Voetbalvereniging Hoogland, more commonly known as VV Hoogland or simply Hoogland (), is a Dutch

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in the town of

Hoogland Hoogland () is a village and former free-standing municipality in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is located north of the Amersfoort city centre. The village population is 10,587 people (2006). Since 1974, Hoogland has been a p ...

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. Formed on 1 June 1946, they play in the

Vierde Divisie 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 ...

, the fifth tier of the

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, and have spent most of their history in the lower amateur tiers. Their home ground is Sportpark Langenoord.

History

VV Hoogland was founded shortly after

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on 1 June 1946, after local youths decided to organise

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in the area in one club. The team began its inaugural season in the local Tweede Klasse—the lowest tier of Dutch football at the time. The popular support that football saw during the postwar years meant an increase in clubs, and Hoogland had to participate in the newly founded Derde Klasse shortly afterwards—the new lowest tier. Hoogland mainly played in the basement of Dutch football during the following decades, shifting between participation in the Derde and

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday ...

, which were the fourth and fifth amateur levels. The club, however, saw a rapid rise in the late 2000s, reaching promotion 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 ...

in 2011. After winning the Eerste Klasse championship in 2016, Hoogland reached 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 ...

Sunday for the first time in the 2016–17 season. With a fifteenth place in the following season, however, relegation back to the Eerste Klasse ensued. This was followed by two promotions in a row, both after play-offs, which meant that the club played in the fourth-tier

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 ...

for the first time in club history in the 2019–20 season. At that point, the club was the highest classified and largest club in the

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had ...

Municipality.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoogland VV Hoogland Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Amersfoort Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in the Netherlands