Voetbal Vereniging Sneek Wit Zwart (abbreviated SWZ) is a

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club from

Sneek Sneek (; fy, Snits) is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân (Southwest Friesland). Th ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It currently plays in the

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands and the sixth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 44 divisions, 20 played on Saturday and 24 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The champion ...

, eight tier on Dutch football.

History

Sneek Wit Zwart was founded on 26 November 1910 as ''Quick'' as a club for the working class. In 1912 ''Brunio'' merged into the club to become ''Rood-Blauw''. In 1914 the club changed names to ''VV Sneek''. In 1922 ''Sparta'' merged into the club and in 1922 the members of ''Voorwaarts'' joined.

21st century

In 2000, VV Sneek almost went bankrupt. It was kept out of insolvency by the Municipality of Sneek. In 2008, the club merged Wit Zwart Sneek to become ''Sneek Zwart Wit''. In anticipation of a possible merger the youth departments of both clubs had already collaborated since 2005.

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, the most capped player for the

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, started playing football at VV Sneek in 2004. She joined the international squad in 2006 and left Sneek in 2007. In 2012, Zwart Wit Sneek reached the third round of the

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, in which it lost 1–4 to

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

References

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