Sportvereniging Marken (Dutch for ''Sport Club Marken'', commonly shortened to SV Marken, or just Marken) is an

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club from Marken,

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. The football club was founded in 1946. It has as a Christian background, that was never included in its name. It plays in the 2017–18

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

Saturday after promoting in 2017. Marken reached the quarterfinals of the

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, where it lost 0–1 from

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. Its best known player is

Kelly Zeeman Kelly Zeeman (born 19 November 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer. She played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team. Club career Zeeman played for Telstar in the BeNe League in ...

, a girl from Marken who played in SV Marken boys and men teams. She went on to win the

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with the

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. Her father, Klaas Zeeman, had played in the match against FC Den Haag.

History

20th century

Founded in 1946, the club played in local leagues and the

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse ( en, Fourth Class) is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the West II region. The league is divided into 64 divisions, 32 played on Saturday a ...

until 1966. It then had only run in the

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that lasted until 1974 and ended with SV Marken's first section championship. The season after, ending in 1975, it achieved its second championship in the

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 te ...

and made it for 2 years into the

until relegation. The second run in the Tweede lasted considerably longer and ended with a 3rd championship in 1984. In the

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SV Marken created a sensation when it reached the quarterfinals, losing just 0–1 against the professional side

. No club but

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had made it to it so far in National Cup before SV Marken. The home game for Marken was played in neighboring

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so sufficient football supporters could attend the game. From 1984 to 2006 SV Marken spent most seasons in the Eerste Klasse with 3 year and 4 year runs in the

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in the late 1990s and early 2000s. During these years it achieved its best league result ever, 4th place in Hoofdklasse, in 1997 and secured an Eerste Klasse championship in 2001.

21st century

Since 2006 the Marken play mostly Tweede Klasse with an interlude in the Eerste Klasse from 2010 to 2014. In 2017 Marken promoted through playoffs from a 7th position in the

into the Eerste Klasse. Next season, it returned to the Tweede Klasse.

Associated people

Chief coach

*1958-1970: Jan Schilder *1970-1976: Gerrit Blotevogel *1976-1978: Jacob van der Vaart *1978-1980: Wim Verburg *1980-1983: Hennie Heerland *1983-1988: Dick Alberts *1988-1989: Frans Kramer *1989: Jan Schipper (interim) *1989-1990:

Ger van Mourik Ger van Mourik (4 August 1931 – 19 January 2017) was a Dutch footballer who played as a rightback. Club career Born in Amsterdam, van Mourik played his entire career for hometown club Ajax, making his debut on 3 June 1950 against Enschedese Bo ...

*1990-1995: Peter de Waal *1995-2000: Rowdy Bakker *2000-2006: Bert van de Poppe *2006-2009: Tijs Schipper *2009-2011: Edwin Keizer *2011-2012:

Saïd Ouaali Mimoun "Simon" Ouaali (born 8 January 1967) is a Moroccan–Dutch football manager. He has coached Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in Morocco and VVZ '49, Sparta Nijkerk, SV Argon and DVS' 33 in the Netherlands. Ouaali received the Rinus Michels Award afte ...

*2012: Bram Berkhout (interim) *2012: Martin Boes (interim) *2012-2013: Charles Loots *2013-2017: Martin Boes *2017: Tijs Schipper *2018-2020: Ronald Dooijeweerd *Since 2020: Ron van der Velde

Notable players

Carlos Hasselbaink Carlos Hasselbaink (born 13 December 1968) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker for several clubs, including AZ, Telstar, VVV-Venlo, Utrecht and Haarlem, before retiring in 2005. He is the older brother of former Ch ...

(2003–04) *

(200?–12)

References

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