The Association of Contract Players ( nl, Vereniging van Contractspelers — VVCS) is the trade union for professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

players in the Netherlands. Established on 1 January 1961, it is a member of the

Dutch Federation of Trade Unions The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions ( nl, Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging, FNV) is a national trade union centre in the Netherlands. In addition to member unions, workers in many sectors can join the FNV directly. History The FNV was founded ...

and one of the three founding members of FIFPro, whom they share offices with. Initiatives set up by the association include the VVCS Academy, which help players earn a

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during their football careers, and

Team VVCS Team VVCS is the football team of the '' Vereniging van Contractspelers'' (Association of contract Players) (VVCS) for professional footballers in the Netherlands without a contract. It was set up in 2004. History During the preparation to th ...

, a team consisting of out-of-contract players looking for a new club.

Presidents

:1961: Theo Timmermans :1963:

Gerard Kerkum Gerard Kerkum (17 December 1930 – 26 May 2018) was a Dutch footballer and was twice chairman of Dutch football team Feyenoord Rotterdam. Kerkum, born in Rotterdam, played a total of 349 matches in Feyenoord's (Feijenoord in those days) firs ...

:1967:

Roel Wiersma Roel Wiersma (, 15 April 1932 – 4 February 1995) was a Dutch footballer, who most notably played for PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team. Wiersma was born in Hilversum and played for amateur side Donar until 1954, when he was signe ...

:1975: Martin Snoeck :1978: Karel Jansen :1981: Arend Steunenberg :1983:

Jim Janssen van Raaij James "Jim" Leonard Janssen van Raay (1 June 1931 – 11 February 2010) was a Dutch lawyer and politician. Biography Van Raaij was born in 1931 in Mentok, then part of the Dutch East Indies. As a teenager he was placed in a civilian internment ca ...

:1980s: Theo van Seggelen :2015:

Danny Hesp Danny Petrus Hesp (born 19 October 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Football career Born in Amsterdam, Hesp started at local Ajax, but only appeared in nine Eredivisie games in three seasons combined, a ...

:2019:

Evgeniy Levchenko Yevhen Viktorovych Levchenko, also known as Evgeniy Levchenko ( uk, Євген Вікторович Левченко; born 2 January 1978 in Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Ukrainian-Dutch footballer. The main participa ...

References

Trade unions in the Netherlands Organisations based in North Holland Trade unions established in 1961 1961 establishments in the Netherlands Football in the Netherlands Association football trade unions {{Netherlands-sport-stub