Voetbalvereniging Sterk Door Combinatie, more commonly known as VV SteDoCo or simply SteDoCo, is a Dutch

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in the towns of

Hoornaar Hoornaar is a town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of South Holland, in the Alblasserwaard, north of the river Merwede and south of the river Lek (river), Lek. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 5 km north of Go ...

and

Hoogblokland Hoogblokland is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 4 km north of Gorinchem Gorinchem ( ), pronunciation respelling, also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municip ...

in the

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. It currently plays in 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 ...

, the fourth tier of Dutch football. The club plays their home games at Sportpark SteDoCo. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are red and black.

History

Formed on 15 April 1946, SteDoCo has spent its entire existence in the amateur tiers, mostly playing in the

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. In 2007, SteDoCo experienced a surge towards the upper tiers of the amateur divisions, achieving five promotions in eight years, after a larger number of sponsors pushed the club towards new ambitions. Since 2018, the team competes in the fourth-tier

. In the first round of the

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, SteDoCo lost 5–0 to

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side

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in front of 2,300 people. In the 2022–23 season, SteDoCo qualified for the

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. After beating

SV TEC Sportvereniging Tielse Eendracht Combinatie, more commonly known as SV TEC or simply TEC (), is a football club based in Tiel, Gelderland. Formed on 1 June 1924, it plays in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of the Dutch football league system, ...

6–1 on aggregate in the first round and

VVSB VVSB (Voetbal Vereniging Sint Bavo) is an amateur association football club from Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie. History The club was founded on October 26, 1931, and has played exclusively at the amateur l ...

3–2 in the second round, SteDoCo qualified for the promotion playoff final. However, a 2–1 home loss and 2–0 away defeat to

GVVV Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a football club based in Veenendaal, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. It is one of seven football clubs from ...

meant that SteDoCo lost 4–1 on aggregate and missed out on promotion. In the 2023–24 season, SteDoCo finished 2nd, missing out on the title and promotion by 2 points. In the

, SteDoCo faced

Harkemase Boys Harkemase Boys is a football club from Harkema, Netherlands. The club plays in the Derde Divisie since 2016, when it won a section championship in the Hoofdklasse. History On 27 October 2021, they became one of 3 Derde Divisie teams to advance ...

. After a 2–2 aggregate draw, SteDoCo lost 6–5 on penalties.

Current squad

References

External links

Official site
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