Zaterdag Sportvereniging Sportlust '46, more commonly known as ZSV Sportlust '46 or simply Sportlust '46 (), is a

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 ...

based in

Woerden Woerden () is a city and a municipality in central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commu ...

, Netherlands. It currently plays in 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 ...

, the fourth tier of Dutch football. Formed on 5 October 1946, Sportlust has spent its entire existence in the amateur tiers, bouncing between 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 ...

and the

– the ninth and the fourth tier, respectively. The club plays their home games at Sportpark Cromwijck. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are red and white.

History

After decades in the lower tiers of amateur football, the Sportlust '46 first team made a leap in the Dutch football pyramid after the turn of the century, where they promoted to 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 ...

for the first time in the 2011–12 season. In 2019, Sportlust '46 won a championship in the Saturday

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 ...

, and promoted to the

. In 2020, the club won promotion to the fourth-tier

, their second successive promotion, after leading their group at the onset of the

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. This was made possible due to the enlargement of the Derde Divisie to 36 teams. In the 2021–22 Derde Divisie season, Sportlust '46 qualified for the promotion playoffs, but they were eliminated after a 4–1 second leg loss to Kozakken Boys in the first round.

Managers

* Ruud Bos (1979–86) * Peter van Boeijen (1994–96) * Jan van den Heuvel (1998–2001) * Robbert de Ruiter (2001–03) * Wim Berckenkamp (2003–04) * Jan van den Heuvel (2004–07) * Koos van Zoest (2007–10) * Carl Flux (2010–11) * Cesco Agterberg (2011–12) * Richard Middelkoop (2012–15) * Dennis Sluijk (2015) * Wim van 't Westeinde (2016–18) * Patrick Loenen (2018–)

Current squad

References

External links

* Sportlust '46 Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Utrecht (province) 1946 establishments in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1946 Sport in Woerden {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub