Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch football club which was founded in 1904 in

Vlaardingen Vlaardingen () is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality administers an area of , of which is land, with residents in . Geogr ...

. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium.

History

The club entered the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

in 1956. Fortuna never made it towards the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

and competed mostly between Eerste and

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) 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 ...

. In 1974 the club separated the amateur and the professional branch.

FC Vlaardingen

The professionals remained as ''FC Vlaardingen '74'' and the amateurs kept playing as ''Fortuna''. In 1981 FC Vlaardingen went bankrupt. The amateurs merged in 2004 with local club ''TSB'' to form the new amateur club ''Victoria '04''.

Managers

Rinus Gosens Rinus Gosens (1 January 1920 – 22 May 2008) was a Dutch football player and manager. As a player, he won the Dutch championship with SVV in 1949. After his active career he became a football manager, who worked for Fortuna Vlaardingen, SVV, ...

(1961–64) *

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(1964–65) *

Ko Stijger Ko Stijger (1 May 1915 – 31 December 1997) was a Dutch footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...

(1965–66) * Laszlo Zalai (1966–67) *

Jan Brouwer Jan Brouwer (born 1939/1940) is a Dutch former football manager who was the manager of Angolan side Sagrada Esperança, a position he undertook in April 2008. He previously managed the Zambia national team in 2001, Petro Atlético in 2004, ...

(1967–70) *

Piet de Wolf Piet de Wolf (1921–14 November 2013) was a Dutch football player, trainer and coach, who played as a goalkeeper. Death Piet de Wolf died on 14 November 2013, aged 91, in his hometown of Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the ...

(1970–72) *

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(1972–75) *

Theo Laseroms Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus "Theo" Laseroms (8 March 1940 – 25 April 1991) was a Dutch football defender who made a name for himself when he played for Feijenoord. He gained six caps for the Netherlands national team. Club career Laseroms ...

(1975–79) *

Hans Dorjee Hans Dorjee (26 July 1941 – 25 July 2002) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Playing career Dorjee came through the youth system of hometown club DHC to make his senior debut for the club aged only 17.

(1979–80) *

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(1980)http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A011019017%3Ampeg21%3Ap016%3Aa0255 *

Jan de Gier Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(1980–81) * Gerard Weber (1985–86)

References

External links

Fortuna Vlaardingen: onder valse voorwendselen verleid
Sportboek.nl {{in lang, nl Defunct football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Vlaardingen Association football clubs established in 1904 Association football clubs disestablished in 1981 1904 establishments in the Netherlands 1981 disestablishments in the Netherlands