Voetbalvereniging Spijkenisse is a football club from

Spijkenisse Spijkenisse () is a city in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and has a population of 72,500. It covers an area of of which is water. It is part ...

, Netherlands. In 2017–18, VV Spijkenisse played its sole season in the Saturday

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 ...

. Since 2018, it plays in 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 ...

History

VV Spijkenisse became champions of the Saturday amateurs in 1975 and then became overall amateur champion by beating the Sunday champion

VV Emmen Voetbal Vereniging Emmen (abbreviated to VV Emmen) is an association football club from Emmen, Netherlands. It was founded on 21 August 1925 as the Noordbarge Emmen Combinatie. In 1927 it changed to its current name. The grounds of the team is n ...

2–4 away and 1–0 at home. In 2014, Spijkenisse won the championship of 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 ...

C, which meant that the club forced promotion to the

for the first time since the 2002–03 season. In the 2014–15 season, they won a period title and alongside

Quick Boys Quick Boys is an amateur football club from Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The club, established on February 1, 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselmeervogels. The club joined the football c ...

and

RVVH Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch football, based in Ridderkerk. Since 2018, its main male squad competes in the Hoofdklasse. RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in the Topklasse sin ...

, they competed for play-offs for promotion to the

Topklasse 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 ...

, but this was not realised. In the 2016–17 season, Spijkenisse became champion of the Dutch

and promoted to the

. A year later, however, they lost in the relegation play-offs to

HSV Hoek Hoekse Sportvereniging Hoek, known as HSV Hoek, is a football club based in Hoek, Zeeland, Netherlands, that competes in the Derde Divisie. History The club was founded in 1950. Indian football legend Syed Abdul Rahim has appeared with the clu ...

, which meant that the club suffered relegation to the Hoofdklasse.

Former players

The club is noted for its youth academy, having trained players such as

George Boateng George Antwi Boateng (born 5 September 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is Assistant Coach of the Ghana national team. Born in Ghana, raised in Holland and he represented the Netherlands interna ...

Ellery Cairo Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Cairo played his first seasons of senior football for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Twente, SC Freiburg and Hertha BSC, before moving to E ...

Romano Denneboom Romano Joël Denneboom (born 29 January 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Schiedam, Denneboom began his career in amateur football with Hekelingen and VV Spijkenisse. After turning pro ...

and

Miquel Nelom Miquel Nelom (born 22 September 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back. Nelom has previously played in his homeland for Excelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam and Willem II, and for Scottish club Hibernian. He repre ...

. * Duane Tjen-A-Kwoei

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spijkenisse Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in South Holland Sport in Nissewaard Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in the Netherlands