Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: RKSV Avesteyn

Sunday, 7 September 2025

NETHERLANDS: RKSV Avesteyn

Sportpark Avesteyn - HH Stokstraat, Heeswijk-Dinther Dinther (RKSV Avesteyn)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

7 IX 2025 / RKSV Avesteyn - vv Berghem Sport 2-3 / District South I, Regional Cup - group stage, group 1-01

Timeline

1941 / Foundation of a football club in Dinther, a village in North Brabant. The new club is given the name Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging (RKSV) Avesteyn – named after Kasteel Avestein, a chateau in Dinther which had been knocked down all the way back in 1808. RKSV Avesteyn joins the Brabant sub-association of the Netherlands’ FA, the so-called Brabantse Voetbalbond (BVB) – officially called Afdeling Brabant – settling on Terrein De Dieppoel.
± 1946 / Moving away from Terrein De Dieppoel, RKSV Avesteyn settles on a new pitch laid out at Sint-Servatiusstraat.
1951 / A breakaway club is founded in Heeswijk, the twin-village of Dinther. The new club is given the name vv Heeswijk.
± 1962 / Moving away from Terrein Sint-Servatiusstraat, RKSV Avesteyn moves to a new ground laid out at Heilige Stokstraat. The ground, of which the entrance gate is later moved to Steen- & Stokstraat, is commonly referred to Sportpark Avesteyn.
± 1981 / A covered stand is added to the set-up at Sportpark Avesteyn, half of the former covered stand opposite the main stand at Terrein Hescheweg, the ground of TOP in Oss. The other half of the construction is sold to RVV Rhelico from Rumpt.
1984 / RKSV Avesteyn wins promotion from Afdeling Brabant Sunday Division 1 to District South I’s Sunday League 4 for the first time.
1985 / Finishing bottom of the table in Distrit South I’s Sunday League 4A, RKSV Avesteyn drops back into Afdeling Brabant Sunday Division 1 after just one season, along with the club in second-last place, vv Herpinia.
1991 / After six years, RKSV Avesteyn finds its way back from Afdeling Brabant to District South I’s Sunday League 4.
1997 / A new clubhouse is inaugurated at Sportpark Avesteyn, with the symbolic first stone being laid by 90-year-old co-founder of the club, Sjef van der Meijden. The inauguration of this new clubhouse, replacing the old construction at the southwestern side of the ground (Heilige Stokstraat), may have coincided with the moving of the entrance gate to Steen- & Stokstraat.
2001 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4G, RKSV Avesteyn suffers relegation to Sunday League 5 along with bottom club SV Audacia.
2004 / RKSV Avesteyn finishes as runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 5G, 7 points behind champions RKSV Volkel.
2010 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 5H, 3 points behind champions RKSV DAW, RKSV Avesteyn goes on to finish in first place in its play-off group, managing an away draw against DVG (0-0) and a home win against SES (1-0). As a result, the club wins promotion to Sunday League 4.
2012 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 4H, 13 points behind runaway champions EVVC, RKSV Avesteyn qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by vv MVC (4-1 aggr.).
2013 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 4G, 7 points behind champions vv Boekel Sport, RKSV Avesteyn qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club edges past BSV Olympia ’18 in R1 (4-3 aggr.) and SV Vitesse ’08 in R2 (5-3 aggr.). Thus qualifying for the final, the club has to leave the honours to vv Herpinia (4-3). However, in a lucky loser play-off, RKSV Avesteyn sees off SV Panningen (0-2), thus acceding to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history.
2016 / Finishing in second-last place in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, RKSV Avesteyn drops back into Sunday League 4 after three seasons, along with bottom club vv Hapse Boys.
2017 / Finishing in fourth place in District South II’s Sunday League 4I, RKSV Avesteyn qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against vv Zwaluw VFC (2-0 aggr.).
2019 / Finishing in third place in District South II’s Sunday League 4I, RKSV Avesteyn qualifies for the promotion play-offs, knocking out RKVV Wilhelmina in R1 (1-0), only to be eliminated in R2 by vv Vlijmense Boys (4-2).
2022 / Runners-up in District South I’s Sunday League 4F, 6 points behind champions vv Acht, RKSV Avesteyn draws a bye in R1, going on to eliminate vv Jan van Arckel in R2 (4-0), only to be knocked out in the final by RKVV Dommelen (2-1).
2023 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 4G, 9 points behind champions vv Nijnsel, RKSV Avesteyn qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out RKVV BMC in R1 (3-0) and RKDSV in R2 (0-1), but ultimately misses out on promotion due to suffering a 3-1 defeat in the final, played at Sportpark De Glorie in Wijbosch (RKSV WEC’s ground) at the hands of GSBW (3-1).
2024 / Runaway champions in District South II’s Sunday League 4I, 15 points ahead of runners-up RKSV WEC, RKSV Avesteyn wins promotion to Sunday League 3.
2025 / Runaway champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3G, 13 points ahead of runners-up RKSV Prinses Irene and RKSV Festilent, RKSV Avesteyn wins back-to-back promotions, acceding to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history.