| Full name | Fortuna Vlaardingen |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1904 1974 (as FC Vlaardingen '74) |
| Dissolved | 1981 (professional branch) |
| Ground | Floreslaan Vlaardingen |
| Capacity | 8000 |
Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch football club which was founded in 1904 in Vlaardingen. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium.
The club entered the Eerste Divisie in 1956. Fortuna never made it towards the Eredivisie and competed mostly between Eerste and Tweede Divisie. In 1974 the club separated the amateur and the professional branch.
The professionals remained as FC Vlaardingen '74 and the amateurs kept playing as Fortuna. In 1981 FC Vlaardingen went bankrupt.
The amateurs merged in 2004 with local club TSB to form the new amateur club Victoria '04.
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