Ido's Football Club, usually known as IFC, is a Dutch association football club from

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located on the island of IJsselmonde, and borders with Zwijndrecht, Ridderkerk, and the Noord River (with Alblasserdam and Papendrecht on the other side). The j ...

. Its grounds are at

Sportpark Schildman Sportpark Schildman is a municipal park and sports complex in Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands. It contains the main grounds, training fields, and facilities for: * ASWH – association football club * IFC – association football club * Boulistica ...

History

First years

Ido's Football Club was established on 20 October 1927, 2 years before its Saturday football rival

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, a ...

, and initially played football only on Sundays. The establishment was a merger of street soccerclubs, HIVV, OVV and SDW. Its members were for the most part left-oriented blue collar workers. IFC's first ground was Den Dommes in

Oostendam Oostendam is a Dutch village. It is located in the municipality of Ridderkerk, within the province of South Holland. The village was first mentioned in 1435 as "totten cleynen Waldammen toe, die men heet op desen voorsz. tyt Dappers - dam", and ...

, later covered by a bridge and road over the

Noord River The Noord ("North") is a short tidal river in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The Noord starts at the city of Dordrecht where the Beneden Merwede river forks into the Oude Maas and the Noord. It joins the Lek at the ci ...

2010s

Since 2014 and occasionally before IFC also has a team for Saturday soccer. In 2016–2017 this team plays in the

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands and the sixth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 44 divisions, 20 played on Saturday and 24 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The champion ...

of district South-I. IFC further features women teams, youth teams, and senior teams. It engaged in women soccer already in the 1970s. IFC's prime squad are male Sunday "amateurs" playing in the season 2016–2017 in

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

B. Coach was

Jack van den Berg Jack B. van den Berg (born 7 February 1959) is a Dutch football manager and a former player. While coaching ASWH, he won the 2005 national amateur championship and the 2006 Rinus Michels Award for managers in nonprofessional leagues. During a lon ...

, who was behind the promotion of the first squads of IFC and neighboring ASWH in the same season. In the 2017–2018 season, the first squads of Sunday and Saturday football are coached by

Virgil Breetveld Virgil Breetveld (born 10 July 1967) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player. Career Born in Rotterdam, Breetveld played youth football for Steeds Hoger and Germinal Schiebroek, before signing for Feyenoord at the age of 17. ...

, who arrived in Ambacht after training

SteDoCo Voetbalvereniging Sterk Door Combinatie, more commonly known as VV SteDoCo or simply SteDoCo, is a Dutch football club based in the towns of Hoornaar and Hoogblokland in the Molenlanden, South Holland. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie, the ...

. Breetveld got sacked in March 2018. Gerard van der Mei replaced him as head coach of the Saturday football team,

Robert Verbeek Robert Verbeek (born 26 July 1961) is a Dutch former soccer player and subsequently a manager. He currently coaches the first football squad of RV & AV Sparta. Verbeek is the younger brother of former Oman manager Pim Verbeek. As a player, he feat ...

replaced him as head coach of the Sunday football team. In 2019, the first male squad only just survived the relegation playoff from the Hoofdklasse. The first women squad won a section championship and promoted from the Derde Klasse to the Tweede Klasse. In the summer of 2019, Jack van Berg is back as coach of IFC.

2020s

In 2021, IFC dropped its Sunday first squad that played in the Hoofdklasse. The contract of coach

was ended after IFC could no longer afford him. Some other Sunday squads continued. The Saturday first squad, now the main first squad, won a Vierde Klasse section championship in 2022 and promoted to the Derde Klasse.

Head coach

Saturday squad

* Arjan Zoeteman (2014–15) * Frank Zwakhals (2015–17) *

(2017–19) * Gerard van der Mei (interim, 2019) *

Winston Faerber Winston Faerber (born 27 March 1971) is a former Dutch professional footballer, born in Suriname. Club career Faerber began his career at ADO Den Haag. He made his professional debut for the club at the age of 23 when he played in a 3–1 defeat ...

(2019–20) * Hans Harmans (2020–21) * Ron Timmers (2022–)

Sunday squad

* Ger Bruys (198?–1984) *

Ab van Oorschot Ab van Oorschot (7 December 1952) is a retired professional footballer for FC Dordrecht and SC Telstar. His position was midfielder. He also coached football and worked as a plumber. Playing career After playing in a Feyenoord youth team, Van ...

(1986–1989) * Ron Tempelaar (2007–2009) *

(interim, 2009) * Robert Verbeek (2009–2010) * Jasper de Muijnck (2010–11) *

(2013–16) *

(2017–19) * Robert Verbeek (interim, 2019) *

(2019–21, last)

References

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