Vlug en Lenig is a Dutch
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
club in
Geleen
Geleen (; ) is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg in the Netherlands. With 31,670 inhabitants in 2020, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Geleenbeek, a ri ...
. The club was founded on 1 September 1949.
The men's team of V&L won the
Dutch National Championship in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 2002. The club has participated in European club team tournaments several times. It has also won the
national cup The English National Cup is an annual basketball knock-out competition held between professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from the various divisions of the National Basketball League (England), National Basketball League. For most of th ...
three times, in 1983, 1985 and 1994.
In 2008, V&L co-operated with
HV Sittardia and
HV BFC to form a stronger men's team. The project was called ''Tophandbal Zuid-Limburg'' and two team were formed:
Limburg Lions and
Limburg Wild Dogs (later turned into the second team of Limburg Lions). In 2016, the management of BFC decided to take no longer part in the collabation.
Also the woman's team of V&L has been successful, they won the
Dutch National Championship in 1987 and 1990. In 2010, the woman's team promoted back to the
eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
after one year of absence, where they have been a stable factor since.
History V&L
www.wijzijnvenl.nl
Accomplishments
Men
* NHV Eredivisie:
**Winners (5) : 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2002
**Runner-Up (7) : 1968, 1970, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998
*Dutch Handball Cup:
**Winners (3) : 1983, 1985, 1994
**Runner-Up (8) : 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2003
*Dutch Supercup:
**Runner-Up (2) : 1994, 2002
Woman
* NHV Eredivisie:
**Winners (2) : 1987, 1990
**Runner-Up (3) : 2004, 2005, 2007
*Dutch Handball Cup:
**Runner-Up (7) : 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2008
*Dutch Supercup:
**Runner-Up (2) : 1992, 1993
References
External links
Vlug en Lenig Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vlug en Lenig
Handball clubs in the Netherlands
Sports clubs and teams in Sittard-Geleen
1949 establishments in the Netherlands
Handball clubs established in 1949