Sport Vereniging Argon is a
football and
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club from
Mijdrecht
Mijdrecht is a town in the Netherlands with about 16,000 residents. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, about west of the main A2 motorway, between Utrecht and Amsterdam.
The main street is the Dorpstraat, where most shops an ...
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Netherlands
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. Its male first football squad plays in the
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
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History
20th century
The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvogels, VV Mijdrecht, and SV Midreth.
In 1995 it won the national cup for amateurs, the district cup West I, and the Super Cup for amateurs. In 1999 it won the section championship of Hoofdklasse A.
21st century
In 2005 it won the section championship of Hoofdklasse A and the general Saturday championship. In 2007 it was national champion for amateurs, general Saturday champion, section champion in Hoofdklasse A, and the Super Cup winner for amateurs.
Argon lost 3–0 in the second round of the
2007–08 KNVB Cup against
SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.
History
Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 Jul ...
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In 2013 it won the National Cup for amateurs and the District Cup West I. That year it dismantled its first Sunday squad that was about to go to the Eerste Klasse after it had completed a 2 years run in the Topklasse, just one year earlier.
In 2017 Argon was joined by Mohammed Bouabgha.
Rabobank
Rabobank (; full name: ''Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.'') is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. The group comprises 89 local Dutch Rabobanks (2019), a central organisation (Raboban ...
sponsored until 2019.
In the 2020–21 season the club is sponsored by Liquid Rubber.
References
External links
Official site
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Multi-sport clubs in the Netherlands
Basketball teams in the Netherlands
Football clubs in the Netherlands
Football clubs in De Ronde Venen
Sports clubs in Utrecht (province)
Association football clubs established in 1971
1971 establishments in the Netherlands