| Full name | Rooms-Katholieke Sport Vereniging Heemstede-Berkenrode Combinatie | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1902 | |
| Stadium | HBC Sportpark | |
| Chairman | Piet Soomer | |
| League | Derde Divisie | |
| Website | Club website | |
RKSV HBC (short for Rooms-Katholieke Sport Vereniging Heemstede-Berkenrode Combinatie), often also abbreviated as SV HBC or just HBC, is a Dutch football club from Heemstede. The club was founded in 1902 and plays its home matches at the HBC Sportpark. [1]
HBC was founded in 29 October 1902 as the Voetbalvereniging Heemstede. In 1917, it merged with Voetbalvereniging Berkenrode culminating in the Roman Catholic Heemstede-Berkenrode Combinatie. HBC joined the national league system in the Derde Klasse, possibly on the license of Berkenrode. After three years, in 1920, it moved back to the sectarian Roman Catholic DHVB leagues. [2] From 1932 DHC played in IVCB West, into which DHVB had eveolved. In 1935, won HBC won the championship of IVCB West and ended third nationally at the IVCB. [3]
In 1940 the sectarian leagues were eliminated and HBC started playing in the Tweede Klasse, then the second tier of the German-occupied Netherlands. In the final year of WWII there was no competition and in 1947 HBC relegated to the Derde Klasse from the 11th place. It immediately won its first championship in the national leagues, yet no promotion followed. In 1955 HBC returned to the Derde Klasse through a playoff, from a runner-up position. In 1982, HBC won its second KNVB section championship, this time securing promotion to the Tweede Klasse. In 1993, it relegated to the Derde Klasse, again from 11th place. Only three years later, in 1996, HBC ended 11th in the Derde Klasse and relegated to the Vierde. Not for long as it immediately bounced back with a section championship in 1997.
Throughout the years other HBC sports branches and eventually sport clubs were established, among which gymnastics, handball, indoors football, table tennis, tennis (founded 1953), and volleyball. The different branches are managed through a federation of clubs. The rugby club merged on 1 April 1980 with Kinheim from Haarlem to form the Rugby Football Club Haarlem in Haarlem. [4] From 1992 until 2022, HBC also operated a Saturday first squad in the KNVB leagues. This squad usually made played it in the Vierde Klasse, where it won one championship in 2009. Within these years, Saturday first squad had brief stints also out of league or inactive (1997–1999), in the Vijfde Klasse (1999–2001), and in the Derde Klasse (2009–2010).
In 2011, HBC hit rock bottom when the first squad relegated (once more from place 11) to the Vierde Klasse, this time for seven years. Huge investments in youth soccer followed. Since 2015 all youth trainers of HBC are KNVB qualified. [5] Collaborations with the youth academies of AZ Alkmaar (boys) and SC Telstar (girls) were put in place. [5] Half the players of HBC played in youth teams. [5] The investments on youth soccer would soon pay off big league.
HBC's chain of promotions started with a Vierde Klasse section championship in 2018. [6] Next year it won a Derde Klasse championship and in 2022 in the Tweede Klasse. In 2023 it already won an Eerste Klasse championship. HBC won promotion to the fifth-tier Vierde Divisie in 2023, and in its first season at that level, it qualified for the promotion playoffs by winning the first period. [7] After defeating VV Scherpenzeel in the semifinals, HBC beat JOS Watergraafsmeer 4–1 on aggregate, earning a second consecutive promotion to the Derde Divisie. [8] The promotion was HBC's fifth consecutive. [9] [10] [11]
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H.B.C. Heemstede, kampioen 1934–1935 le klas I.V.C.B. West. No. 3 in het landskampioenschap I.V.C.B.
Voor de vijfde keer in zeven jaar zet HBC een stap vooruit in het amateurvoetbal. Zaterdagmiddag werd de return tegen JOS/Watergraafsmeer gewonnen met 0-2 en dat was na de 2-1 winst van woensdag ruim voldoende voor promotie naar de derde divisie.
HBC leeft al jaren in een sprookjeswereld. Het eerste elftal maakt al vijf jaar lang ieder jaar een stap hoger op de ladder der amateurs. Na vier kampioenschappen en afgelopen zaterdag na de 2-0 winst op JOS Watergraafsmeer werd de vijfde promotie een feit.
HBC heeft zich per direct versterkt met oud-prof John Goossens. Hij trained al enkel weken mee.
