Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch
football
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club which was founded in 1904 in
Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen () is a large town and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality 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 admin ...
. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium.
History

The club entered the
Eerste Divisie
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in 1956. Fortuna never made it towards the
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 ...
and competed mostly between Eerste and
Tweede Divisie
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. 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
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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, H ...
(1961–64)
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Maarten Vink (1964–65)
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Ko Stijger (1965–66)
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Laszlo Zalai (1966–67)
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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, an ...
(1967–70)
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Piet de Wolf (1970–72)
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Jan van Baaren
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(1972–75)
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Theo Laseroms
Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus "Theo" Laseroms (8 March 1940 – 25 April 1991) was a Dutch football player and manager. A defender, he made a name for himself when he played for Feijenoord. He gained six caps for the Netherlands national team.
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(1975–79)
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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)
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Jan de Gier
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(1980–81)
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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