Sport Vereniging Langbroek (commonly abbreviated to ''SVL'' that is also used by a

Lelystad Lelystad () is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitd ...

club) is a multi-sports club in

Langbroek Langbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, and lies about 11 km southeast of Zeist. The village is the merger of Overlangbroek and Nederlangbroek Until it merged with Wijk ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It was founded on 20 Juni 1961. The club has branches of badminton, gymnastics, tennis, and association football. Its home is at Sportpark Oranjehof.

History

In 2010 the first football squad promoted to the

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 ...

. It participated in the national

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, where it lost 3–2 against

EHC Hoensbroek EHC Norad (also known as ''EHC Hoensbroek Norad'' or simply ''EHC'') is a Dutch Football Club based in Hoensbroek, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign sta ...

in the extension. In 2015 SVL won a section championship, upon which it promoted to the

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. A year later it relegated back to the Eerste Klasse. Manager is Aad van van den Berg who is leaving in the summer of 2020.

References

Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Utrecht (province) 1961 establishments in the Netherlands Sport in Wijk bij Duurstede {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub