Vrouwenvoetbal Alkmaar, commonly known as VV Alkmaar, was a Dutch

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club that competed in the

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, the top women's league in the Netherlands, until 2023. During its time in the Eredivisie, it was the only team in the league not affiliated with a men's professional club.

History

From 2007 until 2011,

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...

had a successful women's club, but when it decided to dissolve the women's team for financial reasons, most of the players moved to nearby

SC Telstar Sportclub Telstar () is a Dutch professional football club based in the town of Velsen-Zuid, North Holland. The team competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in t ...

in Velsen, which started a women's club in 2011. Telstar continued to train in

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because its offices were there. After the 2016–17 season, the women's club decided to separate from Telstar, move to Alkmaar, and form a new club. In late 2022, the club announced that

would compete in the Eredivisie beginning in the 2023-2024 season.

Players

Final squad

References

External links

* {{Vrouwen Eredivisie Eredivisie (women) teams 2017 establishments in the Netherlands Women's football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Alkmaar Association football clubs established in 2017