Volharding Olympia Combinatie (VOC) is a

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and

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club from

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, Netherlands. Its home ground is Sportpark Hazelaarweg in

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History

VOC was formed on 1 January 1904 as a merger of RC & VV Volharding (1 January 1895) and RV & CV Olympia (23 May 1885). The foundation date of Volharding is maintained as the official establishment date. In 1905 and 1907 VOC football won the national cup. The male first squad football promoted in 2019 to the Hoofdklasse, after winning a championship in 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 ...

Former players

* Anton Bakker * Anton Hörburger * Arnold Hörburger *

Geert den Ouden Gijsbertus Cornelis "Geert" den Ouden (born 24 July 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. While at Djurgårdens IF, he became the first-ever Dutchman to play in Allsvenskan and helped the team win the 2003 A ...

* Dirk van Prooye * Jan van der Sluis * Thomas Verhaar * Martijn de Vries * Wally van Weelde * Bas Zuiderant

References

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