WV-HEDW

WV-HEDW

WV-HEDW

Association football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands

WV-HEDW, in the long form Wilhelmina Vooruit Hortus Eendracht Doet Winnen, is a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club plays at Sportpark Middenmeer and has the most adult members and teams among Dutch football clubs.[1]

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History

The predecessors of the club, Wilhelmina Vooruit and HEDW, were badly hit in The Holocaust, when 236 of their Jewish members were murdered.[2]

Since 1996, the Saturday first squad hovers between Derde and Eerste Klasse. WV-HEDW was promoted in 2018 in the Eerste Klasse, through playoffs. In 2022 it was promoted to the Vierde Divisie, after an Eerste Klasse championship.

The Sunday first squad won a Vijfde Klasse championship in 2019 and played in the Vierde Klasse after.

The club grounds in Sportpark Middenmeer, Amsterdam

Notable players

References

  1. [1]
    "WV-HEDW Nederlands grootste seniorenclub". AT5. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2021. Voetbalvereniging WV-HEDW is de grootste seniorenclub van Nederland. Geen enkele amateurvereniging heeft meer volwassen leden dan de club uit de Watergraafsmeer.
  2. [2]
    Van de Vooren, Jurryt (17 May 2020). "De 236 vermoorde Joodse leden van WV-HEDW krijgen nu een verhaal". Het Parool. Retrieved 22 April 2020. De Amsterdamse voetbalclub WV-HEDW eert op een eigen monument zijn 236 in oorlogstijd vermoorde Joodse leden.
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