Saturday, 7 February 2026

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NETHERLANDS: vv Hollandscheveld

Sportpark De Oosthoek, Hollandscheveld (vv Hollandscheveld)

Netherlands, province: Drenthe

7 II 2026 / vv Hollandscheveld - vv Steenwijk 2-1 / District North, Saturday League 4G (= NL level 9)

Timeline
  • 1950 / Foundation of a football club in Hollandscheveld, a predominantly Protestant village in the Province of Drenthe. With Jan Bols, Sake Pol, and Bé Bijl being mentioned as the founding fathers of vv Hollandscheveld, the new club joins the Saturday divisions of Afdeling Drenthe – usually referred to by its pre-war name Drenthse Voetbalbond, DVB – the Drenthe sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB). A first pitch is laid out for the club beyond the fringes of the village (exact location unknown), with further moves being made to Terrein Achter de Schutting (modern-day Otto Zomerweg) and Terrein Kerkhoflaan (later renamed Sportpark ‘t Hoge Bos).
  • 1955 / Winning promotion from Afdeling Drenthe Saturday Division 1, vv Hollandscheveld accedes to KNVB District North’s Saturday League 4 for the first time.
  • 1957 / vv Hollandscheveld finishes as runners-up in District North’s Saturday League 4B, 8 points behind champions vv Klazienaveen.
  • 1958 / vv Hollandscheveld finishes as runners-up in District North’s Saturday League 4B, 2 points behind champions HZVV.
  • 1961 / Finishing bottom of the table in District North’s Saturday League 4B, vv Hollandscheveld drops back into Afdeling Drenthe Saturday Division 1. That same year, in spite of considerable opposition in the village – not least from vv Hollandscheveld – a Sunday club sees the daylight in Hollandscheveld, SV HODO (Sportvereniging ‘Hollandscheveld Overwint Door Oefening’), catering to the smaller non-religious community in the village. Only after some serious upheaval in local politics, the new club is allowed to play its home matches within the village borders, as SV HODO settles on a side-pitch of netball club VIOS at Kerkhoflaan (the future Sportpark ‘t Hoge Bos, where HODO would later groundshare with vv Hollandscheveld until 1976).
  • 1963 / After two years in the ranks of Afdeling Drenthe’s Saturday divisions, vv Hollandscheveld manages a return to Saturday League 4.
  • 1964 / Champions in District North’s Saturday League 4B, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv Noordscheschut, vv Hollandscheveld wins back-to-back promotions, acceding to Saturday League 3 for the first time.
  • 1972 / Champions in District North’s Saturday League 3B, 2 points ahead of runners-up vv Drachtster Boys, vv Hollandscheveld wins promotion to Saturday League 2 for the first time.
  • 1974 / Runners-up in Saturday League 2C, 4 points behind champions vv Bennekom, vv Hollandscheveld wins promotion to Saturday League 1 – the top level of the Saturday pyramid in those days – for the first time.
  • 1975 / In the best season in club history, vv Hollandscheveld manages a ninth place in Saturday League 1B. 
  • 1976 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 1A, vv Hollandscheveld drops back into Saturday League 2 after two seasons, along with the club in second-last place, vv Actief-Amstelveen. Also in 1976, vv Hollandscheveld moves away from its groundshare with SV HODO at Sportpark ‘t Hoge Bos to settle at the newly laid-out Sportpark De Oosthoek.
  • 1978 / vv Hollandscheveld finishes as runners-up in Saturday League 2D, 6 points behind champions vv Vroomshoopse Boys.
  • 1979 / vv Hollandscheveld finishes as joint runners-up in Saturday League 2E with vv Flevo Boys, 11 points behind runaway champions CVV ONS Sneek.
  • 1980 / Finishing in second-last place in Saturday League 2E, vv Hollandscheveld descends into Saturday League 3 after an absence of eight years at that level, along with bottom club SC Joure.
  • 1981 / Champions in District North’s Saturday League 3B, 8 points ahead of closest followers SV Lycurgus, vv Hollandscheveld manages an immediate return to Saturday League 2.
  • 1985 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 2E, vv Hollandscheveld drops back into Saturday League 3, along with the team in second-last place, FC Wolvega (za).
  • 1986 / On the occasion of the inauguration of the covered stand at Sportpark De Oosthoek, vv Hollandscheveld plays a gala match against AFC Ajax, with coach Johan Cruijff taking with him players such as Marco van Basten, Jan Wouters, Frank Rijkaard, Johan Bosman, John van 't Schip, Sonny Silooy, Peter Boeve, Ron Spelbos, and Danny Blind. Some 2,500 spectators attend the match, with Ajax scoring six goals (0-6).
  • 1990 / Finishing in third place in District North’s Saturday League 3B, vv Hollandscheveld goes on to have a successful run in the play-offs, thus gaining promotion to Saturday League 2 through the backdoor.
  • 1993 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 2E, vv Hollandscheveld descends into Saturday League 3 along with the club in second-last place, vv Holwierde.
  • 1994 / Finishing in second-last place in District North’s Saturday League 3B, vv Hollandscheveld drops back into Saturday League 4 along with bottom club vv LTC. It is the first time in thirty years that the club features at this lowly level.
  • 1995 / Champions in District North’s Saturday League 4D, 5 points ahead of closest followers vv De Weide, vv Hollandscheveld manages an immediate return to Saturday League 3.
  • 1996 / Finishing in fourth place in District North’s Saturday League 3B, vv Hollandscheveld goes on to claim promotion to Saturday League 2 via the subsequent play-off rounds.
  • 1997 / All hot-headedness about football on Sundays having subsided, vv Hollandscheveld concludes a partnership deal with village rivals SV HODO, resulting in the merger of the two clubs’ youth academies in SJO HH ’97 (Samenwerkende Jeugdopleidingen HODO-Hollandscheveld 1997).
  • 1998 / vv Hollandscheveld finishes as runners-up in Saturday League 2L, 5 points behind champions vv LTC.
  • 1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 2L, vv Hollandscheveld drops back into Saturday League 3 after one season only, along with the club in second-last position, vv Onstwedder Boys.
  • 2004 / vv Hollandscheveld finishes as runners-up in District North’s Saturday League 3D, 7 points behind champions vv SJS.
  • 2005 / Champions in District North’s Saturday League 3D, 1 point ahead of closest rivals CSVC, vv Hollandscheveld wins promotion to Saturday League 2. The successful coach is Bram Roerdink.
  • 2006 / Coached by Bram Roerdink, vv Hollandscheveld finishes in second-last place in Saturday League 2L, thus dropping back into Saturday League 3 along with bottom team WVV 1896 (za).
  • 2007 / The clubhouse at Sportpark De Oosthoek undergoes a thorough renovation.
  • 2008 / Champions in District North’s Saturday League 3D, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SC Rouveen, vv Hollandscheveld wins promotion to Saturday League 2. The successful coach is Henk van Klinken.
  • 2009 / Coached by Henk van Klinken, vv Hollandscheveld finishes in second-last position in Saturday League 2J, thus suffering immediate relegation to Saturday League 3, along with bottom club SV VHK.
  • 2010 / In a contest organised to choose the best clubhouse in the Netherlands, the canteen of vv Hollandscheveld at Sportpark De Oosthoek wins first place.
  • 2012 / Runners-up in District North’s Saturday League 3D, 2 points behind champions vv Fit Boys, vv Hollandscheveld qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Knocking out vv Gorecht in R1 (6-4 aggr.), the club stumbles over SC Scheemda in R2 (6-5 aggr.).
  • 2013 / Finishing in third place in District North’s Saturday League 3D, vv Hollandscheveld qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by SV VHK (4-3 aggr.).
  • 2023 / Coached by Johan Sikkes, vv Hollandscheveld finishes bottom of the table in District North’s Saturday League 3D, thus being retrograded into Saturday League 4 along with vv SJS, SV Borger, vv HSC, CSVC, and bottom club vv Veenhuizen.
  • 2024 / Finishing in seventh place in District North’s Saturday League 4F, vv Hollandscheveld qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club edges past vv Middelstum (2-3) and HSC Lions ’66 (0-1) in the first two rounds, only to suffer elimination in the final against vv Wildervank, played at CSVC’s Sportpark De Klinkenvlier (3-1).
  • 2025 / Runners-up in District North’s Saturday League 4F, with an equal number of points as champions vv CEC, but with a slightly inferior goal difference (+61 vs. +57), vv Hollandscheveld has to make do with a place in the promotion play-offs, in which the club draws a bye in R1, only to be knocked out in R2 by vv Omlandia (2-3).






















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Sunday, 1 February 2026

NETHERLANDS: RKSVA (1951-1979) / SV Avanti '31 (1979-)

Sportpark De Molenheide, Schijndel (SV Avanti '31, formerly RKSVA)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

1 II 2026 / SV Avanti '31 - vv Gilze 1-2 / Combined Sunday & Saturday League 1D (= NL level 6)

Timeline
  • 1931 / At the instigation of the local parish, specifically Fr De Beer and Fr Pessers (chaplain and priest respectively), a football club is founded in Schijndel, more specifically on its northern outskirts in the hamlet of Boschweg. The new club takes on the name RKVV (Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging) Avanti. A pitch is laid out at the back of the St Lidwina Colony (Sint-Lidwinagesticht), with the club moving to a new pitch laid out on a piece of farmland, owned by J. van Kronenburg, at the back of the local boys’ school, one or two years later. 
  • 1932 / RKVV Avanti joins the Roman Catholic Football Federation of the Netherlands (RKF, Roomsch-Katholieke Federatie) – more specifically its Den Bosch sub-branch, RKVB (Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalbond) Den Bosch.
  • 1934 / RKVV Avanti absorbs another RKVB Den Bosch club from Schijndel, RKVV Ever Quick (founded in 1928), without a name change resulting. 
  • ± 1935 / Moving away from Terrein Van Kronenburg, RKVV Avanti settles on a pitch laid out opposite of Café Gerardus van Oorschot at Boschweg.
  • 1937 / Marking the first title in club history, RKVV Avanti clinches first place in RKVB Den Bosch Division 2 following a 1-0 win over local rivals RKSV Schijndel. It is unclear if the title resulted in promotion to Division 1.
  • 1939 / RKVV Avanti changes its name to become RKSVA, standing for Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging Avanti.
  • 1940 / RKSVA wins a second RKVB Den Bosch title, but it is unclear in which division. Having spent the first near-decade of its existence in the ranks of the RKVB Den Bosch, RKSVA is now constrained to make the step to the official Netherlands’ FA (KNVB, renamed NVB following the German oppression of the Netherlands in May 1940, with the royal epithet ‘koninklijk’ being withdrawn for obvious reasons) as all other football associations are abolished by German occupation authorities. The club is placed in Afdeling Noord-Brabant Sunday Division 1, i.e. the level below the regular (K)NVB Sunday League 4.
  • 1943 / RKSVA wins the title in its division, but due to the hardships of German occupation being ever more felt, no promotion competitions are held in the Netherlands following the 1942-43 season.
  • 1944 / Although narrowly escaping relegation in the 1943-44 season, RKSVA is given the opportunity to compete in the championship play-offs with all title winners of the previous two seasons. Taking on DVG, RKVV Haarsteeg, RKVV Helvoirt, and (RKVV?) Drunen, the club goes on to clinch its ticket for Sunday League 4 following a 1-0 away win over Drunen. In the fall of 1944, as the southern half of the Netherlands is liberated from the German yoke, the pitch of RKSVA in the vicinity of Café Gerardus van Oorschot at Boschweg is destructed completely due to acts of war. No regular league football is played in 1944-45.
  • 1945 / As the club is left without a pitch following the destruction of its ground near Café Gerardus van Oorschot, RKSVA considers a merger with village rivals RKSV Schijndel, but talks with that club are broken off when a location is found for a new pitch at Boschweg, on a plot of farmland owned by Janus van den Oetelaar. With a one-year delay, RKSVA takes its place in Sunday League 4.
  • 1946 / Finishing as runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4C, 4 points behind champions RKVV ODC, RKSVA wins promotion to Sunday League 3 as extra promotion places are available.
  • 1947 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, RKSVA drops back into League 4 after just one season.
  • 1951 / Moving away from Terrein Janus van den Oetelaar after six years, RKSVA settles on the newly laid-out Terrein aan de Molenheide – later renamed Sportpark De Molenheide – with the new pitch being blessed at its inauguration by Fr Pessers. 
  • 1952 / Finishing in joint last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4C with vv Nooit Gedacht, RKSVA escapes relegation following a successful tie-break match against the team from Geffen in Vught (4-1). Also in 1952, a first canteen is constructed at Terrein aan de Molenheide.
  • 1953 / RKSVA finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4C, 3 points behind champions vv Zaltbommel. 
  • 1954 / RKSVA finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4C, 1 point behind champions GVV ’12.
  • 1956 / RKSVA finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4B, 2 points behind champions RKSV Rhode.
  • 1957 / Finishing in joint first place in District South I’s Sunday League 4B with RKVV OJC, RKSVA meets the club from Rosmalen in a tie-break match, held at Terrein De Wolfsdonken, the ground of Concordia-SVD in Den Bosch. With the encounter finishing in 2-2 A.E.T., a second match is held at the same venue. Attended by 3,000 spectators, RKSVA wins this replay 1-0, with the sole goal being scored by Grad Bijsterbosch (who had also signed both RKSVA goals in the first encounter). As such, RKSVA crown themselves champions in their division. The successful coach is Servé Voss. In the subsequent round of championship play-offs, taking on RKSV Deurne, RKSV Rood-Wit V, and RKSV UDI ’19, RKSVA fails to win promotion to Sunday League 3, as the play-off competition is won by UDI ’19.
  • 1959 / Finishing in joint first place in District South I’s Sunday League 4B with RKVV OJC for the second time in three seasons, RKSVA meets the club from Rosmalen in a tie-break match, organised at Park Molenwijk in Boxtel, the ground of RKVV ODC. With an impressive attendance of 5,000 looking on, RKSVA manage to win the tie 1-0, with Wim van Houtum scoring the all-important goal. As such, the club crowns itself champions in its division. In the subsequent round of championship play-offs, taking on RKVV Bladella, vv Budel-Schoot, and SV Blauw Geel ’38, RKSVA goes on to clinch a spot in Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Berend Scholten. Also in 1959, RKSVA's Martin Kastelijn becomes the first-ever player of the club to move to a professional league club, RKVV Wilhelmina, where he would complete five seasons before bowing out into non-league.
  • 1962 / RKSVA acquires the luxury of an extra pitch for youth academy matches and training sessions at Zonnebloemstraat. The pitch, situated at Zonnebloemstraat, is laid out on a plot of land owned by Mr Witlox at the back of the former boys’ school – close to a location used by the club in its nascent years. Around this same time, an uncovered terrace is added to the set-up at Terrein aan de Molenheide.
  • 1965 / A new clubhouse is erected alongside the eastern touchline of Terrein aan de Molenheide – in fact the clubhouse has remained in use until the present day, although extension and renovation works were carried out successively in 1972, 1985, and 1998. The old, much more modest clubhouse on the west side of the pitch is removed.
  • 1971 / RKSVA finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, 3 points behind champions SV Blauw Geel ’38.
  • 1974 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, 5 points ahead of RKVV OJC, RKSVA wins promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time. The successful coach is Harrie Weber.
  • 1978 / Moving away from its second pitch at Zonnebloemstraat, RKSVA finds itself a new training pitch at the crossroads of Bloempad and Leemweg.
  • 1979 / Shedding the references to its Roman Catholic origins, RKSVA changes its name to become Sportvereniging (SV) Avanti 1931 (’31).
  • 1980 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 2A, SV Avanti ’31 descends into Sunday League 3 along with bottom club HVV Helmond.
  • 1981 / A covered grandstand is constructed alongside the western touchline of the main pitch of Sportpark De Molenheide. Around the same time, the training pitch at Leemweg is abandoned in favour of a pitch at Zwembadweg.
  • 1983 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, 3 points ahead of runner-up DVG, SV Avanti ’31 wins promotion to Sunday League 2.
  • 1984 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 2A, 2 points behind champions vv De Valk, SV Avanti ’31 gets to play in a tie-break encounter (two matches) against WVO for one additional promotion place, but the club suffers defeat against its opponent from Oosterhout.
  • 1987 / SV Avanti ’31 finishes as runners-up in District South I’s Sunday League 2A, 2 points behind champions vv De Valk.
  • ± 1989 / With enough pitches being available at Sportpark De Molenheide, SV Avanti ’31 abandons its training pitch at Zwembadweg.
  • 1991 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 3A, 3 points ahead of closest followers vv DBS, SV Avanti ’31 wins promotion to Sunday League 1 – the second-highest level in the non-league pyramid – for the first time in club history. The decisive point is clinched in the away match at RKVV Bergeijk (1-1).
  • 1992 / Unable to cope with the level attained, SV Avanti ’31 finishes bottom of the table in Sunday League 1E, thus dropping back into Sunday League 2 after just one season, along with the club in second-last place, SV DOSKO.
  • 1993 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 2A, SV Avanti ’31 suffers back-to-back relegations, descending into Sunday League 3 along with the club in second-last place, RKVV Best Vooruit. Also in 1993, former RKSVA winger Pascal Langenhuijsen, who had moved to FC Netezonen in Belgium previously, makes his professional league debut at Dordrecht '90. Only staying at Stadion de Krommedijk for half a season, Langenhuijsen moved on to KVC Westerlo in Belgium before bowing out into lower league football, including a spell at KFC Schoten SK.
  • 1998 / Finishing in joint tenth place in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, SV Avanti ’31 goes on to suffer defeat in a tie-break encounter against vv Helvoirt (4-3 aggr.). As a result, the club has to attempt to stave off relegation in a round of play-offs. Seeing off BSV Boeimeer (3-2) and vv Bavel (3-1) in the first two rounds, the club is eliminated in the final by vv SCI (3-1). As a result, SV Avanti ’31 descends into Sunday League 4 along with direct drop-outs RKVV Den Dungen and vv Maaskantse Boys. It is the first time in 39 years that Avanti finds itself at this lowly level of the non-league pyramid.
  • 1999 / On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the supporters club, SV Avanti ’31 invites professional league side Willem II for a gala match at Sportpark De Molenheide, resulting in a rather clear-cut 15-1 win for the club from Tilburg.
  • 2000 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4E, 10 points behind runaway champions vv RPC, SV Avanti ’31 fails to force a return to Sunday League 3 in the subsequent round of play-offs.
  • 2001 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4G, 3 points behind champions – and derby rivals – RKSV WEC, SV Avanti ’31 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out EVVC in R1, only to be eliminated in R2 by vv SBC.
  • 2002 / Being placed in District South II for the first time, SV Avanti ’31 clinches the title in Sunday League 4H, 1 point ahead of closest rivals RKSV DAW. As a result, the club wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Ben Hoek.
  • 2006 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, 2 points ahead of closest followers RKOSV Achates, SV Avanti ’31 wins promotion to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Tiny Verhoeven.
  • 2007 / SV Avanti ’31 signs John van Nielen as its new coach. Van Nielen is a former professional league midfielder at FC Den Bosch ’67 and KFC Witgoor Sport Dessel (1980-91).
  • 2009 / Former SV Avanti '31 youth midfielder Jasper Waalkens, who later completed spells at the youth academies of FC Den Bosch and PSV, makes his professional league debut at the age of twenty at Willem II. Waalkens went on to defend the colours of Helmond Sport, FC Eindhoven, Fortuna Sittard, NEC, and Almere City FC, going on to play non-league football at SV Spakenburg, vv DOVO, RKSV Halsteren, vv Gemert, and SV CHC. 
  • 2011 / Coached by John van Nielen, SV Avanti ’31 finishes in twelfth place in District South I’s Sunday League 3F. In the subsequent promotion-relegation play-offs, the club is eliminated in R1 by SV Marvilde (5-4 aggr). As a result, Avanti descends into Sunday League 3 along with direct drop-outs RKVV BMC and RKSV Rhode. Coach John van Nielen leaves the club after four years – tragically passing away at the untimely age of 52 three years later.
  • 2012 / Finishing in fifth place in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, SV Avanti ’31 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by MMC Weert (2-1 aggr.).
  • 2015 / Finishing in fourth place in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, SV Avanti ’31 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against SC Irene (8-3 aggr.).
  • 2016 / With the old dressing rooms being knocked down in February 2016, SV Avanti '31 temporarily moves its activities to Sportpark De Glorie in Wijbosch (RKSV WEC) and Sportpark Zuideinderpark in Schijndel (RKSV Schijndel) - until the inauguration of the new construction in September of the same year.
  • 2018 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, 4 points behind champions SV Real Lunet, SV Avanti ’31 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which RKSV Braakhuizen proves too strong in R1 (1-5).
  • 2022 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, 8 points behind champions – and ultimate derby rivals – RKSV Schijndel, SV Avanti ’31 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club cruises past PSV (AV) in R1 (3-1) and vv Zwaluw VFC in R2 (5-2), only to see the campaign end in tears in a penalty defeat against vv Hoogeloon in the final, played at Sportpark De Roode Beek in Liempde, the ground of DVG (1-1 A.E.T., decision after 26 (!) penalties).
  • 2023 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3E, 3 points ahead of closest rivals RKSV Margriet, SV Avanti ’31 wins promotion to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Stephan Hesemans.
  • 2025 / Champions in Sunday League 2D, 9 points ahead of closest followers RKVV Erp, SV Avanti ’31 wins promotion to Sunday League 1 after an absence of 33 years at that level. The successful coach is Stephan Hesemans.
  • 2026 (projected) / With Stephan Hesemans leaving the club, the role of coach at SV Avanti ’31 is taken over by John Laponder, former professional league defender at BVV Den Bosch, FC Den Bosch, SBV Eindhoven, and FC Eindhoven (1989-2006).
















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Sunday, 25 January 2026

NETHERLANDS: RKVV Heeswijk

Sportpark De Balledonk, Heeswijk-Dinther Heeswijk (RKVV Heeswijk)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

25 I 2026 / RKVV Heeswijk - vv DSC 1-2 / Sunday League 3F (= NL level 8)

Timeline
  • 1951 / Foundation of a football club in Heeswijk, a village in the northeastern part of the Province of North Brabant, with the club taking on the name RKVV (Rooms-Katholieke Voetbalvereniging) Heeswijk – although it should be pointed out that the prefix RKVV (never dropped officially) has been used very rarely since the mid-1960s, with the club being referred to universally as vv Heeswijk. Originally, RKVV Heeswijk is a breakaway club of the older RKSV Avesteyn from Heeswijk's twin-village Dinther. With a pitch being laid out at Veldstraat, RKVV Heeswijk starts its life as a competitive club in the lowest Sunday division of Afdeling Noord-Brabant, the KNVB sub-branch in North Brabant organising league football below the level of District South I’s Sunday League 4.
  • 1963 / Gaining promotion from Afdeling Noord-Brabant Sunday Division 1, RKVV Heeswijk accedes to Sunday League 4 for the first time.
  • 1968 / Moving away from Terrein Veldstraat, RKVV Heeswijk settles at the newly laid-out Sportpark De Balledonk. The first stone for the clubhouse is laid by Fr Van de Ven of the local Berne Priory.
  • 1971 / 20-year-old Heeswijk midfielder Peter van der Leij signs a professional league contract with FC Den Bosch ’67. Van der Leij goes on to have subsequent spells at WVV Wageningen and FC Wageningen, bowing out into non-league with RKVV Heeswijk in 1986.
  • 1981 / Following a renovation of Sportpark De Balledonk, the entrance of the park is moved to the eastern end of the ground, at Droevendaal. 
  • 1988 / After an uninterrupted spell of 25 years of League 4 football, RKVV Heeswijk now finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4B, thus dropping back into the ranks of Afdeling Noord-Brabant along with bottom club RVV.
  • 1990 / After an absence of two years, RKVV Heeswijk manages a return to Sunday League 4. The decisive points are clinched in a 1-0 win over SV Audacia.
  • 1992 / A covered stand is inaugurated at Sportpark De Balledonk on October 3rd, 1992.
  • 1996 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4B, RKVV Heeswijk suffers relegation to the newly created Sunday League 5 along with bottom club vv BZS. Also in 1996, former Heeswijk youth academy defender Theo Lucius, who had moved to SC BVV earlier on, makes his professional league debut at the age of nineteen with FC Den Bosch. In subsequent years, Lucius goes on to have spells at PSV, FC Utrecht, Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Groningen, FC Eindhoven, and RKC Waalwijk, bowing out into non-league with SV Kozakken Boys in 2013. After a spell at vv Sliedrecht, Lucius would enjoy his last season as a recreative footballer with RKVV Heeswijk (2015-16). Lucius also won 5 caps for the Netherlands in 2005 under the aegis of trainer Marco van Basten. 
  • 1997 or 1998 / Either in 1997 or 1998, RKVV Heeswijk suffers the ignominy of descending into Sunday League 6, the bottom division of the football pyramid.
  • 1998 / Former Heeswijk youth academy striker Ron Heesakkers makes his professional league debut at RKC Waalwijk. Heesakkers goes on to have subsequent spells at TOP Oss and Helmond Sport, bowing out into non-league at RKVV Heeswijk in 2003.
  • 1999 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 6G, 4 points behind champions RKSV Ulysses, RKVV Heeswijk wins promotion to Sunday League 5 via the ensuing round of promotion play-offs.
  • 2000 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 5E with coach Jack Timmermans, RKVV Heeswijk drops back into Sunday League 6 after just one season, accompanied by the club in second-last place, vv Essche Boys.
  • 2001 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 6H, 5 points ahead of closest followers RKGSV, RKVV Heeswijk manages an immediate return to Sunday League 5. The successful coach is Wil Janssen.
  • 2002 / Coached by Wil Janssen, RKVV Heeswijk finishes in joint first place in District South II’s Sunday League 5G with vv Boekel Sport; subsequently, a tie-break match for the title must have been held between the two clubs, of which the result is unknown – what is clear, though, is that both clubs won promotion to Sunday League 4, one as champions, the other as play-off winners. For RKVV Heeswijk, this constitutes the second promotion in a row.
  • 2005 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 4H, 4 points ahead of closest rivals RKSV Volkel, RKVV Heeswijk accedes to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history. The successful coach is Theo van Lieshout.
  • 2008 / Former Heeswijk youth academy defender Freek Heerkens makes his professional league debut with Jong PSV at the age of nineteen. In the following years, Heerkens goes on to have spells at Go Ahead Eagles and Willem II, hanging up his boots in the summer of 2024.
  • 2009 / RKVV Heeswijk finishes as runner-up in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, 3 points behind champions RKVV Nulandia.
  • 2011 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, 2 points ahead of closest followers RKSV Prinses Irene, RKVV Heeswijk achieves a historic promotion to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Ton Berens.
  • 2012 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2H, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club cruises past NWC in R1 (7-0 aggr.), only to be pegged back in the final by vv Caesar in R2 (3-2 aggr.).
  • 2013 / Former Heeswijk youth academy defender Ayrton Statie, born in Kralendijk (Bonaire, Netherlands’ Antilles) makes his professional league debut with FC Den Bosch at the age of nineteen. In subsequent years, Statie goes on to have spells at FC Eindhoven, FC Oss, Səbail FK, FC Lienden, Reno 1868, SV Kozakken Boys, SV CHC, and vv Achilles Veen. Moreover, he won 12 caps for Curaçao, being part of that country’s squad in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
  • 2015 / Runner-up in Sunday League 2F, 5 points behind champions WVV WSC, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by vv DESK (8-2 aggr.).
  • 2016 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2H, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is unsuccessful yet again, bowing out in R1 against Laura Hopel Combinatie (3-2 aggr.).
  • 2020 / Former Heeswijk youth academy goalkeeper Robin Roefs makes his professional league debut with NEC at the age of 17. In 2025, Roefs left the club from Nijmegen to sign a deal with Sunderland AFC in the English Premier League.
  • 2023 / Finishing in tenth place in Sunday League 2G, RKVV Heeswijk staves off relegation thanks to successive wins over vv Scharn (2-4) and RKSV Merefeldia (2-1) in the promotion-relegation play-offs.
  • 2024 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 2E with coach Mark Strik, RKVV Heeswijk has to avoid relegation in a round of promotion-relegation play-offs for the second year running. Drawing a bye in R1, Heeswijk goes on to knock out RKSV Heer (3-0) and HVV Helmond (2-1) in the following two rounds, only to suffer defeat against vv Bruheze (3-0) in the final, played at vv DVG’s Sportpark De Roode Bleek in Liempde. As such, the club descends into Sunday League 3 after thirteen years, accompanied by vv Berghem Sport, RKSV Prinses Irene, and direct drop-outs RKSV Eendracht ’30 and RKVV SSS ’18. Also in 2024, RKVV Heeswijk merges its youth academy with village rivals RKSV Avesteyn under the name SJO (Samenwerking Jeugdopleidingen) Hadee – generally seen as the first step towards a prospective total merger between the two clubs.
  • 2025 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 3G, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out RKSVO in R1 (1-2), only to be eliminated in R2 by RKHSV (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).

















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