S.V. RAP is a Dutch football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, Netherlands

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, that plays in the Vijfde Klasse

Vijfde Klasse

The Vijfde Klasse is the eight tier of football in the Netherlands and the sixth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 11 played on Saturday and 44 on Sunday....

, the eight tier of football in the Netherlands

Football in the Netherlands

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, and the sixth tier of Dutch amateur football

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...

.

Founded in 1917, the name S.V. RAP stands for Sport Vereniging RAP (RAP meaning Fast in Dutch). They play their home matches at Sportpark ’t Loopveld in Amstelveen

Amstelveen

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, a suburb of Amsterdam.




Often mistaken for RAP

RAP (football club)

RAP was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that played in the Netherlands Football League Championship. The club played from 1887 to 1914, and were the first official football champion of the Netherlands ever in the 1899 season...

, the first official football champion of the Netherlands in 1899, s.v. RAP are not the same club. In 1914, the original RAP

RAP (football club)

RAP was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that played in the Netherlands Football League Championship. The club played from 1887 to 1914, and were the first official football champion of the Netherlands ever in the 1899 season...

 merged with Volharding to form VRC: Volharding-RAP-Combination, later changed into a cricket club by the name of VRA

VRA Amsterdam

VRA Amsterdam is a Cricket club in The Netherlands based in Amsterdam.Amsterdam's VRA Cricket Association was founded on September 5, 1914 from a merger of Perseverance , RAP and Amstel . In the early years the club played cricket on great locations like the Vondelpark, Museumplein and the Olympic...

, deciding to no longer field a football team. While this S.V. RAP was actually founded three years after the dissolution of the original club.

Notable former players

• C.W. Cornel (20-07-1922)
• W. van Es (17-03-1921)
• W.H. van der Klok (20-10-1918)
• J. Zaal (18-09-1924)