Rooms Katholieke Voetbal Vereniging Aristos was an amateur Dutch

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club from the city of

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, established in 1955, and dissolved in 1986, who played their home games at the

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in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Its name was derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Voetbal Vereniging' (

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Football Club in Dutch), and Aristos, Greek for "best", see Arete (excellence).

Handball

The formerly associated Aristos Amsterdam

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club is still active and one of the strongest in the region.

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Aristos Amsterdam Handball
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aristos Defunct football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Amsterdam Association football clubs established in 1955 Association football clubs disestablished in 1986 1955 establishments in the Netherlands 1986 disestablishments in the Netherlands