Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: HSV SOA (2002-2006) / SV Wateringse Veld (2006-2014) / SV Wateringse Veld GONA (2014-2018) / HSV Celeritas (2016-2018) / SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg (2018-2021) / FC Skillz (B) (2019-) / SSA FC Skillz-Wateringse Veld (B) (2021-)

Sportpark Zonneveld, The Hague = Den Haag = 's-Gravenhage Wateringse Veld (B pitch of SSA FC Skillz Wateringse Veld & FC Skillz, formerly HSV SOA / SV Wateringse Veld / SV Wateringse Veld GONA / HSV Celeritas / SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg)

Netherlands, province: South Holland = Zuid-Holland

March 2019 / no match visited

Timeline

1919 / Foundation of a football club by a group of boys from the Schilderswijk neighbourhood in The Hague – more specifically the Van Ostadestraat – which is given the name DSS, an acronym of ‘Door Samenwerking Sterk’. The group gets together for kickabouts against other recreational teams, with home games being played on a pasture situated at Waldorpstraat.
1922 / Applying for membership of the so-called Haagsche Voetbalbond (HVB), The Hague’s sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, later renamed KNVB), DSS is obliged to change its name due to the acronym already being in use by other clubs. Thereupon, the club is allowed to join with the new name HVV SOA, Haagsche Voetbalvereeniging ‘Samenspel Overwint Alles’. Around this time, the club groundshares with vv VOGEL at Terrein Achterweg, at the crossroads with Parkweg, close to the Voorburg water tower.
1926 / Remaining in Voorburg, HVV SOA moves to a newly laid-out pitch at Rodelaan.
1927 / In the first recorded success in club history, HVV SOA clinches the title in HVB (Sunday) Division 2H, acceding to HVB Division 1.
1929 / Obtaining the title in HVB Division 1A, HVV SOA accedes to KNVB District West II’s (Sunday) Division 4 for the first time in club history. That same year, the club abandons its pitch at Rodelaan, settling on a pasture at Veurste Achterweg in Leidschendam.
1930 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 4A, HVV SOA avoids the drop back into the ranks of HVB following a successful round of promotion-relegation play-offs.
1931 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 4A, HVV SOA fails to avoid the drop in the promotion-relegation play-offs, thus being placed in HVB Division 1 for the new season.
1934 / HVV SOA has to abandon its pitch at Veurste Achterweg. One source states this was because the location was destined for housing, while another claims the farmer renting the ground to SOA was so appalled by misconduct on the part of one or more board members that he no longer wished to have anything to do with the club. For the 1934-35 season, SOA groundshares with various other clubs.
1935 / Clinching the title in HVB Division 1B, HVV SOA manages a return to District West II’s Sunday League 4. That same year, the club finds a new home, being given the opportunity to play its matches on the middle section of the so-called Rijswijkse Wielerbaan, a velodrome at Delftweg in Rijswijk with stands able to receive some 10,000 spectators.
1937 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 4B, HVV SOA avoids the drop back into the ranks of HVB following a successful round of promotion-relegation play-offs.
1939 / As the Netherlands’ armed forces mobilise in the face of the looming German attack on the Low Countries, many SOA members are called up to serve their country. Moreover, due to the fact that the velodrome in Rijswijk is situated in the immediate vicinity of the Ypenburg military airfield, all sporting activities at the ground are suspended at the behest of the Netherlands’ Army, as the airstrip would be an obvious target for air-raids. For the 1939-40 season, the club concludes a groundsharing agreement with CVS at Terrein Duinlaan. CVS would be absorbed into SVV Scheveningen in 1940.
1940 / Moving away from Terrein Duinlaan, HVV SOA concludes a new groundsharing agreement with VDS, settling at that club’s pitch, situated at Fruitweg. That same year, the velodrome in Rijswijk is knocked down.
1941 / Foundation of a new football club in The Hague, which is formed by a group of employees of the so-called Postcheque- en Girodienst, a sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Postal Services. As recreational football has been played for the past fifteen years, the step is made to apply for HVB membership. As the initial acronym GOC (meaning unclear) is turned down, the club joins as Giro Sport- en Ontspanningsvereniging ‘Gezonde Ontspanning Na Arbeid’, or, in short, GSV GONA. Apart from football, club activities comprise swimming and chess – and later handball as well. At some point, the club adapted its name to become vv GONA, but it is unclear when this name change came into effect. Being placed in HVB Sunday Division 3 for the 1941-42 season, GSV GONA settles on a pitch at Hoekwaterstraat in Voorburg.
1943 / In the club’s best result in the 20th century, HVV SOA finishes in third place in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, 5 points behind champions VVP.
1944 / vv GONA clinches the title in HVB Sunday Division 3A, but fails to win promotion in the ensuing play-off rounds.
1946 / Clinching the title in HVB Sunday Division 3A, ahead of SV HMS which is defeated in a direct confrontation (3-0) on the last day of the season, vv GONA accedes to HVB Sunday Division 2. Also in 1946, a smaller club in The Hague, vv Ovenvoorde, folds, with the majority of its remaining membership joining HVV SOA.
1947 / Runaway champions in HVB Sunday Division 2B, 14 points ahead of closest followers HVV Te Werve, vv GONA manages its second promotion in a row, acceding to HVB Sunday Division 1.
1948 / Moving away from Terrein Fruitweg after eight years, HVV SOA settles on the newly laid-out Sportpark Ockenburgh, a large park consisting of 24 pitches laid out on a former airfield.
1950 / Finishing in second-last place in District West II’s Sunday League 4B, HVV SOA drops back into HVB Sunday Division 1 along with bottom club KRVC. That same year, a handball branch sees the daylight at HVV SOA, as a result of which the club name is adapted to become HSV (Haagse Sportvereniging) SOA. The handball branch would hold out for seven years, folding in 1957. Later on, softball is added to the club’s myriad of activities.
1952 / Obtaining the title in HVB Sunday Division 1A, 3 points ahead of runners-up SV HMS, HSV SOA fails to win promotion in the ensuing play-off rounds.
1953 / Obtaining the title in HVB Sunday Division 1B, HSV SOA fails to win promotion in the ensuing play-off rounds, played at HVV Laakkwartier’s Terrein Jansoniusstraat and vv BMT’s ground at Fruitweg.
1958 / Moving away from Sportpark Ockenburgh, vv GONA settles on a newly laid-out pitch at Beresteinlaan, later renamed Sportpark Escamp III, where a wooden clubhouse is erected. That same year, HSV SOA sees part of its membership, including the entire flagship team, break away to form a new club, vv Groen Wit ’58, which concludes a groundsharing agreement with KMD at Terrein Noordweg in Wateringen.
1959 / In the 1958-59 season, HSV SOA finishes bottom of the table in HVB Sunday Division 1B, while vv GONA suffers the same fate in HVB Sunday Division 1A. As a result, both clubs descend into HVB Sunday Division 2.
1960 / HSV SOA manages an immediate return to HVB Sunday Division 1. The club must have dropped back into Sunday Division 2 in one of the following six seasons, but no information is available on the matter.
1962 / vv GONA finishes as runners-up in HVB Sunday Division 2A, 9 points behind champions SV BTC. The club would finish as runners-up in this same division once again in 1964.
1965 / Finishing in joint first place in HVB Sunday Division 2B with TEDO and vv VOGEL, vv GONA meets both of these clubs in a three-way play-off – going on to defeat both. First, at vv JAC’s Terrein Buurtweg in Wassenaar, TEDO is brushed aside unceremoniously (5-0), upon which the encounter with vv VOGEL, played at TEDO’s Terrein Leyweg, finishes in a 1-0 win. The decisive goal in that match is scored by Piet Schijvenaars. As a result, vv GONA manages a return to HVB Sunday Division 1 after six seasons.
1967 / Clinching the title in HVB Sunday Division 1A following a 2-1 defeat of HVV Cromvliet, vv GONA accedes to KNVB District West II’s Sunday League 4 for the first time. The successful coach is Aad Poons. The club makes its debut in Sunday League 4 with a 1-0 away win at vv VEP.
1971 / Coached by Frits de Lange, vv GONA finishes in joint last place in District West II’s Sunday League 4A with SV Warmunda, going on to suffer defeat against that club in a tie-break match, played at RKAVV’s Terrein Van Ruysdaellaan (2-1). As a result, vv GONA drops back into the ranks of HVB after four years. Also in 1971, clinching the title in HVB Sunday Division 2A, HSV SOA wins promotion to HVB Sunday Division 1. The decisive points are clinched in a 5-1 home win over GDCPH (three goals by Huisman, one more each by De Weerd and Zegeling). The successful coach is Dick Tijssen.
1973 / At vv GONA’s Sportpark Escamp III, the wooden clubhouse is replaced by a successor in stone.
1974 / Finishing bottom of the table in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse, the new top division of the HVB pyramid, vv GONA, coached by Jan van Leeuwen, drops back into HVB Sunday Division 1. Moving away from Sportpark Ockenburgh, HSV SOA moves to a newly laid-out ground at Wijndaelerweg, also situated in the Ockenburgh neighbourhood. This ground, later renamed Sportpark Ockenburgh (confusingly enough) is shared with a smaller club, vv Nationale Nederlanden. The official inauguration of the clubhouse takes place on October 12th, 1974. One of the other pitches of the new park is taken over by SV Die Haghe, which abandons its old ground, Sportpark Escamp II.
1975 / Champions in HVB Sunday Division 1B, HSV SOA wins promotion to HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse. The successful coach is Henk den Boer, former professional league player at RV&AV Sparta.
1976 / Clinching the title in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse, HSV SOA manages a return to Sunday League 4 after an absence of more than 25 years. The successful coach is Ben Wareman.
1977 / Still coached by Ben Wareman, HSV SOA finishes in joint last position in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, going on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match against SV Nieuwkoop. As such, the club drops back into HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse. Meanwhile, vv GONA clinches the title in HVB Sunday Division 1B, 2 points ahead of HSV Westerkwartier, thus managing a return to HVB Hoofdklasse after three years.
1978 / Clinching the title in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse, HSV SOA manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Henk den Boer. Meanwhile, also in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse, vv GONA finishes in joint last position with hvv HDV. Both clubs meet in a tie-break match, played at Sportpark Prinses Irene in Rijswijk, attended by some 800 spectators. With HDV walking away as 3-0 winners, vv GONA suffers relegation into HVB Sunday Division 1.
1979 / Champions in HVB Sunday Division 1A following a 3-1 away defeat at HVV Zwart-Blauw, vv GONA manages an immediate return to HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse. The goals in the decisive match are scored by Hans Valkenburg (2) and Martin Nieuwdorp. The successful coach is John Rietveld.
1980 / Coached by Tjoeman Chang, HSV SOA finishes rock bottom in District West II’s Sunday League 4B without managing a single win all season. As such, the club drops back into HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse.
1982 / vv GONA suffers relegation from HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse to HVB Sunday Division 1.
1983 / Coached by Cock Clavan, HSV SOA suffers relegation from HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse to HVB Sunday Division 1.
1986 / Clinching the title in HVB Sunday Division 1B, vv GONA wins promotion to HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-5 away win at HVV Paraat, with the goals being scored by Hans Valkenburg (2), Robert Bottinga (2), and Mick Mallander. The successful coach is Cees van Nierop.
1987 / Obtaining the title in HVB Sunday Division 1B, HSV SOA wins promotion to HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse. The decisive point is clinched a 1-1 away draw at SV TAMUVONA, with SOA’s goal being scored by Madjo Dewus. In that same match, SOA’s Benny Schermer plays his 500th match for the club. The successful coach is Ben Wareman.
1989 / Narrowly avoiding relegation from HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse, HSV SOA signs Tsjeu La Ling as its new player-coach. Ling had had a fourteen-year-long professional league career as a winger at FC Den Haag, AFC Ajax, Panathinaicos FC, Olympique Marseille, and Feyenoord Rotterdam, while also winning 14 caps for the Netherlands’ national team.
1990 / Clinching the title in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse A, 3 points ahead of closest rivals HSV SOA, vv GONA wins promotion to Sunday League 4. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-0 away win at HSV ESDO, with Hans Valkenburg scoring both goals. The successful coach is Hans Valkenburg. Thus being deprived of the longed-for return to Sunday League 4, HSV SOA decides to part ways with coach Tsjeu La Ling after one season.
1991 / Champions in its first season back in District West II’s Sunday League 4C, 3 points ahead of runners-up DVV BEC, vv GONA accedes to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-0 win against BEC on the last day of the season, with the goals being scored by Hans Valkenburg and Jeffrey Zwarts. The latter crowned himself top scorer of the league with 26 goals. The successful coach is Hans van Laar. Meanwhile, down in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse A, HSV SOA cruises to the title, finishing 9 points ahead of closest followers LVV De Postduiven and SC REMO. The decisive points are clinched in a 4-2 away win against SC REMO. As such, HSV SOA, coached by Puck Hofland, manages a return to Sunday League 4 after an absence of eleven years.
1992 / Coached by Hans van Laar, vv GONA finishes in third-last place in District West II’s Sunday League 3B, suffering relegation to Sunday League 4 along with RKSV GDA and bottom club HVV Laakkwartier.
1993 / Runners-up in District West II’s Sunday League 4C, 4 points behind champions RKSV RAVA, vv GONA qualifies for the promotion play-offs. After winning the group stage against HBS and SV BTC, the club goes on to defeat DSV Concordia in the final, played at vv Naaldwijk’s Sportpark De Hoge Bomen (Noord) (3-0, two goals by Kelton Manuela, one more by Edwin Vink). As a result, vv GONA manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Hans van Laar. Meanwhile, coached by Puck Hofland, HSV SOA finishes in second-last place in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, having to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs. Following a win at vv Randstad Sport (3-2), but defeats against HVV Cromvliet (7-1) and vv Groeneweg (3-2), the club is retrograded to HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse. That same year, being faced with a serious depletion in its membership, HSV SOA sheds its youth academy.
1994 / Clinching the title in HVB Zondag Hoofdklasse A, HSV SOA manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4 – with striker Joop Ludwig contributing considerably to the result with twenty goals. The successful coach is Tjoeman Chang.
1996 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 3B, vv GONA drops back into Sunday League 4 along with the club finishing in second-last place, RKVV Quick Steps. Coach Hans van Laar leaves the club after eight seasons.
1997 / Finishing in third place in District West II’s Sunday League 4C, HSV SOA qualifies for the promotion play-offs, but is eliminated in the group stage against HVV Cromvliet and HVV Laakkwartier.
1999 / Runaway champions in District West III’s Sunday League 4D, 11 points ahead of closest followers vv Quintus, vv GONA wins promotion to Sunday League 3 without suffering a single defeat all season. The decisive points are clinched in a 8-3 home win over RKSV RAVA. The successful coach is Henk Baggerman.
2001 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 4C, 1 point ahead of closest rivals TEDO, HSV SOA wins promotion to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history. The decisive points are clinched in a spectacular 9-4 away win at HMC. The successful coach is former SOA player Joop Ludwig.
2002 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 3B, 1 point ahead of SVV Scheveningen (zo), vv GONA accedes to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history. The decisive points are clinched in a mind-blowing 8-7 win over HVV, with Marty Teunissen scoring the winning goal in the fourteenth (!) minute of extra time. The successful coach is Henk Baggerman. Meanwhile, also in Sunday League 3B, HSV SOA qualifies for the promotion play-offs following a fourth place in the regular season. In the play-offs, SOA knocks out vv ESTO in R1 (3-3 aggr. & away goals) before being eliminated heavy-handedly by RKSV GDA in R2 (10-0 aggr.). Coach Joop Ludwig leaves the club. Following the 2001-02 season, HSV SOA leaves its ground, Sportpark Ockenburgh at Wijndaelerweg, after 28 years, settling at the newly laid-out Sportpark Zonneveld, situated at Guido de Moorstraat in the new housing estate Wateringse Veld on the southern outskirts of The Hague. The move was brought about due to the club’s ever-decreasing membership, with the hope being pinned on an influx of new youth members following the move to the new neighbourhood. The new park, consisting of a main pitch laid out in grass and a synthetic side-pitch, is inaugurated in August 2002. Halfway through the 2002-03 season, SOA hosts professional league side ADO Den Haag in a gala match to mark the move to the new location.
2003 / Coached by Henk Baggerman, vv GONA finishes in tenth place in Sunday League 2D, resulting in the club descending into Sunday League 3 along with RVC Rijswijk and bottom club HV&CV Quick.
2005 / Coached by John Bodmann, vv GONA suffers its second relegation in three seasons, finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 3C and being retrograded to Sunday League 4 along with the club finishing in second-last place, vv Haagse Hout.
2006 / Being placed in District West II’s Sunday League 3C for the 2005-06 season, HSV SOA withdraws its first team in the course of the year. In mid-2006, HSV SOA officially changes its name to become Sportvereniging (SV) Wateringse Veld, thus taking on the name of the neighbourhood in which the club settled four years previously. Another reason for the name change was the negative connotation of the acronym SOA, given that it had also become the way to refer to venereal diseases (in Dutch: Seksueel Overdraagbare Aandoeningen, SOA’s) since the late 1990s. As a result, the name (HSV) SOA had become a mark of derision, with youth members even walking away from the club for this reason.
2007 / Finishing in third place in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, vv GONA qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club manages to defeat vv VEP in the final, played at GC&FC Olympia’s Sportpark Bodegraafsestraatweg in Gouda. The successful coach is Eki Korte.
2008 / Finishing in third place in District West II’s Sunday League 3C, vv GONA qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the final by RVV Kocatepe-Anadolu. Meanwhile, down in District West II’s Sunday League 4C, SV Wateringse Veld finishes as runners-up 6 points behind champions SV Erasmus, going on to obtain promotion via the ensuing play-off rounds. The successful coach is Madjo Dewus. That same year, SV Wateringse Veld also wins District West II’s Regional Cup (Group 2) following a victory over vv De Jonge Spartaan in the final, played at vv Alphense Boys’ Sportpark De Bijlen (West).
2009 / Finding themselves in the same division, District West II’s Sunday League 3C, SV Wateringse Veld and vv GONA battle it out in a fierce fight for the title, with SV Wateringse Veld eventually finishing 1 point ahead of their closest rivals. The decisive points for the club from Sportpark Zonneveld are clinched in a home win against vv Verburch in the last match of the season. As such, SV Wateringse Veld wins promotion to Sunday League 2, a level never reached before by the club or its predecessor HSV SOA. The successful coach is Madjo Dewus. Also in 2009, faced with an ever decreasing membership, vv GONA holds merger talks, first with VCS, and later with HVV Te Werve, but the discussions remain fruitless.
2010 / SV Wateringse Veld manages a respectable eighth place in Sunday League 2C in its first-ever season at this level. Meanwhile, down in District West II’s Sunday League 3C, vv GONA clinches the title, 5 points ahead of runners-up HVV Laakkwartier. As such, the club accedes to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is John Baven.
2011 / Coached by Martin Abbenhuis, former professional league midfielder at FC Den Haag (1988-92), SV Wateringse Veld finishes bottom of the table in Sunday League 2C, thus descending into Sunday League 3 along with the club finishing in second-last place, RKVV Teylingen. That same year, the club sees a welcome increase of its membership following the demise of vv Texas, with much of the remaining players of that club seeking affiliation with SV Wateringse Veld.
2013 / In December 2013, Martin Abbenhuis is replaced at SV Wateringse Veld’s coach by another former professional league midfielder, Ferrie Bodde (ADO Den Haag, Swansea City FC). Also in 2013, a football academy sees the daylight in The Hague, which is given the name Voetbalschool SKILLZ, with the founders being the couple Benito & Sharon Marica. In order to allow the new academy, which is not affiliated to the Netherlands' Football Association, to organise training sessions and matches, the owners conclude a groundsharing agreement with non-league club vv Verburch, enabling them to use Sportpark Verburch at Arckelweg in Poeldijk as their home base.
2014 / In April 2014, Ferrie Bodde suffers a lung infection, as a result of which the coach is placed in an artificial coma. As he has to leave the club due to his ailing health, SV Wateringse Veld finishes in second-last place in District West II’s Sunday League 3C, dropping back into Sunday League 4 along with KRSV Vredenburch and bottom club RVC Celeritas. Meanwhile, up in Sunday League 2C, vv GONA qualifies for the promotion play-offs in spite of finishing in a meagre ninth place. Edging past RKSV Spartaan ’20 in the sole play-off round (8-5 aggr. A.E.T.), the club manages a historic promotion to Sunday League 1. The successful coach is Madjo Dewus. Following the 2013-14 season, SV Wateringse Veld and vv GONA conclude a merger, resulting in the foundation of SV Wateringse veld GONA. With vv GONA abandoning its ground, Sportpark Escamp III at Beresteinlaan, which is taken over by rugby club WRC Te Werve, all activities of the new club move to Sportpark Zonneveld in Wateringse Veld. Thanks to GONA’s unexpected promotion, the new merger club starts its life in Sunday League 1.
2015 / In its first season, SV Wateringse Veld GONA manages a respectable seventh place in Sunday League 1B.
2016 / Coached by Patrick van Dullemen, SV Wateringse Veld GONA finishes in third-last place in Sunday League 1B. Having to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs, the club suffers defeat in R1 at the hands of SV Hillegom (3-0 aggr.), resulting in the club suffering relegation to Sunday League 2 along with vv PFC and bottom club RKSV GDA. In the summer of 2016, SV Wateringse Veld GONA is joined at Sportpark Zonneveld by HSV Celeritas, a club which had been without a ground of its own since being evicted from Sportpark Leyweg, where it had been home since 1948, two years previously. After an unhappy groundshare with SVH at Sportpark Noordweg, the club moves in with SV Wateringse Veld GONA in 2016 with a view of a possible merger between the two clubs in the following year. For the 2016-17 season, HSV Celeritas did not have a first team following a withdrawal of its flagship team from Sunday League 4.
2017 / Coached by Dinesh Manniesingh, who had replaced Patrick van Dullemen in the course of the season, SV Wateringse Veld GONA finishes in second-last place in Sunday League 2D, thus suffering its second relegation in a row, descending into Sunday League 3 along with vv Wilhelmus, OHVV, and bottom club SV Charlois. However, following the 2016-17 season, the club concludes a merger – not with HSV Celeritas, but with vv Kranenburg. This last-mentioned club had only been founded several months previously, in December 2016, by players and supporters of the former FC Kranenburg, founded as HSV Kranenburg in 1919 and absorbed into a merger with RVC Rijswijk in 2005, resulting in the foundation of vv Haaglandia, which had gone bankrupt in 2017. Due to vv Kranenburg not yet having reported at the Chamber of Commerce, an official merger is not on the table – and, as a result, the name SV Wateringse Veld GONA is retained for the 2017-18 season. For this new season, after a tradition of nearly 100 years of Sunday football, SV Wateringse Veld GONA chooses to withdraw from Sunday League 3 and make a new start in the bottom division of District West II’ Saturday pyramid, Saturday League 4 – with HSV Celeritas making the same choice and starting its life in the same division after one year without a flagship team.
2018 / With its team bolstered by former professional league midfielder Ricky van den Bergh (formerly at Sparta Rotterdam, RKC Waalwijk, Heracles Almelo, and ADO Den Haag), SV Wateringse Veld GONA storms to the title in District West II’s Saturday League 4D, 14 points ahead of closest followers KRSV Vredenburch, thus winning promotion to Saturday League 3. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-0 home win over vv Quintus (goals by Erkan Sensoy and Fransesco Fens). The successful coach is Ger Fens. In mid-2018, one year after the merger between SV Wateringse Veld GONA and vv Kranenburg, the club takes on the name SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg. Meanwhile, being deprived of its prospective merger with SV Wateringse Veld GONA, HSV Celeritas moves away from Sportpark Zonneveld after two seasons, settling at Sportpark Prinses Irene in Rijswijk and adapting its name to become RVC (Rijswijkse Voetbalclub) Celeritas. Also in 2018, Voetbalschool SKILLZ, the football academy founded in 2013, abandons Sportpark Verburch, moving to the aforementioned Sportpark Prinses Irene as well.
2019 / Champions in District West II’s Saturday League 3B, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SV KMD, SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg manages its second promotion in a row, acceding to Saturday League 2. Also in 2019, six years after forming their football academy Voetbalschool SKILLZ, Benito & Sharon Marica decide to join the Netherlands' FA in order to allow part of their academy players to compete in regular youth competitions under the name FC Skillz. Whereas Voetbalschool SKILLZ remains at Sportpark Prinses Irene in Rijswijk, FC Skillz plays its matches at Sportpark Zonneveld in Wateringse Veld, groundsharing with SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg - but virtually only using the synthetic side-pitch of the park.
2020 / Finding itself in tenth place in Saturday League 2C in March 2020, when the 2019-20 season is cut short due to the first COVID lockdown, SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg withdraws its flagship team from the regular leagues due to a lack of players. Also in 2020, with Sportpark Prinses Irene being abandoned, all of the activities of Voetbalschool SKILLZ as well as its offshoot FC Skillz are brought together at Sportpark Zonneveld.
2021 / After one year without first team football at Sportpark Zonneveld, SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg and FC Skillz conclude a partnership deal, with a new first team being formed under the name SSA (Samenwerking Seniorenafdeling) FC Skillz Wateringse Veld. In practice, given that SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg hardly had any membership left at that point, this amounted to FC Skillz widening its activities to regular league football after two years of ‘just’ being a youth academy. After the withdrawal of SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg from Saturday League 2 in mid-2020, SSA FC Skillz Wateringse Veld is allowed to start its life in Saturday League 3. Whereas HSV SOA, SV Wateringse Veld, SV Wateringse Veld GONA, and SV Wateringse Veld Kranenburg had always played their first team football on the grass pitch of Sportpark Zonneveld, SSA FC Skillz Wateringse Veld moves virtually all club activities, including first team football, to the synthetic side-pitch of the park.