Ido's Football Club, usually known as IFC, is a Dutch association football club from

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located on the island of IJsselmonde, and borders with Zwijndrecht, Ridderkerk, and the Noord River (with Alblasserdam and Papendrecht on the other side). The j ...

. Its grounds are at Sportpark Schildman.

History

First years

Ido's Football Club was established on 20 October 1927, 2 years before its Saturday football rival ASWH, and initially played football only on Sundays. The establishment was a merger of street soccerclubs, HIVV, OVV and SDW. Its members were for the most part left-oriented blue collar workers. IFC's first ground was Den Dommes in Oostendam, later covered by a bridge and road over the

Noord River The Noord ("North") is a short tidal river in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The Noord starts at the city of Dordrecht where the Beneden Merwede river forks into the Oude Maas and the Noord. It joins the Lek at the c ...

2010s

Since 2014 and occasionally before IFC also has a team for Saturday soccer. In 2016–2017 this team plays in the

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he fo ...

of district South-I. IFC further features women teams, youth teams, and senior teams. It engaged in women soccer already in the 1970s. IFC's prime squad are male Sunday "amateurs" playing in the season 2016–2017 in

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 ...

B. Coach was Jack van den Berg, who was behind the promotion of the first squads of IFC and neighboring ASWH in the same season. In the 2017–2018 season, the first squads of Sunday and Saturday football are coached by

Virgil Breetveld Virgil Breetveld (born 10 July 1967) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player. Career Born in Rotterdam, Breetveld played youth football for Steeds Hoger and Germinal Schiebroek, before signing for Feyenoord at the age of 17. ...

, who arrived in Ambacht after training SteDoCo. Breetveld got sacked in March 2018. Gerard van der Mei replaced him as head coach of the Saturday football team, Robert Verbeek replaced him as head coach of the Sunday football team. In 2019, the first male squad only just survived the relegation playoff from the Hoofdklasse. The first women squad won a section championship and promoted from the Derde Klasse to the Tweede Klasse. In the summer of 2019, Jack van Berg is back as coach of IFC.

2020s

In 2021, IFC dropped its Sunday first squad that played in the Hoofdklasse. The contract of coach Jack van den Berg was ended after IFC could no longer afford him. Some other Sunday squads continued. The Saturday first squad, now the main first squad, won a Vierde Klasse section championship in 2022 and promoted to the Derde Klasse.

Head coach

Saturday squad

* Arjan Zoeteman (2014–15) * Frank Zwakhals (2015–17) *

(2017–19) * Gerard van der Mei (interim, 2019) * Winston Faerber (2019–20) * Hans Harmans (2020–21) * Ron Timmers (2022–)

Sunday squad

* Ger Bruys (198?–1984) * Ab van Oorschot (1986–1989) * Ron Tempelaar (2007–2009) * Ab van Oorschot (interim, 2009) * Robert Verbeek (2009–2010) * Jasper de Muijnck (2010–11) * Jack van den Berg (2013–16) *

(2017–19) * Robert Verbeek (interim, 2019) * Jack van den Berg (2019–21, last)

References

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