SV Longa'30 (short for Sportvereniging Lichamelijke Ontspanning Na Gedane Arbeid 1930) is an association

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

from

Lichtenvoorde Lichtenvoorde is a town in the east of the Netherlands, in the municipality of Oost Gelre. Lichtenvoorde holds a flower parade (''bloemencorso'') every September at the start of its annual festival. The parade features floats covered in flowers ...

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. Its home ground is Sportpark De Treffer. In 2019–2010 the first male squad of Longa plays in the

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 ...

Sunday after taking the Sunday East Championship of 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 ...

History

De club was founded on 1 April 1930. It had 24 members at the time. It started with the colors black and white. Later the colors were changed to orange and white and eventually a white V was added to the orange shirts. In 1940, Longa '30 had about 50 members, in 1950 about 500. Longa had its grounds at a location where later the sports hall of

was built. In 1949, Longa moved to the local Raadhuisstraat. Longa won section championships in the

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday ...

in 1974, 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. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, a ...

in 1980, 1992, 2002, and 2009, and in the

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse () is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 21 divisions, 12 played on Saturday and nine on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The ch ...

in 1982 and 1993. In 2011 it became champion of the

Sunday East section. As a result, Longa was first of the

Achterhoek The Achterhoek (; ) is a cultural region and COROP area in the Eastern Netherlands. Its name (meaning "rear-corner") is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland and therefore in the e ...

region to reach the

. After three seasons it relegated back to the Eerste Klasse. In 2019 it won another championship in the Eerste Klasse 1E, after beating the other first place contender, SC Bemmel, 1–2. This Eerste Klasse championship brought Longa back to the Hoofdklasse.

Notable former players

Sander Boschker Sander Bernard Jozef Boschker (born 20 October 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Twente. During a professional career which spanned 25 years he played mostly for ...

Dave Bus David Bus (born May 19, 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career De Graafschap Bus came into professional football relatively late, starting his career at De Graafschap in 2004 at the age of 26 after a f ...

Hidde Jurjus Hidde Jurjus (born 9 February 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Groningen. Club career Early life After playing local side Longa '30, Hidde Jurjus joined the youth academy of De Graafschap in 2002, ...

* Moisa van Koot

References

{{Vierde Divisie Association football clubs established in 1930 Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Oost Gelre 1930 establishments in the Netherlands