Voetbalvereniging Nieuwenhoorn is a football club based in

Nieuwenhoorn Nieuwenhoorn is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee, about 3 km north of Hellevoetsluis city centre. History The village was first mentioned in 1390 as "van den nuwen hoer ...

, South Holland, Netherlands. Founded in 1929, they are currently members of the

Vierde Divisie 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 ...

, the fifth tier of the

Dutch football league system The Dutch football league system consists of two fully professional leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie) and eight levels of amateur football leagues, the highest of which is called Tweede Divisie, formerly Topklasse. All the leagues are connect ...

. They play their home matches at Sportpark Nieuwenhoorn.

History

The club was founded on 1 June 1929. It won the 1980

KNVB District Cup The KNVB District Cup ( nl, Districtsbeker) is a cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The competition is held in each of the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association. The 24 semi-finalists qualify for next-s ...

for Sunday amateur clubs in the West 2 District. One year later, Nieuwenhoorn won the District Cup for all amateur clubs in the same district. In 2013, Niewenhoorn started a Saturday squad and in 2014 it dropped its Sunday squad. In 2022, Nieuwenhoorn ended runner-up during 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 ...

season. It promoted to the

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse ( en, Fourth Class) is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the West II region. The league is divided into 64 divisions, 32 played on Saturday a ...

after heavy clashes between supporters in the decisive playoff game against WHC Wezep. The decisive penalties were taken after the supporters had been dispersed by the police.

Head coach

Saturday squad

* Steef Buijs (2015–2018) * Oscar Biesheuvel (2021–)

Sunday squad

* Adrie Poldervaart (2002–2005) * Wim Schaap (2012–2014)

References

{{Vierde Divisie Football clubs in the Netherlands 1929 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in South Holland Association football clubs established in 1929 Hellevoetsluis