Ter Leede is a

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club based in

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, Netherlands. The club was established on 30 April 1930, as a merger of the clubs ''Poellaan'' and ''Roda''. The men's team is currently playing in the Dutch

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. The women's team played in the women's

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, the highest level of women's football in the country, until the introduction of the

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in 2007. It never fielded a women's team in the Eredivisie and now plays in the

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, the third level of Dutch women's football. The women's team won the Hoofdklasse title four times and the KNVB Women's Cup three times. In 2001–02, Ter Leede was the first Dutch team in the

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, the precursor to the Women's Champions League. The team finished in second place in its group, behind Ryazan WFC of

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. The women's team also took part in 2003–04, finishing in second in its group behind

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, and in 2004–05, finishing in third place in its group.

Honours

Women's team

National

** Winners (4): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 ** Winner, second tier (2): 2009, 2010 *

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** Winners (3): 1992, 2001, 2007

UEFA Women's Cup

References

{{reflist Football clubs in South Holland Women's football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1930 1930 establishments in the Netherlands Ter Leede