Quick Boys

Quick Boys

Full name	Katwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys
Nickname(s)	Blauw Witte Narren (Blue White Jesters)
Founded	1 February 1920
Ground	Nieuw Zuid, Katwijk aan Zee
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	Bart van Kruistum [1] [2]
Manager	Thomas Duivenvoorden [3]
League	Tweede Divisie
2023–24	Tweede Divisie, 3rd of 18
Home colours Away colours

Quick Boys (Katwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys) is an amateur football club from Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The club, established on 1 February 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselmeervogels.

History

The club joined the football competition in 1921–22, in the Leidsche Voetbal Bond (LVB), the football association for Leiden. The club played in the Sunday league but a ban on entry charges on Sunday caused financial troubles and Quick Boys moved to the new Saturday league.

Quick Boys have played at the highest amateur level since the founding of the club in 1920. The club won 9 titles in the Eerste Klasse, and joined the new Saturday Hoofdklasse in 1996, winning a further four titles. Twenty seasons later it won promotion to the Derde Divisie (formerly Topklasse) for the first time by winning the fourth Hoofdklasse title. After three seasons in the Derde Divisie, Quick Boys promoted to the highest amateur division (Tweede Divisie) after beating OSS '20 and VVSB in the relegation play-offs.

The club reached the quarter-finals of the 2007–08 KNVB Cup. ^[4]

Former professional footballer Dirk Kuyt started and ended his senior career with the team, playing in 1998 and 2018. ^[5]

In the 2024–25 KNVB Cup, Quick Boys defeated Eredivisie side Almere City FC 3–0 in the first round, then defeated Fortuna Sittard 3–1 in the second round, before winning against sc Heerenveen in the third round. In the quarter finales, AZ Alkmaar won.

Current squad

As of 16 January 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NED Paul van der Helm 2 DF   NED Chima Bosman 3 DF   NED Ivailo Staal 4 DF   NED Jan-Willem Kamp 6 MF   NED Leonard de Beste 7 MF   NED Nick Broekhuizen 8 MF   NED Jesse Reinders 10 FW   NED Levi van Duijn 11 FW   NED Ravelino Junte 12 DF   NED Toer Bouwman 14 DF   NED Neville Ogidi Nwankwo

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   NED Nigel Ogidi Nwankwo 16 MF   NED Anwar Bensabouh 19 FW   NED Milan Zonneveld 21 FW   NED Lukas Hamann 22 GK   NED Bram Oskam 23 GK   NED Lars Jansen 24 DF   NED Jason Meerstadt 25 DF   NED Luka Prljic 27 FW   NED Patrick Brouwer 34 MF   NED Hadi Erol

Honours

The structure of the Hoofdklasse allows Quick Boys three title opportunities in one season: the regular division, the Saturday title and the national title. The overall Saturday title is contested between the champions of the three Saturday divisions, and the national title is contested between the Saturday champion and the Sunday champion. Since 2016, the Hoofdklasse has two divisions for both Saturday and Sunday.

• Division title of the highest amateur league: 12
  • 1945–46, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2002–03, ^[6] 2003–04, ^[7] 2024–25
• Division title of the second highest amateur league: 2
  • 2010–11, 2015–16
• National Saturday amateur football title: 9
  • 1945–46, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2003–04, 2015–16
• National amateur football title: 2
  • 1991–92, 2003–04
• KNVB Amateur Cup: 1
  • 1951–52

Notable players

• Dirk Kuyt

References

1. "Bart van Kruistum nieuwe voorzitter Quick Boys -". Voetbal in de Bollenstreek (in Dutch). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
2. "Bestuurssamenstelling". K.v.v. Quick Boys (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
3. "Wie is Thomas Duivenvoorden, de trainer die het bekersucces van Quick Boys leidt?". VoetbalNieuws (in Dutch). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
4. "Netherlands Cups 2007/08". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
5. James Kilpatrick (6 April 2018). "Dirk Kuyt will play for first club Quick Boys until end of season – then become Feyenoord's U19 coach". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
6. "Netherlands 2002/03 Third to Tenth Level (amateur football)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
7. "Netherlands 2003/04 Third to Tenth Level (amateur football)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

External links

• Official website