Voetbalvereniging Door Ons Vrienden Opgericht, commonly known as DOVO, is a

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club from

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, Netherlands.

History

The club was founded in 1933 as DVO and later changed its name to DOVO to set itself apart from a nearby club with an identical name. DOVO won section championships in lower leagues in 1936, 1937,1938, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1960, and 1967. In 1970 DOVO promoted 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 ...

, where it initially won sections in 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, and 1994. In 1974, it drew national attention by beating NSVV from Numansdorp, 11–0, while pointing out that DOVO players had made mistakes. In 1979 it also became the Saturday Champion of the Netherlands. From 1996 to 20017 it played in 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 ...

, except for two seasons back in the Eerste when it took Eerste Klasse championships (2007 and 2011). In 1999 and 2004 DOVO won section championships in the Hoofdklasse. Since 2017, DOVO plays in the

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

. In 2023, DOVO qualified for the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

promotion playoffs. However, they lost 5–3 on aggregate to

VVSB VVSB (Voetbal Vereniging Sint Bavo) is an amateur association football club from Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie. History The club was founded on October 26, 1931, and has played exclusively at the amateur l ...

in the first round.

Head coaches

* Ries Hol (1964–1971) * Nico van Miltenburg (1971–1973) * Eli Voskamp (1973–1974) * Jan de Bouter (1974–1976) * Evert Mur (1976–1977) * Jan de Jongh (1977–1984) * Jan de Bouter (1985) * Pierre Stevenaart (1985–1986) * Jan Rab (1986–1989) * Frans Vermeulen (1989–1991) * Wim Eilander (1991–1994) * Peter Boeve (1994–1995) * Jan Rab (1995–1997) * Rob McDonald (1997–1999) * Bert van Sas (1999–2000) * Jos Broers (2000–2002) * Kees Oostermeijer (2002–2003) * Henny Lee (2003–2005) * Henne Oostermeijer (2005–2006) * Raymond Verheijen (2006–2007) * Rob McDonald (2007) * Ton Verkerk (2007–2008) * Koos Waslander (2009–2010) * Rob McDonald (2010) * Peter Visee (2010–2014) * Jeroen Peters (2014–2016; tech. mgr. Hans Kraay Jr.) * Bert van Sas (2016) * Gert Kruys (2016–2019) * Scott Calderwood (2019–2021) * Florian Wolf (2021–2023) * Jeroen van Bezouwen (2023–present)

Relations with other teams

In 2012, DOVO signed a partnership agreement with

SBV Vitesse SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...

. This agreement was amended and renewed, for indefinite duration, in 2019. DOVO has a rivalry with another Veenendaal football club,

GVVV Gelders Veenendaalse Voetbal Vereniging, better known as GVVV, is a football club based in Veenendaal, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. It is one of seven football clubs from ...

. In 2019, an indoors game between the clubs was ended after several physical fights.

DOVO in the KNVB Cup

This shows the results from DOVO against professional footballclubs in the KNVB Cup.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:DOVO Association football clubs established in 1933 1933 establishments in the Netherlands Sport in Veenendaal Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Utrecht (province)