Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club, based in
Ridderkerk
Ridderkerk () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is covered by water.
The municipality of Ridderkerk also includes th ...
. Since 2023, its main male squad competes in the
Vierde Divisie
The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general.
Background
The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...
.
RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in the
Topklasse
The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...
since this league was started, including when the Topklasse was the top tier of Dutch women soccer. Former women players of RVVH, including in the youth, include
Leyla Bağcı
Leyla Firdevs Bağcı (born 6 February 1990) is a Turkish-Dutch women's football goalkeeper. She played in the Netherlands and Belgium, and was part of the Turkey women's national team.
Early years
Leyla Firdevs Bağcı was born to Turkish imm ...
,
Jeanine van Dalen
Jeanine van Dalen (born 18 June 1986) is a Dutch former footballer, who played as a defender. She has previously played for ADO Den Haag and for the Netherlands national team.
Club career
In 2007, Van Dalen moved from RVVH to ADO Den Haag in ...
,
Manon Melis
Gabriëlla Maria "Manon" Melis (; born 31 August 1986) is a Dutch manager of Women's association football, women's football development at Feyenoord and a former professional footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. Sh ...
, and
Nikki de Roest
Nikki de Roest (Heerjansdam, 4 April 1993) is a Dutch educator and a former association football player, who played professionally in 2012–2013 season for PSV/FC Eindhoven. She played internationally for the Netherlands in young soccer selecti ...
.
Head coach
* J. de Bruin (in the 1940s and 1950s)
* Arie van der Graaf ?–1963
[
* C.? Molenveld 1963–1966
* Henk den Boer, 1966–1969
* ]Daan den Bleijker
Izaak Daniël "Daan" den Bleijker (30 June 192830 June 2003) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a forward.
Club career
Den Bleijker made his debut for Feijenoord on 8 April 1951 against Willem II and scored 30 goals in 111 official matc ...
, 1969–1970
* Joop Herwig, 1970–1971
* Cor van der Gijp
Cornelis van der Gijp (1 August 1931 – 12 November 2022) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward. Van der Gijp made his professional debut at SC Emma and also played for Feyenoord and Blauw Wit.
Club career
Van der Gijp made his deb ...
, 1971–1972
* Gerard Weber, 1972–1976
* Ad van Dongen, 1976–1979
* Ton de Hoop, 1979–1982
* Hans van der Wekke, 1982–1983
* Gerrie Ter Horst, 1983–1985
* John Huegenin, 1985–1987
* Ronald Klinkerberg, 1997–2001
* Ruud Heus, 2004–2006
* Jan Everse
Jan Everse (born 5 January 1954 in Rotterdam) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch football (soccer), football player and manager, who is currently head coach at amateur side BVCB.
Playing career Club
He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in ...
, 2009–2010
* Theo de Boon, 2010–2103
* Giovanni Franken
Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken (born 14 November 1977) is a professional football coach and former player who is the manager of China League One club Shaanxi Union.
Born in the Netherlands, Franken, a midfielder, represented the Netherlan ...
, 2013–2018
* Ronald Hulsbosch, 2018–2020
* Kevin Vink, 2020–2024
* Jan van der Lugt, 2024–
References
External links
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Official website
Football clubs in the Netherlands
Football clubs in Ridderkerk
Association football clubs established in 1918
1918 establishments in the Netherlands