Netherlands, province: South Holland = Zuid-Holland
31 VIII 2024 / vv Alexandria '66 - RSV Antibarbari 1-3 / District West II, Regional Cup - group stage, group 1-05
Timeline
- 1966 / Foundation of a multi-sports club in Rotterdam, Sportvereniging (SV) Alexandria ’66, with branches for football, tennis, table-tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, and basketball. The football branch of SV Alexandria ’66 settles at Sportpark Laag Zestienhoven.
- 1969 / After three years at Sportpark Laag Zestienhoven, SV Alexandria ’66 moves to Terrein Folkert Elsingastraat.
- 1972 / After three years at Terrein Folkert Elsingastraat, SV Alexandria ’66 moves to Sportpark Boszoom.
- 1977 / Winning promotion from the ranks of the Rotterdamse Voetbalbond (RVB) for the first time, SV Alexandria ’66 accedes to District West II’s Sunday League 4, managing a respectable third place in Sunday League 4F in its first season at this level.
- 1984 / After twelve years at Sportpark Boszoom, SV Alexandria ’66 moves to Sportpark Oosterflank, although the first stone of the new ground has only just been laid and building works have not been completed yet.
- 1985 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, 4 points ahead of runners-up SV DSO, SV Alexandria ’66 accedes to Sunday League 3 for the first time.
- 1986 / Official inauguration of Sportpark Oosterflank.
- 1988 / SV Alexandria ‘66’s 17-year-old defender Winston Bogarde, who had joined the club some years previously from Sparta Rotterdam’s youth academy, earns himself a contract with pro side SVV. Bogarde goes on to have an impressive, sixteen-year-long professional league career, taking him to SBV Excelsior, Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax, Milan AC, FC Barcelona, and Chelsea FC – also picking up 20 caps for the Netherlands and taking part in the 1996 European Championships as well as the 1998 World Cup.
- 1989 / SV Alexandria ‘66’s football branch breaks away from its mother club, continuing independently as Voetbalvereniging (vv) Alexandria ’66.
- 1990 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 3D, 3 points ahead of closest followers RC&VV VOC, vv Alexandria ’66 accedes to Sunday League 2 for the first time.
- 1991 / Finishing in second-last place in District West II’s Sunday League 2B, vv Alexandria ’66 drops back into League 3 along with bottom club SV TOGB.
- 1992 / Finishing in second-last place in District West II’s Sunday League 3C, vv Alexandria ’66 drops back into League 4 along with bottom club CVV Zwervers.
- 1995 / Runners-up in District West II’s Sunday League 4G, with an equal number of points as champions RV&AV Sparta, vv Alexandria ’66 manages to win promotion to League 3 via the play-offs.
- 1996 / Inauguration of the new two-tiered clubhouse at Sportpark Oosterflank.
- 1998 / Finishing in tenth place in District West II’s Sunday League 3C, vv Alexandria ’66 descends into League 4 via the play-off, along with direct drop-outs vv URSUS and vv Cabauw.
- 2001 / The board of vv Alexandria ’66 takes the decision to switch its focus from Sunday league football to Saturday football, one year after its regular Saturday team won promotion to League 3.
- 2004 / Following a last place in District West II’s Sunday League 4G, vv Alexandria ’66 withdraws from regular Sunday league football.
- 2005 / Champions in District West II’s Saturday League 3C, 6 points ahead of closest rivals MVV ’27, vv Alexandria ’66 wins promotion to Saturday League 2.
- 2010 / Finishing in third place in Saturday League 2D, vv Alexandria ’66 wins direct promotion to Saturday League 1 along with champions SV Deltasport and runners-up SV Heinenoord due to extra promotion places being available following the introduction of Topklasse as the new third tier of the Netherlands’ football pyramid.
- 2012 / Finishing in seventh place in Saturday League 1B, vv Alexandria ’66 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club wins both of its group games against LVV Roda ’46 (5-2) and HCSV Zwaluwen ’30 (0-1). As such, the club achieves a historic promotion to Zaterdag Hoofdklasse, the fourth tier of the Netherlands’ football pyramid.
- 2013 / Finishing in third-last place in Zaterdag Hoofdklasse B, vv Alexandria ’66 has to play a set of play-offs against League 1 teams to avoid relegation. However, in its group, the club only manages a second place behind FC ‘s-Gravenzande (0-3 defeat) and ahead of vv Alblasserdam (0-1 win) – resulting in relegation to Saturday League 1 after just one season.
- 2016 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 1B, vv Alexandria ’66 drops back into League 2 along with WV-HEDW, CSW, and vv Valken ’68.