Sliedrecht Sport is a Dutch

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club based in

Sliedrecht Sliedrecht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is covered by water. Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including Boskal ...

. It has professional and amateur teams (men, women, youth and

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) with the women's team being the most successful, having won the national league, cup and supercup multiple times, and currently playing in the Eredivisie Dames, the highest level in the Netherlands. The men's team was promoted to the Eredivisie Heren for the first time in 2018.

History

Founded in 1956, the club has over 600 athletes within its various teams (men, women, youth and beach volley). The most successful team is the women's, which won the Dutch league four times, the Dutch Cup three times and the Dutch Supercup also on three occasions. Since 2001 the club has regularly featured in European competitions, such as the

Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by ...

and the

CEV Women's Challenge Cup The CEV Women's Challenge Cup, formerly (from 1980 to 2007) known as CEV Women's Cup is the third official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volley ...

. The men's team played in the Topdivisie (2nd tier) until it was promoted to the Eredivisie Heren for the first time in 2018. The youth teams were also awarded best team in 2003, 2005, 2016 and 2017

Honours

National competitions

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EU Member States' CoA Series- Netherlands

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 ...

: 4 :2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18 * Roundel of the Netherlands

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 ...

: 3 :2011–12, 2014–15, 2017–18 *

Dutch Supercup: 3 :2013, 2017, 2018

References

External links

Official website
Volleyball clubs established in 1956 1956 establishments in the Netherlands Dutch volleyball clubs Sport in Sliedrecht {{volleyball-team-stub