VV Heerjansdam is a football club from

Heerjansdam Heerjansdam () is a village in the western Netherlands, in the municipality of Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, Zwijndrecht, South Holland. It has a population of 3,590. History It was originally called "''Heren Heyenland''", a name which first appeare ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. Heerjansdam is playing in the Saturday

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 ...

League since 2017. Heerjansdam was the Dutch amateur champions of Saturday football in 1989. In 1986 Heerjansdam became champions in the Saturday Eerste Klasse A. At the time, the Eerste Klasse was the highest league for amateur teams. In 1984, Heerjansdam defeated

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

-side

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...

(3–2) in the first round of the

1984–85 KNVB Cup The 1984-85 KNVB Cup 67th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 20 October 1984 and ending at the final on 6 June 1985. FC Utrecht beat Helmond Sport 1–0 and won the ...

. In the second round, Heerjansdam was eliminated by

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(6–0).

Associated people

Former players

* Prince Polley – Ghanaian footballer *

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 ...

– Former Dutch international and Women's Eredivisie player. She played on a boys team in Heerjansdam.

Managers

* 1988–89: René Vermunt * 1999–2001: Pieter de Jongh * 2019–20:

Ron Timmers Ron Timmers (born 11 August 1973) is a Dutch former footballer and current manager who is the head coach of IFC. He is a resident of Heer Oudelands Ambacht, Zwijndrecht. Football career Timmers played professionally in FC Dordrecht and Sparta ...

* Since 2020: Jonathan Jonk

References

External links

Official site
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