DZC '68 is an amateur

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club based in

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, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 May 1968, and they play their home games at Sportpark Zuid. They play in yellow jerseys with blue shorts and blue socks. DZC '68 has produced multiple players who have played professional football, including

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, Remy Raterink and Cihan Yalcin.

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is a former manager.

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started her international career on DZC boys' teams.

History

In 2008 DZC '68 played a match against

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, where the Scottish side beat DZC '68 5–0. At the time

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was manager of Aberdeen and Scott Calderwood was manager of DZC '68. In 2010 DZC '68 played its neighbors

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for the last time, losing 4–0. In 2010, DZC was promoted to the Eerste Klasse. In 2012, it was relegated from the

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amateur football. The Women's Team played promoted in 2016 to the fourth division. From 2019 to 2020 it played in the third division. From 2020 to 2022 in the second-division.

References

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