SC Heerenveen Vrouwen is a Dutch

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club based in

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representing

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. Founded in 2007, Heerenveen was a founding member of the Vrouwen Eredivisie. After finishing last in 2008 and 2010 and second-to-last in 2009, in 2011 it attained its best result yet, finishing 4th and reaching the

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final, lost against

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. In April 2011 the club announced the women's team would be disbanded following the end of the season, but it subsequently cancelled the decision. The following season Heerenveen returned to the bottom of the table, ending last. In the 2012–13 season, Heerenveen moved in the newly founded

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. It was the second-to-last Dutch team in the championship, an overall 11th position.

Competition record

x = season abandoned due to Covid-19 a = at time of cancellation of season due to Covid-19

Players

Current squad

. Source: uk.women.soccerway.com

Former players

Former internationals

* Cynthia Beekhuis * Marije Brummel * Nicole Delies * Nangila van Eyck *

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Vivianne Miedema Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) club Arsenal W.F.C., Arse ...

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Sylvia Smit Sylvia Smit (born 4 July 1986) is a Dutch female footballer who plays as a midfielder and striker for DTS Ede in the Dutch Topklasse. She has played professional football for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie Vrouwen and the Belgian-Dutch BeNe Leag ...

Sherida Spitse Sherida Spitse (; born 29 May 1990) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ajax and the Netherlands national team. Club career Spitse started her career at VV Sneek before joining SC Heerenveen when the Dutch women's professional ...

* Lianne de Vries

Head coaches

Harry Sinkgraven Harm "Harry" Sinkgraven (born 21 January 1966) is a Dutch association football coach and former professional player. He managed Canadian soccer team FC Edmonton from December 2010 until he was released by the club in September 2012. Career Playi ...

(2007–2009) *

Rick Mulder Siebren "Rick" Mulder (born 7 December 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays for TEC in the Tweede Divisie. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for RKC Waalwijk on 29 April 2016 in a game against MVV Maastricht ...

(2009–2011) * Peter Meindertsma (2011–2012) * Maarten de Jong (2012) * Jessica Torny (2012–2015) * Fred de Boer (2015–2016) * Jan Schulting (2016–) * Roeland ten Berge

Broadcasting

As of the 2020–21 season, league matches played on Sunday are broadcast on

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. Public service broadcaster NOS occasionally broadcasts some Sunday games live and provides game highlights during the Studio Sport programme.

References

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2007 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in Heerenveen