GVV Unitas

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GVV Unitas
Full nameGorinchemse Voetbalvereniging Unitas
Founded19 April 1898;126 years ago (1898-04-19)
GroundSportpark Molenvliet, Gorinchem
Capacity3,000 [1]
ChairmanMarcel ter Wal
Head coachJeroen van Bezouwen
League Derde Divisie
2023–24 Derde Divisie B, 16th of 18
Website Club website

The Gorinchemse Voetbalvereniging Unitas is a Dutch association football club from Gorinchem. It is among the oldest football clubs of the Netherlands and for most of the 20th century played in the highest leagues of amateur football. In 2018 the first team of GVV Unitas returned to the Hoofdklasse. They won promotion to the Derde Divisie in 2020.

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History

GVV Unitas was founded on 19 April 1898. It joined the main KNVB leagues in 2007, initially as a Derde Klasse team. In 2011 Unitas promoted to the Tweede Klasse. In 1924 it won a Tweede Klasse championship, promoting to the Eerste Klasse, at that time the highest league of Dutch football. In 1926 Unitas relegated to the Tweede Klasse. It won Tweede Klasse championships in 1928, 1944, and 1946 but did not promote to the costly leading league.

In 1956 Unitas promoted for a second time to the Eerste Klasse, after winning its fifth Tweede Klasse championship, and after a league above the Eerste Klasse had been established. In 1963 and 1967 it became champion of the Eerste Klasse without promoting. In 1970 Unitas relegated to the Tweede Klasse, immediately returning to the Eerste with a sixth Tweede Klasse championship.

In 1998 the club celebrated 100 years with several events. Coen Moulijn suffered a heart attack at the event he attended. [2]

Since 2018 Unitas is back the Hoofdklasse, after taking a championship in the Eerste Klasse. [3] It finished the first Hoofdklasse season in decades in 5th position. Last game of the first Saturday squad of the 2018–2019 season ended in a 7–0 loss to SV Meerkerk. [4]

Current squad

As of 6 August 2023 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Luc van Dongen
4 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Alexander McDermott
6 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Mekonen Kibrom Mihreteab
7 FW Flag of Sint Maarten.svg  SMA Elmer de Vries
8 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Joey Lokasi
10 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Najim Haddouchi
16 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Daan Ruwaard
17 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Raphael Nartey
18 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Daan Goes
19 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Thomas Schalekamp
20 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Mauritsio Helstone
21 MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI Medhanie Habtemariam
24 DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI Essey Kiflom
25 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Freek Langermans
26 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Gijs van de Louw
No.Pos.NationPlayer
31 FW Flag of Bonaire.svg  BOE Guillermo Montero
— GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Félino Helderton
— DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Junior Ashu
— DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Shaquille Codrington
— DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Giannique de Vulder
— DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kevin Nikolov
— MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Melis Kocan
— MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Brandon Markham
— MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Boris Pijlman
— MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Sem van den Dool
— MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Noam van Wijk
— FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jip Kegge
— FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Daan Romijn
— FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Shenty Saez

Players who became internationals

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References

  1. ↑ "Sportpark Molenvliet (GVV Unitas) - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Hartaanval Moulijn bij Unitas". NRC Handelsblad . Rotterdam: Mediahuis. 30 March 1998. Retrieved 26 June 2019. Voetbalclub Unitas bestaat volgende maand honderd jaar. Ter gelegenheid van het eeuwfeest organiseerde de Gorkumse eersteklasser afgelopen zaterdag een symposium over het Nederlandse amateurvoetbal. [...] Het symposium werd bijgewoond door oud-Feyenoorder Coen Moulijn, die in de lobby van Hotel Gorinchem in elkaar zakte. De 61-jarige Moulijn belandde in het Beatrix-ziekenhuis, waar een lichte hartaanval werd geconstateerd.
  3. ↑ Hartman, Tim. "Unitas (zo.) kampioen, na dertig jaar terug in hoofdklasse". De Stad Gorinchem. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019. Unitas (zo.) heeft op Hemelvaartsdag bereikt wat er al heel lang aan zat te komen: het kampioenschap in de eerste klasse en dus promotie naar de hoofdklasse. Directe concurrent Hoogland werd middels een benutte penalty van[Armand Selmani met 0-1 verslagen. Exact dertig seizoenen geleden promoveerde Unitas (zo.) van de eerste klasse naar de hoofdklasse. Omdat de roodbroeken toen meteen weer degradeerden, snakte Unitas al 29 jaar naar een terugkeer in de hoofdklasse.
  4. ↑ "Unitas snakt naar einde van het seizoen". Regio-Voetbal. Goudriaan: Kontakt Media Partners. GVV Unitas. 19 May 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019. Unitas sloot de laatste thuiswedstrijd van dit rampzalige seizoen afschuwelijk af met een 0-7 nederlaag tegen SV Meerkerk en voetbalde door omstandigheden de wedstrijd met negen spelers uit. De kaars is uit en met nog één wedstrijd te gaan kan Unitas alleen nog zorgen dat de spreekwoordelijke eer nog wordt gered door er in de laatste wedstrijd voor te gaan en te zorgen dat er nog 3 punten gepakt gaan worden.
  5. ↑ ""Unitas Gorinchem - Squad 2023/2024"". Worldfootball. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Verbeek volgt bij Groningen vertrekkende Westerhof op". NRC. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  7. ↑ "Frank Wels". NRC. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
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