VV Smitshoek is a football club from

Barendrecht Barendrecht () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Barendrecht also includes Barendrec ...

, Netherlands. It plays in the Saturday

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since 2016.

History

The Voetbalvereniging Smitshoek was founded on 23 June 1960. In 2005, a Smitshoek game against VV BMT from

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

evolved into a physical fight. Since 2012, Smitshoek plays in the

, with the exception of 2015–16 back 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 ...

. In 2016, Smitshoek won an Eerste Klasse championship at an eight-point advantage on its next competitor.

Chief coaches

* Cees van Bennekom (1976–1978) * Cees Brussaard (1978–1980) * Harry Camijn (1980–1982) * Daan den Bleijker (1982–1988) * Jan van Baaren (1988–1990) * Rob Theuns (1990–1991) * Jan van der Meer (1991–199?) * René Blaauwkamp (1993?–1995) * Piet Schuitenmaker (1995) * Jan de Gier (1995–2001) * Ab van Wijk (2001–2003) * Hans de Rover (2003–2008) * Hans Maus (2008–2010) * Raymond Frehe (2010–2017) * Richard Middelkoop (2017–2020) * Edwin de Koning (since 2020)

References

External links

* Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Barendrecht Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub