Voetbalverenging Zwaluwen Vlaardingen is a
football club from
Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen () is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality administers an area of , of which is land, with residents in .
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. The club was founded in 1935. Its first squad plays in the
Hoofdklasse
The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general.
Background
The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...
since 2010.
History
The first squad promoted to the
Derde Klasse
The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands
Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he fo ...
in 1946. Since, it has been hovering between de Derde, Tweede, and Eerste Klasse. Zwaluwen won the national
KNVB Amateur Cup in 1951.
In the
2021–22 season, Zwaluwen qualified for the
promotion playoffs, but lost 6-2 on aggregate to
RKAV Volendam in the first round.
Managers
* 1947-1948: Jac van de Borden
* 1948-1950: Leen van der Lee
* 1950-1955: M.W. Zalmé
* 1955-1957: Jan Molendijk
* 1957-1959: Kees den Haan
* 1959-1961:
Janus van der Gijp
* 1961-1966: Wout Zuidgeest
* 1966-1967: Toob Remmers
* 1967-1970:
Gidi Jacobs
* 1970-1974: Wim van Buuren
* 1974-1978: Frans de Kruis
* 1978-1980: Theo de Waard
* 1980-1981: André Corveleyn
* 1981-1984: Cor Nieuwenhuizen
* 1984: Ton van der Leije (interim)
* 1984-1986: Arnold Lobman
* 1986-1989: Jan van der Hoek
* 1989-1996:
Danny Molendijk
* 1996-1999:
Ron van den Berg
* 1999-2001: Roel den Hartog
* 2001-2008: Jan de Gier
* 2008-2010: Peter Wubben
* 2010-2011:
Ron Timmers
* 2011-2013: Harry Akkermans
* 2013-2015:
Adrie Poldervaart
* 2015-2016:
Joop Hiele
Johannes Frederik "Joop" Hiele (born 25 December 1958 in Rotterdam) is a former football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European ti ...
* 2016-2018: Oscar Biesheuvel
* 2018-2019:
Danny Schenkel
* Since 2019: Ralph Kalkman
References
External links
Official site
Football clubs in the Netherlands
Football clubs in Vlaardingen
Association football clubs established in 1935
1935 establishments in the Netherlands
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