HVV Den Haag
Encyclopedia
HVV is an amateur
football (soccer)
club in The Hague
in the Netherlands
. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket
Club. In 1978, on the occasion of the club's centenary, Queen Juliana
granted the club royal patronage
, with prefix Koninklijke ("Royal"), because of its pioneering role in sport, including in the formation of the Royal Dutch Football Association
(KNVB) in 1889. Since then it has been called Koninklijke Haagse Cricket & Voetbal Vereniging, abbreviated KHC&VV. The club's grounds since 1898 have been at "De Diepput", on the border between Benoordenhout
and Wassenaar
. It now also plays tennis
, squash
and judo and has around 1750 members.
, winning ten Dutch championships
between 1890 and 1914.
Two of its players won bronze medal
s with the Dutch side
in the 1912 Olympic football tournament
. Subsequently it was superseded as top club in the Hague by HBS
and then ADO
.
Its last season in top-flight football was 1932. The introduction of professionalism
by the KNVB in 1954 did not affect lower division clubs such as HVV.
, the fifth tier of football in the Netherlands
, in KNVB District West 2.
for every ten national championships won; HVV are one of four teams eligible for a star, alongside Ajax
, Feyenoord, and PSV, three former European champions
. The first shirt emblazoned with the gold star will be sold at an auction
on 24 November 2007 to mark the opening of the club's new clubhouse.
that its second XI
was allowed into the top division in 1925. The following year these two sides shared the national title, and the second XI won it outright on several occasions.
s for the Netherlands
:
Amateur sports
Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. Sporting amateurism was a zealously guarded ideal in the 19th century, especially among the upper classes, but faced steady erosion throughout the 20th century with the continuing growth of pro sports...
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
in the Netherlands
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...
. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
Club. In 1978, on the occasion of the club's centenary, Queen Juliana
Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana was the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry...
granted the club royal patronage
Royal patronage
Royal patronage may refer to*Royal patronage in arts, commerce, etc.*Patronato real*Padroado...
, with prefix Koninklijke ("Royal"), because of its pioneering role in sport, including in the formation of the Royal Dutch Football Association
Royal Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...
(KNVB) in 1889. Since then it has been called Koninklijke Haagse Cricket & Voetbal Vereniging, abbreviated KHC&VV. The club's grounds since 1898 have been at "De Diepput", on the border between Benoordenhout
Benoordenhout
Benoordenhout is a neighbourhood in the Haagse Hout district of The Hague. In addition to Benoordenhout, Haagse Hout consists of the Bezuidenhout, Mariahoeve en Marlot, and Haagse Bos neighbourhoods....
and Wassenaar
Wassenaar
Wassenaar is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. A fairly affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies 10 km north of that city on the N44 highway near the North Sea coast. It is part of the Haaglanden region...
. It now also plays tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
and judo and has around 1750 members.
History
HVV was the most successful Dutch football club prior to World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, winning ten Dutch championships
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
between 1890 and 1914.
Two of its players won bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
s with the Dutch side
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
in the 1912 Olympic football tournament
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the fourth time football was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament was contested between 11 nations, all of them from Europe, with Great Britain winning the gold medals...
. Subsequently it was superseded as top club in the Hague by HBS
HBS Craeyenhout (football club)
HBS Craeyenhout is a Dutch association football team based in The Hague, a part of the wider HBS Craeyenhout sports team.One of the original clubs of Dutch football, and three times champions , the club refused to enter into professionalism in the 1950s and has played at the amateur level since then...
and then ADO
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...
.
Its last season in top-flight football was 1932. The introduction of professionalism
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
by the KNVB in 1954 did not affect lower division clubs such as HVV.
Current status
HVV is now a recreational club, which fields nine adult men's football sides. The main squad, HVV 1, was promoted after the 2006–07 season, and is now playing in the Sunday Tweede Klasse CTweede Klasse
The Tweede Klasse is the fifth tier of football in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 division, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday....
, the fifth tier of football in the Netherlands
Football in the Netherlands
Football is the most popular Sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club...
, in KNVB District West 2.
Football
In May 2007, the KNVB endorsed a scheme for teams to wear one gold star on their shirtsStar (football crest)
In association football, some national and club sides include one or more stars as part of the crest appearing on their shirt, to represent important trophies the team has previously won. Sometimes this is a unilateral decision by the team concerned rather than a privilege earned and sanctioned...
for every ten national championships won; HVV are one of four teams eligible for a star, alongside Ajax
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...
, Feyenoord, and PSV, three former European champions
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. The first shirt emblazoned with the gold star will be sold at an auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
on 24 November 2007 to mark the opening of the club's new clubhouse.
- Eerste Klasse West & EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
: 10
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- 1890–91, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1913–14
- KNVB CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
: 1
- KNVB Cup
- 1903
- KNVB Cup runner-up: 3
- 1899, 1904, 1910
- 1890–91, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1913–14
Cricket
HCC is the most successful cricket team in Dutch history. It won the first, unofficial, national championship in 1884. Its first XI is still in the top division. It was so dominant after World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
that its second XI
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
was allowed into the top division in 1925. The following year these two sides shared the national title, and the second XI won it outright on several occasions.
- In this list, (II) indicates second XI; (jt.) indicates joint champions who shared the title.
- Dutch champions: 47
- 1895, 1899, 1900(jt.), 1903, 1910(jt.), 1912, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926 (HCC and HCC(II) shared), 1927, 1928(II), 1929(II), 1930(II), 1931, 1932(II jt.), 1933, 1934, 1935(II), 1936, 1940(jt.), 1941, 1947, 1952(II), 1955(II), 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961(II), 1963, 1964, 1965 (jt.), 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973(II), 1976, 1985, 2008
Notable players
The following HVV footballers won capCap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
s for the Netherlands
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
:
- Law AdamLaw AdamLawrence "Law" Adam was a Dutch football player. He was born in Probolinggo, Dutch East Indies and died in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. Law Adam is reportedly the inventor of football's Scissors move....
- Jan van Breda Kolff
- Miel CampioniMiel CampioniMarie Johannes Jacobus Campioni was a Dutch football player, who played for HVV Den Haag. He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team on 1921-03-26, in the home game against Switzerland , at the age of 19 years and 234 days....
- Lo La ChapelleLo La ChapelleEloi Hubert "Lo" La Chapelle was a Dutch footballer who played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. He also earned one cap for the Dutch national side in 1907, and participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.-External links:...
- Constant FeithConstant FeithJonkheer Constant Wilhelm Feith was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
- Dolf Heijnen
- John Heijning
- Karel HeijtingKarel HeijtingKarel Heijting was a Dutch football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....
- Boelie KesslerBoelie KesslerHermann Johannes "Boelie" Kessler was a Dutch football player. Kessler - along with brother Dolf and cousins Tonny and Dé - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won nine caps for the Dutch national side between 1919 and 1922, scoring two goals...
- Dé KesslerDé KesslerJohann Heinrich Hermann "Dé" Kessler was a Dutch football and cricket player.-Football:Kessler - along with brother Tonny and cousins Boeli and Dolf - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won 21 caps for the Dutch national side between 1909 and 1922, scoring nine goals...
- Dolf KesslerDolf Kessler-Publications:* E.M.L. Kessler-Stoop, Terugblick op het leven en de persoon van Geldolph Adriaan Kessler , privately printed collection of letters, The Netherlands, 175 pages....
- Tonny KesslerTonny KesslerHermann Anton Joseph "Tonny" Kessler was a Dutch football player. Kessler - along with brother Dé and cousins Boeli and Dolf - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won three caps for the Dutch national side between 1907 and 1913, scoring one goals...
- Miel van Leijden
- Guus LutjensGuus LutjensGuus Lutjens was a Dutch footballer who earned 14 caps for the Dutch national side between 1905 and 1911, scoring five goals. He played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag.-External links:...
- Dick MacNeillDick MacNeillRichard MacNeill was a football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team.MacNeill was also known as Robert MacNeill.-References:...
- Miel MundtMiel MundtEmil "Miel" Gustav Mundt was a Dutch football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In Holland he played for H.V.V. . H.V.V...
- Jan Noorduijn
- Marius Sandberg
- Jan Schoemaker
- Guus de Serière
- Albert Snouck Hurgronje
- Ed SolEd SolJohan Wilhelm Eduard "Ed" Sol was a Dutch football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....
- Rens Vis