Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: SV Dedemsvaart (1968-2021) / SCD '83 (1983-2021) / SSA DVC (2021-2022) / DVC Dedemsvaart (2022-)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Boekweit, Dedemsvaart (DVC Dedemsvaart, formerly SV Dedemsvaart / SCD '83 / SSA DVC)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

7 XI 2026 / DVC Dedemsvaart - vv DES 1-1 / District East, Saturday League 4D (= NL level 9)

Timeline

1904 / In Dedemsvaart, a village in the north of the Province of Overijssel, a first football club sees the daylight, Dedemsvaartsche Voetbalclub (DVC), with recreational matches being played on a plot of farmland owned by Mr Teekman to the west of the marketplace (Markt) in the heart of Dedemsvaart. The club does not join any football association as yet, sticking to recreational football. In the following years, new makeshift football pitches are laid out at the back of the Pieters Shipyard (Nieuwewijk), halfway between Zwierswijk and Krikkenwijk, and to the east of Tramstraat (later renamed Molstraat).
1909 / Mention is made of a football club from Dedemsvaart called DVV (Dedemsvaartsche Voetbalvereeniging) joining the so-called Noord-Centrale Voetbalbond (NCVB), the sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, later renamed KNVB) in the western half of Overijssel and the northwestern part of Guelders. It is unclear if DVV was the same club as DVC – it is clear, though, that its NCVB membership was terminated after two months only in November 1909.
± 1913 / DVC settles on a pitch on a plot of farmland owned by Mr Alteveer, in the hamlet De Mulderij to the north of Dedemsvaart proper. The further fate of DVC is unknown, with the club probably folding in the course of the mobilisation years (1914-18).
1918 / Foundation of a Roman Catholic football club in Dedemsvaart, Roomsch-Katholieke Dedemsvaartsche Voetbalvereening, abbreviated as RKDVV, with Andries Heitbrink being mentioned as the founding father of the club. RKDVV settles on a pitch at Kerkeweide, at the back of the Koerhuis butcher’s shop. In the first years of its existence, RKDVV does not seem to have joined any league association.
1921 / Foundation of a new football club in Dedemsvaart, vv Dedemsvaart, which joins the ranks of the NCVB. It is unclear where the ground of this club was situated – possibly at Terrein aan de Zuidwolderstraat (owned by smallholder and pub owner Knelis Vogelzang) or at Van Rooijens Hoofdwijk, to the south of Dedemsvaart proper. Also in 1921, RKDVV acquires a proper clubhouse – being allowed to use the St Vitus Vereenigingsgebouw as such.
1924 / After an existence of three years, vv Dedemsvaart folds, ceasing all activities.
1929 / A new, non-confessional football club sees the daylight in Dedemsvaart, with the new club taking on the name of one of its predecessors, DVC. The founding fathers of the club are Koos van den Berg, Roelof Koppe, Abraham Leman, and Jan van Wilpe, while Jan Litz takes on the role of chairman. The founding meeting of the club having been held at Café Frits Jansen at Hoofdvaart, the new club is given permission by the café holder to lay out a pitch at the back of his pub, known subsequently as Terrein ‘Achter Jansen’. Joining the NCVB, DVC is placed in NCVB (Sunday) Division 2.
1930 / Winning the title in NCVB Division 2, DVC wins promotion to Division 1 of this league association.
1933 / At the behest of the Netherlands’ Football Association, DVC has to change its name, becoming Sportvereeniging (SV) Dedemsvaart, to avoid confusion with an older club called DVC from Delft; locally, however, the club continues to be referred to as DVC by many in the following decades. Also in 1933, a small stand is erected alongside the pitch of Terrein achter Jansen, allowing some 150 people a covered seat.
1934 / Some fifteen years after its foundation, RKDVV joins the NCVB. By this time, the club has a pitch at the back of the Roman Catholic church on Langewijk.
± 1936 / RKDVV absorbs the football branch of the so-called Katholieke Jeugdcentrale (KJC), the local branch of a leisure association for Roman Catholic youths.
1940 / SV Dedemsvaart wins the title in NCVB Division 1, but due to the mobilisation of the Netherlands’ army, no regular championship play-offs are held, with no promotion being at stake as a result. Following the German occupation of the Netherlands in the spring of 1940, the NCVB is give the name Afdeling Zwolle.
1941 / With RKDVV folding, the bulk of the remaining membership of this club joins SV Dedemsvaart.
1943 / SV Dedemsvaart wins the title in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1, with the club failing to win promotion in the championship play-offs (held in 1944).
1947 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1, SV Dedemsvaart goes on to win the championship play-offs, thus acceding to District East’s Sunday League 4 for the first time. Also in 1947, a first Saturday club sees the daylight in Dedemsvaart, vv Avereest, formed by the Protestant (Evangelical) part of the village population; this club’s pitch was situated at the back of Villa Dina in Dedemsvaart.
1949 / SV Dedemsvaart finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 8 points behind champions vv Olst.
1954 / SV Dedemsvaart clinches the title in District North’s Sunday League 4C, 8 points ahead of closest followers vv EMMS. The decisive points are clinched in a convincing 8-0 home win over vv Raptim, attended by some 1,500 spectators. In the ensuing championship play-offs, ‘SVD’ is drawn against vv Valthermond. With each club winning the home tie (no goal difference was taken into account in those days), the two clubs meet for a decisive third match at Terrein aan de Beilerstraat in Westerbork (crowd of over 2,000). As SV Dedemsvaart walks away with a 3-2 win (decisive goal by Raterink), the team of coach Arend Gerrits wins promotion to Sunday League 3 for the first time.
1957 / In the course of the 1957-58 season, an uncovered terrace is created alongside the eastern touchline of Terrein achter Jansen.
1958 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3B, SV Dedemsvaart descends into Sunday League 4.
1961 / Finishing in joint first place in District North’s Sunday League 4F with SV Smilde, SV Dedemsvaart goes on to defeat that club in a tie-break match for the title (1-0). In the subsequent round of championship play-offs against vv Kloosterburen, MOVV, and vv Weerdinge, the club manages a second place behind MOVV, enough to win promotion to Sunday League 3 along with the club from Midwolda. The decisive points are clinched in a 4-1 home win over vv Kloosterburen.
1963 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3B, SV Dedemsvaart drops back into Sunday League 4 after two years. Also in 1963, the decision is taken by Avereest’s local authorities to create a new municipal sports facility on Boekweitstraat in Dedemsvaart-Zuid.
1964 / SV Dedemsvaart finishes as runner-up in District North’s Sunday League 4F, 2 points behind champions SC Assen.
1965 / Having to leave Terrein achter Jansen after 36 years, SV Dedemsvaart settles on two makeshift pitches on a temporary location on Dorgelo’s Wijk in Dedemsvaart-Noord in the course of the 1964-65 season, with the covered stand of the old location being taken along. Also in 1965, SV Dedemsvaart absorbs local Saturday club vv Avereest, resulting in Saturday football being introduced at SV Dedemsvaart – but with the Sunday branch remaining the dominant factor.
1968 / After three years at Terrein Dorgelo’s Wijk, SV Dedemsvaart moves into the newly laid-out Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Boekweit, with the inaugural match on the new location resulting in a 6-4 win against vv Gasselternijveen (October 8th, 1968).
1969 / Finishing bottom of the table in District North’s Sunday League 4F, SV Dedemsvaart descends into the ranks of Afdeling Zwolle after a 22 years. Also in 1969, the club celebrates its fortieth anniversary with a gala match against MVV Alcides, in which the home side is bolstered by former vv Heerenveen, SC Enschede, SV De Enschedese Boys, and Netherlands international striker Abe Lenstra (4-4).
1971 / The Saturday branch of SV Dedemsvaart, absorbed into the club six years previously, forms its own board within the club.
1977 / Finishing bottom of the table in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1, SV Dedemsvaart ignominiously descends into Division 2 of this league association.
1979 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 2 – with only one defeat, against vv Kuinre, being suffered in the course of the season – SV Dedemsvaart manages a return to Division 1 of this league association. The successful coach is Willem Knoops.
1980 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1 following a 1-1 draw away at last remaining rival vv EMMS, attended by a baffling number of 3,000 spectators, SV Dedemsvaart wins promotion to District East’s Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Willem Knoops.
1981 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4H, SV Dedemsvaart drops back into the ranks of Afdeling Zwolle after one season only, alongside the club in second-last place, vv Lettele.
1983 / The Saturday branch of SV Dedemsvaart, which had had its own board since 1971, decides to form a breakaway club, Sportclub Dedemsvaart 1983, abbreviated as SCD ’83 – with Sportpark De Boekweit henceforth being shared by the two clubs.
1989 / The sixtieth anniversary of SV Dedemsvaart is marked with a gala match between FC Twente and APO Levadiacos (3-0).
1991 / Finishing in fourth place in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1A, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is drawn in a group against ASV Dronten and vv Kampen. Managing an away win against the former (1-3), the club goes on to defeat vv Kampen at Sportpark De Boekweit (2-1); as a result, SV Dedemsvaart manages a return to Sunday League 4 after an absence of ten years.
1992 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4H, SV Dedemsvaart drops back into Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1 after one year only, along with the club in second-last position, SV Raalte. Also in 1992, with SV Dedemsvaart and SCD ’83 having shared the clubhouse at Sportpark De Boekweit in the past nine years, the former now inaugurates its separate clubhouse on the park, inaugurated in a most peculiar way by Alle Jan Pijlman, the mayor of Dedemsvaart, who inadvertently smashes one of the windows of the new building with a ball.
1993 / Finishing in fourth place in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, being drawn in a group with SV Broekland and SV VENO; however, suffering a crushing home defeat against the former (0-5) and only managing a draw against the latter (2-2), the club misses out on a return to Sunday League 4.
1994 / Joint runner-up in Afdeling Zwolle Sunday Division 1A with vv IJhorst, 1 point behind champions SV Mariënheem, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is drawn in a group with ASV Dronten and vv IJhorst; following a home draw against the former (0-0), the club defeats vv IJhorst in an away tie (0-2), sufficient for promotion to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Frits Stappenbelt.
1995 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4H, 2 points ahead of closest rivals Wijhe ’92, SV Dedemsvaart wins back-to-back promotions, acceding to Sunday League 3 after an absence of 32 years at that level. The successful coach is Hennie Mellema. Also in 1995, SV Dedemsvaart manages to defeat Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles in a pre-season friendly at Sportpark De Boekweit (2-1).
1996 / Finishing in third place in District East’s Sunday League 3B, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, being drawn in a group with ZVV Be Quick and Koninklijke DC&FC UD 1875 – eventually having to leave the honours to the latter club. Also in 1996, SCD ’83 wins promotion from the ranks of Afdeling Zwolle for the first time, following a third place in Afdeling Zwolle Saturday Division 1A; due to Zaterdag Hoofdklasse being introduced as the new top division of the Saturday pyramid that same year, the club does not win promotion to Saturday League 4, but to Saturday League 3. The successful coach is Bert Bosman.
1997 / SCD ’83 finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 3C, 8 points behind champions vv Vroomshoopse Boys. That same year, a covered stand is constructed alongside the main pitch at Sportpark De Boekweit, with the new facility being inaugurated on September 7th, 1997, in advance of the league match between SV Dedemsvaart and RKSV De Zweef (0-1).
1998 / Finishing in tenth place in District East’s Sunday League 3B, SV Dedemsvaart goes on to avoid relegation in a play-off against SV Eerbeekse Boys, played at Sportpark De Molenbeek in Heerde (2-0). Also in 1998, formerl SCD ’83 youth academy goalkeeper Henry Louwdijk makes his professional league debut for FC Zwolle at the age of 20; Louwdijk would serve as a backup goalkeeper at FC Zwolle and BV Veendam in the following seven years, bowing out into non-league with RKSV Rohda Raalte – and later vv HHC Hardenberg.
1999 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 3B with coach Henk van Zwol, SV Dedemsvaart drops back into Sunday League 4, alongside bottom club SV Almelo.
2000 / Former SCD ’83 youth player Youssouf Hersi makes his professional league debut at AFC Ajax at the age of 18. The attacking midfielder would go on to have subsequent spells at NAC, NEC, SC Heerenveen, SBV Vitesse, FC Twente, AEK FC, BV De Graafschap, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Perth Glory FC, eventually hanging up his boots in 2015.
2001 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4H, 2 points ahead of closest rivals SV Heeten, SV Dedemsvaart wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The decisive points are clinched in a 4-2 home win over SV Dalfsen. Meanwhile, in Saturday League 3C, SCD ’83 is having a less fortuitous season, finishing in third-last place with coach Jan Smid and descending into Saturday League 4 alongside vv Mariënberg and bottom club vv ‘s-Heerenbroek.
2002 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3B, SV Dedemsvaart drops back into Sunday League 4 after one season only, alongside the club in second-last place, vv Heerde. Meanwhile, in Saturday League 4C, SCD ’83 finishes as runner-up, 1 point behind champions vv Mariënberg, going on to win the ensuing play-off round, thus breaking down the door to Saturday League 3. The successful coach is Jan Smid.
2003 / SV Dedemsvaart signs Sip Bloemberg as its new head coach. Bloemberg is a former professional league player of FC Groningen, RWDM, and FC Twente (1971-84).
2004 / SV Dedemsvaart finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4H, 6 points behind champions SC Overwetering. Coach Sip Bloemberg leaves the club after one season.
2005 / SV Dedemsvaart signs Kees Kist as its new head coach. Kist was a professional league player at vv Heerenveen, AZ ’67, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Mulhouse, and SC Heerenveen (1970-87), moreover gaining 21 caps for the Netherlands and being part of his country’s squad for the 1980 European Championships in Italy.
2006 / Champions in District East’s Saturday League 3C, 8 points ahead of closest followers CSV ’28, SCD ’83 wins promotion to Saturday League 2. The successful coach is Ton Beumer.
2007 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 4H, SV Dedemsvaart descends into Sunday League 5 along with bottom club SC Wesepe. Coach Kees Kist leaves the club, making way for Sip Bloemberg, who returns to Dedemsvaart after three years. Meanwhile, in Saturday League 2J, SCD ’83 finishes in second-last place, with the team of coach Ton Beumer thus descending into Saturday League 3 along with bottom club IJVV.
2009 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 5H, 3 points ahead of closest rivals vv Activia, SV Dedemsvaart wins promotion to Sunday League 4. The successful coach, Sip Bloemberg, leaves the club after two seasons.
2010 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Saturday League 3C, SCD ’83 staves off relegation in a play-off against Sportclub Eefde (6-2 aggr.).
2011 / Finishing in fourth place in District East’s Sunday League 4H, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out ZVV AZC in R1 (5-3 aggr.) before being eliminated in R2 at the hands of SV Groen Wit ’62 (2-2 aggr. & penalty shoot-out). Meanwhile, in District East’s Saturday League 3C, SCD ’83 finishes in second-last place, with the team of coach Jan Peter Jonkman thus descending into Saturday League 4 along with bottom club WZC. Also in 2011, the youth academies of SV Dedemsvaart and SCD ’83 are merged into one under the name Jeugdvoetbalclub (JVC) Dedemsvaart.
2012 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 1 point ahead of closest rivals WVV Wierden, SV Dedemsvaart manages a return to Sunday League 3 after ten years. The successful coach is Patrick Wijsman.
2013 / Runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 7 points behind champions RKSV VOGIDO, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club crashes out in R1 against AJC ’96 (3-2 aggr.). Meanwhile, finishing as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 4C, 4 points behind champions HFC Storica, SCD ’83 wins direct promotion to Saturday League 3 due to extra promotion places being available. The successful coach is Jan Peter Jonkman.
2015 / Coached by Patrick Wijsman, SV Dedemsvaart finishes bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, thus descending into Sunday League 4 alongside SC Enschede, RKVV RSC, and vv Berghuizen.
2016 / Champions in District North’s Sunday League 4D, 9 points ahead of closest followers vv Weerdinge, SV Dedemsvaart manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Arnoud Rouwenhorst.
2017 / Finishing in fifth place in District North’s Sunday League 3D, SV Dedemsvaart qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club eases past vv Drachten in R1 (5-1 aggr.), with the club drawing a bye in R2 due to its opponent, Velocitas 1897, voluntarily withdrawing from the competition. As a result, the squad of coach Arnoud Rouwenhorst manages a historic promotion to Sunday League 2. Meanwhile, SCD ’83 manages a third place in District North’s Saturday League 3D; thus qualifying for the promotion-relegation play-offs, the club has the better of SC Loppersum in R1 (3-0 aggr.), only to be knocked out in the final by GV Groen Geel (za) (5-3 aggr.).
2018 / In the best achievement in club history, SV Dedemsvaart finishes in third place in Sunday League 2L, suffering elimination in R1 of the promotion play-offs against SC Stadspark (2-2 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).
2021 / With SV Dedemsvaart having spent its last few seasons in Sunday League 2 and SCD ’83 in Saturday League 3, the two clubs conclude a merger in September 2021, resulting in the foundation of Dedemsvaartse Voetbalclub (DVC) Dedemsvaart. As a prelude to the merger, the two clubs had already chosen to take part in the 2020-21 season with one first team only – strikingly not in Sunday League 2, but taking the place of SCD ’83 in Saturday League 3 – under the name Samenwerking Seniorenafdelingen (SSA) DVC.
2022 / In the season following the merger, SSA DVC is officially renamed DVC Dedemsvaart.
2024 / Finishing in second-last place in District North’s Saturday League 3D, DVC Dedemsvaart suffers relegation into Saturday League 4, along with SV DESZ, SC Elim, FC Klazienaveen, and bottom club vv DKB. Also in 2024, the grandstand alongside the main pitch of Sportpark De Boekweit is officially renamed after longtime club volunteer Ab Wessels.
2025 / Clinching the title in District East’s Saturday League 4D, 8 points ahead of closest followers vv Bergentheim, DVC Dedemsvaart manages an immediate return to Saturday League 3.
2026 / Finishing in second-last place in Saturday League 3O, DVC Dedemsvaart descends into Saturday League 4 alongside FC Ommen, vv Bergentheim, and bottom club SV Zwolsche Boys.

Note – Parts of the information above have been derived from a book by Hans Heering published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of SV Dedemsvaart: “75 jaar SVD-DVC”, ed. Repro-Gasunie: Groningen 2004.