WV-HEDW, in the long form Wilhelmina Vooruit Hortus Eendracht Doet Winnen, is a football club in

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, Netherlands. The club plays at Sportpark Middenmeer and has the most adult members and teams among Dutch football clubs.

History

The predecessors of the club, Wilhelmina Vooruit and HEDW, were badly hit in

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, when 236 of their Jewish members were murdered. Since 1996, the Saturday first squad hovers between

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and Eerste Klasse. WV-HEDW was promoted in 2018 in the

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, through playoffs. In 2022 it was promoted to the

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, after an Eerste Klasse championship. The Sunday first squad won a

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championship in 2019 and played in the

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after.

Notable players

Jan van Diepenbeek Jan Antonie van Diepenbeek (5 August 1903 – 8 August 1981) was a Dutch international footballer who played for Ajax, HEDW and Wilhelmina Vooruit. He represented the Netherlands national football team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, but did not pl ...

Ibrahim El Kadiri Ibrahim El Kadiri (born 23 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie side FC Volendam. Born in the Netherlands, he has represented Morocco at youth level. Career El Kadiri played youth football for A ...

Mark Sifneos Mark Sifneos ( el, Μαρκ Σιφναίος; born 24 November 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot Second Division club Ayia Napa. Besides the Cyprus, he has played in India, Greece and Netherlands. Club ...

References

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