Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch

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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

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in 1956. Fortuna never made it towards the

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and competed mostly between Eerste and

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) 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 between 1962 and 19 ...

. 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, H ...

(1961–64) * Maarten Vink (1964–65) * Ko Stijger (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, an ...

(1967–70) * Piet de Wolf (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 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. ...

(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) *

Martin van Vianen Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Mart� ...

(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 Num ...

(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