Haagse Voetbalvereniging Te Werve is a

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club based in the neighbourhood of

Rijswijk Rijswijk (), formerly known as Ryswick ( ) in English, is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was 59.642 in 2024, and it has an area of , of which is water. The municipality also i ...

, Netherlands. The club plays in the

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse () is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 21 divisions, 12 played on Saturday and nine on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The ch ...

, the seventh tier of Dutch football.

History

HVV Te Werve was founded on 1 September 1916 as a club owned by

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. The club's name is derived from , an estate in Rijswijk. After having played football in

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for many years, the club's board made the decision to return to Rijswijk in 2014. Since then, matches have been held at Sportpark Vredenburch in the Te Werve neighbourhood of the town. In the

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, HVV Te Werve reached the first round of the main tournament before losing 7–0 to national champions

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Honours

References

External links

Club website
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