UVV Utrecht

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UVV Utrecht is a sports club based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1902 in a merger between several clubs that date back to 1893. [1] [2] In 2009, the club removed its former acronym, Utrechtse Voetbal Vereniging (Utrecht Football Association), and is now known by the three letters UVV. [3] The club has teams in the following sports: football, tennis, baseball, softball, and beach volleyball.

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The baseball team competes in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top Dutch league. [4] The team plays at the Sportpark Paperclip. [3] The UVV baseball stadium has a capacity of 1,000.[ citation needed ] The baseball team was formerly named UVV Pickles due to an advertising agreement. [5] The club rejoined the Hoofdklasse in 2023, replacing Silicon Storks. [6]

The club's top men's football team competes in the amateur Vierde Klasse, the ninth tier of Dutch club football. [7] The women's team plays in the amateur Eerste Klasse, the fourth tier of Dutch club football. [8]

Notable football players [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Historie". UVV Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "010500 stamboom – "Zonder verleden geen toekomst"" (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 "31000 de Peperclip voor 4 sportverenigingen (2009) – "Zonder verleden geen toekomst"" (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Visser, Seb (7 October 2022). "UVV keert terug in Honkbal Hoofdklasse, Storks vertrekt – HonkbalSoftbal.nl". honkbalsoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Honkbal: UVV strikt hoofdsponsor | RTV Utrecht". Rtvutrecht.nl. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Visser, Seb (7 October 2022). "UVV keert terug in Honkbal Hoofdklasse, Storks vertrekt". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "UVV 1 VE zaterdag speeldag man". UVV Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "UVV VR1 VE zaterdag speeldag vrouw". UVV Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Historie". UVV Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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