Kinderdijkse Voetbalvereniging "De Zwerver" (official name) is an association football club from

Kinderdijk Kinderdijk () is a village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located about east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord riv ...

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. It was founded on 12 June 1933 and plays in a red-black kit at Sportpark De Schans. Since 1919, its first squad plays in the Saturday

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 te ...

West II (2019/20). The tiny village team was initially known for the relative strength of its men's squad and, more recently, for the success of its women's squad.

History

Since De Zwerver's foundation, the team has played for five periods in the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

. The last time ended in 2014. The women's squad starred that very season as it played in the national

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cup. In the final table of 2019–20 the women's first squad led the next two teams, VV Groot-Ammers and

VV Sliedrecht VV Sliedrecht is a football club from Sliedrecht, Netherlands. VV Sliedrecht plays in the 2019–20 season in Saturday Eerste Klasse C. In recent years, VV Sliedrecht plays mostly in the Eerste Klasse. In 2016, it was runner up in the Eerste Klas ...

, by 4 points, while having played one game less. Nevertheless, it wasn't entitled to a

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse ( en, Fourth Class) is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the West II region. The league is divided into 64 divisions, 32 played on Saturday a ...

championship or to promotion due to the

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Associated people

* Michel Langerak received his first break at managing any first squad at De Zwerver, in the season of 2006–07. * Gerrie Slagboom played in the De Zwerver youth, one season (1983–84) in its first squad, from where he continued 1984 through 1993 in professional football, both in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

and

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

References

External links

Official website

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