VV Haaglandia was an

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club from

Rijswijk Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was in , and it has an area of , of which is water. The municipality also includes th ...

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 ...

. The club was established on 1 July 2005 through a merger of amateur sides RVC/Rijswijk (who merged years earlier themselves) and FC Kranenburg. It later played in the Hoofdklasse, the fourth tier of Dutch football, after being relegated from the

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

at the end of the 2013–14 season. On 22 September 2009 in a

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match against

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was found ...

, it drew 6–6 and lost on penalties. In March 2015 it quit Sunday soccer mid-season. On 24 August 2016, the club filed for bankruptcy after losing a court case against the municipality.

References

External links

Official website
Defunct football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 2005 Football clubs in South Holland 2005 establishments in the Netherlands Sport in Rijswijk {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub