VV Bennekom is a

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club from

Bennekom Bennekom is a village and parish in the Netherlands, which is part of the Municipality of Ede in the south-west of the Veluwe district of the Gelderland, Province of Gelderland. It adjoins the town of Wageningen on the Nederrijn, Lower-Rhine to th ...

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. The club plays in the Saturday Eerste Klasse.

History

The club was founded in 1954, by youth from De Laar, a hamlet just east of Bennekom. The club quickly rose through the ranks of amateur football in the Netherlands, and won promotion to the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

in 1974, just after moving to a new ground in Bennekom itself. In the Hoofdklasse, Bennekom won two league titles, in 1981-82 and in 1987–88, and finished tied on first place in 1980-81 and in 1989–90, losing the decisive match in both cases. The club was relegated to the ''Eerste Klasse'' (First Class) in 1991, but secured promotion back to the Hoofdklasse after only one season. Bennekom won the

KNVB District Cup The KNVB District Cup () is a cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The competition is held in each of the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association. The 24 semi-finalists qualify for next-seasons KNVB Cup. The ...

of the district East of the

Royal Dutch Football Association The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues ( Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and w ...

in 1998-99 and in 2003–04. Bennekom defeated professional side

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbrevia ...

in the first round of the KNVB Cup 2003-04. In the second round, Willem II proved too strong. In 2016 it relegated from the

to 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 ...

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennekom Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in Gelderland Sports clubs and teams in Ede, Netherlands