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NETHERLANDS: vv Celeritudo (1955-2001) / SV VSC (2001-)

Sportpark Koningsweg "Zuid", Utrecht Oost (SV VSC, formerly vv Celeritudo)

Netherlands, province: Utrecht

8 III 2025 / SV VSC 9 - vv Sterrenwijk 3 1-0 / District West I, Saturday Reserves' League 6-24

Timeline

• 1946 / Foundation of vv Celeritudo, a football club in Utrecht – more specifically in the library (!) of the Aloysius Parish at Adriaan van Ostadelaan in the Oudwijk neighbourhood, to the east of the city-centre. The group of boys are sponsored by the local church, with chaplain Fr Van Gorcum putting a sum of 400 guilders at their disposal. It has to be pointed out that the original club name was vv Celeritas (Latin for ‘swiftness’), with this name being turned down by the Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB) due to another club already using this name; HSV Celeritas in The Hague. Thereupon, a new proposal by the club, vv Fortitudo (Latin for ‘strength’) is also turned down, due to a club from Culemborg, RKV Fortitudo (later to merge into SV Focus ’07) already having monopolised this designation. Undeterred, the club made a third and final proposal, vv Celeritudo, which is accepted by association authorities. ‘Celeritudo’ is a word also meaning ‘swiftness’ in Latin, but very rarely seen in ancient sources – unlike its synoyms ‘celeritas’, ‘rapiditas’, and ‘velocitas’ – all of those being names adopted by various football clubs founded prior to World War II in the Netherlands. Being placed in the lowest Sunday division of the Utrecht KNVB sub-branch (‘Afdeling Utrecht’ or UVB), vv Celeritudo settles on a pitch in the so-called Johannapolder, in the area presently occupied by the Utrecht Science Park.
• ± 1950 / Moving away from their first pitch in the Johannapolder, vv Celeritudo settles at Terrein Mereveldseweg, an improvised sports park owned by a local smallholder, Mr Van der Vecht. The facilities comprised three pitches and were situated to the east of Utrecht  – most probably simultaneously with SV Rivierwijkers, who occupied one of the other pitches at this same park. 
• 1955 / Winning the title in UVB Sunday Division 1, vv Celeritudo accedes to KNVB District West I’s Sunday League 4 for the first time. In October 1955, vv Celeritudo and SV Rivierwijkers abandon Terrein Mereveldseweg, settling at Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg, where each are assigned one pitch at the back of the ground of future professional league side UA&VV Velox – in effect the ‘main pitch’ of this park.
• 1956 / vv Celeritudo finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4G, 1 point behind champions AFC Quick.
• 1957 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 3 points ahead of closest rivals vv Nijenrodes, vv Celeritudo goes on to win the championship play-offs, thus acceding to Sunday League 3 for the first time.
• 1958 / vv Celeritudo finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 5 points behind champions JSV. That same year, former Celeritudo player Jan de Kleijn makes his professional league debut at vv DOS at the age of twenty. The midfielder goes on to have spells at SHS, AVV de Volewijckers, USV Elinkwijk and AGOVV before withdrawing from professional league football in 1968.
• 1960 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 8 points ahead of WFC Rapiditas, vv Celeritudo manages to win the championship play-offs as well, thus gaining promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time. That same year, two talented Celeritudo strikers commence a professional league career; Chris Oomen, 21 years old, signs for USV Elinkwijk, where he would stay for four years before withdrawing into non-league, while Theo Kraan, 23 years old, earns himself a contract with TSV NOAD, going on to have a short spell at USV Elinkwijk before cutting short his professional footballing career in 1962.
• 1961 / vv Celeritudo finishes in third place in District West I’s Sunday League 2B, the best result in club history – equalled in 1963 and 1964. Also in 1961, Celeritudo youth academy player Leo van Veen moves to the academy of professional league side vv DOS at the age of fifteen.
• 1964 / Former Celeritudo player Herman Tijssen makes his debut as a professional league player at Willem II. The defender would stay with the Tilburg side for two years before ending his professional league career in 1966.
• 1965 / Having moved from vv Celeritudo to vv DOS four years previously, Leo van Veen, 19 years old by now, makes his professional league debut in the first team of vv DOS. In his long career in professional league football, Van Veen would go on to wear the colours of FC Utrecht, LA Aztecs, AFC Ajax, and RKC, eventually hanging up his boots at the age of forty in 1986. Van Veen, a utility player if ever there was one, bears the officious title Mr FC Utrecht, having played 391 matches for the merger club. After his playing career, Van Veen was a coach at RKC, VVV, FC Utrecht, and various other clubs. 
• 1970 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 2B, vv Celeritudo drops back into Sunday League 3 after ten seasons, along with the club finishing in second-last place, VVOG (zo).
• 1975 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 3 points ahead of UA&VV Velox – Celeritudo’s neighbours, who had withdrawn into non-league after twelve years in 1970 – vv Celeritudo wins promotion to Sunday League 2.
• 1977 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 2B, vv Celeritudo is retrograded to Sunday League 3 along with the club in second-last place, BFC.
• 1979 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, vv Celeritudo descends into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club vv Midlandia.
• 1980 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, vv Celeritudo suffers its second relegation in a row – and its third in four seasons – dropping back into UVB Hoofdklasse along with bottom club JSV.
• 1992 / Celeritudo’s neighbour club UA&VV Velox concludes a merger with SVVU, resulting in the foundation of Velox-SVVU. All activities move to SVVU’s ground, Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd (Noord). Also in 1992, former Celeritudo youth academy player Raymond Graanoogst makes his professional league debut at FC Utrecht at the age of seventeen. The striker goes on to have spells with GS Apollon Smyrnis and HFC Haarlem before withdrawing into non-league at USV Elinkwijk in 1999.
• 1993 / The stand of Velox’s former stadium at Koningsweg, abandoned by that club one year previously, is consumed in a fire. After the remnants of the stadium have been removed, the pitch – situated directly to the north of vv Celeritudo’s main pitch – becomes one of the side-pitches of vv Celeritudo.
• 1994 / Having played in KNVB Afdeling Utrecht (UVB) for the past fourteen years, vv Celeritudo now manages a return to Sunday League 4.
• 2000 / Finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 4H of the short-lived Central District, vv Celeritudo drops back into Sunday League 5 along with the club in second-last place, their neighbours SV Rivierwijkers. Following the 1999-2000 season, however, Celeritudo withdraws from first team football, continuing with just recreational and youth football teams.
• 2001 / vv Celeritudo concludes a merger with Velox-SVVU, the result being the foundation of Sportvereniging (SV) Velox-SVVU-Celeritudo (VSC). All activities move to vv Celeritudo’s Sportpark Koningsweg (Zuid), with Velox-SVVU’s ground, Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd (Noord) being abandoned altogether. Following the merger, first team football returns to Sportpark Koningsweg (Zuid), with SV VSC starting its life in Sunday League 5 due to Velox-SVVU having suffered relegation from Sunday League 4 in its last season.
• 2002 / SV VSC finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 5G, 9 points behind neighbour club SV Rivierwijkers.
• 2003 / While retaining first team football on Sundays, SV VSC also enters a first team in the Saturday pyramid, with this team being placed in Saturday League 5.
• 2004 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 5H, 1 point ahead of closest followers SV Saestum, SV VSC (zo) accedes to Sunday League 4. 
• 2005 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4G, SV VSC (zo) descends into Sunday League 5.
• 2006 / Finishing in third place in District West I’s Saturday League 5C, SV VSC (za) wins promotion to Saturday League 4 following a successful round of play-offs.
• 2010 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 5G, SV VSC (zo) suffers the ignominy of being retrograded to Sunday League 6, the bottom division of the league pyramid. However, following the 2009-10 season, VSC withdraws from first team football on Sundays, retaining just its regular Saturday team in Saturday League 4.
• 2011 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Saturday League 4E, SV VSC drops back into the bottom division of Saturday league football, Saturday League 5, along with bottom club vv Voorwaarts. At the start of the 2011-12 season, the club enters a regular first team in the Sunday pyramid after an absence of one season, with this team being placed in Sunday League 6.
• 2012 / Runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 6C, 10 points behind champions vv De Dreef, SV VSC (zo) wins promotion to Sunday League 5 along with the aforementioned club as well as play-off winners vv Domstad Majella. Meanwhile, SV VSC (za) finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Saturday League 5D, 4 points behind champions vv OSM ’75. The club fails to win promotion in the play-offs following a draw against DVSA (2-2) and a defeat at the hands of HVV de Zebra’s (2-1).
• 2013 / Runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 5E, 3 points behind champions PVC, SV VSC (zo) qualifies for the play-offs. Following defeats of BVV ’31 (5-4) and SV DRC (2-1) as well as a defeat at the hands of AVV Sloterdijk (3-2), the club manages a second place in the group behind the last-mentioned side, enough for promotion to Sunday League 4. That same season, SV VSC (za) finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Saturday League 5D, 13 points behind champions vv Brederodes – with the team acceding to Saturday League 4 automatically due to the abolition of Saturday League 5 in this district.
• 2015 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, SV VSC (zo) drops back into Sunday League 5.
• 2016 / Finishing in fourth place in District West I’s Sunday League 5E, SV VSC (zo) qualifies for the play-offs, in which a defeat of AFC Nautilus (6-3 aggr.) is sufficient to book a return ticket to Sunday League 4.
• 2017 / As SV VSC (za) finishes bottom of the table in District West I’s Saturday League 4G, the club decides to withdraw from regular first team football on Saturdays.
• 2018 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, SV VSC drops back into Sunday League 5 along with the club in second-last place, SV Odijk.
• 2019 / With SV VSC (zo) finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 5D, the club decides to withdraw from regular first team football altogether. The club retains its youth academy as well as a huge number of recreational teams.
• 2022 / Returning to first team football in the Saturday pyramid, SV VSC is placed in Saturday League 5.
• 2023 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Saturday League 5B, SV VSC withdraws from first team football yet again.

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NETHERLANDS: NAC Breda (B) (2009-)

Sportpark De Gaard "Bredanello", Zundert (NAC Breda - training ground)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

March 2025 / no match visited

Timeline

• 2009 / Following the sale of the side-pitches of NAC Breda's Rat Verleghstadion by Breda's municipal authorities, the club moves the training sessions for its first and reserves' teams to a newly laid-out park in Zundert, Sportpark De Gaard, situated on the land of Jan Braspenning, NAC's groundsman (from 1995 to 2017). The facilities comprise two pitches as well as portacabins, which serve as makeshift changing rooms and players' lounge. In spite of those very basic facilities, the park earns the nickname 'Bredanello' - an allusion to AC Milan's training ground, Milanello - thanks to the superb quality of the playing surface. NAC agrees to use the facilities for the coming ten years.
• 2011 / As plans to upgrade Sportpark De Gaard have been given the green light by Zundert's municipal authorities, NAC and Jan Braspenning conclude a new agreement, which sees the club staying at the training ground until 2026.
• 2012 / Following the completion of the ground upgrade, which saw the portacabins being replaced by a fully-fledged clubhouse, which offers all the indoor facilities required for a professional league club's training ground, the ground is officially renamed the Autotaalglas Trainingscentrum in a sponsorship deal. 
• 2020 / After eight years of being called the officially the Autotaalglas Trainingscentrum, Sportpark De Gaard is renamed Midglas Trainingscentrum in a new sponsorship deal.
• 2025 / After five years of being called officially the Midglas Trainingscentrum, Sportpark De Gaard is renamed B O Infra Trainingscomplex in a new sponsorship deal, which will see the building company's name being connected to NAC Breda until the summer of 2028.

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NETHERLANDS: IVV

Sportpark De Breek, Landsmeer (IVV)

Netherlands, province: North Holland = Noord-Holland

2 III 2025 / IVV - vv Flevo 2-1 / Sunday League 2A (= NL level 7)

Timeline

• 1919 / Foundation of a football club in Landsmeer, a village situated just to the north of Amsterdam. The new club takes on the name VVL (Voetbalvereeniging Landsmeer). It is unclear where this club’s pitch was situated.
• 1920 / Foundation of a football club in Den Ilp, a village not far from Landsmeer. The new club is given the name IVV (Ilper Voetbalvereeniging), with L. Hoogeveen becoming the first chairman.
• 1921 / Like VVL had done two years previously, IVV joins the so-called Noord-Hollandsche Voetbalbond (NHVB), the North Holland sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, KNVB from 1929 onwards). The NHVB organises league football in the Province of North Holland (except for the Amsterdam area) below the level of the regular NVB divisions. IVV rents a plot of farmland from a local smallholder, A. Lelie, with the pitch being inaugurated with a friendly against the third team of VVL. For the 1921-22 season, IVV is placed in NHVB (Sunday) Division 4.
• 1922 / IVV clinches the title in NHVB Division 4E following a draw against ZVV Zilvermeeuwen. The club accedes to NHVB Division 3 for the new season.
• 1923 / Following a decisive 5-1 win over RFC (De Rijp), IVV wins its second title in a row, finishing in first place in NHVB Division 3. However, no promotion is achieved – probably following an unsuccessful round of play-offs. Also in 1923, IVV moves away from the plot of land put at the disposal of the club by A. Lelie, as the farmer requires the land for his new poultry barn. Eventually, the club finds itself a new home on a plot of land at the back of Café Jan Leguit in Den Ilp.
• 1924 / IVV finishes as runners-up in NHVB Division 3.
• 1925 / Obtaining the title in NHVB Division 3, IVV accedes to NHVB Division 2. 
• 1928 / Clinching the title in NHVB Division 2 following a 1-0 win over EVC Reserves, IVV achieves promotion to NHVB Division 1 for the first time. Also in 1928, as VVL from Landsmeer folds, ceasing all activities after an existence of nine years, some of the remaining players of that club join IVV. 
• 1931 / IVV finishes as runners-up in NHVB Division 1 behind champions WFC III. In the fall of 1931, IVV, ambitious to achieve promotion to KNVB League 4 in the near future, moves away from its pitch at the back of Café Jan Leguit, which does not have the correct measurements for league football. The club finds itself a new pitch not in Den Ilp, but in nearby Landsmeer, at Raadhuisstraat. The inaugural match on the new pitch results in an emphatic 7-1 win over VVV Westzaan. Although the club now moves away from its cradle in Den Ilp, IVV retains the pitch at Café Leguit until after World War II.
• 1932 / Winning all but one of its eighteen matches and scoring more than 100 goals, IVV storms to the title in NHVB Division 1A following a 3-2 defeat of their closest followers, KVV Reserves. As such, the club achieves promotion to KNVB District West I’s (Sunday) League 4 for the first time.
• 1934 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s League 4C, 7 points behind champions Ahrends VC.
• 1939 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s League 4B, 6 points behind champions KVV. In the summer of 1939, as the Netherlands’ armed forces mobilise in view of the looming threat on its eastern border, IVV’s pitch at Raadhuisstraat is requisitioned by the army. Following the German conquest of the Netherlands in the following year, the wooden dressing rooms are knocked down at the behest of the oppressors, with the club having to save money for several years to bring together the building material for new facilities.
• 1942 / Clinching the decisive points in the second-last match of the season against VVV Westzaan (4-2), IVV wins the title in District West I’s Sunday League 4C, 4 points ahead of runners-up ZVV Zilvermeeuwen. In the subsequent championship play-offs against vv Schagen, VVW, and Always Forward SV, IVV finishes in joint first place with the first-mentioned club. As such, IVV and vv Schagen meet for a tie-break match at the ground of vv Alkmaarsche Boys, resulting in a 3-2 win for Schagen. As such, IVV ultimately misses out on promotion to Sunday League 3.
• 1943 / IVV clinches the title in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 5 points ahead of runners-up RKWSV DOSS. The club misses out on promotion yet again, this time due to no promotion play-offs being organised in the face of the worsening conditions in the Netherlands during the second half of World War II.
• 1944 / Clinching the decisive points in a 2-1 defeat of RKWSV DOSS, IVV wins the title in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 2 points ahead of closest rivals ASV Heemskerck. In its eighteen matches, IVV scores exactly 100 goals. As Terrein Raadhuisstraat proves unplayable in the early months of 1944, IVV has to play its last regular home games on the B pitch of SV De Meteoor, Terrein Melkweg. In the championship play-offs, the club fails to win promotion to Sunday League 3, suffering defeats in both of its encounters against SLTO (twice 2-1).
• 1946 / Runaway champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4E, 11 points ahead of closest followers vv Monnickendam, IVV qualifies for the championship play-offs. Taking on vv Assendelft, SC JHK, and RKSV Oranje-Zwart, the club succeeds in finishing top of the group following a 2-1 defeat of SC JHK. As such, IVV, coached by Henk Smit, wins promotion to Sunday League 3 for the first time.
• 1947 / Finishing in joint first place in District West I’s Sunday League 3C with vv Schoten, IVV meets the club from Haarlem in a tie-break match, played at Gemeentelijk Sportpark Alkmaar, in which it manages a 3-2 win (two goals by S. Wals, one by D. Westerveld), thus clinching the title. Taking on vv Alkmaarsche Boys, HFC Helder, and vv Kinheim in the championship play-offs, the club does not manage to achieve its second promotion in a row, with League 2 bottom side vv Alkmaarsche Boys saving its skin and staying up.
• 1949 / Following a 4-1 win over ZSV Zandvoortmeeuwen, IVV conquers the title in District West I’s Sunday League 3C, 5 points ahead of closest rivals QSC. Due to the horrific state of the pitch at Raadhuisstraat, IVV has to play its championship play-off home matches elsewhere – at AVV De Volewijckers’ ground, Terrein Het Mosveld in Amsterdam. Taking on vv Alkmaarsche Boys, FC Hilversum, and vv Zaandijk, the club misses out on its second promotion in a row. Also in 1949, IVV forms a Saturday football sub-branch to accommodate the village’s Protestant community. A Saturday regular first team is formed, which is to be found in the lower reaches of the NHVB Saturday divisions in the following decades.
• 1950 / Moving away from Terrein Raadhuisstraat following its last home match in the 1949-50 season on April 20th, 1950, IVV moves into its new ground, Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Breek, only a stone’s throw away from the old ground. Initially, the new facilities comprise just one pitch – modern-day Pitch/Veld 3, the easternmost pitch of the park.
• 1952 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3C, IVV drops back into Sunday League 4 after three seasons.
• 1953 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4F, 3 points behind champions SC JHK. That same year, a new second pitch is inaugurated at Sportpark De Breek – modern-day Pitch/Veld 2, the northernmost pitch of the park.
• 1955 / Runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4C, 3 points behind champions SV De Meteoor, IVV qualifies for a round of promotion play-offs against the runners-up of the other Sunday League 4 groups in District West I due to one extra promotion place being available following the introduction of professional league football in the Netherlands – with the places having been vacated by clubs which join the professional divisions having to be filled by others. Going on to defeat both of its adversaries, vv Succes (2-5) and vv Assendelft (2-1), IVV tops the play-off group, thus achieving promotion to Sunday League 3.
• 1957 / Following an away draw at ZVV (2-2), IVV conquers the title in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, 3 points ahead of closest rivals QSC. In the championship play-offs, the club takes on USV Hercules, VPV Purmersteijn, and SV NFC for two spots in Sunday League 2. With VPV Purmersteijn topping the group, and SV NFC finishing bottom, IVV and USV Hercules ultimately have to battle it out in a tie-break match, played at SV NFC’s Terrein Sportlaan in Amsterdam. Suffering a 2-0 defeat, IVV has to leave the honours to their Utrecht opponents.
• 1961 / A new clubhouse is inaugurated at Sportpark De Breek by Landsmeer’s mayor, Gerrit Post, who doubles as IVV’s honorary president. Probably, the covered stand dates back to this period as well.
• 1962 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, 5 points behind champions ZVV Zilvermeeuwen.
• 1968 / Finishing in joint second last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3B with ASV DJK and AVV Swift, IVV has to play a tie-break competition against these two clubs to determine which two of them would stay up. Eventually, IVV saves its skin, with AVV Swift descending into League 4 along with bottom club vv Watergraafsmeer.
• 1969 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, IVV drops back into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club AVV ZSGO.
• 1970 / A third pitch is added to the set-up at Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Breek – the westernmost pitch of the park. In November 1970, works get underway to build a new, two-tiered clubhouse on the northeastern side of this new pitch.
• 1971 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 2 points behind champions ASC WMS. That same year, the new – and current – clubhouse is inaugurated by Landsmeer’s mayor, Gerrit Post. From this time on, the westernmost pitch of the park, laid out in 1970, is Sportpark De Breek’s main pitch.
• 1974 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, IVV descends into NHVB Zondag Hoofdklasse after 42 consecutive years in Sunday Leagues 3 & 4.
• 1975 / Champions in NHVB Zondag Hoofdklasse ahead of runners-up vv SEW, IVV manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4. That same year, the covered stand, which had been built alongside the old main pitch in c. 1961, is moved to the new main pitch, where it is rebuilt alongside the southern touchline – where it has been until the present day. At some point in the following decades, the stand is named after Cor Dobber, canteen manager at IVV from 1963 until c. 2020.
• 1976 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 4D along with OFC, IVV meets the club from Oostzaan in a tie-break match. Going on to win the encounter (2-1), IVV avoids the drop, with OFC descending into NHVB Hoofdklasse along with bottom club VVZ.
• 1978 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 4 points behind champions RKAV Volendam.
• 1979 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 2 points ahead of closest rivals OSV, IVV wins promotion to Sunday League 3 after an absence of ten years at that level.
• 1980 / IVV finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 3A, 3 points behind champions RKAV Volendam. On the occasion of IVV’s sixtieth anniversary, a gala match is held at Sportpark De Breek, as IVV takes on a team of former AFC Ajax players, with professional league referee Frans Derks being invited to lead the match.
• 1981 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 3A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SV DTS, IVV accedes to Sunday League 2 for the first time in its history. The successful coach is Dick Alberts. 
• 1982 / Coached by Dick Alberts, IVV finishes in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 2, thus dropping back into Sunday League 3 along with bottom club RKAV Volendam.
• 1983 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3A, IVV suffers its second relegation in a row, dropping back into Sunday League 4 along with the club finishing in second-last position, vv SRC. Also in 1983, the clubhouse at Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Breek undergoes a thorough renovation, involving the construction of a new set of dressing rooms as well as an extension of the canteen.
• 1987 / Following a 3-0 home win over RKSV TOB, IVV clinches the title in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 1 point ahead of runners-up SV De Rijp. As such, the club wins promotion to Sunday League 3.
• 1988 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, IVV drops back into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club SV Halfweg. The decisive defeat was suffered in an encounter with former professional league side AVV De Volewijckers.
• 1991 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 1 point ahead of runners-up SV Geel-Wit ’20, IVV wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The decisive points were clinched in a 4-0 home win over RKVV DSS.
• 1994 /  Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, IVV drops back into Sunday League 4 along with the club finishing in second-last place, BVC Bloemendaal.
• 1995 / Runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 5 points behind champions RKVV Velsen, IVV qualifies for the play-offs. Winning the group stage following a draw against SVA and a 2-0 win over SV Wijk aan Zee, the club qualifies for the final, played at ASC SDW’s Sportpark Spieringhorn – going on to wipe out vv DIO, 3-0. As such, IVV wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is René Stefels.
• 1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, IVV drops back into Sunday League 4.
• 2000 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4B, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv Oosthuizen, IVV manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3.
• 2002 / Coached by Don Guezen, IVV finishes in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3C, thus dropping back into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club vv De Brug.
• 2004 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4C, 2 points ahead of closest followers ZVV Zaanlandia, IVV wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Don Guezen.
• 2008 / Finishing in tenth place in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, IVV fails to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs, descending into Sunday League 4 along with direct drop-outs vv Ripperda and vv ZTS.
• 2011 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4D, 1 point ahead of SV Beemster, IVV wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The decisive point is obtained in a goalless home draw against OSV. The successful coach is Adri Looijen.
• 2012 / Finishing in third place in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, IVV qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club knocks out vv Kolping Boys in R1 (4-0 aggr.), before being eliminated by RKSV Vitesse ’22 in the final (10-5 aggr.).
• 2013 / Runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 3B, 11 points behind runaway champions vv Assendelft, IVV qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by FC Den Helder (5-4 aggr.).
• 2015 / After IVV had withdrawn its Saturday first team in 1992, the club now ceases taking part in Saturday football in the reserves’ leagues as well.
• 2016 / Coached by Jan de Haze, IVV finishes in eleventh place in District West I’s Sunday League 3C, IVV goes on to suffer an 8-3 (aggr.) defeat at the hands of AFC DWS in R1 of the promotion-relegation play-offs, resulting in the club dropping back to Sunday League 4 along with SV De Meteoor, vv Zwanenburg, and bottom club DVC Buiksloot.
• 2018 / Finishing in fourth place in District West I’s Sunday League 4F, IVV qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Qualifying for the final following wins over SV Wijk aan Zee (0-4) and AVV Swift (zo) (4-1), the club goes on to defeat vv Zwanenburg in the decisive match as well (2-3). As a result, IVV, coached by Charles Loots, manages a return to Sunday League 3 after two seasons.
• 2019 / Finishing in third place in District West I’s Sunday League 3C, IVV qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club knocks out AFC Quick 1890 in R1 (2-4 A.E.T.) before suffering a penalty shoot-out defeat in the final against RKSV DCG (1-1 A.E.T.). However, due to one extra promotion place being available, a lucky loser competition is held, in which IVV knocks out Omni Zwaluwen Utrecht 1911 in R1 (4-2) and vv SEW in the final (2-4 A.E.T.). As a result, IVV achieves promotion through the backdoor with coach Gerrie Breugem. It marks a return of the club in Sunday League 2 after an absence of 37 years. 
• 2022 / Runners-up in Sunday League 2B, with an equal number of points as champions SV De Meer, but with an inferior goal difference (+46 vs +43), IVV qualifies for the play-offs. Knocking out FC Den Helder (4-1) and TSV Theole (1-0 A.E.T.) in the first two rounds, the club qualifies for the final against vv HSV, played at vv ADO ‘20’s Sportpark De Vlotter. Achieving a 2-1 win (A.E.T., goals by Dylan van Os & Stefan Baars), IVV manages a historic promotion to Sunday League 1. The successful coach is Edwin Keizer.
• 2023 / Coached by Ton Pronk, IVV manages its best-ever result with a seventh place in Sunday League 1A. The squad includes former professional league player Emre Bilgin (formerly at SC Telstar, FC Den Bosch, and Fethiyespor Kulübü).
• 2024 / Finishing in second-last place in Combined Sunday & Saturday League 1A with coach Ben Vis, IVV drops back into Sunday League 2 along with bottom club SCPB ’22.

Note – Thanks to IVV’s board, notably Warner Goede, for putting at my disposal a copy of a booklet giving an overview of the club’s history, published on the occasion of IVV’s 75th anniversary in 1995: “IVV jubileumuitgave 1920-1995”, by Jan de Geus / Joop Buis / Ton van Donk / Gerrit Louweret / Sjirk Bouwman.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv Oldeholtpade

Sportpark Olpae, Oldeholtpade (vv Oldeholtpade)

Netherlands, province: Frisia = Friesland

1 III 2025 / vv Oldeholtpade - vv VKW 1-3 / Sunday League 2H (= NL level 7)

Timeline

• 1962 / Foundation of a football club in Oldeholtpade, which is given the simple and straightforward name vv Oldeholtpade (often referred to colloquially simply as VVO). The club finds itself a pitch at Hoofdweg, at the back of the local church (Stephanuskerk or St Stephen’s Church), flanking the farm of Zander van der Meer. The locals usually refer to the pitch simply as ‘(Terrein) Achter de Kerk’ (i.e. at the back of the church). Joining the Netherlands’ Football Association, vv Oldeholtpade starts its life in the Sunday divisions of the so-called FVB or Friese Voetbalbond, the association organising league football in the Province of Frisia below the level of District North’s League 4. Due to no football clubs existing in the neighbouring villages of Nijeholtpade, Ter Idzard, Nijeholtwolde, Oldeholtwolde, De Hoeve, and Oldelamer, the new club soon draws its membership from these hamlets as well as from Oldeholtpade proper.
• 1963 / Taking part in the FVB Sunday divisions for the first time, vv Oldeholtpade appoints its first coach, Mr Tienkamp.
• 1966 / Runners-up in FVB Sunday Division 2B, 3 points behind champions DIOW, vv Oldeholtpade accedes to FVB Sunday Division 1.
• 1969 / vv Oldeholtpade finishes as runners-up in FVB Sunday Division 1B, 1 point behind champions vv TFS.
• 1973 / Finishing in second-last place in FVB Sunday Division 1, vv Oldeholtpade drops back into FVB Sunday Division 2 along with bottom club vv Langezwaag.
• 1976 / Champions in FVB Sunday Division 2B, 3 points ahead of closest rivals vv Langezwaag, vv Oldeholtpade manages a return to FVB Sunday Division 1. The successful coach is Geert van der Wal. That same year, a second pitch is laid out at Terrein Achter de Kerk.
• 1978 / Champions in FVB Sunday Division 1, 2 points ahead of closest followers vv Sport Vereent, vv Oldeholtpade wins promotion to KNVB District North’s Sunday League 4 for the first time.
• 1979 / Finishing bottom of the table in District North’s Sunday League 4B, vv Oldeholtpade drops back into FVB Sunday Division 1 after just one season.
• 1981 / Finishing in third place in FVB Sunday Division 1, vv Oldeholtpade accedes directly to Sunday League 4 along with champions SC Boornbergum ’80 and runners-up vv Warga due to extra promotion places being available.
• 1988 / Finishing bottom of the table in District North’s Sunday League 4B, vv Oldeholtpade drops back into FVB Sunday Division 1 (becoming FVB Zondag Hoofdklasse from 1989 onwards).
• 1994 / Finishing in sixth place in FVB Zondag Hoofdklasse, vv Oldeholtpade manages to win promotion to Sunday League 4 following a successful round of play-offs.
• 1995 / Coached by H. Bijlsma, vv Oldeholtpade finishes in second-last position in District North’s Sunday League 4B, resulting in the club dropping back into FVB Zondag Hoofdklasse – renamed District North’s Sunday League 5 in 1996 following the abolition of the FVB as well as all KNVB sub-branches – along with bottom club SV Donkerbroek. Also in 1995, after having spent the first 33 years of its existence at Terrein Achter de Kerk, vv Oldeholtpade moves into a purpose-built, new ground at Hamersweg, renamed Sportpark Olpae at some point (Olpae being the local pronunciation of Oldeholtpade). At Hamersweg, the club has two official pitches at its disposal, as well as two smaller training pitches.
• 1999 / Two extra dressing rooms are added to the set-up at Sportpark Olpae, bringing the total up to four.
• 2001 / Champions in District North’s Sunday League 5B, 3 points ahead of runners-up vv Steenwijker Boys, vv Oldeholtpade wins promotion to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Dirk Bijl.
• 2002 / Coached by Geert Lanjouw, vv Oldeholtpade finishes in second-last place in District North’s Sunday League 4C, dropping back into Sunday League 5 along with bottom club vv Smilde ’94.
• 2004 / vv Oldeholtpade finishes as runners-up in District North’s Sunday League 5A, 2 points behind champions vv Read Swart.
• 2005 / vv Oldeholtpade finishes as runners-up in District North’s Sunday League 5B, 5 points behind champions SV Olyphia.
• 2010 / Finishing in District North’s Sunday League 5B, vv Oldeholtpade qualifies for the promotion play-offs, being drawn in a group with vv CAB and SV Donkerbroek, but the club suffers defeats against both (1-0 and 3-4 respectively) – thus missing out on a return to Sunday League 4.
• 2014 / A completely renovated clubhouse is inaugurated at Sportpark Olpae.
• 2017 / Finishing in joint first place in District North’s Sunday League 5C with vv TLC, vv Oldeholtpade meets the club from Leek in a tie-break match, played at DIO Oosterwolde’s Sportpark Oostenburg. With vv TLC winning the match 2-0, and thus clinching the title, vv Oldeholtpade has to achieve promotion via the play-offs, succeeding in doing so by knocking out vv Bareveld (7-4 aggr.). As such, the club manages a return to Sunday League 4 after an absence of fifteen seasons. The successful coach is Klaas Jongsma.
• 2018 / Runners-up in District North’s Sunday League 4E, 3 points behind champions SV VENO, vv Oldeholtpade qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club has the better of OVC ’21 (5-0). As such, vv Oldeholtpade accedes to Sunday League 3 for the first time. The successful coach is Klaas Jongsma.
• ± 2021 / The main pitch at Sportpark Olpae is equipped with a floodlight installation.
• 2022 / Runners-up in District North’s Sunday League 3D, 8 points behind champions SV HODO, vv Oldeholtpade qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club eases past SV Twedo (5-0) and vv Gruno (2-7) successively. As a result, vv Oldeholtpade achieves promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time. The successful coach is Klaas Jongsma.
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in Sunday League 2J, vv Oldeholtpade qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by SV Bon Boys (6-0).

Note – Part of the information above has been derived from a booklet published by the club on the occasion of vv Oldeholtpade’s 40th anniversary in 2002: “VVO 1962-2002 40  jaar”, by Mark de Vries / Freddie de Vries / André de Vries / Otto Kuipers / Anja Binnema. Thanks to vv Oldeholtpade board member Jan Vaartjes for enabling me to use this source material.

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