WV-HEDW

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WV-HEDW
Full nameWilhelmina Vooruit Hortus Eendracht Doet Winnen
Founded25 May 1908;115 years ago (1908-05-25)
GroundSportpark Middenmeer, Amsterdam
ChairmanRonald Nijsen
ManagerMarcel Valk
League Vierde Divisie
2022–23 Saturday Vierde Divisie B, 7th of 16
Website Club website

WV-HEDW, in the long form Wilhelmina Vooruit Hortus Eendracht Doet Winnen, is a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club plays at Sportpark Middenmeer and has the most adult members and teams among Dutch football clubs. [1]

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History

The predecessors of the club, Wilhelmina Vooruit and HEDW, were badly hit in The Holocaust, when 236 of their Jewish members were murdered. [2]

Since 1996, the Saturday first squad hovers between Derde and Eerste Klasse. WV-HEDW was promoted in 2018 in the Eerste Klasse, through playoffs. In 2022 it was promoted to the Vierde Divisie, after an Eerste Klasse championship.

The Sunday first squad won a Vijfde Klasse championship in 2019 and played in the Vierde Klasse after.

The club grounds in Sportpark Middenmeer, Amsterdam Luchtfoto WVHEDW.jpg
The club grounds in Sportpark Middenmeer, Amsterdam

Notable players

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References

  1. "WV-HEDW Nederlands grootste seniorenclub". AT5. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2021. Voetbalvereniging WV-HEDW is de grootste seniorenclub van Nederland. Geen enkele amateurvereniging heeft meer volwassen leden dan de club uit de Watergraafsmeer.
  2. Van de Vooren, Jurryt (17 May 2020). "De 236 vermoorde Joodse leden van WV-HEDW krijgen nu een verhaal". Het Parool . Retrieved 22 April 2020. De Amsterdamse voetbalclub WV-HEDW eert op een eigen monument zijn 236 in oorlogstijd vermoorde Joodse leden.