HVV Hollandia
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HVV Hollandia is a Dutch
amateur association football club from Hoorn
, North Holland
.
The club was founded on September 1, 1898 and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history. Hollandia was part of the Hoofdklasse
league since 1991, and completed the 2009–10 season with a sixth place in the Sunday A group, then winning promotion to the newly-established Topklasse
league for the inaugural 2010–11 season
through playoffs.
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...
amateur association football club from Hoorn
Hoorn
-Cities :* Purmerend * Enkhuizen * Alkmaar * Amsterdam * Lelystad * Den Helder * Leeuwarden -Towns :* Edam...
, North Holland
North Holland
North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
.
The club was founded on September 1, 1898 and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history. Hollandia was part of the Hoofdklasse
Hoofdklasse
The Hoofdklasse is the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fourth tier in general.-Background:The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation , the segregation of Dutch society. The Saturday-clubs are by...
league since 1991, and completed the 2009–10 season with a sixth place in the Sunday A group, then winning promotion to the newly-established Topklasse
Topklasse
Topklasse is the third tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season in 2010–11. The league is placed between the Eerste Divisie and the Hoofdklasse, the second and fourth tiers of Dutch football, respectively...
league for the inaugural 2010–11 season
2010–11 Topklasse
The 2010–11 Topklasse season was the first and inaugural edition of the newly created Dutch third tier. A total 32 teams competed in the league, one of them coming from the fully professional 2009–10 Eerste Divisie, and the remaining 31 from the amateur 2009–10 Hoofdklasse...
through playoffs.