FC Breukelen is a football club from

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the northwest of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist i ...

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 ...

. FC Breukelen plays in the 2018–19 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 ...

History

The club was founded in 2007 form a merger between VV Nijenrodes in the

en CSV Vitesse. CSV was usually a

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 ...

club but had played in the

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, a ...

in its last season. Nijenrodes had played just one season in 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 1998–1999. It played in the national KNVB Cup of 1998–99 and 2000–01 in the group pools. In the

2005–06 KNVB Cup The 2005–06 KNVB Cup was the 88th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 87 teams contested, beginning on 2 August 2005 and ending at the final on 7 May 2006. Ajax beat PSV 2–1 in the final, winn ...

PEC Zwolle Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...

beat VV Nijenrodes 7–0 in round 1. In 2012 there was a major fight between players of both FC Breukelen and GHC and supporters of GHC on the football field. FC Breukelen has spent two seasons in the Hoofdklasse, relegating at the end of each season, in 2015 and 2017. In 2018 it continued in the Eerste Klasse.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breukelen Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Utrecht (province) Sport in Stichtse Vecht Association football clubs established in 2007 2007 establishments in the Netherlands