Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: KVV Losser (1965-1987, 1988-2022) / SV Losser (2022-)

Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen, Losser (SV Losser, formerly KVV Losser)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

10 X 2026 / SV Losser - CSV '28 0-3 / Combined Sunday & Saturday League 1G (= NL level 6)

Timeline

1916 / In Losser, a town in the Twente (Twenthe) region hemmed in between Enschede and the German border, a first Roman Catholic football club sees the daylight, Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging (RKVV) Excelsior. Excelsior joins the Roomsch-Katholieke Utrechtsche Voetbalbond (RKUVB), to become the central and eastern Netherlands sub-branch of Roman Catholic Football Federation RKF (Roomsch-Katholieke Federatie) upon the latter’s foundation in 1918.
1921 / With RKVV Excelsior folding, three phoenix club see the daylight: Voorwaarts, Achilles, and Lossersche Boys. The last-mentioned club does not seem to have been founded under the tutelage of the church though, seeking affiliation with the Twentsche Voetbalbond (TVB), the Twente sub-branch of the non-confessional official Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, KNVB from 1929 onwards), rather than the RKUVB. Confusingly, the year 1921 also seems to have produced a club called RKVV Losser, which joined the RKUVB. This may have been a short-lived successor club of RKVV Excelsior as well.
1922 / Achilles and Voorwaarts fold, ceasing all activities after an existence of barely one year.
1923 / Lossersche Boys folds, ceasing all activities.
1925 / With no sign of the existence of RKVV Losser coming through in the sources, RKVV Excelsior is re-established, seeking affilation with the RKUVB.
1926 / After an existence of one season only, RKVV Excelsior sees its membership of the RKUVB renounced due to being unable to solve its debts, upon which the club folds.
1930 / Four years after the demise of the last reincarnation of RKVV Excelsior, a new Roman Catholic football club sees the daylight in Losser, Roomsch-Katholieke Sportvereeniging (RKSV) Olympia, which joins the RKUVB. With Dr. L. de Bruyn becoming the nascent club’s first chairman, RKSV Olympia sees the amalgamation of gymnastics and athletics club DIO into a sports club with various branches, including football. The football pitch of the club is situated on Hannekerveldweg, on a plot of farmland facing the farm of Mr Bloemen.
± 1931 / Moving away from Terrein aan de Hannekerveldweg, RKSV Olympia settles on a new pitch laid out at Lutterstraat – possibly in the vicinity of Café Koopman.
1932 / Gaining promotion from RKUVB Overgangsklasse B, RKSV Olympia accedes to the ranks of the nationwide Roman Catholic competition IVCB, being placed in IVCB District East Division 2. Also in or around 1932, RKSV Olympia abandoned its pitch at Lutterstraat, settling on the so-called Kerkweide on Oldenzaalschestraat.
1936 / RKSV Olympia clinches the title in IVCB District East Division 2C.
1937 / RKSV Olympia changes its name to become Katholieke Sportvereniging (KSV) Losser.
1940 / With the Roman Catholic federation (RKF) as well as all other football federations other than the non-confessional KNVB folding in the face of the dreaded Gleichschaltung, i.e. the forcible coordination of institutions and society under Nazi rule, after the German occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, KSV Losser joins the KNVB – renamed NVB for the duration of the war – being placed in District East’s Sunday League 4.
1943 / KSV Losser clinches the title in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 4 points ahead of closest followers vv Lossersche Boys (the name SV PJ, the workmen’s football club in Losser, took on in the war years to avoid the odium of German occupation authorities – PJ meaning Prinses Juliana.
1944 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 1 point behind vv Lossersche Boys, KSV Losser qualifies for the championship play-offs based on its title in the previous season – no play-offs had been held in 1943 – but the club fails to win promotion to Sunday League 3.
1944 / KSV Losser finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 1 point behind champions vv Lossersche Boys.
1946 / Finishing in joint first place in District East’s Sunday League 4A with SV PJ, KSV Losser goes on to defeat its derby rivals in a tie-break match for the title, played on Terrein aan de Lutterstraat, the home ground of the third club in Losser, vv TAR. Having bagged the title, KSV Losser qualifies for the championship play-offs, in which the club only requires a 1-0 win over Sunday League 4B champions PH in a tie-break match, played at the Gerrit Jan van Heekpark in Enschede, to clinch promotion to Sunday League 3. The decisive goal is scored by J. Lentfert. By this time, after the war, KSV Losser no longer plays its home games on the Kerkweide (Oldenzaalsestraat), but at Sportcomplex Möllenberg (alternatively referred to as Muldersveld) at Hogeweg.
1951 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 3A, KSV Losser drops back into Sunday League 4 after five years, along with bottom club KSV BWO. Also in or around 1951, KSV Losser acquires the luxury of a second pitch, situated on Braakstraat, in addition to its main pitch, Sportcomplex Möllenberg on Hogeweg, which is liable to being waterlogged. Although mainly intended for lower team football and training sessions, the Terrein aan de Braakstraat is also used for the occasional first team match in the following years as well.
1953 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4A, KSV Losser descends into the ranks of Afdeling Twente, as the TVB (Twentse Voetbalbond) was officially renamed in 1940.
1954 / Clinching the title in TVB Sunday Division 1 following a 3-0 win over the fifth reserves’ team of SC Enschede in an away match at the Gerrit Jan van Heekpark, KSV Losser manages a return to Sunday League 4 after one year only.
1958 / KSV Losser finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 1 point behind champions SV Wilhelminaschool. Also in or around 1958, the various branches of omnisports club KSV Losser go their separate ways, with the football club officially being renamed Katholieke Voetbalvereniging (KVV) Losser.
1959 / Works get underway on a projected new ground for KVV Losser, Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen, on the northeastern outskirts of the town. The first pitch of four pitches is ready for use by the end of the year, but the club does not move to the new facility yet.
1960 Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 4 points ahead of closest rivals vv Geel-Zwart, KVV Losser goes on to have a successful round of championship play-offs against vv Haaksbergen, ZVV De Hoven, and AVV Columbia, resulting in the club gaining promotion to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Henk Oosterveld. Meanwhile, works on the projected Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen proceed, with a second pitch being ready by the end of 1960.
1961 / KVV Losser finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 1 point behind champions SP Neede. That same year, prodigal young player Johan Plageman leaves KVV Losser, signing a deal with SC Enschede. Plageman, who would go on to have further spells at FC Twente and vv DOS, became widely known for being the first professional league player in the Netherlands to complete a university study, obtaining a grade in economy in 1966.
1962 / KVV Losser finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 5 points behind champions EVV Phenix.
1964 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 5 points ahead of closest followers RKSV MVV ’29, KVV Losser wins promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-1 win over KSV BWO. Meanwhile, in a grindingly slow process, a third and fourth pitch have been added to the set-up at the projected Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen, but given that no clubhouse has been constructed yet, the club still cannot settle at the new facilities.
1965 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 2B, KVV Losser drops back into Sunday League 3 after one year only, alongside the club in second-last place, vv Reünie.
1966 / Finally, after seven years of works, Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen is inaugurated by Losser’s mayor, J.P.A.M. van de Sandt, on November 7th, 1966. KVV Losser moves into the new ground, abandoning Sportcomplex De Möllenberg.
1970 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, KVV Losser descends into Sunday League 4, along with the club in second-last place, AVC La Première.
1973 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals KOSC, KVV Losser manages a return to Sunday League 3 after three seasons.
1978 / vv TAR, derby rivals of KVV Losser, settle at a newly laid-out ground, Sportpark Het Hannekerveld, situated next to Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen; vv TAR previously played at Sportcomplex Möllenberg on Hogeweg – not the same park used by KSV / KVV Losser in previous years, but another facility situated on the same road.
1980 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, KVV Losser drops back into Sunday League 4 alongside the club in second-last place, vv UD W.
1981 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv Glanerbrug, KVV Losser manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3.
1984 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, KVV Losser descends into Sunday League 4, along with the club in second-last place, PH. Also in 1984, the inauguration of the newly built clubhouse at Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen takes place in the presence of Losser’s mayor, Mr Peters.
1986 / KVV Losser finishes in joint second place in District East’s Sunday League 4A with derby rivals vv TAR, 4 points behind champions RKSV Bonifatius Boys. Also in 1986, Rob Reekers, who had moved from KVV Losser to the youth academy of FC Twente four years previously, makes his professional league debut with German club VfL Bochum at the age of 20. The defender would go on to have a further spell with FC Gütersloh, moreover winning 4 caps for the Netherlands in 1988-89.
1987 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 3 points ahead of closest rivals vv Rood Zwart, KVV Losser wins promotion to Sunday League 3. Due to drainage works having to be carried out at Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen, KVV Losser has to play the entire 1987-88 season away from home, with activities being subdivided among other sports facilities in the town and with first team football moving to Sportpark Het Hannekerveld of neighbours vv TAR.
1988 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 2 points ahead of closest rivals vv Rigtersbleek, KVV Losser wins promotion to Sunday League 2 after an absence of 23 years at that level. Following the 1987-88 season, after a one-year exile at Sportpark Het Hannekerveld of neighbour club vv TAR, KVV Losser moves back into its renovated Sportpark het Brilmansdennen. Also in 1988, former KVV Losser youth academy player Clemens Zwijnenberg makes his professional league debut at FC Twente; the wingback would go on to have further spells at Feyenoord Rotterdam, Aalborg BK, Bristol City FC, NAC, and SC Austria Lustenau, eventually hanging up his boots in 2001.
1989 / In the best result in club history, KVV Losser manages a second place in District East’s Sunday League 2B, finishing only 1 point behind champions HVV Tubantia.
1991 / Finishing in third-last place in District East’s Sunday League 2B, KVV Losser drops back into Sunday League 3, alongside SV Haarle and bottom club HVV Tubantia.
1994 / Former KVV Losser player Paul Krabbe, who had had a short professional league career at FC Twente and SC Heracles ’74 (1976-79), now joins the club as head coach.
1995 / Paul Krabbe leaves KVV Losser after one season, going on to have spells as head coach at professional league sides FC Zwolle and FC Den Bosch as well as several top teams in the Netherlands’ non-league pyramid.
1996 / vv TAR, the neighbour club of KVV Losser, concludes a merger with SV PJ, resulting in the foundation of Achilles-Juliana-combinatie (AJc) ’96, usually spelled with three capital letters as AJC ’96. With the Van Heekcomplex of SV PJ being abandoned, all activities move to Sportpark Het Hannekerveld of vv TAR.
2001 / KVV Losser finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 4 points behind champions HVV Tubantia.
2004 / Former KVV Losser youth player Niek Loohuis, who had moved to the youth academy of FC Twente in 1998, makes his professional league debut at the age of 18 with BV Veendam; the defender would go on to have further spells at SC Heerenveen and SC Veendam, bowing out into non-league at KVV Quick ’20 in 2013.
2006 / Finishing in third-last place in District East’s Sunday League 3A with coach Erik Stokkers, KVV Losser drops back into Sunday League 4, along with vv Victoria '28 and bottom club vv UD W.
2011 / Coached by John Hesselink, KVV Losser finishes in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, thus descending into Sunday League 5 alongside bottom club FC Het Centrum.
2012 / Former KVV Losser youth player Cas Peeters, who had moved to the youth acacemy of FC Twente in 2004, makes his professional league debut during a loan spell at Go Ahead Eagles at the age of 19; the striker would go on to have further spells at Jong FC Twente, FC Emmen, CD Nacional, BV De Graafschap, FC Volendam, TOP Oss, FSV Frankfurt, and Alemannia Aachen.
2015 / Having hung up his boots at KVV Quick ’20, former professional league player Niek Loohuis now joins KVV Losser as head coach.
2016 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 5B, 2 points ahead of closest followers BSC Unisson, KVV Losser manages a return to Sunday League 4 after five years. The successful coach is Niek Loohuis.
2017 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 5 points behind champions RKSV Saasveldia, KVV Losser qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club draws a bye in R1, going on to defeat HVV Hengelo in R2 (4-3 aggr.). This results in the club winning its second promotion in a row, acceding to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Niek Loohuis.
2018 / Head coach Niek Loohuis leaves KVV Losser after three years. Also in 2018, the main pitch of Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen is laid out anew with a synthetic surface.
2020 / KVV Losser signs Niki Leferink as its head coach. Leferink is a former professional league striker of SC Heracles ’74, Heracles Almelo, VVV, Go Ahead Eagles, and FC Emmen (1994-2008).
2022 / In its last season as an independent club, KVV Losser manages to stay up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, finishing in eleventh place. Coach Niki Leferink leaves the club after two years. Following the 2021-22 season, a merger is concluded between KVV Losser and AJC ’96, resulting in the foundation of Sportvereniging (SV) Losser. Like the two clubs, their respective grounds, Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen and Sportpark Het Hannekerveld, which lay side by side, are merged into one, with first team football moving to the main pitch of the former KVV Losser. Abandoning first team football on Sundays, the new club commences its existence in Saturday League 4, taking the place of AJC ’96, which had moved its first team from the Sunday to the Saturday pyramid in 2017.
2023 / Runaway champions in District East’s Saturday League 4G, 12 points ahead of closest followers – and derby rivals – FC Berghuizen, SV Losser wins promotion to Saturday League 3 in its first season.
2024 / Finishing in third place in District East’s Saturday League 3D, SV Losser qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club draws a bye in R1, going on to suffer defeat in R2 at the hands of KSV BWO (2-1).
2025 / Runner-up in Saturday League 3N, 2 points behind champions SDC ’12, SV Losser qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club manages successive wins over IJVV (2-0) and SV Hatto-Heim (0-0 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out) in the first two rounds, going on to have the better of FC Zuidwolde in the final (2-1), played at Sportpark De Voordam in Hellendoorn. As such, SV Losser wins promotion to Saturday League 2.
2026 / Finishing in fourth place in Saturday League 2H, SV Losser qualifies for the promotion-relegation play-offs. Knocking out Quick 1888 in R1 (0-2), the club suffers defeat in the final against HSV De Zuidvogels (0-2); in a subsequent lucky loser competition between four clubs for one extra promotion place, SV Losser knocks out ASC Waterwijk in R1 (4-1), going on to crush vv ATC ’65 in the final (4-0), played at Sportpark ‘t Venterinck of derby rivals FC Berghuizen in Oldenzaal. As such, the team of coach Ron Naafs manages a historic promotion to the Combined Sunday & Saturday League 1.