Volharding Olympia Combinatie (VOC) is a

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and

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club from

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

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. Its home ground is Sportpark Hazelaarweg in

Hillegersberg-Schiebroek Hillegersberg-Schiebroek is a borough in northern Rotterdam. The borough has (on January 1, 2008) 40,846 inhabitants. Until the annexation by Rotterdam on August 1, 1941, Hillegersberg and Schiebroek were independent communities. In 1947 in Rotter ...

History

VOC was formed on 1 January 1904 as a merger of RC & VV Volharding (1 January 1895) and RV & CV Olympia (23 May 1885). The foundation date of Volharding is maintained as the official establishment date. In 1905 and 1907 VOC football won the national cup. The male first squad football promoted in 2019 to the Hoofdklasse, after winning a championship 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 ...

Former players

* Anton Bakker * Anton Hörburger * Arnold Hörburger *

Geert den Ouden Gijsbertus Cornelis "Geert" den Ouden (born 24 July 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. While at Djurgårdens IF, he became the first-ever Dutchman to play in Allsvenskan and helped the team win the 2003 All ...

* Dirk van Prooye * Jan van der Sluis * Thomas Verhaar *

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* Wally van Weelde

References

{{Authority control Football clubs in the Netherlands 1904 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in Rotterdam Cricket teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs in South Holland Association football clubs established in 1904