| Full name | Amsterdamse Sportvereniging Blauw-Wit | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 10 May 1902 | |
| Ground | Sportpark Sloten, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Website | Club website | |
Amsterdamse Sportvereniging Blauw-Wit (ASV Blauw-Wit) is an association football club from Amsterdam.
| Full name | Amsterdamse Sportvereniging Blauw-Wit | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 10 May 1902 | |
| Ground | Sportpark Sloten, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Website | Club website | |
Amsterdamse Sportvereniging Blauw-Wit (ASV Blauw-Wit) is an association football club from Amsterdam.
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam was founded on 10 May 1902 as a club for the Kinkerbuurt in Amsterdam. From 1928 it played home matches in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam. The club entered professional football in 1954. In 1972 the club professional division merged with Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam. The Blauw-Wit organization continued as an amateur club. Originally named VICTORIA! the club merged with another neighborhood club Holland from which point the combined clubs took on the name Blauw-Wit and were accepted into the Derde Klasse by the NVB. [1]
Between 1914 until 1928 Blauw-Wit played in the Old Stadion, before moving to the Olympic Stadium. The club championed the Eerste Klasse KNVB West I seven times (then the highest class in Dutch football). The club joined the professional football league Eredivisie from its inception in 1954. The professional division merged with Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam in 1972.
The remaining amateur club fused in 2002 with Osdorp-Sport to form ASV Blauw-Wit Osdorp and then in 2003 with KBV, Neerlandia/SLTO and Sparta Amsterdam to become FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. [2]
In 2015 FC Blauw-Wit merged with VV De Beursbengels to form Blauw-Wit Beursbengels. Its Saturday first squad played mostly in the Derde Klasse and two seasons in the Tweede Klasse. The Sunday first squad played in the Vijfde Klasse.
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On 1 July 2021, the club changed its name to ASV Blauw Wit.
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