Netherlands, province: Utrecht
15 III 2025 / SV Parkhout Reserves - SV Faja Lobi KDS Reserves 5-3 / District West I, Saturday Reserves' League 2F
Timeline
- 1926 / Foundation of a first football club in the village of Vreeswijk, closely to the south of Utrecht. The new club is given the name VSV (Vreeswijksche Sportvereeniging) Vreeswijk and joins the Sunday pyramid of Utrecht’s KNVB sub-branch UVB.
- 1952 / Foundation of a new football club in Vreeswijk, which is specifically formed for the village’s Protestant community – with the founding fathers being Piet van Beest, Arie Verhoef, and Joop van Raay. The new club is given the name DVO (Door Vriendschap Overwinning), but has to change its name upon joining the UVB due to the chosen acronym already having been adopted by clubs in Sittard and Vlaardingen. Thereupon, DVO in Vreeswijk changes its name to become Sportvereniging (SV) Geinoord. As the Protestant community insists on respecting the Sabbath on Sunday, SV Geinoord joins the UVB’s Saturday pyramid, being placed in UVB Saturday Division 3. Initially, the new club plays its home games on a pitch laid out on the farmland of a local smallholder, Mr Noordhoek.
- 1954 / SV Geinoord absorbs another small Saturday club, vv De Lekboys from the nearby hamlet Tull en ‘t Waal, without changing its name as a result. It is unclear when vv De Lekboys saw the daylight – probably in the aftermath of World War II, around 1948. As IJFC from nearby IJsselstein withdraws its Saturday teams around the same time, the membership of SV Geinoord sees a considerable increase in these years. Probably, the club also moved to a new ground in the course of the 1950s, but no information is available on this matter.
- 1956 / SV Geinoord manages its first tangible success, winning promotion to UVB Saturday League 2 from UVB Saturday Division 3. In one of the following four seasons, the club must have managed a second promotion, with the club acceding to UVB Saturday Division 1.
- 1961 / Winning promotion from UVB Saturday Division 1, SV Geinoord accedes to KNVB District West I’s Saturday League 4 for the first time.
- 1964 / SV Geinoord finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Saturday League 4C, 5 points behind champions COV DESTO.
- 1965 / Champions in District West I’s Saturday League 4C, 8 points ahead of closest followers VVOP, SV Geinoord accedes to Saturday League 3 for the first time.
- 1966 / SV Geinoord finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Saturday League 3, 1 point behind champions SSVU.
- 1968 / Champions in District West I’s Saturday League 3B, 6 points ahead of closest rivals vv Altius, SV Geinoord accedes to Saturday League 2 – the top division of the Saturday pyramid at that time.
- 1969 / Along with Sunday club VSV Vreeswijk, SV Geinoord settles on a newly laid-out municipal park, Gemeentelijk Sportpark Hoog-Zandveld – later usually referred to simply as Sportpark Zandveld. The park is inaugurated by Frits Schneiders, former mayor of Vreeswijk. Whereas VSV Vreeswijk uses the main pitch, SV Geinoord usually plays its first-team football on one of the side-pitches of the park. Also in 1969, Geinoord striker Jan Groenendijk signs a professional league contract with USV Elinkwijk – which merges with UA&VV Velox and vv DOS into FC Utrecht the following year. In the 1970-71 season, Groenendijk scores FC Utrecht’s first goal in an official match, away at RVV Feijenoord. Going on to score 18 goals that season, he crowns himself club top scorer. After spells with Go Ahead Eagles and WVV Wageningen, Groenendijk withdraws into non-league with GVVV in 1976.
- 1971 / SV Geinoord finishes as runners-up in Saturday League 2C, 4 points behind champions VVOG. Also in 1971, the communities of Vreeswijk and nearby Jutphaas merge into the planned town of Nieuwegein.
- 1972 / SV Geinoord finishes as runners-up in Saturday League 2A, 9 points behind runaway champions CVV De Jodan Boys.
- 1973 / Finishing in joint first place in Saturday League 2B with CSVD, SV Geinoord meets the club from Delft in a tie-break match, played at Gemeentelijk Sportpark Ridderkerk, with the tie finishing in a goalless draw after extra time. A second match is held at the same venue, with CSVD walking away as 3-1 winners. As such, SV Geinoord misses out on promotion to the top division of the Saturday pyramid.
- 1976 / Finishing in second-last place in Saturday League 2A, SV Geinoord drops back into Saturday League 3 along with bottom club HSV De Zuidvogels.
- 1977 / As Sportpark Zandveld is extended with several pitches further to the north, a start is made on the construction of a clubhouse for SV Geinoord alongside the pitch situated the furthest to the northwest.
- 1978 / Champions in District West I’s Saturday League 3B, 2 points ahead of runners-up vv NSC, SV Geinoord manages a return to Saturday League 2 after two years.
- 1980 / Having played on one of the side-pitches of VSV Vreeswijk for the past eleven years, SV Geinoord now moves to the northwest of the park, which is given the name Sportpark Parkhout (sometimes referred to as Sportpark Parkhout-Zandveld, particularly in the early years), even though the clubhouse is not entirely ready yet.
- 1981 / On January 30th, 1981, the clubhouse of the newly laid-out Sportpark Parkhout is officially inaugurated by G.J. ter Stege, alderman of Nieuwegein’s town council.
- 1985 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Saturday League 2C, SV Geinoord descends into Saturday League 3 along with bottom club vv SIZO. In the following years, the club is little more than an also-ran in Saturday League 3.
- 1993 / Finishing in third-last place in District West I’s Saturday League 3B, SV Geinoord drops back into Saturday League 4 along with vv Jonathan and bottom club SC Hoevelaken. That summer, the club signs a new coach, Peter Boeve, a former Netherlands’ international defender who played at AVC Vitesse, AFC Ajax, and Beerschot VAC.
- 1994 / Runaway champions in District West I’s Saturday League 4D, 10 points ahead of closest followers SV Veensche Boys, SV Geinoord manages a return to Saturday League 3. After this successful season, coach Peter Boeve leaves the club, signing a contract with vv DOVO.
- 1995 / Finishing in third place in District West I’s Saturday League 3B, SV Geinoord wins promotion to Saturday League 2 following a successful round of play-offs.
- 1996 / Finishing in ninth place in District West I’s Saturday League 2B, SV Geinoord is placed in Saturday League 1 for the new season due to extra promotion places being available following the introduction of Zaterdag Hoofdklasse as the new top division of the Saturday league pyramid.
- 1998 / Former Geinoord youth player Rudy Jansen, who had joined FC Utrecht’s youth academy several years previously, makes his debut as a professional league defender at Heracles Almelo, going on to have spells at SBV Excelsior, Cambuur-Leeuwarden, SC Cambuur, and FC Zwolle before withdrawing into non-league with SV Spakenburg in 2011.
- 2001 / SV Geinoord finishes as runners-up in Saturday League 1C, 9 points behind champions vv Roda Boys Bommelerwaard. Also in 2001, a covered stand is erected alongside SV Geinoord’s main pitch at Sportpark Parkhout.
- 2003 / Gerrit Plomp, former professional league defender at FC Utrecht, VfL Bochum, Feyenoord Rotterdam, and Fortuna Sittard, joins SV Geinoord as coach.
- 2005 / Runners-up in Saturday League 1A, 20 points behind runaway champions GVVV, SV Geinoord accedes to Zaterdag Hoofdklasse for the first time following a successful round of play-offs. The successful coach is Gerrit Plomp.
- 2006 / In the best season in club history, SV Geinoord finishes in eighth place in Zaterdag Hoofdklasse B – going on to repeat that result in 2008. Also in 2006, former Geinoord youth player Rob van der Sluijs, who had joined FC Utrecht’s youth academy several years previously, makes his debut as a professional league defender at FC Zwolle. Van der Sluijs goes on to have spells at Helmond Sport, FC Eindhoven, and AGOVV Apeldoorn before ending his professional career in 2012.
- 2007 / After four years at the helm of the club, Gerrit Plomp leaves SV Geinoord, signing a contract as head coach at SV Huizen.
- 2008 / After former SV Geinoord board member and ultimate clubman Ep van der Pol passes away, the stand alongside the club’s main pitch is named after him. That same year, former Geinoord youth player Sidney Schmeltz makes his professional league debut at Willem II. The winger goes on to have spells at Almere City FC, Sparta Rotterdam, SC Veendam, Oldham Athletic FC, Shrewsbury Town FC, Hartlepool United FC, and various clubs in the Middle East, ultimately returning to the Netherlands in 2018, joining non-league side Magreb ’90.
- 2009 / Coached by Bert van Sas, SV Geinoord finishes bottom of the table in Zaterdag Hoofdklasse B, thus descending into Saturday League 1 along with the club finishing in second-last place, AFC Ajax (AV).
- 2010 / SV Geinoord’s main pitch at Sportpark Parkhout is laid out anew as a 3G.
- 2011 / Coached by Michael van den Berg, SV Geinoord finishes in joint second-last position in Saturday League 1A with SVL – going on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match against that club (3-1). As such, SV Geinoord drops back into Saturday League 2 along with bottom club SV Veensche Boys.
- 2012 / Finishing in fifth place in Saturday League 2B, SV Geinoord qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Knocking out vv Aalsmeer in R1 (5-3 aggr.), the club is eliminated in R2 by vv Benschop (2-1 aggr.). However, due to an extra promotion place being available following the demise of Zaterdag Hoofdklasse club vv Young Boys, SV Geinoord gets to play a lucky loser round against AMVJ, played at Sportpark De Meern (Loenenseboslaan). Going on to win the tie (2-1), the club reaches Saturday League 1 via the backdoor. The successful coach is Ruud van de Geest.
- 2013 / Coached by Ruud van de Geest, SV Geinoord finishes in eleventh place in Saturday League 1B, as a result of which the club has to save its skin in a promotion-relegation play-off against vv Haaglandia. Following a 5-3 aggregate defeat against the club from Rijswijk, SV Geinoord descends into Saturday League 2 along with CSV Vitesse Delft, DSVP, and bottom club vv Benschop.
- 2014 / Former Geinoord youth player Sean Klaiber makes his debut as a professional league player at FC Utrecht. The defender goes on to have spells at FC Dordrecht, AFC Ajax, and Brøndby IF, while making his debut for the Surinam national team in 2021.
- 2015 / Runaway champions in Saturday League 2F, 10 points ahead of runners-up vv GDC, SV Geinoord manages a return to Saturday League 1 after two seasons. The successful coach is former professional league player Rudy Jansen.
- 2017 / Coached by Dick Kooijman, SV Geinoord finishes in eleventh place in Saturday League 1A, as a result of which the club has to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs. However, the club is eliminated in R1 by SV Marken (5-4 aggr.). with relegation to Saturday League 2 along with LVV Roda ’46, local rivals JSV Nieuwegein, and bottom club VVZ ’49 being the result.
- 2018 / Champions Saturday League 2B, 4 points ahead of runners-up HC&FC Victoria, SV Geinoord wins promotion to Saturday League 1. The successful coach is David Toxopeus.
- 2019 / Coached by Charles Loots, SV Geinoord finishes in thirteenth place in Saturday League 1C, as a result of which the club has to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs. Having the better of ZVV Pelikaan in R1 (1-0), the club is eliminated in the semis by vv Papendrecht (2-1 A.E.T.). As a result, the club drops back into Saturday League 2 after just one season, along with VVGZ and bottom club gsv GJS. After the 2018-19 season, Charles Loots is replaced as Geinoord’s coach by Gerrit Plomp, who returns to the club for a second spell, which would last four seasons.
- 2023 / In its last season as an independent club, SV Geinoord finishes in seventh place in Saturday League 2B. Following the 2022-23 season, SV Geinoord concludes a merger with neighbour club VSV Vreeswijk, resulting in the foundation of Sportverening (SV) Parkhout. All activities move to SV Geinoord’s Sportpark Parkhout. A new clubhouse is constructed for SV Parkhout alongside the old Pitch/Veld 4 of Sportpark Parkhout, which is inaugurated in the fall of 2023. The new club starts its life in Saturday League 2, the level of the former SV Geinoord. Meanwhile, Sportpark Zandveld, former home of VSV Vreeswijk, is dismantled to make way for the new park of the local hockey club, MHC Nieuwegein. Due to the new clubhouse not being entirely ready yet by the fall of the 2023, SV Parkhout plays its first league game of the 2023-24 season, a 2-2 draw against vv Hardinxveld on September 30th, 2023, on SV Geinoord’s old main-pitch – Pitch/Veld 2 from now on – with the new clubhouse and main pitch being inaugurated for the match against wvv WSC (0-1) two weeks later. SV Geinoord’s old clubhouse at the southern end of the former main pitch is knocked down in the following months.
Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-6 & 18 = non-matchday visit, July 2023 / pictures 7-17 = match visit, March 2025.
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