Roda '46 (self-styled as RODA '46) is a Dutch football club from

Leusden Leusden () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of Amersfoort. The western part of the municipality lies on the slopes of the Utrecht Hill Rid ...

. It was founded on 15 September

1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...

. The club has Saturday and Sunday football teams. Its Saturday football team plays in 2018–19 in the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...

, while its Sunday team plays in the

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Association football, Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, a ...

. Roda's home grounds are at the Buiningpark in Leusden. With 1600 members and about 100 teams, Roda '46 is one of the larger clubs in the

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had ...

region. The professional journal De VoetbalTrainer ranked the youth department of Roda in 2017 as belonging top 10 of the Netherlands and #1 in its region. Roda '46 has a collaboration agreement with

Vitesse Arnhem SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...

History

During the preparation for the 2018–19 season,

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

-side VV De Meern could barely beat Roda 2–1.

References

External links

Official website
{{Eerste Klasse Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Utrecht (province) Sport in Leusden Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in the Netherlands