Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: vv TAR (1978-1996) / KVV Losser (1987-1988) / AJc '96 (1996-2022) / SV Losser (B) (2022-)

Sportpark Het Hannekerveld, Losser (B ground of SV Losser, formerly vv TAR / AJc '96 / KVV Losser)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

October 2026 / no match visited

Timeline

1910 / In Losser, a town in the Twente (Twenthe) region hemmed in between Enschede and the German border, the first football club, DOS (probably the acronym for Door Oefening Sterk) folds, ceasing all activities. No information is available about the foundation year of this club, which was an early member of the so-called Twentsche Voetbalbond (TVB), the Twente sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, later renamed KNVB). In the following decade, only the Catholic community of Losser succeeds in forming a club, RKVV Excelsior, which, however, refrains from membership of the TVB, preferring Roman Catholic association RKUVB instead.
1920 / Foundation of a non-confessional football club in Losser, which takes on the name Be Quick. A firmly working-class club, with the membership mainly being made up of workers of the local Van Heek textile factory, Be Quick possibly settled on a plot of land at Overdinkelsestraat, in the vicinity of the factory – and therefore usually referred to as the Van Heekcomplex. Also in 1920, another (probably) non-confessional club saw the daylight in Losser, vv Losser.
1921 / One year after its foundation, vv Losser joins the TVB league association. That same year, vv Lossersche Boys sees the daylight, probably another non-confessional club, formed as a breakaway of the Catholics of RKVV Excelsior; like vv Losser, vv Lossersche Boys joins the TVB.
1922 / Applying for TVB membership, Be Quick has to change its name in order to avoid confusion with other clubs bearing the same name, is accepted into the association as Sportvereniging Prinses Juliana, abbreviated as SV PJ or usually just PJ. That same year, vv Losser folds after an existence of barely two years.
1923 / A group of Protestant Christian members of SV PJ decides to form a breakaway club, vv Achilles. One source claims that the club settles on a pitch laid out at the back of Café Koopman on Lutterstraat right at the start – it is clear the club already played here from before the war years until at least 1954. Whereas vv Achilles breaks away from SV PJ, this club absorbs vv Lossersche Boys that same year.
1926 / As vv Achilles applies for TVB membership, the club has to change its name in order to avoid confusion with other clubs bearing the same name – and is admitted into the association as vv Tot Achilles’ Roem (abbreviated as TAR).
1932 / Having played in the ranks of the TVB in the first ten years of its membership, SV PJ now wins promotion from TVB Sunday Division 1 to KNVB District East’s Sunday League 4.
1936 / Having played in the ranks of the TVB in the first ten years of its membership, vv TAR now wins promotion from TVB Sunday Division 1 to KNVB District East’s Sunday League 4.
1938 / Finishing in last place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, SV PJ manages to stave off being retrograded into the ranks of the TVB in the end-of-season relegation play-offs.
1939 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, vv TAR goes on to win the championship play-offs, thus acceding to Sunday League 3 for the first time.
1940 / As the Germans occupy the Netherlands in May 1940, the name of SV PJ, with its reference to a member of the Royal Family, becomes a liability, with the club changing its name to become vv Lossersche Boys – in fact the name of the club absorbed into SV PJ in 1923 – for the duration of the war, although the name change is not officially mentioned in the membership list of the Netherlands’ FA until October 1941.
1941 / vv TAR finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 1 point behind champions GVV Eilermark.
1942 / vv TAR finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A for the second year running, 5 points behind champions GVV Eilermark.
1943 / vv TAR ties for first place in District East’s Sunday League 3A with vv Haaksbergen, with the result of the tie-break match between the two clubs being unknown; no championship play-offs are held following the 1942-43 season, as a result of which vv TAR remains a League 3 club. Meanwhile, down in Sunday League 4B, vv Lossersche Boys finishes as runner-up, 4 points behind the local Roman Catholic club, KSV Losser.
1944 / Clinching the title in District East’s Sunday League 3A for the second year in a row, finishing 3 points ahead of closest rivals vv Haaksbergen, vv TAR fails to win promotion in the ensuing round of championship play-offs. The same is true for vv Lossersche Boys, which finishes top of the table in Sunday League 4B, 1 point ahead of KSV Losser.
1945 / With the German occupation of the Netherlands thankfully ending after five years, vv Lossersche Boys reverts to its old name SV PJ. That same year, the PJ membership from the nearby village of Overdinkel forms a breakaway club, ASVO, acronym for Algemene Sportvereniging Overdinkel.
1946 / vv TAR finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 9 points behind champions vv UDI. Meanwhile, down in Sunday League 4A, SV PJ ties for first place with derby rivals KSV Losser, with the latter winning the tie-break match for the title, which was staged at the pitch of vv TAR at the back of Café Koopman on Lutterstraat.
1955 / vv TAR striker Hennie Koopman joins nascent professional league club vv Oldenzaal, staying at that club for at least the following three seasons.
1957 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, vv TAR descends into Sunday League 4 after eighteen years. Also around this time, TAR moved away from its pitch at the back of Café Koopman on Lutterstraat, settling on Sportcomplex Möllenberg at Hogeweg – in fact the same street where the park of KSV (KVV) Losser was situated at that time. Meanwhile, down in Sunday League 4A, SV PJ finishes bottom of the table, thus descending into TVB Sunday Division 1 after 25 years.
1959 / SV PJ manages a return from TVB Sunday Division 1 to District East’s Sunday League 4 after two years.
1961 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals OSV ’31, vv TAR fails to crown its season with promotion to Sunday League 3 in the subsequent round of championship play-offs.
1962 / SV PJ finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 1 point behind champions RKSV EMOS.
1963 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 3 points ahead of closest followers RKSV EMOS, vv TAR manages a return to Sunday League 3 after six years.
1966 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 3A, vv TAR drops back into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club AVC La Première.
1973 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4A, vv TAR descends into the ranks of the TVB after an absence of 27 years at that lowly level.
1974 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 2 points ahead of closest rivals RKSV Avanti-Wilskracht, vv TAR manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4.
1975 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4A, SV PJ descends into TVB Sunday Division 1.
1976 / Suffering back-to-back relegations, SV PJ now finishes in second-last place in TVB Sunday Division 1A, descending into TVB Sunday Division 2 along with bottom club vv Dolphia.
1978 / Moving away from Sportcomplex De Möllenberg on Hogeweg, vv TAR moves into the newly laid-out Sportpark Het Hannekerveld, situated right next to Sportpark Het Brilmansdennen, home of KVV Losser since 1966, on the northeastern outskirts of Losser.
1979 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 5 points ahead of a trio of followers – SV Delden, vv Dolphia, and vv Boekelo – SV PJ wins promotion to TVB Sunday Division 1.
1980 / vv TAR finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 3 points behind champions KSV BWO.
1981 / Finishing in second-last place in TVB Sunday Division 1A, SV PJ drops back into TVB Sunday Division 2 along with bottom club vv Geel-Zwart. In the summer of 1981, the club is joined by a new head coach, Paul Krabbe, a former professional league player at FC Twente and SC Heracles ’74 (1976-79).
1983 / Runaway champions in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 9 points ahead of closest followers vv Buurse and vv Bentelo, SV PJ wins promotion to TVB Sunday Division 1. The successful coach is Paul Krabbe.
1984 / Paul Krabbe leaves his post as head coach at SV PJ after three years, going on to have a long managing career, including spells as head coach at professional league sides FC Zwolle and FC Emmen.
1985 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 6 points ahead of closest followers RKSV DSVD, SV PJ wins promotion to District East’s Sunday League 4 after an absence of ten years.
1986 / vv TAR finishes as joint runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A with derby rivals KVV Losser, 4 points behind champions RKSV Bonifatius Boys.
1987 / 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 / In its season at Sportpark Het Hannekerveld, KVV Losser wins promotion to Sunday League 2 following a Sunday League 3 title. Following the 1987-88 season, after a one-year groundshare with vv TAR, KVV Losser moves back into its renovated Sportpark het Brilmansdennen.
1989 / While SV PJ manages a respectable runner-up position in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 4 points behind champions SV Vosta, vv TAR finishes bottom of the table in that same division, thus descending into the ranks of the TVB.
1990 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, SV PJ goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus acceding to Sunday League 3.
1991 / Finishing in third-last place in District East’s Sunday League 3A, SV PJ descends into Sunday League 4 after one season only, along with AVC Luctor et Emergo and bottom club SV Vasse.
1992 / Coached by Carlo Kastermans, vv TAR finishes in second-last place in TVB Sunday Division 1A, thus descending into Division 2 of the said league system alongside bottom club UDEET.
1994 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv Dolphia, vv TAR wins promotion to Division 1 of the said league system. The successful coach is Carlo Kastermans.
1996 / In their last seasons as independent clubs, SV PJ manages a seventh place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, while vv TAR finishes bottom of the table in TVB Sunday Division 1B, thus descending into Division 2 alongside bottom club SV Zenderen Vooruit. Following the 1995-96 season, a merger is concluded between vv TAR and SV PJ, resulting in the foundation of Achilles-Juliana-combinatie (AJc) ’96, usually spelled with three capital letters as AJC ’96. Bennie Zwijnenberg becomes the new club’s first chairman. With the Van Heekcomplex of SV PJ remaining in use for the time being for the club’s youth academy while renovation works are carried out at Sportpark het Hannekerveld, first team football moves to the ground of vv TAR. AJC ’96 takes the place of SV PJ in Sunday League 4.
1997 / With renovation works at Sportpark Het Hannekerveld being completed in early January 1997, all activities of AJC ’96 are moved to this location, with the Van Heekcomplex at Overdinkelsestraat being abandoned once and for all. In the summer of that same year, former RCH professional league player Ad Zonderland is signed as new head coach of AJC ’96; Zonderland had previously had spells as a trainer with professional league clubs BV De Graafschap and FC Den Bosch.
1998 / After one year at the helm of the flagship team of AJC ’96, Ad Zonderland leaves the club, signing a deal with Feyenoord Rotterdam to become the head scout in Ghana for that club.
1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4A, AJC ’96 descends into Sunday League 5 along with the club in second-last place, OSV ’31.
2000 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 5A, 12 points behind runaway champions FC Het Centrum, AJC ’96 goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus managing an immediate return to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Frans Borghuis.
2006 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 8 points behind champions KSV BWO, AJC ’96 goes on to win the promotion play-offs, resulting in the club acceding to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Albert van der Smissen.
2010 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 11 points behind runaway champions vv Glanerbrug, AJC ’96 wins promotion to Sunday League 2 automatically, without having to compete in play-offs, due to extra promotion places being available following the introduction of a Zondag Topklasse as the new top tier of the Sunday pyramid. The successful coach is Peter Nuchelmans.
2011 / The main pitch of AJC ’96 is laid out anew with a synthetic surface in a through renovation of Sportpark Het Hannekerveld.
2013 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 2J with coach Henk Veldhuis, AJC ’96 has to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs, knocking out SV Dedemsvaart in R1 (3-2 aggr.), but suffering defeat in the final against AV&CV Robur et Velocitas 1882 (3-1 aggr.). As a result, the club drops back into Sunady League 3 after three years, alongside, WVC, KOSC, and bottom club vv Victoria ’28.
2014 / Finishing in third place in District East’s Sunday League 3A, AJC ’96 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against SV Helios (5-2 aggr.).
2017 / Coached by Eric Hellegers, AJC ’96 finishes bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, thus descending into Sunday League 4 alongside WVV ’34 and EV&AC De Tubanters 1897. However, following the 2016-17 season, AJC ’96 chooses to abandon the Sunday pyramid, being placed in Saturday League 4 for the start of the 2017-18 season.
2019 / Champions in District East’s Saturday League 4F, 8 points ahead of closest followers EFC Prinses Wilhelmina 1885, AJC ’96 wins promotion to Saturday League 3.
2022 / In its last season as an independent club, AJC ’96 finishes in second-last place in District East’s Saturday League 3D, thus dropping back into Saturday League 4 with ASV ’57 and bottom club vv Voorwaarts (V). 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 the place of KVV Losser in the Sunday divisions, 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.