Sportvereniging Poortugaal is a

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

Poortugaal Poortugaal is a village (''dorp'') that is situated near the municipality of Rotterdam in the South Holland province of the Netherlands. Together with neighbouring Rhoon, Poortugaal forms the municipality of Albrandswaard. The village was fir ...

, Netherlands. Founded in 1927, they are currently members of 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 ...

, the fifth tier of the

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. They play their home matches at Sportpark Polder Albrandswaard.

History

PSV Poortugaal

The Poortugaalse Sport Vereniging Poortugaal was founded on 20 April 1927. It played at Sportpark Polder Albrandswaard. Dutch female soccer international and coach

Hesterine de Reus Hesterine Jannetje de Reus (born 6 December 1961) is a Dutch former footballer and coach who is currently the coach of women's team AFC Ajax. She has coached women's national and youth teams as well as Dutch domestic league teams. Chilhood in ...

played during her youth in PSV Poortugaal. In 2016–17, its first squads played in the Sunday

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...

and in the Saturday

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday ...

. In 2017–18 the first squads continue in the same leagues. Starting 2017 coach of the Sunday squad was

Jack van den Berg Jack B. van den Berg (born 7 February 1959) is a Dutch football manager and a former player. While coaching ASWH, he won the 2005 national amateur championship and the 2006 Rinus Michels Award for managers in nonprofessional leagues. During a lon ...

, who coached the Saturday

Derde Divisie 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 D ...

squad

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. It won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, a ...

alongside. In October 2017 the club decided that the first squad would play starting summer 2017 in the Saturday competition. Subsequently, the club also decided to merge with VV Oude Maas. Henk Dirven was selected to replace

, who switched for

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

-side

VV Katwijk Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk () is a Dutch association football club based in the town of Katwijk. Founded in 1939, the team competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. Katwijk plays its home games at Sportpa ...

VV Oude Maas

Voetbalvereniging Oude Maas was founded on 16 May 1947. It played at Sportpark Polder Albrandswaard. In 2014 VV Oude Maas played in the first round of the National Dutch

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the N ...

, losing 1–3 to the

Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the Brabantian dialect, local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the Province ...

side

SV DOSKO Sportvereniging Door Ons Samenspel Komt Overwinning, usually known as SV DOSKO, is a football club from Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. They play their home matches at the Sportpark Meilust. The club's colours are red and yellow. History Early year ...

. Since 2015 the first team plays in the

. In 2016 Roël Liefden became coach of the first squad, replacing Warry van Wattum. In the summer of 2018 it merged with PSV Poortugaal.

SV Poortugaal

SV Poortugaal was formed in 2018 as a merger of PSV Poortugaal and VV Oude Maas. Its first squad started in the

and promoted to the

Hoofdklasse 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 ...

in 2020.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poortugaal Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in South Holland Sport in Albrandswaard Association football clubs established in 2018 2018 establishments in the Netherlands