VV Dongen is a football club from

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. VV Dongen has approximately 900 members making 11 senior teams (1 women team), 12 junior teams (2 girl teams) and 25 pupil teams (23 girl teams). It plays at sports accommodation de Biezen in Dongen.

History

20th century

The club was founded in 1923, when ''DVC'' and ''Olympia'' merged. The club's first name was ''Dongense Sportvereniging Dongen-Vooruit'' (Dongen Sports club Dongen Forward). The club colors were black and white. In 1944 the club's name was changed to ''VV Dongen''. Four years earlier, the colors were changed to yellow and blue.''

21st century

In 2008, Dongen won its first

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 te ...

section championship. It promoted to 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 ...

, and in 2010 to the

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 ...

through another section championship. In 2016 it won a section championship in the Hoofdklasse and promoted to 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 ...

. In 2017, at the end of the first season in the Derde Divisie, it ended third and participated in the qualification rounds for the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

. Subsequent season was still strong as Dongen ended fourth. In 2019, it ended 10th. Two Covid-19 interrupted season followed after which, in 2022, it finished at a decent 7th. Late October 2022, Dongen is dead last in the Derde Divisie with zero points out of 11 games.

References

External links

Official site
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