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2020–21 Hoofdklasse
The 2020–21 season of the Hoofdklasse was played in four leagues, two for Saturday and two for Sunday. The champions of each league were to be promoted directly to the Derde Divisie; other teams could have been promoted through play-offs. The 2020–21 Hoofdklasse started on Saturday 29 August 2020 and ended abruptly on 24 February 2021. Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic During the previous season, on 31 March 2020, the KNVB decided to cancel all competitions at amateur level. They also decided, for those competitions involved, there would be no final standings, and therefore no champions, initially no promotions and no relegations. On 26 May, former Derde Divisie club ONS Sneek was granted a voluntary demotion to the Hoofdklasse for financial reasons. Later on 12 June, the KNVB officially announced that the Derde Divisie would again consist of 36 teams in 2020–21. This was one wish of CVTD, the interest group of football clubs from the Tweede and Derde Divisies. To ...
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Hoofdklasse
The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This was a result of the traditional pillarisation (), the segregation of Dutch society. The ''Saturday'' clubs are mainly Protestant Christian clubs, who were not allowed to play on Sunday. The ''Sunday'' clubs were in general Catholic and working class clubs, whose players had to work on Saturday and therefore could only play on Sunday. Although the pillarisation ended in the 1960s and 1970s, the clubs and the league maintained this division until 2023. The Saturday Hoofdklasse and the Sunday Hoofdklasse were divided into two leagues each from the 2016–17 to 2022–23 seasons: * Clubs in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A and Sunday Hoofdklasse A were from the central, northern and western parts of the Netherlands. * Clubs in the Saturday ...
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SV ARC
ARC (Alphense Racing Club) is a football club based in Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands. Founded in 1927, they are currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch football league system. They play their home matches at Zegersloot. ARC played several times in the national KNVB Cup. History ARC was established on 22 February 1927. 1990s: Eerste Klasse era In the 1990s ARC played mostly in the Eerste Klasse. It won the title in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A division in 1998. That same year, it agreed with the neighboring football clubs not to offer improved contracts to each other's players. In the national cup of 1998–99 and 1999–00 ARC competed in the group rounds but failed to classify for the finals. 2000s: Hoofdklasse era In the 2000s ARC played mostly in the Hoofdklasse. 2010s: To Topklasse and back to Eerste Klasse In the 2010–11 KNVB Cup ARC beat SV Venray 4–0. In the next round it lost against Heracles Almelo, 3–0. In the 2011–12 national ...
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SV Poortugaal
Sportvereniging Poortugaal is a football club based in Poortugaal, Netherlands. Founded in 1927, they are currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch football league system. They play their home matches at Sportpark Polder Albrandswaard. History PSV Poortugaal The Poortugaalse Sport Vereniging Poortugaal was founded on 20 April 1927. It played at Sportpark Polder Albrandswaard. Dutch female soccer international and coach Hesterine de Reus played during her youth in PSV Poortugaal. In 2016–17, its first squads played in the Sunday Eerste Klasse and in the Saturday Vierde Klasse. In 2017–18 the first squads continue in the same leagues. Starting 2017 coach of the Sunday squad was Jack van den Berg, who coached the Saturday Derde Divisie squad ASWH alongside. In October 2017 the club decided that the first squad would play starting summer 2017 in the Saturday competition. Subsequently, the club also decided to merge with VV Oude Maas. Henk Dirven was ...
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VV Zwaluwen
Voetbalvereniging Zwaluwen Vlaardingen is a Association football, football club from Vlaardingen, Netherlands. History The club was founded in 1935. The first squad promoted to the Derde Klasse in 1946. Since, Zwaluwen has been hovering between de Derde, Tweede, and Eerste Klasse. Zwaluwen won the national KNVB Amateur Cup in 1951. In 2010, the first squad promoted to the Hoofdklasse, later renamed Vierde Divisie. In the 2021–22 Hoofdklasse, 2021–22 season, Zwaluwen qualified for the 2021–22 Derde Divisie#Hoofdklasse saturday promotion/relegation playoffs, promotion playoffs, where it lost 6–2 on aggregate to RKAV Volendam in the first round. Managers * 1947-1948: Jac van de Borden * 1948-1950: Leen van der Lee * 1950-1955: Max? Zalmé * 1955-1957: Jan Molendijk * 1957-1959: Kees den Haan * 1959-1961: Janus van der Gijp * 1961-1966: Wout Zuidgeest * 1966-1967: Toob Remmers * 1967-1970: Gidi Jacobs * 1970-1974: Wim van Buuren * 1974-1978: Frans de Kruis * 1978-1980: The ...
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VV Spijkenisse
Voetbalvereniging Spijkenisse is a football club from Spijkenisse, Netherlands. In 2017–18, VV Spijkenisse played its sole season in the Saturday Derde Divisie. Since 2023, it plays in the Eerste Klasse, after relegating from the Vierde Divisie. The club is noted for its youth academy, having trained players such as George Boateng, Ellery Cairo, Romano Denneboom and Miquel Nelom. History VV Spijkenisse became champions of the Saturday amateurs in 1975 and then became overall amateur champion by beating the Sunday champion VV Emmen 2–4 away and 1–0 at home. In 2014, Spijkenisse won the championship of the Eerste Klasse C, which meant that the club forced promotion to the Hoofdklasse for the first time since the 2002–03 season. In the 2014–15 season, they won a period title and alongside Quick Boys and RVVH, they competed for play-offs for promotion to the Topklasse, but this was not realised. In the 2016–17 season, Spijkenisse became champion of the Dutch Hoofdklasse a ...
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VV Scherpenzeel
Voetbalvereniging Scherpenzeel is an association football club from Scherpenzeel, Netherlands. Its ground is Sportpark De Bree-Oost. History VV Scherpenzeel was founded on 17 April 1918. The club initially played on Sundays. The Sunday team won section championships in the Zevende Klasse in 1997 and Vierde Klasse in 1984. In the 1980s a Saturday team was added, so much more successful than its Sunday counterpart that eventually Sunday football was dropped. The Saturday team won section championships in the Vierde Klasse in 1982 and 2014, Derde Klasse in 1984, and Tweede Klasse in 1985 and 2018. In 2020 Scherpenzeel promoted for the first time to the Hoofdklasse, based on a first-position finish (one point ahead of WV-HEDW) but no championship in the Eerste Klasse, after the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. In the 2023–24 season, Scherpenzeel qualified for the promotion playoffs Promotion may refer to: Marketing * Promotion (marketing) ...
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VV Smitshoek
Voetbalvereniging Smitshoek is a football club based in Barendrecht, Netherlands. It was founded in 1960. It plays its home matches at Sportpark Smitshoek. History 20th century The Voetbalvereniging Smitshoek was founded on 23 June 1960. 21st century In 2005, a Smitshoek game against VV BMT from The Hague evolved into a physical fight. Since 2012, Smitshoek plays in the Hoofdklasse, with the exception of 2015–16 back in the Eerste Klasse. In 2016, Smitshoek won an Eerste Klasse championship at an eight-point advantage on its next competitor. Managers {, , - , valign="top", {, class="wikitable" , - !Period !Manager , - , 1976–78 , Cees van Bennekom , - , 1978–80 , Cees Brussaard , - , 1980–82 , Harry Camijn , - , 1982–88 , Daan den Bleijker Izaak Daniël "Daan" den Bleijker (30 June 192830 June 2003) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a forward. Club career Den Bleijker made his debut for Feijenoord on 8 April 1951 against Willem II and scored ...
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VV Rijsoord
Voetbalvereniging Rijsoord is a football club based in Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands. Currently members of the Tweede Klasse, the seventh tier of the Dutch football league system, the club was established in 1924. The club's colours are blue and white. History In 1990 the Rijsoord women won the national championship soccer. The male squad participated in the national KNVB Cup in 2007–2008. It relegated from Hoofdklasse to the Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ... in 2018, immediately securing a section championship and bouncing back to the Hoofdklasse. In 2020 it started its first consecutive season in the Hoofdklasse. Associated people * Hesterine de Reus – player and coach References External links Official site Football clubs in t ...
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FC Rijnvogels
FC Rijnvogels is a football club from Katwijk, Netherlands. It plays in the 2024–25 Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands. History In the 2016–17 KNVB Cup, Rijnvogels won against Groene Ster and AFC '34, then lost against Cambuur. In the 2024–25 KNVB Cup first round, Rijnvogels lost 7–0 at home vs. Eerste Divisie club FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football .... References External links Official site Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Katwijk Association football clubs established in 2004 2004 establishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub ...
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CVV De Jodan Boys
Christelijke Voetbalvereniging de Jodan Boys is a Association football, football club from Gouda, South Holland, Gouda, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1934. It is currently playing in the Eerste Klasse. References External links Official site
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FC 's-Gravenzande
FC 's-Gravenzande is a football club based in 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands. Founded in 2010 from a merger between s-Gravenzandse VV and s-Gravenzandse SV. History In the 2023–24 season, FC 's-Gravenzande qualified for the promotion playoffs. After a 5–2 aggregate win over RKSV Halsteren in the first round, 's-Gravenzande defeated GVV Unitas 1–0 in the second leg, and 3–2 on aggregate, winning promotion to the Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), 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 is placed between the Tweede D ... for the first time in their history. References External links Official site Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in South Holland Sport in Westland (municipality), Netherlands Association football clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in the Netherlands {{Nether ...
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SC Feyenoord
Sportclub Feyenoord, also known as Feyenoord AV, is a football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The amateur branch of professional football club Feyenoord, they are currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch football league system. They play their home matches at Varkenoord. Feyenoord split its professional and amateur branches in 1978. Until the 2012–13 season, the amateur team played its matches in Sunday amateur football. The club became champions of the 1995–96 Sunday Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ... A. At the time, the Hoofdklasse was the highest league of Dutch Sunday amateur football. Managers * Cesco Agterberg (2015–2017) * Richard Elzinga References External links Official site {{DEFAULTSORT ...
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