Roda '46 (self-styled as RODA '46) is a Dutch football club from

Leusden Leusden () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of Amersfoort. The western part of the municipality lies on the slopes of the Utrecht Hill Ridge and is largely cov ...

. It was founded on 15 September

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

. The club has Saturday and Sunday football teams. Its Saturday football team plays in 2018–2019 in the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

, while its Sunday 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 ...

. Roda's home grounds are at the Buiningpark in Leusden. With 1600 members and about 100 teams, Roda '46 is one of the larger clubs in the

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

region. The professional journal De VoetbalTrainer ranked the youth department of Roda in 2017 as belonging top 10 of the Netherlands and #1 in its region. Roda '46 has a collaboration agreement with

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History

During the preparation for the 2018–2019 season,

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 ...

-side VV De Meern could barely beat Roda 2–1.

References

External links

Official website
{{Eerste Klasse Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Utrecht (province) Sport in Leusden Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in the Netherlands