Blauw-Wit is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football club from Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

. The name refers to the colours of their uniform, blue and white.

Blauw-Wit was founded in 1902, as a local club in the Kinkerbuurt

Kinkerbuurt

Kinkerbuurt is a neighbourhood in Amsterdam Oud-West, Netherlands in the Dutch province of North Holland. It was built in the beginning of the twentieth century when Amsterdam was being expanded. Kinkerstraat in Kinkerbuurt was named after Dutch poet and lawyer Johannes Kinker.-External links:* *...

. From 1928 it started to play its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The club entered professional football in the Netherlands in 1954. In 1972 the club merged with Volewijckers

Volewijckers

De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord.-History:...

 and DWS

Door Wilskracht Sterk

AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.-History:AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and...

 to form FC Amsterdam

FC Amsterdam

FC Amsterdam was a Dutch football club which was founded on June 20, 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw Wit and DWS. The club Volewijckers joined the side for the 1973-1974 season...

. Blauw-Wit continued as an amateur club, that still exists today.

Notable players

• Piet van der Kuil
  Piet van der Kuil
  Piet van der Kuil is a former Dutch footballer and has a football school in velsen.-External links:**...
  
  
• Martin Koeman
  Martin Koeman
  Martin Koeman is a former Dutch footballer.Koeman played professional football with KFC of Koog aan de Zaan from 1955–60, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam from 1960–63, GVAV/Groningen from 1963–73 and SC Heerenveen until his retirement...
  
  
• Michel Kuipers
  Michel Kuipers
  Michel Kuipers is a Dutch footballer who plays for Crawley Town as a goalkeeper. Prior to football he served with the Dutch Marine Corps.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Fabian de Freitas
  Fabian de Freitas
  Fabian de Freitas is a former Surinamese-Dutch footballer who plays as a striker. De Freitas played in England with Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion and in Spain with CA Osasuna....
  
  
• Clyde Wijnhard
  Clyde Wijnhard
  Clyde Wijnhard is a former Dutch professional football player.In a career spanning over ten years, Wijnhard played for Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, RKC Waalwijk, Willem II, S.C...
  
  
• Bryan Roy
  Bryan Roy
  Bryan Edward Steven Roy is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player. He has managed various of Ajax' youth teams – formerly Ajax E1 and now Ajax B.-Career:...
  
  
• Orlando Trustfull
  Orlando Trustfull
  Orlando Trustfull is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player, who is currently head coach of Ajax C2.-Career:...
  
  
• Frank Rijkaard
  Frank Rijkaard
  Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch football manager of Dutch and Surinamese descent and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Dutch national side,...
  
  
• Anoir Redouane

External links

• Official website of FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam