Swift Roermond is a former
Dutch
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People E ...
handball club from
Roermond
Roermond (; li, Remunj or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Ro ...
. Its women's team was the most successful team in the
Dutch Championship with 19 championships between 1963 and 1998, and it reached the
European Cup's final in 1976. It remains the only Dutch team that has achieved this to date. The 1980s were mostly unsuccessful for the club, but in the 1990s it won a record seven titles in a row, becoming a regular of the new
Champions League.
Profile and record
in the European Handball Federation
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's website
The chosen professional path, which attracted many foreign players, turned out to be dead-end. This led to establishing a new handball club S2000 by a number of former players of Swift Roermond. Many players flowed and also started to join S2000. Eventually, on 21 September 2000, the club ceased to exist.
Titles
* Women
** 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 ...
*** 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
** Dutch 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 ...
*** 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
References
Handball clubs in the Netherlands
Sport in Limburg (Netherlands)
1946 establishments in the Netherlands
2000 disestablishments in the Netherlands
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