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LUXEMBOURG: CS Le Stade Dudelange (1913-1991) / F91 Dudelange (C) (1991-)

Stade Aloyse Meyer, Dudelange (F91 Dudelange, youth academy & training ground / formerly CS Le Stade Dudelange)

Luxembourg, canton: Esch-sur-Alzette

11 VII 2026 / F91 Dudelange - R Excelsior Virton 4-0 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• 1908 / Foundation of a football club in Dudelange, which is given the name Gallia Dudelange. It is unclear if the club played its football on the location of what is now known as Stade Aloyse Meyer from the outset. If that is the case, the ground was probably renamed later in honour of the Luxembourgish engineer, manager in the steel industry, and resistance fighter, originally from Clervaux (where the football ground also bears his name), who passed away in 1952.
• 1912 / Gallia Dudelange changes its name to become Sparta Dudelange.
• 1913 / Sparta Dudelange changes its name to become Cercle Sportif (CS) Le Stade Dudelange, commonly known as Stade Dudelange.
• 1914 / Taking part in regular league football organised by the Luxembourg’s Football Association (FLF) for the first time, Stade Dudelange is placed in Division 1 (level 1).
• 1915 / Champions in Division 1 Group 3, Stade Dudelange takes part in the title play-offs, in which it is eliminated in R1 by AS La Jeunesse d’Esch (4-1).
• 1916 / Finishing in last place in Division 1, Stade Dudelange descends into Division 2 (level 2).
• 1919 / Tying for first place in Division 2 with SC Differdange, Stade Dudelange goes on to win a tie-break match against that club (4-0), thus managing a return to Division 1 (level 1).
• 1920 / Stade Dudelange finishes as runners-up in Division 1, 4 points behind champions CS Fola Esch.
• 1923 / Stade Dudelange finishes as runners-up in Division 1, 1 point behind champions FA Red Boys Differdange.
• 1925 / Stade Dudelange finishes as runner-up in Division 1, 1 point behind champions CA Spora Luxembourg.
• 1926 / Finishing in second-last place in Division 1, Stade Dudelange suffers relegation to Promotion (level 2) along with bottom club US Esch.
• 1927 / Champions in Promotion, Stade Dudelange wins promotion to Division 1 (level 1) along with runners-up FC Progrès 08 Grund, which had finished 8 points behind them.
• 1928 / Stade Dudelange finishes as runner-up in Division 1, 8 points behind champions CA Spora Luxembourg. Furthermore, the club reaches the final of the Luxembourg Cup for the first time, with the first two encounters against CA Spora Luxembourg ending in a draw (2-2 A.E.T. / 3-3 A.E.T.). Eventually, in the third match, Spora takes home the trophy (5-2).
• 1929 / Finishing bottom of the table in Division 1, Stade Dudelange drops back into Promotion (level 2) along with the club finishing in second-last place, AS Differdange.
• 1930 / Runners-up in Promotion, 1 point behind champions The National Schifflange, Stade Dudelange joins that club in Division 1 (level 1) for the new season.
• 1931 / Finishing in second-last place in Division 1 along with The National Schifflange, Stade Dudelange meets that club in a tie-break match. Suffering a 2-0 defeat, Stade descends into Promotion (level 2) alongside bottom club FC Red Black Pfaffenthal.
• 1932 / Tying for first place in Promotion with FC Red Black Pfaffenthal, but with a better goal difference, Stade Dudelange wins promotion to the Division d’Honneur (level 1) along with Pfaffenthal.
• 1933 / Finishing in second-last place in the Division d’Honneur, Stade Dudelange suffers relegation to Division 1 (level 2) along with bottom club FC Red Black Pfaffenthal.
• 1936 / Runners-up in Division 1, 5 points behind champions FC Progrès Niederkorn, Stade Dudelange wins promotion to the Division d’Honneur (level 1). That same season, the club remarkably reaches the final of the Luxembourg Cup, in which FA Red Boys Differdange proves too strong (2-0).
• 1938 / Successively defeating AS La Jeunesse d’Esch, CS Fola Esch, and Union Luxembourg along the way, Stade Dudelange reaches the final of the Luxembourg Cup – conquering the trophy for the first time following a 1-0 victory over The National Schifflange.
• 1939 / Stade Dudelange crowns itself champions of Luxembourg for the first time, finishing 3 points ahead of town rivals US Dudelange in the Division d’Honneur. The two clubs also meet in the Luxembourg Cup final, with US Dudelange proving the stronger this time around (2-1).
• 1940 / Stade Dudelange conquers its second consecutive Luxembourg league title, finishing 7 points ahead of derby rivals US Dudelange in the Division d’Honneur. The club also reaches the Luxembourg Cup final, but, yet again, has to settle for the silver medal following a 6-2 defeat at the hands of CA Spora Luxembourg. Following the German annexation of Luxembourg in May 1940, CS Le Stade Dudelange is forcibly renamed Fussballverein (FV) Stadt Düdelingen in a fierce Germanisation programme instigated by Nazi authorities. All Luxembourg clubs are integrated into the German league pyramid.
• 1941 / FV Stadt Düdelingen reaches the final of the Moselland Regional Cup, in which it suffers a 4-2 defeat at the hands of SK 07 Differdingen (FA Red Boys Differdange).
• 1942 / Clinching the title in the Moselland Gauliga, one of the top divisions of German football, FV Stadt Düdelingen qualifies for the nationwide title play-offs, in which the club is knocked out by eventual title winners FC Schalke 04.
• 1944 / Upon the liberation of the southern half of Luxembourg from the German yoke, FV Stadt Düdelingen takes on its original name CS Le Stade Dudelange.
• 1945 / After the liberation of the southern half of Luxembourg, an improvised 1944-45 title race is organised between nine clubs from the liberated part of the country, with the competition adopting a knock-out system. Following defeats of AS La Jeunesse d’Esch and FA Red Boys Differdange in the previous rounds, Stade Dudelange reaches the final, in which it makes short work of CA Spora Luxembourg (6-0). Thus winning the so-called Coupe de la Libération, Stade Dudelange conquers its third nationwide title.
• 1946 / Conquering the title in the Division d’Honneur, 8 points ahead of runners-up US Dudelange, Stade Dudelange wins its fourth title – also its fourth consecutive title, when the war years are not taken into consideration. Furthermore, the club reaches the final of Luxembourg’s minor cup competition, the Coupe FLF, in which it has to leave the honours to FA Red Boys Differdange (1-0).
• 1947 / Stade Dudelange conquers its fifth (consecutive) nationwide title, finishing an impressive 12 points ahead of closest followers US Dudelange. The club also reaches the Luxembourg Cup final, but has to leave the silverware to Union Luxembourg (2-1 A.E.T.).
• 1948 / Stade Dudelange conquers it sixth (consecutive) nationwide title, finishing 11 points ahead of runners-up Union Luxembourg. The club also wins the Luxembourg Cup for the second time, with a solitary Nicolas Kettel goal deciding the final against FA Red Boys Differdange (1-0 A.E.T.). In the preceding rounds, Stade had had the better of CS Alliance Dudelange, CS Oberkorn, and AS La Jeunesse d’Esch.
• 1949 / Only finishing in third place in the Division d’Honneur, with its unbroken title streak thus coming to an end, Stade Dudelange has to settle for a third Luxembourg Cup win following a 1-0 win over FC Racing Rodange in the final (goal by Paul Feller). In the preceding rounds, the club had seen off US Rumelange, Union Luxembourg, and CS Grevenmacher.
• 1950 / Reclaiming its crown, Stade Dudelange wins its seventh nationwide title, finishing 1 point ahead of closest rivals The National Schifflange in the Division d’Honneur.
• 1955 / Stade Dudelange obtains its eighth national title, finishing 9 points ahead of runners-up CS Fola Esch. Also in 1955, Stade’s wing back Erny Brenner, who had joined the club from FC Aris Bonnevoie three years previously, wins his first cap for Luxembourg – remaining a regular feature in his country’s national team in the following decade.
• 1956 / Stade Dudelange manages its fourth Luxembourg Cup win, reaching the final following successive victories over AS La Jeunesse d’Esch, FC Racing Rodange, CS Grevenmacher, and SC Tétange – going on to defeat FC Progrès Niederkorn in the final (3-1 A.E.T.; two goals by Jos Rongoni, one more by Jean Halsdorf).
• 1957 / Stade Dudelange conquers its ninth national title, finishing 6 points ahead of closest followers AS La Jeunesse d’Esch in the Division d’Honneur. The club also reaches the Luxembourg Cup final, in which it suffers a 2-1 defeat at the hands of CA Spora Luxembourg. Qualifying for the European Cup for the first time on the back of its title win, Stade Dudelange draws FK Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade), which rips apart the Luxembourgian amateur side (14-1 aggr.). The home tie in this first European adventure is not played at the Stade Aloyse Meyer, which is deemed too small for such an event, but at the Stade Municipal in Luxembourg-Ville.
• 1960 / Stade Dudelange are runners-up in the National Division, as the Division d’Honneur had been renamed in 1957, finishing 6 points behind champions AS La Jeunesse d’Esch. Yet again, the club reaches the Luxembourg Cup final without being able to take the trophy home, suffering a 3-0 defeat at the hands of The National Schifflange.
• 1965 / Stade Dudelange lays its hands on its tenth and last-ever Luxembourg league title, finishing 1 point ahead of runners-up Union Luxembourg in the National Division. Yet again, the European adventure is not a success, as the club is absolutely demolished by SL Benfica in the European Cup qualifying round (18-0 aggr.). The home tie against the Portuguese side is played at CS Fola Esch’s Stade Emile Mayrisch.
• 1968 / Finishing in second-last place in the National Division, Stade Dudelange descends into Promotion d’Honneur (level 2) along with bottom side CS Pétange, after 32 years at the top level of Luxembourgian football.
• 1969 / Champions in Promotion d’Honneur, Stade Dudelange manages an immediate return to the National Division, winning promotion to the top tier along with the club finishing in second place, SC Tétange.
• 1971 / Finishing in second-last place in the National Division, Stade Dudelange drops back into Promotion d’Honneur alongside bottom club CS Grevenmacher. Also in 1971, wingback Erny Brenner hangs up his boots after nineteen consecutive seasons with the club. Brenner had also won 67 caps for his country between 1955 and 1965, being part of the legendary Luxembourg side which eliminated the Netherlands to reach the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Championships.
• 1973 / Finishing as runners-up in Promotion d’Honneur, 5 points behind champions FC Red Star Merl-Belair, Stade Dudelange wins promotion to the National Division.
• 1974 / Finishing in second-last place in the National Division, Stade Dudelange drops back into Promotion d’Honneur after just one season, along with bottom club The National Schifflange.
• 1975 / Runners-up in Promotion d’Honneur, 3 points behind champions FC Chiers Rodange, Stade Dudelange manages an immediate return to the National Division.
• 1978 / Finishing bottom of the table in the National Division, Stade Dudelange is retrograded to Promotion d’Honneur along with the club finishing in second-last place, CA Spora Luxembourg.
• 1979 / Runners-up in Promotion d’Honneur, 1 point behind champions CA Spora Luxembourg, Stade Dudelange manages an immediate return to the National Division.
• 1981 / Finishing bottom of the table in the National Division, Stade Dudelange is retrograded to Promotion d’Honneur along with the club finishing in second-last place, FC Etzella Ettelbruck.
• 1982 / Runners-up in Promotion d’Honneur, 3 points behind champions US Rumelange, Stade Dudelange manages an immediate return to the National Division.
• 1986 / Finishing bottom of the table in the National Division, Stade Dudelange drops back into Promotion d’Honneur alongside the club finishing second from bottom, FC Aris Bonnevoie. Stade would not manage to reclaim its spot in the top flight in the remaining years of its existence.
• 1987 / Finishing bottom of the table in Promotion d’Honneur, Stade Dudelange suffers its second relegation in a row, descending into Division 1 (level 3) along with the club in second-last place, FC Chiers Rodange. It is the first time that Stade Dudelange finds itself outside the top-two divisions of Luxembourg’s football pyramid.
• 1989 / Finishing in third-last place in Division 1 Group 2, Stade Dudelange suffers relegation to Division 2 (level 4) alongside FC Blo-Weiss Izeg and bottom club FC Sporting Bertrange.
• 1990 / Runners-up in Division 2 Group 3, 2 points behind champions FC Mondercange, Stade Dudelange manages an immediate return to Division 1 (level 3).
• 1991 / In its last season as an independent club, Stade Dudelange finishes in fourth place in Division 1. Following the 1990-91 season, CS Le Stade Dudelange concludes a merger deal with the two other clubs in Dudelange, CS Alliance Dudelange and FC US Dudelange, resulting in the foundation of Football 91 (F91) Dudelange. After starting the 1991-92 season at Stade J.F. Kennedy, F91 Dudelange moves its first team football to US Dudelange’s Stade Jos Nosbaum in the fall of 1991, with Alliance’s Stade Amadéo Barozzi being retained for lower team football (as well as recreational football) and Stade Dudelange’s Stade Aloyse Meyer becoming the main seat of the new club’s youth academy. Starting its life in Promotion d’Honneur after taking Alliance’s place in that division, F91 Dudelange would go on to win promotion to the National Division in 1992 – becoming Luxembourg’s absolute top club in the following decades.
• 2014 / The third pitch of Stade Aloyse Meyer is laid out anew as a 3G.
• 2016 / Arguably the most renowned player in the history of Stade Dudelange, Erny Brenner, passes away at the age of 84.
• 2017 / A new set of dressing rooms is inaugurated at Stade Aloyse Meyer.

Note 1 - The last photo of the series below shows a dedication and an autograph of former Stade Dudelange and Luxembourg international player Erny Brenner (1931-2016), who I happened to meet while on holiday in Luxembourg in July 1995, when I asked him for the way to the Stade Jos Nosbaum. "Why? Is there a match on?", the older gentleman taking a stroll with his wife asked me. When I explained him that I was on a tour visiting stadiums in Luxembourg, he was greatly surprised, going on to reveal that he had been a footballer himself. He was greatly honoured when I turned out to know of the 1963 aggregate win which the Luxembourg side accomplished over the Netherlands in the European Championship qualifiers, as he was part of that legendary side. Before we said goodbye, I asked him for an autograph. A wonderful memory!

Note 2 - Below, a compilation of photos of three different visits: pictures 1 & 4-17 = match visit, July 2026 / pictures 2-3 = non-matchday visit, September 2011 / picture 18 = non-matchday visit, July 1995.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

NETHERLANDS: SV Apollo '69

Sportpark De Zuudoek, 's-Gravenpolder (SV Apollo '69)

Netherlands, province: Zealand = Zeeland

13 VI 2026 / vv Wemeldinge - vv Nieuwland 0-3 / District South I, Saturday Leagues 4 & 5 - promotion-relegation play-off final (neutral venue)

Timeline

 

• 1949 / Foundation of football club Voetbalvereniging (vv) De Beren in Baarland, a hamlet in the Province of Zealand – more specifically on the island of Zuid-Beveland – with F. van der Putte taking on the role of chairman. Given that the population of Baarland is predominantly of the Conservative Protestant (Evangelical) faith, vv De Beren plays its football on Saturdays rather than on Sunday, the day of Sabbath.
• 1950 / With vv De Beren acquiring a plot of land at Hellenburgstraat, situated halfway between Baarland and Oudelande, for their pitch, the club joins the Saturday pyramid of Afdeling Zeeland, the Zealand sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB).
• 1967 / Foundation of two new Saturday football clubs in villages not far from Baarland; Sportvereniging (SV) Hoedekenskerke and Sportvereniging (SV) ‘s-Gravenpolder – with Ton Hulshof taking on the role of chairman of the latter. Following the establishment of SV Hoedekenskerke, part of the membership of vv De Beren chooses to join this club. Meanwhile, SV ‘s-Gravenpolder, not disposing of a pitch within the confines of the village, starts its existence as a competitive club in Afdeling Zeeland’s Saturday Division 3 as groundsharers of vv Kwadendamme at Sportpark De Liesjes. Initially, most of the training sessions are held on the pitch of the ‘s-Heer Abtskerke netball club.
• 1968 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 3D in its first season as a competitive club, SV ‘s-Gravenpolder wins promotion to Division 2 of the said league system. The decisive points are clinched in a 3-1 away win at SV Wissenkerke. The club’s top goalscorer is Karel van Oosten, who netted no fewer than 75 (!) of the 174 goals that season. The successful coach is F. Boerhave. Somewhat later, towards the end of 1968, the municipality of ‘s-Gravenpolder gives the green light for a football pitch within the confines of the village.
• 1969 / A merger is concluded between SV ‘s-Gravenpolder and vv De Beren, who had seen its membership dwindle to the point of extinction following the foundation of SV Hoedekenskerke in 1967; the two clubs merge into one under the name Sportvereniging (SV) Apollo ’69, with all activities moving to Sportterrein Hellenburgstraat in Baarland for the time being. The name Apollo is chosen as a reference to the Apollo space programme. Apart from football, SV Apollo also has a table tennis branch. The first match of the newly formed football club results in a 4-5 home defeat at the hands of vv Terneuzense Boys Reserves.
• 1970 / Inauguration of the new football ground of SV Apollo ’69 at Langeweg in ‘s-Gravenpolder, consisting of one pitch – still the main pitch of the park today – and a training area. The pitch has been laid out under the auspices of the Association for Wasteland Redevelopment (Nederlandse Heidemaatschappij), while a clubhouse was constructed following a design by architect J. de Jonge. The new facilities are officially inaugurated on October 31st, 1970, by former ‘s-Gravenpolder mayor Quarles van Ufford, who had always been a wholehearted supporter of bringing football to the community, upon which the inaugural match between Apollo and SVD is played. Rather than giving up the pitch in Baarland, Sportterrein Hellenburgstraat remains in use for lower team football and training sessions.
• 1973 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 2, 5 points ahead of closest rivals vv Borssele, SV Apollo ’69 wins promotion to Division 1 of the said league system.
• 1974 / The table tennis branch of SV Apollo ’69 ceases its activities.
• 1976 / Suffering relegation from Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 1 with coach D. Mos, SV Apollo ’69 drops back into Division 2 of the said league system.
• 1978 / Runner-up in Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 2, 1 point behind champions vv ‘s-Heer Arendskerke, SV Apollo ’69 manages a return to Division 1 of the said league system after two seasons.
• 1980 / Obtaining the title in Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 1, 2 points ahead of closest followers vv Veere, SV Apollo ’69 wins promotion to District South I’s Saturday League 4 for the first time in club history. Also in 1980, the extended version of the clubhouse is inaugurated by the mayor of ‘s-Gravenpolder, C.G.C. van den Heuvel; moreover, a second pitch is added to the set-up at Terrein Langeweg. Following this, the pitch at Hellenburgstraat in Baarland is abandoned; this pitch is later taken over by tennis and dog agility clubs. 
• 1982 / Following an impressive third place in District South I’s Saturday League 4A the previous year, SV Apollo ’69 now finishes bottom of the table in this same division, thus dropping back into Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 1 after two years, alongside the club in second-last place, vv Nieuwland.
• 1984 / The entrance to the two pitches at ‘s-Gravenpolder is moved from Langeweg to Egelantierstraat.
• 1990 / Suffering relegation from Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 1, SV Apollo ’69 drops back into Division 2 of the said league system – managing a return to Division 1 in one of the following five seasons. Also in 1990, former Apollo youth academy midfielder Romeo van Aerde, who had moved to the academies of vv GOES and RBC subsequently, makes his professional league debut at the age of 23 with VC Vlissingen. Van Aerde goes on to have subsequent spells at VCV Zeeland, RKC, RKC Waalwijk, and Dordrecht ’90, ultimately hanging up his boots in 2003.
• 1996 / Winning promotion from Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 1 without winning the title, SV Apollo ’69 wins promotion to District South I’s Saturday League 4 after an absence of fourteen years at that level.
• 1998 / Champions in District South I’s Saturday League 4A, 3 points ahead of closest followers vv Nieuwdorp, SV Apollo ’69 wins promotion to Saturday League 3 for the first time.
• 2000 / As the ground in ‘s-Gravenpolder is renamed Sportpark De Zuudoek as a result of a vote among the membership, a covered stand is inaugurated alongside the western touchline of the main pitch in the summer of 2000. 125 plastic chairs are added later that same year, which the club has purchased from RBC, who are about to leave their old ground, Sportpark De Luiten.
• 2001 / Marking the best result in club history, SV Apollo ’69, guided by coach Hans de Bruine, finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, 16 points behind runaway champions AZVV.
• 2003 / Coached by Jacco Oostdijk, SV Apollo ’69 finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, thus descending into Saturday League 4 along with bottom club vv Bevelanders.
• 2004 / The clubhouse at Sportpark De Zuudoek is further extended.
• 2007 / Finishing in third place in District South I’s Saturday League 4A, SV Apollo ’69 goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus managing a return to Saturday League 3 after four years. The successful coach is Henk Sprong.
• 2008 / Coached by Bart Dierckx, SV Apollo ’69 finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, thus descending into Saturday League 4 along with bottom club vv Krabbendijke. 
• 2012 / Finishing in sixth place in District South I’s Saturday League 4A, SV Apollo ’69 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is drawn in a group with vv Kogelvangers and vv Veere; going on to book an away win against the former (1-2) and a home win against the latter (4-3) subsequently, Apollo wins promotion to Saturday League 3. The successful coach is Bram Kot.
• 2013 / Coached by Jos Wesdorp, SV Apollo ’69 finishes bottom of the table in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, thus tumbling back into Saturday League 4 after just one season, along with the club in second-last place, vv ‘s-Heer Arendskerke.
• 2014 / The clubhouse at Sportpark De Zuudoek is extended with a patio cover.
• 2017 / Finishing in fifth place in District South I’s Saturday League 4B, SV Apollo ’69 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by VVC ’68 (7-5 aggr.).
• 2018 / Runner-up in District South I’s Saturday League 4B, 19 points behind runaway champions RKSV Halsteren (za), SV Apollo ’69 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by vv De Noormannen (1-5).
• 2024 / Finishing in ninth place in District South I’s Saturday League 4B with coach Joffrey Geldof, SV Apollo ’69 descends into the newly created Saturday League 5 alongside MZVC, vv Wemeldinge, vv Rillandia, SV Jong Ambon, and bottom club SC Waarde.
• 2025 / Champions in District South I’s Saturday League 5A, 8 points ahead of runners-up MZVC and vv Cadzand, SV Apollo ’69 wins promotion to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Joffrey Geldof.
• 2026 / Coached by Joffrey Geldof, SV Apollo ’69 finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Saturday League 4A, going on to suffer defeat in R1 of the promotion-relegation play-offs against vv Wolfaartsdijk (4-4 & penalty shoot-out). As a result, the club drops back into Saturday League 5 after just one season.

Note – Essential parts of information provided in the article above have been derived from a booklet published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of SV Apollo ’69: “Apollo. Vijftig jaar voetbal – 1967-2017”, by Ad Tramper (ed. SV Apollo ’69: 2017). Thanks to the board of SV Apollo ’69 for providing me with a copy of this publication.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

NETHERLANDS: vv Lunteren

Sportpark De Wormshoef, Lunteren (vv Lunteren)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

10 VI 2026 / vv Lunteren - vv ATC '65 2-3 A.E.T. / Sunday & Saturday Leagues 2, promotion play-off - lucky loser round semi (= NL level 7)

Timeline

• 1931 / Foundation of a leisure club in a town in the Province of Guelders (Gelderland), Lunteren; the new club takes on the name Amacitia – probably thought up by a weak Latin student, as the name is probably a reference to the Latin word for friendship, amicitia.
• 1932 / A football branch is set up as part of the Amacitia club, with a pitch being laid out next to the local forest pool. The new football team joins the so-called Utrechtsche Provinciale Voetbalbond (UPVB), the Utrecht sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB) – a striking choice, given that Lunteren is situated in the Province of Guelders rather than in Utrecht, although close to the mutual border. In spite of Lunteren being a predominantly Protestant (Evangelical) town, the football club plays its matches on Sundays, leading to part of the local community not being keen to join up.
• 1933 / The football branch of Amacitia breaks away from the mother club, taking on the name ASNOD – an acronym of Al Strevend Naar Ons Doel. The first chairman of ASNOD is J. Meppeler.
• 1935 / Giving up its UPVB membership after three years, ASNOD joins the Arnhemse Voetbalbond (AVB), the Arnhem sub-branch of the KNVB.
• 1937 / Moving away from the pitch at the local forest pool, ASNOD settles at a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Zwarte Water, near Spoordijk, to the southeast of Lunteren.
• 1940 / ASNOD clinches the title in AVB Sunday Division 1, however not winning promotion – as the 1939-40 season had been organised as an emergency competition following the mobilisation of the Netherlands’ armed forces in the summer of 1939. That same year, ASNOD moved to a newly laid-out pitch, also at Spoordijk, very close to the old location.
• 1943 / ASNOD clinches the title in AVB Sunday Division 1, but yet again, no championship play-offs are organised due to the hardships of World War II – thus depriving the club yet again of the opportunity to reach Sunday League 4.
• 1946 / The myriad of activities at ASNOD is widened with branches of gymnastics and walking sports, with the club changing its name accordingly to become Sportvereniging (SV) Lunteren.
• 1949 / To serve the Protestant community in Lunteren, SV Lunteren enters a new first team in the Saturday divisions of Afdeling Arnhem, as the AVB was renamed in 1940 – starting its existence in Afdeling Arnhem Saturday Division 2. The Saturday team coexists with the club’s Sunday team in Afdeling Arnhem Sunday Division 1.
• 1950 / The Saturday team of vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in Afdeling Arnhem Saturday Division 2. Also in 1950, with the three parts of SV Lunteren continuing their existence independently, the football branch changes its name to become Voetbalvereniging (vv) Lunteren.
• 1951 / The Saturday team of vv Lunteren clinches the title in Afdeling Arnhem Saturday Division 2, thus gaining promotion to Saturday Division 1 of the said league system.
• 1953 / vv Lunteren Sunday team player Jan Knevel moves to WVV Wageningen, going on to play professional league football with that club from 1955 onwards. 
• 1954 / Due to recurring rows between the Sunday and Saturday branches of vv Lunteren as well as a dwindling membership, the club folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1955 / vv Lunteren is re-established as a Saturday club, entering a team in Afdeling Arnhem Saturday Division 2. 
• 1959 / Obtaining the title in Afdeling Arnhem Saturday Division 2, vv Lunteren wins promotion to Division 1 of the said league system.
• 1962 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Arnhem Saturday Division 1, vv Lunteren wins promotion to District East’s Saturday League 4 for the first time.
• 1963 / vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 4A, 7 points behind champions ASV Sparta ’57.
• 1966 / vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 4A, 8 points behind champions SKV. Also in 1966, moving away from their pitch at Spoordijk after 26 years, vv Lunteren settles at the newly laid-out Sportpark De Wormshoef, which is inaugurated officially on October 15th, 1966.
• 1968 / Finishing in joint first place in District East’s Sunday League 4B with SV ‘t Harde, vv Lunteren meets its rivals in a tie-break match, played at the Gemeentelijk Sportpark in Ermelo, where some 3,000 spectators witness a 3-0 win for the team from Lunteren. As such, vv Lunteren wins promotion to Saturday League 3 for the first time.
• 1973 / vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 2 points behind champions vv Bennekom.
• 1974 / Champions in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 8 points ahead of closest followers DTS ’35, vv Lunteren wins promotion to Saturday League 2 – the second-highest tier of the Saturday non-league pyramid in that era – for the first time. The decisive points are obtained in a 2-0 win over SC Genemuiden.
• 1977 / vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in Saturday League 2C, 8 points behind champions vv DOS Kampen.
• 1979 / Coached by Wim van der Gaag, vv Lunteren finishes in second-last place in Saturday League 2D, resulting in the club dropping back into Saturday League 3, along with bottom club vv Olympia ’28.
• 1981 / vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 7 points behind champions IJVV.
• 1984 / vv Lunteren finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 1 point behind champions vv Kesteren.
• 1985 / Runaway champions in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 13 points ahead of closest followers vv VSCO ’61, vv Lunteren manages a return to Saturday League 2 after an absence of six years. The successful coach is Joop Kools.
• 1986 / Champions in Saturday League 2D, 1 point ahead of closest rivals DTS ’35, vv Lunteren accedes to the top level of the Saturday non-league pyramid, Saturday League 1, for the first time. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-0 away win at SVZW, with Peter van Eck and Jan van den Berg being the goalscorers. 
• 1988 / vv Lunteren hosts FC Barcelona in a pre-season friendly at Sportpark De Wormshoef. Ultimately, Johan Cruijff’s side manages a meagre 1-0 win thanks to a late Urbano Ortega goal.
• 1992 / As the club celebrates its sixtieth anniversary – with the one-year break in 1954-55 being conveniently overlooked – the membership of vv Lunteren helps the club building a covered stand alongside the western touchline of its main pitch. The construction is inaugurated in the summer of 1992 with a pre-season friendly against top flight club FC Twente (2-3). Later on that same year, vv Lunteren also entertains AFC Ajax at Sportpark De Wormshoef (1-9, Lunteren goal by Ömer Tirgil). 
• 1993 / In the most successful season in club history, coached by Henk Hofstra, vv Lunteren clinches the title in Saturday League 1C, 2 points ahead of closest rivals SC Genemuiden. In the subsequent nationwide Saturday non-league title competition, vv Lunteren takes on the League 1A and 1B winners, vv Katwijk and SV Kozakken Boys, in the end having to leave the honours to the former by just 1 point. Meanwhile, to top it off, vv Lunteren also won the Regional Cup (Districtsbeker) in District East, resulting in the club qualifying for the nationwide cup (KNVB-Beker) for the 1993-94 season. Drawing BV Veendam in R1, vv Lunteren manages a shock away win against the professional league side (2-3), in the end bowing out in R2 away at top flight team MVV (4-3).
• 1994 / vv Lunteren signs coach Jan Rab, former professional league player at SVV and C&FC Hermes-DVS, as well as a former manager at professional league sides Telstar, FC Utrecht, and FC Dordrecht.
• 1995 / Coached by Jan Rab, vv Lunteren finishes in third-last place in Saturday League 1B, resulting in the club descending into Saturday League 2 after nine seasons, alongside Excelsior Maassluis and bottom club VVGZ.
• 1996 / Runner-up in Saturday League 2C, 12 points behind runaway champions SDC Putten, vv Lunteren wins automatic promotion to Saturday League 1. However, with a Zaterdag Hoofdklasse being introduced as the new top level of the Saturday pyramid for the 1996-97 season, the club is given the opportunity to vie for a place at this level in a special promotion competition, in which it suffers defeat in the final against RKAV Volendam (3-1). As such, vv Lunteren in effect remains at the second tier of the non-league ladder – never to reclaim its position in the top flight in subsequent years.
• 1998 / Exhausted by the debts incurred in previous years, vv Lunteren finishes bottom of the table in Saturday League 1C, resulting in the club suffering relegation into Saturday League 2, alongside second-last placed derby rivals DTS ’35.
• 2000 / Finishing in joint first place in Saturday League 2D with AVV Swift (zo), 11 points ahead of closest followers HSV Zuidvogels, vv Lunteren goes on to win a tie-break match for the title against the team from Amsterdam, resulting in promotion to Saturday League 1. The successful coach is Henny de Man.
• 2002 / Finishing in third place in Saturday League 1D, vv Lunteren goes on to reach the final of the promotion play-offs, in which the club has to leave the honours to vv Drachtster Boys (2-1).
• 2003 / Coached by former professional league goalkeeper Harry Suvee (UA&VV Velox, FC Utrecht, WVV Wageningen, and FC Wageningen), vv Lunteren finishes in second-last place in Saturday League 1A, resulting in the club dropping back into Saturday League 2 alongside bottom side vv Montfoort. In mid-2003, Harry Suvee is succeeded as coach at vv Lunteren by former professional league striker Hans van Arum (1989-2002: SBV Vitesse, Willem II, RKC, RKC Waalwijk, and Go Ahead Eagles).
• 2004 / As the old clubhouse of vv Lunteren is knocked down, the club has to make do with temporary constructions, while a successor is constructed, alongside a new state-of-the-art indoor sports hall.
• 2005 / Finishing in third place in Saturday League 2I, vv Lunteren qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club eventually fails to book a League 1 ticket. Following the 2004-05 season, coach Hans van Arum leaves vv Lunteren; in subsequent years, Van Arum would have spells as professional league manager at SBV Vitesse, AGOVV Apeldoorn, and Dutch Lions FC.
• 2006 / Finishing in third place in Saturday League 2I, vv Lunteren qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club eventually fails to book a League 1 ticket for the second year running. Also in 2006, after two years of works, the new two-storey clubhouse of vv Lunteren is inaugurated.
• 2009 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 2G with coach Dick Eijlander, vv Lunteren descends into Saturday League 3 alongside the club in second-last place, vv Zeewolde – entailing a return to the League 3 level after an absence of 24 years.
• 2011 / Runaway champions in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 13 points ahead of runner-up SV Excelsior (Zetten), vv Lunteren manages a return to Saturday League 2. The successful coaching duo consists of Jan Veldhuizen and Maarten Boekenoogen.
• 2012 / Coached by Peter van Eck, vv Lunteren finishes in eleventh place in Saturday League 2G, going on to suffer defeat at the hands of SKV in R1 of the promotion-relegation play-offs (5-2 aggr.). As such, the club drops back into Saturday League 3 along with vv Advendo ’57, vv Zeewolde, and bottom club SV Zwolsche Boys.
• 2013 / Runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 7 points behind champions FC Lienden, vv Lunteren qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out vv Zeewolde in R1 (3-2 aggr.), going on to have the better of vv Advendo ’57 in the final (8-5 aggr.). As a result, the club manages an immediate return to Saturday League 2. The successful coach is Amir Hashemi.
• 2014 / Coached by Amir Hashemi, vv Lunteren proves unable to cope with the league 2 level, finishing bottom in Saturday League 2G, and thus dropping back into Saturday League 3 after just one season, along with SKV and VVOP.
• 2015 / Champions in District East’s Saturday League 3A, 2 points ahead of closest rivals vv Advendo ’57, vv Lunteren, yet again, manages an immediate return to Saturday League 2. The successful coach is Bart Schreuder.
• 2016 / Runner-up in Saturday League 2G, 13 points behind runaway champions vv DUNO, vv Lunteren qualifies for the promotion-relegation play-offs. Edging past vv Den Ham in R1 (3-2 aggr.) and SV Lelystad ’67 in R2 (3-3 aggr. & penalty shoot-out), the club ultimately suffers defeat in the final, played at Sportpark Bovenmolen in Oldebroek, against vv Hulzense Boys (3-2).
• 2026 / Runner-up in Saturday League 2G, 5 points behind champions Go-Ahead Kampen, vv Lunteren qualifies for the promotion-relegation play-offs for the first time in ten years. Having the better of SC Varsseveld in R1 (5-3 A.E.T.), the club bows out in R2 against vv Unicum (2-1 A.E.T.). In a lucky loser play-off, organised due to the withdrawal of SV Juliana ’31 from National Division 4, vv Lunteren suffers defeat in the semis against vv ATC ’65 (2-3 A.E.T., cp. photos below).

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