Netherlands, province: South Holland = Zuid-Holland
24 I 2026 / RKVV SJC - RKVV DEM 1-1 / Vierde Divisie A (= NL level 5)
Timeline
- 1920 / Foundation of a first football club in Noordwijk, a seaside town in the Province of South Holland. Brought about at the behest of the Roman Catholic St Jeroen (St Iero) parish – notably its chaplain, Fr Braakman – the club takes on the name Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging (RKVV) Sint-Jeroensclub (SJC). SJC starts its existence on a pitch known locally as Terrein De Hoeve, on a location outside the town borders. However, the quest for a new-to-be laid-out ground closer to the St Iero church begins virtually straightaway.
- 1921 / Works get underway on the projected Roomsch-Katholieke Noordwijksche Sportpark at Lagenweg, on a plot of land of 1,5 hectare bought for the club by the St Iero parish.
- 1922 / The official inauguration of the Roomsch-Katholieke Noordwijksche Sportpark at Lagenweg – also referred to as the Sportpark van het Roomsch-Katholieke Jongenspatronaat, later officially renamed Sportpark Lageweg (note the change of orthography – Lagenweg/Lageweg – brought about by the 1934 spelling changes) – takes place on August 15th, 1922, with RKVV SJC moving into the new ground, where it has two pitches at its disposal.
- 1976 / Having been privately owned in the first 54 years of its existence, Sportpark Lageweg now moves into the hands of Noordwijk’s town council. Following this, the park is extended with a third and a fourth pitch.
- 2018 / Municipal authorities in Noordwijk take the decision to undertake a complete renovation of Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg – this following a similar renovation of Sportpark Duinwetering of vv Noordwijk, which saw the construction of a new clubhouse alongside a newly laid-out main pitch (2012-15).
- 2019 / Awaiting the renovation of Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg, vv SJC abandons its old clubhouse, moving to a temporary clubhouse near the entrance of the park on April 8th. The old premises, of which the oldest parts date back to 1965, are knocked down.
- 2020 / In May 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony takes place for the new clubhouse at Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg. Meanwhile, a synthetic surface is laid out on the main pitch, while works are carried out to turn Pitch/Veld 3 (the northernmost pitch of the park, one of the two pitches added to the ground in the late 1970s) into the new main pitch. Partly due to the outbreak of COVID and the ensuing lockdowns, the original completion date of the renovation works (September 2020) is not met.
- 2022 / On September 25th – after a delay of two full years – the renovated Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg, its new clubhouse with a (partly) covered stand, and its new sports hall are finally opened officially in the presence of Mrs Wendy Verkleij, the mayor of Noordwijk. This coincides with the inauguration of the new main pitch, with a hybrid surface, at the northernmost end of the park. The temporary clubhouse at the entrance of the park is knocked down to make way for a small 3G pitch for youth matches. The flagship team of RKVV SJC starts its tenure of the new main pitch as one of the clubs in the newly created Zondag Vierde Divisie (Sunday National Division 4), the fifth and lowest tier of the national league pyramid – to be amalgamated into a combined Vierde Divisie of Sunday and Saturday clubs from 2023 onwards.
- 2023 / After a tradition of 103 years as a Sunday club, RKVV SJC now makes the step to become a Saturday league club, playing the majority of its first team matches on Saturdays. Also in 2023, RKVV SJC qualifies for R1 of the Netherlands’ Cup (KNVB-Beker), in which the club is knocked out by Willem II (1-3).
- 2025 / Finishing in fourth place in Vierde Divisie A, RKVV SJC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by vv Staphorst (6-2 aggr.).
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