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NETHERLANDS: RKVV Bonifatius Boys (1977-1979) / RKSV Bonifatius Boys (1979-1996) / SV Bon Boys (1996-)

Sportpark De Greune, Haaksbergen (SV Bon Boys, formerly RKVV Bonifatius Boys / RKSV Bonifatius Boys)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

26 III 2025 / SV Bon Boys - RKSV Achilles '29 2-0 / District East, Regional Cup (Districtsbeker) - last 16

Timeline

• 1934 / In the hamlet of Veldmaat, on the northern outskirts of Haaksbergen in Overijssel, a football club is formed. The club derives its name from the newly formed parish church, Heilige Bonifatius en Gezellen, becoming Rooms-Katholieke Voetbalvereniging (RKVV) Bonifatius Boys, with the local priest, Fr Brandsma, taking on the role as the club’s first spiritual advisor. The club’s first pitch is situated at Veldmaterstraat, but before the start of the 1934-35 season, a move is made to a newly laid-out pitch at the crossroads of Weertseriet and Lijsterstraat. Instead of joining the official Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB), RKVV Bonifatius Boys successfully applies for membership of the so-called Rooms-Katholieke Utrechtse Voetbalbond (RKUVB), a sub-branch of the Rooms-Katholieke Federatie (RKF), an association of Roman-Catholic clubs. For its first season, the club is placed in RKUVB Division 4.
• 1937 / Moving away from Terrein Weertseriet, RKVV Bonifatius Boys settles at Terrein De Klomp, a newly laid-out pitch on a piece of farmland owned by a local smallholder, Mr Ten Voorde, at Veldmaterstraat – not far from the club’s original location.
• 1939 / Managing its first tangible success, RKVV Bonifatius Boys wins promotion from RKUVB Division 4 to Division 3. Also in or around 1939, the club settles on a newly laid-out pitch< Terrein Ooink, situated at Veldmaterstraat just like its previous pitch.
• 1940 / Upon the occupation of the Netherlands by German forces, all football associations merge into the KNVB – renamed NVB to avoid association with the Orange family (‘Koninklijk’) for the duration of the war. RKVV Bonifatius Boys also makes the step to the ranks of the ‘neutral’ association, being placed in Sunday Division 2 of NVB’s sub-branch in Twente, the so-called Twentse Voetbalbond (TVB).
• 1950 / Finishing in first place in TVB Sunday Division 2, RKVV Bonifatius Boys goes on to play in a promotion competition, in which the club takes on TAR Reserves and EFC Prinses Wilhelmina Reserves. Following a tie-break match against the latter side, played at GFC’s Terrein Deldensestraat in Goor, resulting in a 4-1 win, RKVV Bonifatius Boys accedes to TVB Sunday Division 1 for the first time.
• ± 1952 / Moving away from Terrein Ooink, RKVV Bonifatius Boys settles at Terrein Enschedestraat, situated opposite of Café Het Nieuwe Haasje.
• 1953 / Finishing in joint first position in TVB Sunday Division 1 with RKSV De Zweef and TVC ’28, RKVV Bonifatius Boys plays a tie-break competition against those two clubs – and, finishing in first place, the club wins promotion to KNVB District East’s Sunday League 4 for the first time.
• 1955 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 5 points ahead of runners-up vv Unisson, RKVV Bonifatius Boys wins promotion to Sunday League 3 for the first time. The decisive points are clinched in a 1-0 win over local rivals vv Haaksbergen. The successful coach is Mr De Ruiter.
• 1956 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A with coach De Ruiter, RKVV Bonifatius Boys drops back into Sunday League 4 after just one season. That same year, the club moves back from Terrein Enschedestraat to Terrein Ooink at Veldmaterstraat.
• 1960 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4B, RKVV Bonifatius Boys descends into TVB Sunday Division 1. 
• 1966 / Finishing in second-last place in TVB Sunday Division 1A, RKVV Bonifatius Boys is retrograded to TVB Sunday Division 2 along with bottom club vv Haarlese Boys.
• 1968 / Runners-up in TVB Sunday Division 2A along with vv Roombeek, 1 point behind champions VSV ’50, RKVV Bonifatius Boys gets to play a tie-break match against vv Roombeek for one extra promotion place. However, losing the encounter 4-1, the club misses out on a return to TVB Sunday Division 1.
• 1969 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 5 points ahead of closest rivals SV Zenderen Vooruit, RKVV Bonifatius Boys wins promotion to TVB Sunday Division 1. The successful coach is Mr Van Heesch.
• 1970 / A new pitch is laid out for RKVV Bonifatius Boys at Geukerdijk. While holding on to Terrein Ooink, the club moves its first team football to the new location. One year later, somewhat further down Geukerdijk, two new training pitches are laid out for the club, meaning that RKVV Bonifatius Boys now disposes of three different grounds.
• 1976 / Haaksbergen municipal authorities make a start with the laying out of a new sports park for RKVV Bonifatius Boys by connecting the two locations at Geukerdijk.
• 1977 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1B, 7 points ahead of runners-up MVV ’29, RKVV Bonifatius Boys manages a return to Sunday League 4. The decisive point was clinched in a goalless draw away at RKSV Saasveldia. Following the promotion, the club also lays its hands on the TVB title by defeating D1A champions ASVO (7-5 aggr.). The successful coach is Bernard Kleinsman. Also in 1977, after one year of works, the new Sportpark De Greune is inaugurated, with RKVV Bonifatius Boys moving its first team football to one of the new pitches – the current main pitch, which is ready for use for the start of the 1977-78 season. In October 1977, the new clubhouse is inaugurated.
• 1979 / Probably, in 1979, as a baseball branch is founded at RKVV Bonifatius Boys – which takes on the name ‘Hittem 79’ – RKVV Bonifatius Boys officially changes its name to become RKSV (Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging) Bonifatius Boys (often abbreviated to SV Bonifatius Boys or SV Bon Boys). Even though Hittem 79 ceases its activities in 1993, the club never reverts to the prefix RKVV or VV.
• 1980 / After the final works at Sportpark De Greune have been completed, RKSV Bonifatius Boys now has the benefit of seven pitches – one of which has to be given up to tennis club TVV in the course of the decade. Also in 1980, floodlights are inaugurated around the main pitch at Sportpark De Greune, with the facilities being inaugurated with a gala match against professional league side SC Heracles ’74 (1-3).
• 1983 / RKSV Bonifatius Boys finishes as runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 8 points behind champions vv Victoria ’28.
• 1986 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 4 points ahead of closest followers SV Losser, RKSV Bonifatius Boys manages a return to Sunday League 3 after an absence of thirty seasons.
• 1987 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, RKSV Bonifatius Boys drops back into Sunday League 4 after just one season, along with the club in second-last place, RKSV Avanti-Wilskracht.
• 1989 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4B, RKSV Bonifatius Boys drops back into TVB Sunday Division 1 along with the club finishing in second-last place, SV TVO. Also in 1989, former Bon Boys youth academy player Erik ten Hag makes his debut as a professional league footballer at FC Twente. The midfielder goes on to have a thirteen-year-long professional league career, which also takes him to spells with BV De Graafschap, RKC Waalwijk, and FC Utrecht. After hanging up his boots, Ten Hag started a coaching career, becoming assistant coach at PSV and several other clubs, before taking on the main role at Go Ahead Eagles, FC Bayern München Reserves, FC Utrecht, AFC Ajax, and Manchester United FC.
• 1990 / A covered stand is inaugurated at Sportpark De Greune.
• 1991 / RKSV Bonifatius Boys finishes as runners-up in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 2 points behind SV TVO.
• 1992 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals FC Het Centrum, RKSV Bonifatius Boys manages a return to District East’s Sunday League 4. Also in 1992, former Bon Boys youth academy defender Edwin Hilgerink makes his professional league debut at FC Twente. Following spells at SC Heracles ’74, Heracles Almelo, and again FC Twente, Hilgerink withdraws into non-league in 2002.
• 1994 / Former Bon Boys youth academy striker Niki Leferink makes his professional league debut at SC Heracles ’74, going on to have spells at Heracles Almelo, VVV, Go Ahead Eagles, and FC Emmen, before withdrawing into non-league in 2008.
• 1995 / Finishing in fourth place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, RKSV Bonifatius Boys goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus acceding to Sunday League 3.
• 1996 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, RKSV Bonifatius Boys drops back into Sunday League 4 after just one season, along with the club finishing in second-last place, DSVD. That same year, the club officially drops the reference to its Roman-Catholic origins by taking away the ‘RK’ element from the prefix RKSV as well as by abbreviating ‘Bonifatius’ to ‘Bon’, which had already been in use for decades colloquially. As such, the club is officially called SV Bon Boys from now on.
• 2002 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 4 points ahead of runners-up vv Victoria ’28, SV Bon Boys wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Haico Groener.
• 2004 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 2 points ahead of closest rivals Sportclub Markelo, SV Bon Boys accedes to Sunday League 2 for the first time. The successful coach is Haico Groener.
• 2005 / The first experience of SV Bon Boys in Sunday League 2 ends in misery, as the club finishes bottom of the table in Sunday League 2J with coach Haico Groener, thus dropping back into Sunday League 3 immediately, along with the club in second-last place, Sportclub Markelo.
• 2006 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3C with coach Bert-Jan Heupers, SV Bon Boys suffers its second relegation in a row, descending into Sunday League 4 along with the club in second-last position, Sportclub Eibergen. Also in 2006, a thorough renovation of the clubhouse at Sportpark De Greune is undertaken. 
• 2010 / Runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 4C, 1 point behind champions FC Trias, SV Bon Boys misses out on qualification for the promotion play-offs. Also in 2010, the main pitch at Sportpark De Greune is laid out anew as a 3G.
• 2013 / Finishing in fourth place in District East’s Sunday League 4C, SV Bon Boys qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Knocking out RKPSC in R1 (7-3 aggr.), the club is eliminated in R2 by vv Gendringen (6-1 aggr.).
• 2014 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 3 points ahead of vv Twenthe, SV Bon Boys accedes to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Gerard Bos.
• 2016 / Finishing in third place in District East’s Sunday League 3A, SV Bon Boys qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by AV&CV Robur et Velocitas 1892 (6-1 aggr.). That summer, the club signs Berthil ter Avest, former professional league midfielder at FC Twente, Roda JC, FC Groningen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and BV De Graafschap (1989-2003), as its new coach.
• 2017 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 6 points ahead of runners-up vv DVC ’26, SV Bon Boys wins promotion to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Berthil ter Avest.
• 2018 / SV Bon Boys finishes in joint first place in Sunday League 2J with SV Voorwaarts and KSV Achilles ’12, but has the worst goal difference of the three – having to leave the title to the club from Twello for that reason. Adding insult to injury, the club is eliminated in R1 of the promotion play-offs away at RKSV De Zweef (0-0 & penalty shoot-out). Also in 2018, a new entrance gate is created at Sportpark De Greune, seeing the facilities being officially renamed Ontmoetingspark De Greune.
• 2021 / After five years, Berthil ter Avest relinquishes his post as head coach at SV Bon Boys to work at FC Twente’s youth academy.
• 2022 / Runners-up in Sunday League 2J, 7 points behind champions RKSV NEO, SV Bon Boys qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it eliminates vv DVC ’26 in R1 (3-0), before being knocked out by KSV Achilles ’12 in R2 (0-2).
• 2023 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2I, only 4 points behind champions RKVV Stevo, SV Bon Boys qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Easing past vv Oldeholtpade in R1 (6-0), the club is knocked out once again in R2, this time by vv Roden (2-1).
• 2024 / Runaway champions in Sunday League 2H, 12 points ahead of closest followers RKSV De Tukkers, SV Bon Boys achieves a historic promotion to League 1. The successful coach is Matthijs Blijham.

Note – Thanks to SV Bon Boys’ board for giving me access to several valuable sources, including, most notably, a booklet released by the club on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary in 1984: “SV Bonifatius Boys 50 jaar 1934-1984”. 

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NETHERLANDS: SV OBW

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Hengelder Oost, Zevenaar (SV OBW)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

23 III 2025 / SV OBW - SV Schalkhaar 2-0 / Sunday League 3L (= NL level 8)

Timeline

• ± 1921 / Foundation of a football club in Ooy (alternatively spelled as Ooij), which takes on the name BWO (Blauw Wit Ooij). The club plays its football on a pitch laid out at the back of Café Van Uem. It is unclear if the club joined any football association in the first ten odd years of its existence.
• 1933 / BWO joins the so-called Roomsch-Katholieke Utrechtsche Voetbalbond (RKUVB), a sub-branch of the RKF (Roomsch-Katholieke Federatie), the Roman-Catholic football association in pre-war Netherlands – existing in rivalry with the official Netherlands’ FA (KNVB).
• 1936 / After three years in the ranks of the RKUVB, BWO folds, ceasing all activities, probably due to financial difficulties.
• 1945 / In the aftermath of World War II, BWO is re-founded. However, upon applying for membership of Afdeling Arnhem, Arnhem’s sub-branch of the KNVB – all Roman-Catholic football associations had folded in 1940 – the club is ordered to change its name due to another KNVB member club already using the same acronym (KSV BWO from Hengelo Ov.). Thereupon, a practical solution is found, with club officials opting for the acronym OBW, Ooij’s Blauw Wit. The club settles on the pitch at the back of Café Van Uem previously used by BWO in the pre-war years.
• 1947 / Changing its allegiance, abandoning Afdeling Arnhem, OBW joins KNVB Afdeling Gelderland.
• 1952 / As a handball branch is added to the club, OBW now officially becomes Sportvereniging (SV) OBW. Around this same time, the club abandons Terrein Van Uem, settling at a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Panoven.
• ± 1959 / Moving away from Terrein Panoven, SV OBW settles at a newly laid-out pitch at Sint-Martinusweg in Oud-Zevenaar.
• ± 1971 / In 1971 or 1972, SV OBW moves away from Terrein Sint-Martinusweg, settling at the newly laid-out Gemeentelijk Sportpark Hengelder, where the club is allowed the use of the eastern half of the park. Local rivals SV DCS already moved into Sportpark Hengelder West one or two years previously.
• 1984 / SV OBW wins promotion from the ranks of the GVB to Sunday League 4 for the first time in club history.
• 1985 / Champions in its first-ever season in District East’s Sunday League 4D, 5 points ahead of runners-up AVC Vitesse 1892, SV OBW wins promotion to Sunday League 3.
• 1986 / SV OBW narrowly misses out on a third promotion in a row, finishing as runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 2 points behind champions V&AV Pax.
• 1991 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 2 points ahead of runners-up vv Loenermark, SV OBW wins promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time. Also in 1991, the covered stand at Sportpark Hengelder Oost is inaugurated.
• 1994 / Finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 2A, SV OBW drops back into Sunday League 3 along with the club finishing in second-last place, SC Varsseveld.
• 1996 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 6 points ahead of closest followers vv SDOUC, SV OBW manages a return to Sunday League 2.
• 2000 / Champions in Sunday League 2I, 6 points ahead of town rivals SV DCS, SV OBW wins promotion to Sunday League 1 for the first time in club history. The successful coach is Willy van Bindsbergen.
• 2004 / In the best season in club history, SV OBW finishes in third place in Sunday League 1E with coach Ronald Grotenbreg, only 3 points behind champions vv Germania.
• 2007 / After several successful years in Sunday League 1, SV OBW, coached by Henry Golstein, now finishes in second-last place in Sunday League 1E, thus dropping back into Sunday League 2 along with bottom club KSV Achilles ’12.
• 2008 / Coached by Iwan Geurds, SV OBW finishes in second-last place in Sunday League 2I, thus suffering a second relegation in a row and descending into Sunday League 3 along with bottom club RKSV Overasseltse Boys.
• 2009 / Coached by Iwan Geurds, SV OBW suffers its third relegation in a row, finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3C, dropping back into Sunday League 4 along with the club in second-last place, SV Loil.
• 2013 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4D, 3 points ahead of runners-up HC ’03, SV OBW manages a return to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Wouter van der Ent.
• 2014 / Finishing in third place in District East’s Sunday League 3C, SV OBW qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Following successive defeats of SV Hatert (2-0 aggr.) and AV&CV Robur et Velocitas 1892 (5-1 aggr.), the club wins its second promotion in a row, acceding to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Wouter van der Ent.
• 2015 / Runners-up in Sunday League 2I, 9 points behind champions SC Woezik, SV OBW qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out SV Helios in R1 (7-5 aggr.) before being eliminated in R2 by SV Orion (4-0 aggr.).
• 2017 / Finishing in second-last place in Sunday League 2I with coach Arthur Isselman, SV OBW descends into Sunday League 3 along with RKVV Rood Wit and bottom club SC Rheden.
• 2019 / Runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 3 points behind champions MASV, SV OBW qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out vv Trekvogels in R1 (4-1) before being knocked out by VDZ in R2 (2-1). 
• 2022 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3B, 2 points ahead of runners-up vv Witkampers, SV OBW accedes to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Martijn Bartels.
• 2023 / Finishing in ninth place in Sunday League 2H with coach Roberto Tuinstra, SV OBW has to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs, in which the club is eliminated by vv VIOD (1-2). As such, SV OBW drops back into Sunday League 3 after just one season.
• 2024 / Finishing in fourth place in District East’s Sunday League 3C, SV OBW qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by vv Vorden (5-1).

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NETHERLANDS: EVV Phenix

Sportpark Phenix - Zuid Esmarkerrondweg, Enschede (EVV Phenix)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

23 III 2025 / EVV Phenix - vv Rood Zwart 5 2-1 / District East, Sunday Reserves' League 6-11

Timeline

• 1901 / Foundation of a football club in Enschede, which takes on the name Voorwaarts, apparently following a merger of an already existing team also called Voorwaarts and a second club, Koningin Wilhelmina. Voorwaarts joins the so-called Twentsche Voetbalbond (TVB), the Twente sub-branch of the Netherlands’ FA (NVB, later renamed KNVB). The club started its life on a pitch laid out at Kuipersdijk. In the following years, several ground moves took place, with successive pitches being used in Lonneker as well as at Enschede’s Volkspark, and Hengeloschestraat.
• 1907 / Voorwaarts changes its name to become EVV (Enschedesche Voetbalvereeniging). In one of the following years, possibly around 1918, a new name change took place, with the club taking on the name Enschede Vooruit.
• 1919 / Enschede Vooruit changes its name to become Fiks of Niks, a name already used by a local ninepins club – possibly the result of a merger between the two.
• 1924 / As Fiks of Niks wins promotion from TVB (Sunday) Division 1 to NVB District East’s (Sunday) League 3 for the first time, the club takes on a new name, Phenix – possibly a reference to an older club in Enschede, founded in 1898, which bore this name, but which concluded a merger with Hercules in 1910 to form SC Enschede. It is unclear if Phenix / Fiks of Niks had already moved away from Terrein Hengeloschestraat to Terrein Lipperkerkstraat by this time – the move must have been made in 1926 at its latest.
• 1925 / Phenix adds a prefix to its name, officially becoming EVV (Enschedesche Voetbalvereeniging) Phenix.
• 1929 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s League 3A, EVV Phenix descends into League 4, a division not yet existing in District East when the club won promotion from the ranks of the TVB five years previously.
• 1930 / Champions in District East’s League 4A, 1 point ahead of runners-up SV Lonneker, EVV Phenix fails to achieve promotion in the subsequent round of championship play-offs.
• 1931 / Champions in District East’s League 4A, 4 points ahead of closest rivals SV Nijverdal, EVV Phenix crowns its season by winning promotion to League 3 in the subsequent round of championship play-offs.
• 1933 / Finishing in joint first place in District East’s League 3A with GVV Eilermark, EVV Phenix meets the club from Glanerbrug in a tie-break match, played at SV De Enschedesche Boys’ ground in Enschede’s Volkspark. Going on to win the tie 2-1 A.E.T., EVV Phenix crowns itself champions, but the club fails to win promotion to (Sunday) League 2 in the championship play-offs against ZVV Zutphania and League 2 side vv Apeldoorn, with Zutphania walking away with the League 2 ticket.
• 1934 / Finishing in joint first place in District East’s League 3A with SV Almelo, EVV Phenix meets that club in not one, but two tie-break matches, played at vv Rigtersbleek’s ground at Gerrit Jan van Heekstraat. However, as both encounters finish in a draw (A.E.T.), the decision falls based on goal difference, with EVV Phenix having the edge (+21 vs. +17). As such, the club is admitted to take part in the championship play-offs against WSV and League 2 side RKSV GOLTO. Winning the competition, EVV Phenix accedes to (Sunday) League 2 for the first time.
• 1942 / EVV Phenix finishes as runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 2A, 5 points behind champions BVV Borne.
• 1949 / Moving away from Terrein Lipperkerkstraat, which had to be given up to make way for housing, EVV Phenix settles at a newly laid-out ground at Zuid Esmarkerrondweg, where the club has been home ever since. The ground is surrounded by a gravel track for athletics manifestations. It is unclear when this gravel track was removed.
• 1951 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 2A, EVV Phenix drops back into Sunday League 3 after seventeen seasons.
• 1955 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 2 points ahead of runners-up BVV Borne and DOS ’19, EVV Phenix goes on to win the championship play-offs, thus managing a return to Sunday League 2 after four years.
• 1956 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 2A, EVV Phenix drops back into Sunday League 3.
• 1957 / EVV Phenix finishes as runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 7 points behind champions SV VOSTA.
• 1958 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 7 points ahead of closest followers SV Rietvogels, EVV Phenix fails to achieve promotion in the championship play-offs.
• 1959 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 7 points ahead of closest rivals AVC La Première, EVV Phenix fails to achieve promotion in the championship play-offs. Also in 1959, Phenix’s 23-year-old defender Dais ter Beek earns himself a contract with professional league side SC Enschede, going on to defend the colours of that club and its successor FC Twente ’65 until hanging up his boots in 1967.
• 1962 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 3A, 5 points ahead of runners-up KVV Losser, EVV Phenix fails to achieve promotion in the championship play-offs.
• 1964 / Former EVV Phenix youth academy goalkeeper Hennie Ardesch makes his professional league debut at SC Enschede at the age of twenty. In the course of his career, Ardesch goes on to defend the goal at FC Twente ’65, HSV ADO, FC Den Haag, Golden Gate Gates, Go Ahead Eagles, and FC VVV, until hanging up his boots in 1977.
• 1973 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, EVV Phenix drops back into Sunday League 4 along with the club finishing in second-last place, GFC. As such, EVV Phenix finds itself at this lowly level for the first time in 42 years.
• 1978 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4A, EVV Phenix drops back into the ranks of the TVB after an uninterrupted spell in the KNVB divisions of 54 years.
• 1979 / The dressing rooms and clubhouse at Sportpark Phenix, Zuid Esmarkerrondweg, dating back to 1949, are rebuilt completely.
• 1986 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 4 points ahead of runners-up OSV ’31, EVV Phenix manages a return to Sunday League 4. The decisive points are picked up in a 2-1 away win at UDI. The successful coach is Harry Wielenga.
• 1992 / Finishing in joint first place in District East’s Sunday League 4A with RKSV De Lutte, EVV Phenix goes on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match against that club, thus missing out on promotion.
• 1994 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4A, EVV Phenix drops back into TVB Sunday Division 1 along with the club finishing in second-last place, vv Glanerbrug.
• 1995 / Finishing in second-last place in TVB Sunday Division 1A, EVV Phenix suffers its second relegation in a row, dropping back into TVB Sunday League 2 along with bottom club ASVO.
• 1996 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 6 points ahead of runners-up SV Dinkelland, EVV Phenix wins promotion to the newly created District East’s Sunday League 5. The successful coach is Hans Venerius.
• 2004 / EVV Phenix finishes as joint runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 5B with SV De Enschedese Boys, 10 points behind runaway champions vv Sportclub Lochem.
• 2005 / Coached by Peter Nachtegaal, EVV Phenix finishes in tenth place in District East’s Sunday League 5B, going on to suffer defeat in the relegation play-offs. As such, the club descends into Sunday League 6 along with direct drop-outs vv Glanerbrug and BVV Borne.
• 2006 / Runners-up in District East’s Sunday League 6A, 1 point behind champions BVV Borne, EVV Phenix goes on to win the play-offs, thus gaining promotion to Sunday League 5. The successful coach is Edwin Kolkman.
• 2007 / Finishing in third place in District East’s Sunday League 5B, EVV Phenix goes on to win the play-offs, thus gaining promotion to Sunday League 4 – the club’s second promotion in a row with coach Edwin Kolkman.
• 2008 / Coached by Pascal de Vries, EVV Phenix finishes in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, thus dropping back into Sunday League 5 along with bottom club RSC.
• 2012 / Coached by René Dikken, EVV Phenix finishes bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4B, thus dropping back into Sunday League 6.
• 2013 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 6A, 9 points ahead of runners-up vv Langeveen, EVV Phenix is placed in Sunday League 5 for the new season. The successful coach is André Leppink.
• 2019 / Former EVV Phenix, SC Enschede, and FC Twente ’65 goalkeeper Hennie Ardesch passes away at the age of 76.
• 2021 / EVV Phenix withdraws its first team from Sunday League 5.
• 2022 / EVV Phenix returns to first team football in Sunday League 5.
• 2023 / Having finished in tenth place in District East’s Sunday League 5A, EVV Phenix withdraws from first team football yet again. Also in 2023, former Phenix, SC Enschede, and FC Twente ’65 defender Dais ter Beek passes away at the age of 87.

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