturing Edward Jeroen Sturing (born 13 June 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. Sturing played as a defender and earned three caps for the Netherlands national team. Career Sturing played for De Graafschap and Vitesse, wi ...

(2009–10) * Johan Steur (2010) (a.i.) *

(2010–12) * Johan Steur (2012) (a.i.) *

(2012–15) *

Robert Molenaar Robert Molenaar (born 27 February 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Divisie club NAC Breda. He played as a centre-back for FC Volendam, Leeds United, Bradford City and RBC Roosenda ...

(2015–17) * Misha Salden (2017–18) * Hans de Koning (2018–19) * Wim Jonk (2019–)

References

External links

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