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BELGIUM: Trazegnies Sports (±1960-2020) / Jeunesse Trazegnies (2020-)

Stade Communal - Rue des Cérisiers, Trazegnies (Jeunesse Trazegnies, formerly Trazegnies Sports)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

1 III 2026 / Jeunesse Trazegnies - FC Snef B 3-0 / Hainaut, Provincial League 4E (= BE level 9)

Timeline

• 1922 / In Trazegnies, a village halfway between Charleroi and La Louvière in the Province of Hainaut, a first football club is founded, Trazegnies Sport. It is unclear where the pitch of this short-lived club was situated.
• 1923 / Trazegnies Sport joins the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), however without entering a first team in the regular provincial divisions yet.
• 1925 / Two years after joining the Belgian FA, Trazegnies Sport enters a regular first team for the first time, starting its existence as a competitive club in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3.
• 1926 / Placing in seventh place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, Trazegnies Sport withdraws from first team football after just one season. Later that year, as the system of registration numbers is introduced by the Belgian FA, Trazegnies Sport obtains number 335.
• 1927 / After an existence of merely five years, Trazegnies Sport folds, ceasing all activities, allegedly due to no longer disposing of a pitch of its own.
• 1955 / Following a gap of nearly thirty years, a new club from Trazegnies joins the Belgian Football Association – with Trazegnies Sports (note the plural, Sports instead of Sport, which had been the epithet of the club in Trazegnies in the 1920s) being accepted as a new member under registration number 5835. A pitch is laid out for the new club at Rue de l’Épine, in the immediate vicinity of the water tower still featuring there. The first team of the new entity is placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3 for the 1955-56 season.
• 1958 / Conquering the title in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D ahead of runner-up R Roux Sports, Trazegnies Sports gains promotion to Provincial League 2.
• ± 1960 / Moving away from its original ground at Rue de l’Épine, Trazegnies Sports settles at the newly laid-out Stade Communal at Rue des Cérisiers some time between 1959 and 1963. The location of the old ground has meanwhile been redeveloped as a small neighbourhood, Cité Achille Delattre.
• 1961 / Clinching the title in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C ahead of runner-up R Goutroux Sports, Trazegnies Sports accedes to Provincial League 1 for the first time.
• 1963 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1, Trazegnies Sports drops back into Provincial League 2 along with RACS Couillet, RLC Hornu, RU Jemappienne, and FC Souvret.
• 1970 / Trazegnies Sports finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, 5 points behind champions JS Fontainoise.
• 1979 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2B, 6 points ahead of closest followers RUS Binchoise, Trazegnies Sports manages a return to Provincial League 1 after an absence of sixteen years at that level.
• 1980 / In the best season in club history, Trazegnies Sports finishes in tenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1.
• 1982 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1, Trazegnies Sports tumbles back into Provincial League 2, alongside derby rival RUS Courcelloise and Bosquetia FC Frameries.
• 1986 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, 5 points ahead of joint runners-up ES Frasnoise and R Jumet SC, Trazegnies Sports manages a return to Provincial League 1.
• 1987 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1, Trazegnies Sports descends into Provincial League 2 after just one season, along with RFC Houdinois and SC Havré.
• 1988 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, 2 points ahead of closest rival ES Frasnoise, Trazegnies Sports finds its way back to Provincial League 1 again.
• 1989 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1 – marking the final goodbye of the club at this level – Trazegnies Sports is retrograded into Provincial League 2 alongside bottom club R Gosselies Sports.
• 1998 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, Trazegnies Sports descends into Provincial League 3 along with the club in second-last place, RAFC Roux.
• 2000 / RAA Louviéroise from nearby La Louvière wins promotion to National Division 1. In those years – but it can no longer be traced in which years exactly – the professional league side’s reserves’ team played its home matches as groundsharers at the Stade Communal in Trazegnies.
• 2003 / Finishing in fourth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, Trazegnies Sports wins promotion to Provincial League 2 in the play-offs, thus accompanying champions CS Monceau-Hameau as well as fellow play-off winners PAC Buzet and RSC Naastois.
• 2004 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, Trazegnies Sports drops back into Provincial League 3 after just one season, along with bottom club AS Chimay-Virelles.
• 2007 / Trazegnies Sports finishes as joint runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D with FC Mont-sur-Marchienne-Collège, finishing 3 points behind champions R Châtelineau Sport.
• 2008 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 2 points ahead of closest rivals FC Mont-sur-Marchienne-Collège, Trazegnies Sports manages a return to Provincial League 2 after an absence of four years.
• 2011 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, Trazegnies Sports descends into Provincial League 3 along with the club in second-last place, R Goutroux Sports.
• 2012 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 8 points behind champions EC Erpion, Trazegnies Sports qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by FC Nalinnois (1-0).
• 2013 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 3 points ahead of runner-up FC Marbaisien, Trazegnies Sports wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
• 2016 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, Trazegnies Sports drops back into Provincial League 3 alongside the club in second-last place, RSA Forchies.
• 2018 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 5 points ahead of closest followers JS Ragnicole, Trazegnies Sports manages a return to Provincial League 2 after two years.
• 2020 / Following a conflict with the municipal authorities of Courcelles, to which the village of Trazegnies belongs, Trazegnies Sports is evicted from the Stade Communal at Rue des Cérisiers, upon which the club finds refuge at the Complexe Omnisports at Rue de l'Avenir in nearby Piéton. That same summer, a new club sees the daylight in Trazegnies proper, Jeunesse Trazegnies, which takes over the Stade Communal, joining the Belgian FA under registration number 9751. For the time being, the new entity refrains from entering the regular provincial divisions, sticking to fielding recreational senior as well as youth academy teams.
• 2021 / One year after its foundation, Jeunesse Trazegnies enters a first team in the provincial divisions for the first time, starting its existence as a competitive club in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4G.

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NETHERLANDS: vv Winsum (2020-)

Geert Reinders-Sportpark, Winsum (vv Winsum)

Netherlands, province: Groningen

28 II 2026 / vv Winsum - vv Heerenveense Boys 1-1 / Combined Sunday & Saturday League 1H (= NL level 6)

Timeline

• 1917 / A first football team is formed in Winsum, a town in the northern part of the Province of Groningen. The team is given the name AFC (Altijd Fijne Combinatie). AFC settles on a pitch on a pitch of farmland near Enne Jans Hoeve in the hamlet of Maarhuizen. 
• ± 1919 / Moving away from Terrein Enne Jans Hoeve, AFC moves to a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Lugtenborg in Winsumermeeden.
• 1921 / Creation of a new football team in Winsum, made up of a group of youngsters of the protestant (evangelical), who take on the rather whimsical name Kap en Klomp, i.e. ‘Boot and Clog’ in a literal English translation. The first matches of this team take place on a plot of farmland in the hamlet of Maarhuizen, put at the boys’ disposal by a local smallholder, Mr Dussel. Whereas AFC (and later WVV, WFC, and vv Hunsingo) plays its football on Sundays, Kap en Klomp – as well as its successor CVV Viboa – strictly adheres to match activities on Saturdays. Also in or around 1921, moving away from Terrein Lugtenborg, AFC must have moved to a newly laid-out pitch in Obergum.
• ± 1922 / AFC takes on the new name WVV, Winsumer Voetbalvereeniging.
• 1924 / WVV takes on the new name WFC, Winsumer Football Club. Around this same time, moving away from the pitch in Obergum laid out some three years previously, WFC now moves to a pitch laid out on a plot of land owned by a local smallholder, Mr Wierda, at Schouwerzijlsterweg, also in Obergum. This pitch coincides with the location of the pitch later used by CVV Viboa in the years 1952-2016 and by vv Winsum in the years 2016-20.
• 1925 / As WFC applies for membership of the Groninger Voetbalbond (GVB), the Groningen sub-branch of the official Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, later renamed KNVB), the club is allowed to join under a new name, vv Hunsingo.
• 1926 / Runner-up in GVB Division 2, vv Hunsingo wins promotion to Division 1 of the said league system.
• 1929 / After a twilight existence of eight years, Kap en Klomp ceases its activities for the time being.
• 1933 / After a four-year break, Kap en Klomp is re-established, with 1933 probably being the moment that a new name was chosen, Christelijke Voetbalvereeniging (CVV) Viboa – with the last part of the name being an acronym for Voetballen Is Bij Ons Aangenaam (literally translated: Playing Football Is A Pleasant Activity With Us). Activities are resumed on a plot of farmland put at the club’s disposal by a local smallholder, Simon Wieringa, near Stationsweg in the hamlet of Bellingeweer.
• ± 1938 / CVV Viboa moves to a newly laid out pitch at Schouwerzijlsterweg – not the same pitch as vv Hunsingo, but a location nearby, on a plot of farmland put at the club’s disposal by farmer Jakob Sieger.
• ± 1945 / CVV Viboa moves to a newly laid-out pitch at Borgweg in Bellingeweer – not far from the modern-day Wink Heem retirement home.
• ± 1950 / Abandoning its pitch of the past 25 odd years at Schouwerzijlsterweg, vv Hunsingo moves to a pitch adjacent to this location – directly to its east.
• 1952 / Moving away from Terrein Borgweg, CVV Viboa settles at the pitch at Schouwerzijlsterweg abandoned by vv Hunsingo some two years previously. As such, Hunsingo and Viboa become each other’s neighbours for the following 25 years, with Viboa playing on the westernmost pitch, with the Hunsingo pitch to its east.
• 1977 / Abandoning its ground at Schouwerzijlsterweg, vv Hunsingo moves to the newly laid-out Sportpark Schilligeham in Winsum proper. 
• 2013 / The youth academies of vv Hunsingo and CVV Viboa are merged into one under the name SJO (Samenwerkende Jeugdopleidingen) Winsum – a prelude to a projected fully-fledged merger between the two clubs.
• 2016 / Following the 2015-16 season, a merger is concluded between vv Hunsingo and CVV Viboa, resulting in the foundation of vv Winsum. The new club starts its existence with two first teams, one at Sportpark Schouwerzijlsterweg in Saturday League 1, replacing CVV Viboa, and one at Sportpark Schilligeham in Sunday League 4, taking the place of vv Hunsingo.
• 2017 / vv Winsum withdraws from regular Sunday League football, continuing with just one first team playing in Saturday League 1 at Sportpark Schouwerzijlsterweg. Sportpark Schilligeham is retained for lower team football and training sessions. Meanwhile, at the request of the municipality Het Hogeland, to which the village of Winsum belongs, a design is made for a clubhouse, to be constructed on a projected new park for vv Winsum, no more than a stone’s throw to the south of Sportpark Schilligeham. The layout by architect Jan Giezen foresees a clubhouse built in the shape of a barn on top of an artificial dike, to fit into the surrounding landscape of farmland, mounds, and dikes. 
• 2019 / Works get underway on the new park for vv Winsum shortly to the south of Sportpark Schiligeham, the ground of the former vv Hunsingo. The bricks used for the construction are black, a reference to the dark clay of the farmland and dikes of the region. Meanwhile, that same year, the clubhouse of the former vv Hunsingo nearby is knocked down. 
• 2020 / The new ground of vv Winsum, the Geert Reinders-Sportpark, is inaugurated, with the club having six pitches at its disposal from now on – including the three pitches of vv Hunsingo at its northern end (the former main pitch of Sportpark Schilligeham is Pitch/Veld 4 in the new set-up), and the main pitch (laid out in grass) being surrounded by two new synthetic pitches. The choice of naming the facilities after Geert Reinders is original. Reinders (1737-1815) was a farmer in the hamlet of Bellingeweer, who undertook pioneering livestock disease research, moreover also being the founder of assurance company Sociëteit van Onderlinge Bijstand (modern-day Univé-Verzekeringen), intended to protect farmers against the harmful effects of barn-fires. Following the inauguration of the new park, Sportpark Schouwerzijlsterweg is abandoned.
• 2023 / Finishing in sixth place in Saturday League 1F, vv Winsum qualifies for the promotion-relegation play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by CVV Broekster Boys (2-1).

Note – More extensive histories of vv Hunsingo and CVV Viboa, the predecessor clubs of vv Winsum, can be found in articles dedicated to Sportpark Schilligeham and Sportpark Schouwerzijlsterweg respectively. 

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NETHERLANDS: VVIJ

Sportpark Groenvliet Zuid, IJsselstein (RKVVIJ, in practice always referred to as VVIJ)

Netherlands, province: Utrecht

21 II 2026 / VVIJ - RKVV Onze Gezellen 3-2 / District West I, Regional Cup R3

Timeline

• 1926 / Foundation of a Roman Catholic football club in IJsselstein, which takes on the name Sparta – but has to change its denomination upon applying for membership of the Utrechtsche Provinciale Voetbalbond (UPVB), the Utrecht sub-branch of the Netherlands’ official Football Association (NVB, later KNVB). Thereupon, the name VVIJ is adopted  – officially RKVVIJ, Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging IJsselstein, but this full name is hardly ever used, not even in pre-war source material. Jac van de Tier is chosen as the new club’s first chairman. The creation of VVIJ (Sparta) coincides with the foundation of various other clubs in the region, with SV Saestum, VSV Vreeswijk, SO Soest, and JSV all being formed that same year. The first pitch of VVIJ is situated at Hoge Biezen.
• 1927 / After one year in the ranks of the UPVB, VVIJ chooses to change allegiance by joining the Roomsch-Katholieke Utrechtsche Voetbalbond (RKUVB), one of the sub-branches of the Roman Catholic Football Federation, RKF (Roomsch-Katholieke Federatie). 
• 1928 / VVIJ wins promotion from the ranks of the RKUVB to the nationwide divisions of the RKF, probably being placed in the so-called Overgangsklasse – and winning promotion to RKF Division 2 (renamed IVCB Division 2 in 1932 – IVCB standing for Interdiocesane Voetbalcompetitiebond) in one of the subsequent two seasons.
• 1930 / Moving away from Terrein Hoge Biezen after four years, VVIJ settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Noord-IJsseldijk. That same year, a Saturday club is founded in IJsselstein, IJFC (IJsselsteinsche Football Club), a non-confessional club.
• 1933 / Clinching the title in IVCB Division 2, VVIJ goes on to win the championship play-offs against VVA and KSV Limvio, resulting in the club acceding to Division 1, the top tier of the IVCB pyramid.
• 1934 / Moving away from Terrein Noord-IJsseldijk after four years, VVIJ settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Zwarte Dijk. Some time in the post-war years, the club moved again, to Sportterrein Hogeland, and later to Terrein IJsseloever, but it is unclear in which years the relocations took place.
• 1940 / As the RKF/IVCB, the RKUVB as well as all other football federations other than the official Netherlands’ Football Association (renamed NVB for the duration of World War II) are wound up in the face of prospective orders to be expected from German authorities, VVIJ joins the NVB, being placed in NVB District West I’s Sunday League 3 for the 1940-41 season.
• 1942 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3F, VVIJ descends into Sunday League 4.
• 1943 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4M, 6 points behind champions vv RUC.
• 1950 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4L, 5 points ahead of closest rivals vv Amsvorde, VVIJ fails to win promotion in the subsequent round of championship play-offs.
• 1955 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H along with vv Amsvorde, 10 points behind runaway champions JSV.
• 1963 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 1 point ahead of closest rivals ASV Meerboys, VVIJ manages a return to Sunday League 3 after an absence of twenty years.
• 1966 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, VVIJ drops back into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club vv Veenendaal.
• 1967 / Finishing top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4H along with vv Amsvorde, VVIJ goes on to defeat the club from Amersfoort in a tie-break match for the title (1-0). As such, VVIJ manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3.
• 1969 / Finishing top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3D with USV Holland, VVIJ goes on to defeat the club from Utrecht in a tie-break match for the title – thus acceding to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history.
• 1973 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 2B, VVIJ drops back into Sunday League 3 alongside the club in second-last place, SV Hoofddorp.
• 1979 / Frans Adelaar, an 18-year-old midfielder who had joined FC Utrecht’s youth academy from VVIJ two years previously, makes his professional league debut at FC Utrecht, going on to wear the red-and-white shirt in 234 league matches in the following eleven years – withdrawing into non-league with vv DOVO in 1990. Later on, Adelaar would have a long career as a trainer with a long string of league and non-league clubs.
• 1981 / Moving away from Sportterrein IJsseloever, VVIJ settles on the newly laid-out Sportpark Groenvliet, along with village rivals IJFC. With IJFC finding its new home on the northern part of the park, VVIJ settles on its southern half – with the two main pitches being adjacent to one another. VVIJ inaugurates its new ground with a gala match against FC Utrecht (0-6).
• 1982 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, VVIJ descends into Sunday League 4, along with the club in second-last place, HVV ‘t Gooi.
• 1984 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 3 points behind champions SV Saestum.
• 1989 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 2 points behind champions JSV Nieuwegein. Also in 1989, former VVIJ youth academy player Raymond Victoria makes his professional league debut at Feyenoord Rotterdam at the age of seventeen. The midfielder would go on to have spells at FC Bayern München, BV De Graafschap, Willem II, AEK Larnaca, and ADO Den Haag, hanging up his boots in 2008. Moreover, Victoria, whose ancestry was from Curaçao, won 3 caps for the Netherlands’ Antilles in 2003.
• 1994 / Former VVIJ youth academy player Remco Heerkens makes his professional league debut at SBV Excelsior at the age of seventeen. The midfielder would go on to have spells at RBC Roosendaal, ADO Den Haag, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Dordrecht, KV Oostende, and FC Omniworld, withdrawing into non-league football in 2008.
• 1996 / Finishing top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4H alongside vv MSV ’19, VVIJ goes on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match for the title against the club from Montfoort, thus missing out on promotion.
• 1998 / Former VVIJ youth academy player Ruud Berger makes his professional league debut at FC Utrecht at the age of eighteen. The midfielder would go on to have spells at Cambuur-Leeuwarden, FC Emmen, FC Zwolle, and RKC Waalwijk, hanging up his boots in 2010.
• 1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in the Central District’s Sunday League 4H, VVIJ descends into Sunday League 5 for the first time in club history, along with the club in second-last place, DEV.
• 2001 / Champions in the Central District’s Sunday League 5A, 6 points ahead of closest rivals HC&FC Victoria, VVIJ manages a return to Sunday League 4 in the year of the club’s 75th anniversary.
• 2004 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 12 points behind runaway champions vv Amsvorde.
• 2005 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 6 points ahead of closest followers AVV HVC, VVIJ wins promotion to Sunday League 3 after an absence of 23 years at that level. The successful coach is Michel Blokker.
• 2006 / Winning back-to-back titles, RKVVIJ finishes top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 15 points ahead of closest followers vv Brederodes. As such, the club manages a return to Sunday League 2 after an absence of 33 years at that level. The successful coach, Michel Blokker, leaves the club after the 2005-06 season.
• 2010 / Champions in Sunday League 2B, 1 point ahead of closest rivals RKSV Pancratius, VVIJ wins promotion to Sunday League 1 for the first time in club history. The successful coach is Herman Wallenburg.
• 2012 / In the best season in club history, VVIJ manages a sixth place in Sunday League 1A, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. Seeing off RKSV VELO in the semis (3-3 aggr. & penalty shoot-out), the club misses out on promotion to Zondag Hoofdklasse by a whisker, narrowly losing out to vv DHC (3-2 aggr.).
• 2013 / Finishing in third-last place in Sunday League 1A with coach Herman Wallenburg, VVIJ has to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs, failing to do so by suffering defeat in a spectacular R1 match against SO Soest (9-8 aggr.). As such, the club drops back into Sunday League 2 after three years, along with ASV DWV, VPV Purmersteijn, and bottom club FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. In the summer of 2013, the main pitch of Sportpark Groenvliet Zuid is laid out anew with a synthetic surface. Also in 2013, former VVIJ youth academy player Sean Klaiber makes his professional league debut at Jong FC Utrecht at the age of nineteen; the defender would go on to have spells at FC Utrecht, FC Dordrecht, AFC Ajax, and Brøndby IF – moreover winning his first cap for Surinam in 2021.
• 2014 / Runner-up in Sunday League 2B, 1 point behind champions SO Soest, VVIJ qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club manages successive wins over VSV (zo) (3-1 aggr.) and SV Hoofddorp (3-3 aggr. & penalty shoot-out), resulting in an immediate return to Sunday League 1. The successful coach is David Vecht.
• 2015 / Equalling the best achievement in club history from 2012, VVIJ finishes in sixth place in Sunday League 1A; however, this time around, the club misses out on the promotion play-offs.
• 2016 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 1A with coach David Vecht, VVIJ has to stave off relegation in the promotion-relegation play-offs, in which the club edges past vv West Frisia in the semis (3-2 aggr.), only to stumble over RKVV Velsen in the final (2-1 aggr.). As such, the club drops back into Sunday League 2 after two years, alongside, vv De Zouaven, AFC Quick 1890, and bottom club SV De Foresters.
• 2020 / In parallel to a team in the Sunday divisions, VVIJ chooses to enter a regular first team in the Saturday leagues as well, with VVIJ (za) starting its existence in District West I’s Saturday League 4.
• 2022 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 2B with coach Fabian Schaken, VVIJ has to stave off relegation in the promotion-relegation play-offs, in which the club edges past VSV (zo) in R1 (1-1 & penalty shoot-out), only to suffer defeat in the final against AVV ZSGOWMS (2-1). As such, the club drops back into Sunday League 3 along with FC Jeugd and bottom club SV Nieuw Utrecht. However, with the Netherlands’ FA offering clubs the opportunity to change from one pyramid to the other without having to restart at the bottom level, VVIJ chooses to abandon Sunday league football, a tradition of nearly 100 years, in favour of a new existence in the Saturday divisions, being placed in District West I’s Saturday League 3D for the 2022-23 season. Thereby, the Sunday team replaces the original Saturday team, which finished in third place in Saturday League 4H and withdrew from the promotion play-offs. 
• 2023 / Former VVIJ youth academy midfielder Espen van Ee makes his professional league debut at SC Heerenveen at the age of twenty. Van Ee would go on to have a subsequent spell at FC Arouca.
• 2024 / Runner-up in District West I’s Saturday League 3D, with an equal number of points as champions USV Elinkwijk, but with a slightly inferior goal difference (+39 vs. +38), VVIJ has to make do with a place in the promotion play-offs, in which the club stumbles over the first hurdle, VVOP (2-2 & penalty shoot-out).
• 2025 / Champions in District West I’s Saturday League 3D, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SCH ’44, VVIJ wins promotion to Saturday League 2.

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