Sportvereniging Huizen is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club based in

Huizen Huizen () is a municipality and a village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. The name "Huizen" is Dutch for "houses" and this usage has been linked to the belief that the first stone houses in the region, instead of the more commo ...

North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...

, Netherlands. They are currently members of the

Vierde Divisie 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 ...

, the fifth tier of the

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. They play their home matches at the 5,000-capacity De Wolfskamer.

History

The club became Dutch national amateur champions in 1974 and in 2003. In 2001, Huizen won the Regional Cup of the now defunct Central soccer district. In 2016 it Huizen promoted to the

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

. In 2017 it relegated back to the

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 ...

. In 2018 it relegated once again, to 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 ...

. In 2022, Huizen promoted to the

, after winning an Eerste Klasse section championship. In the 2023–24 season, Huizen qualified for the promotion playoffs. After beating AZSV 2–1 on aggregate in the first round, Huizen defeated

Rohda Raalte Rooms Katholieke Sportvereniging Recht op het doel af Raalte, also known as ROHDA Raalte or Rohda Raalte, is a football club based in Raalte, Salland, in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. They play their home matches at the Sportpark Tijen ...

1–0 on aggregate and won promotion to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huizen Football clubs in the Netherlands 1927 establishments in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1927 Football clubs in North Holland Huizen