IJsselmeervogels

IJsselmeervogels (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛi̯səlˈmeːrˌvoːɣəls]) is a Dutch amateur football club. With seven national amateur titles IJsselmeervogels is the most successful amateur club in the Netherlands. The Red-whites come from Bunschoten – Spakenburg, in the Dutch province Utrecht, on the shores of the former IJsselmeer lake. IJsselmeervogels is placed first on the all time rankings, measured by the number of points scored in games at the highest amateur level in Saturday league football. (Since introducing in 1970 it was first named First Class 'Eerste Klasse' and later Head Class 'Hoofdklasse'). These days, IJsselmeervogels plays in the highest amateur league 'Tweede Divisie'.

History

Early years

The club was formed in 1932 and in the early days, the club had a number of different names such as VVIJV, V.V. IJsselmeer and n.a.s. (Na Arbeid Sport) (Sport after Labour) and soon the club colors of IJsselmeervogels were red and white. The kit consists of a white shirt with deep red course (such as Ajax) and a red suit. The stockings were initially red with a white band, but in recent years, these more or less silently changed into totally white.

In the first years IJsselmeervogels played in a regional bond in Utrecht, but over time the club always played in the highest possible class in the district. And not without success; nearly every year they played for the title with fellow town's club SV Spakenburg and region clubs like HSV De Zuidvogels and SV Huizen. IJsselmeervogels took various titles and cups and on several occasions in the 1950s and 1960s they managed the Championship. After the sixties, the KNVB made a national amateur competition, the First Class (Eerste Klasse). Placement was harder than expected but after a play-off with VRC and VV Rijsoord IJsselmeervogels qualified.

Fellow town's club and rival SV Spakenburg did also qualify for the First Class. At that time IJsselmeervogels moved to the same complex as Spakenburg and since then only the cant