Zaanse Vereniging De Zaan is a Dutch

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club from

Zaandam Zaandam () is a city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Za ...

. Originally established in 1893 as ZZC Neptunes, in 1987 it merged with Kroosduikers, changing its name to ZZC Alliance. In 1912 ZC Nereus was established and in 1995 it merged with Zaanlandse Water Vrienden, changing its name to ZWV Nereus. It took its current name in 2012 after merging with ZZC Alliance. The club is best known for its women's team, which enjoyed its golden era through the 1990s, winning three European Cups and seven

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between 1989 and 2000.List of European champions
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Titles

* Women: ** LEN Champions' Cup (3): *** 1990, 1995, 1996 ** Dutch Leagues (7): *** 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001

References

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