HVV (Haagse Voetbal Vereniging:

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for ''(The) Hague Football Club'') is an amateur

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club in

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. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, (The)'' Hague

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Club''. In 1978, on the occasion of the club's centenary,

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granted the club

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, with prefix ''Koninklijke'' ("Royal"), because of its pioneering role in sport, including in the formation of the

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(KNVB) in 1889. Since then it has been called Koninklijke Haagse Cricket & Voetbal Vereniging (Royal The Hague Cricket & Football Club), abbreviated KHC&VV. The club's grounds since 1898 have been at the 1,200-capacity "De Diepput", on the border between

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and

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. It now also plays tennis,

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and judo and has around 1750 members.

History

HVV was the most successful Dutch football club prior to

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, winning ten Dutch championships between 1890 and 1914. Two of its players won

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s with the Dutch side in the 1912 Olympic football tournament. Subsequently, it was superseded as top club in the Hague by HBS and then ADO. Its last season in top-flight football was 1932. The introduction of

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by the KNVB in 1954 did not affect lower division clubs such as HVV.

Current status

HVV is now an amateur football club. The main squad, HVV 1, was promoted after the 2006–2007 season, and again in 2008–2009 season, and is now playing in the Sunday Tweede Klasse C, the seventh tier of

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, in KNVB District West 2.

Honours

Football

In May 2007, the KNVB endorsed a scheme for teams to wear one gold star on their shirts for every ten national championships won; HVV are one of four teams eligible for a star, alongside

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, and PSV, three former European champions. The first shirt emblazoned with the gold star will be sold at an

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on 24 November 2007 to mark the opening of the club's new clubhouse. *Eerste Klasse West & Dutch national champions: 10 :: 1890–91, The West division was the only league in the Netherlands prior to 1896–7; subsequent National titles were won in playoffs against the champions of other regional leagues. 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02,

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, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1913–14 *

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: 1 :: 1902–03 *KNVB Cup Runner-up: 3 :: 1898–99, 1903–04, 1909–10Performance achieved by the second team

Cricket

HCC is the most successful cricket team in Dutch history. It won the first, unofficial, national championship in 1884. Its first XI is still in the top division. It was so dominant after

that its second XI was allowed into the top division in 1925. The following year these two sides shared the national title, and the second XI won it outright on several occasions. : *Dutch champions: 49 :: 1895, 1899, 1900(jt.), 1903, 1910(jt.), 1912, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926 (HCC and HCC(II) shared), 1927, 1928(II), 1929(II), 1930(II), 1931, 1932(II jt.), 1933, 1934, 1935(II), 1936, 1940(jt.), 1941, 1947, 1952(II), 1955(II), 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961(II), 1963, 1964, 1965 (jt.), 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973(II), 1976, 1985, 2008, 2020, 2022

Coaching history

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(1904) * Fred Coles (1908–1913) *

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(1913–1935) *

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(1935), interim *

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(1935–1937) *

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(1937–1939) *

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(1939–1940) *

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(1940–1943) *

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(1943–1945) *

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(1945–1964) * Zoltan Szalai (1964), interim *

(1964–1966) *

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(1966–1968) *

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(1968–1969) * Harry de Vos (1969–1971) *

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(1971), interim * Geoffrey Burch (1971–1981) * Ab Aalberts (1981–1983) *

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(1983–1986) *

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(1986–1989) *

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(1989–1992) * André Wetzel (1992–1997) * Kees Mol (1997), interim * Frank Kuyl (1997–2000) * Wim Visser (2000–2003) * Jan van der Laan (2003–2005) * Harold Tjaden (2005–2007) * Kees Mol (2007–2010) * Faisal Soekhai (2010–2011) * Hans Bal en Steven Faber (2011–2012), interim * Albert van der Dussen (2012–2015) * Edmund Vriesde (2015), interim * Edmund Vriesde (2015–2018) * André Wetzel (2018 – present)

Notable players

The following HVV footballers won

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Law Adam Lawrence "Law" Adam (11 June 1908 – 15 May 1941) was a Dutch-Swiss association football, football player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He was born in Probolinggo, Dutch East Indies and died in Surabaya, Dutch East ...

Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer) Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff (18 January 1894 – 6 February 1976) was a Dutch amateur football player. International career Van Breda Kolff made his debut in the Netherlands national team as a player of HVV Den Haag on 2 April 1911 at the ...

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Lo La Chapelle Eloi Hubert "Lo" La Chapelle (22 June 1888 – 23 July 1966) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper for amateur side HVV Den Haag. He also earned one cap for the Dutch national side in 1907, and participated at the 1908 Summer Olymp ...

Constant Feith Jonkheer Constant Wilhelm Feith (August 3, 1884, in The Hague – September 15, 1958, in Bennekom) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed with great success in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Club career He played the majority of his car ...

Karel Heijting Karel Heijting (born 1 May 1883 in Koetoardjo [], Central Java, Dutch East Indies – died August 1951 in Paris, France) was a Dutch football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Dutch team, which w ...

Boelie Kessler Hermann Johannes "Boelie" Kessler (30 November 1896 – 17 August 1971) was a Dutch football player. Kessler - along with brother Dolf and cousins Tonny and Dé - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won nine caps fo ...

Dé Kessler Johann Heinrich Hermann "Dé" Kessler (11 August 1891 – 6 September 1943) was a Dutch football and cricket player. Football Kessler - along with brother Tonny and cousins Boeli and Dolf - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. K ...

Dolf Kessler Geldolph Adriaan "Dolf" Kessler (2 April 1884 – 21 August 1945) was a Dutch footballer and industrialist. Kessler – along with brother Boeli and cousins Tonny and Dé – played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won ...

Tonny Kessler Hermann Anton Joseph "Tonny" Kessler (20 April 1889 – 15 February 1960) was a Dutch association football, football player. Kessler, along with brother Dé Kessler, Dé and cousins Boeli Kessler, Boeli and Dolf Kessler, Dolf, played club football ...

Guus Lutjens Guus Lutjens (13 August 1884 – 25 April 1974) was a Dutch footballer who earned 14 caps for the Dutch national side between 1905 and 1911, scoring five goals. He played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag HVV (Haagse Voetbal Vereni ...

Dick MacNeill Richard MacNeill (7 January 1898 in Pasuruan, Dutch East Indies – 3 June 1963 in Heemstede) was a football (soccer) goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal wit ...

Miel Mundt Emil "Miel" Gustav Mundt (30 May 1880 in Soekaboemi, Dutch East Indies – 17 July 1949 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In the Netherlands, he played for H.V.V. (Hague Football Club). Biog ...

Ed Sol Johan Wilhelm Eduard "Eetje" Sol (10 June 1881 – 21 October 1965) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HVV Den Haag. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Club career Sol ...

References

*Originally based on the

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articles: *
this version of the "HVV (Den Haag)" article
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this version of the "HCVV" article

Notes

External links

Official website for KHC&VV
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