Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

, based in

Ridderkerk Ridderkerk () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is covered by water. The municipality of Ridderkerk also includes th ...

. Since 2018, its main male squad competes in the

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 ...

. RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in 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 ...

since this league was started, including when the Topklasse was the top tier of Dutch women soccer. Former women players of RVVH, including in the youth, include

Leyla Bağcı Leyla Firdevs Bağcı (born February 6, 1990) is a Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish-Dutch women's soccer, women's football goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. She played in the Netherlands and Belgium, and was part of the Turkey women ...

, Jeanine van Dalen,

Manon Melis Gabriëlla Maria "Manon" Melis (; born 31 August 1986) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is a manager of women's football development at Feyenoord. As a professional player she played as a forward. She spent most of her profess ...

, and

Nikki de Roest Nikki de Roest (Heerjansdam, 4 April 1993) is a Dutch educator and a former association football player, who played professionally in 2012–2013 season for PSV/FC Eindhoven. She played internationally for the Netherlands in young soccer selections ...

Chief coach

* J. de Bruin (in the 1940s and 1950s) * Arie van der Graaf ?–1963 * C.? Molenveld 1963–1966 * Henk den Boer, 1966–1969 *

Daan den Bleijker Izaak Daniël "Daan" den Bleijker (30 June 1928 - 30 June 2003) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a forward. Club career Den Bleijker made his debut for Feijenoord on 8 April 1951 against Willem II and scored 30 goals in 111 official ma ...

, 1969–1970 * Joop Herwig, 1970–1971 *

Cor van der Gijp Cornelis van der Gijp (1 August 1931 – 12 November 2022) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward. Van der Gijp made his professional debut at SC Emma and also played for Feyenoord and Blauw Wit. Club career Van der Gijp made his deb ...

, 1971–1972 * Gerard Weber, 1972–1976 * Ad van Dongen, 1976–1979 * Ton de Hoop, 1979–1982 * Hans van der Wekke, 1982–1983 * Gerrie Ter Horst, 1983–1985 * John Huegenin, 1985–1987 * Ronald Klinkerberg, 1997–2001 * Ruud Heus, 2004–2006 *

Jan Everse Jan Everse (born 5 January 1954 in Rotterdam) is a retired Dutch football player and manager, who is currently head coach at amateur side BVCB. Playing career Club He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a November 1973 Eredivisie match ...

, 2009–2010 * Theo de Boon, 2010–2103 *

Giovanni Franken Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken (born 14 November 1977) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder and head coach of the under-21 team of ADO Den Haag. Born in the Netherlands, Franken represented the Netherlands Antilles at internat ...

, 2013–2018 * Ronald Hulsbosch, 2018-2020 * Kevin Vink, Since 2020

References

External links

Official website
{{Eerste Klasse Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Ridderkerk Association football clubs established in 1918 1918 establishments in the Netherlands