Voetbalvereniging Sterk Door Combinatie, more commonly known as VV SteDoCo or simply SteDoCo, is a Dutch

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based in the towns of

Hoornaar Hoornaar is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, in the Alblasserwaard, north of the river Merwede and south of the river Lek. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 5 km north of Gorinchem. In 2007, the tow ...

and

Hoogblokland Hoogblokland is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 4 km north of Gorinchem Gorinchem ( or ), also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municipality in the western N ...

in the

Molenlanden Molenlanden () is a municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The municipality was created on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Giessenlanden en Molenwaard. It is located east of Rotterdam along the Lek (river) ...

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. It currently plays in the

Derde Divisie 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 ...

, the fourth tier of Dutch football. The club plays their home games at Sportpark SteDoCo. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are red and black.

History

Formed on 15 April 1946, SteDoCo has spent its entire existence in the amateur tiers, mostly playing in the

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. In 2007, SteDoCo experienced a surge towards the upper tiers of the amateur divisions, achieving five promotions in eight years, after a larger number of sponsors pushed the club towards new ambitions. Since 2018, the team competes in the fourth-tier

. In the first round of the

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, SteDoCo lost 5-0 to

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side

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in front of 2,300 people.

References

External links

Official site
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