Voetbalvereniging De Valk is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club from Valkenswaard,

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. De Valk plays in the 2017-18 Sunday Eerste Klasse (5th tier).

History

The club was founded on the day princess Juliana was born. The name of the club was ''Juliana''. The name was changed to De Valk in 1912. De Valk played professional football from 1955 until 1961. The club played its first year in the newly established Eerste Klasse, which name was later changed to

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

. De Valk finished ninth in their first season of professional football and were relegated to the newly established

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 ...

. De Valk finished in last place in the 1960–61 Tweede Divisie and returned to amateur football. In 1963, De Valk became Dutch champion in Sunday amateur football. In the 2012–13 season it won a championship of the Eerste Klasse and promoted 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 ...

References

External links

Official site
Football clubs in the Netherlands 1909 establishments in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1909 Football clubs in North Brabant Sport in Valkenswaard {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub