Amsterdamse Voetbalvereniging Swift is a

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club based in

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, Netherlands. They are currently members of the

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, the fifth tier of the

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. They play their home matches at Sportpark Olympiaplein.

History

Founded 1 February 1910, the name A.V.V. Swift stands for Amsterdamse Voetbalvereniging Swift (''English: Amsterdam Football Club Swift''). They play their home matches at Sportpark Olympiaplein in

, which was built in 1927 ahead of the

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, to a capacity of 1,000 people. The Saturdays team of Swift were promoted to the

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 ...

, following their

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse () is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 21 divisions, 12 played on Saturday and nine on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The ch ...

championship in the 2007–08 season. The following season saw Swift finishing in fourth place, thus qualifying for the playoffs for promotion 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 ...

which they won. They were relegated to the newly formed

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in 2010–11, after their first season in the Hoofdklasse, finishing 13th, in second to last place on the table, resulting in relegation back to the

. In 2008 the teams Sportpark Olympiaplein was redesigned by Ruud-Jan Kokke, which earned the stadium a Dutch Design Award that same year. The year the team was promoted to the Hoofdklasse in 2009, two new artificial grass fields were created at the Olympiaplein, as well as a new scoreboard put up. It is noteworthy to point out that AVV Swift's Sport park has very low sitting stands due to a historical law, which states that the view of the Monument Indië-Nederland from the Parnassusweg may never be obstructed, preventing the possibility of high seating in the park. In 2017, Swift knocked out the defending

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winners Vitesse in the first round on penalties.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Since 2024, AVV Swift has been sponsored by the Dutch app “Helm”, which became the club’s official shirt sponsor. The partnership is notable due to the app being developed in the programming language

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, creating a thematic link with the club’s name.

References

External links

A.V.V. Swift Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swift Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1910 Football clubs in Amsterdam 1910 establishments in the Netherlands