Sport Vereniging Limburgia was a Dutch football/sports club from the city of Brunssum

Brunssum

Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Brunssum was formerly a center of coal mining in the Netherlands and there are a few active mines remaining in the area...

 (Limburg, Netherlands

Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...

). Today it exists as BSV Limburgia

History

SV Limburgia was founded on 9 May 1920 by the Limburgian coal mines, under the name Rhenania. In 1927 the club moved to Park Limburgia situated along the Venweg and was renamed Sportvereniging Staatsmijn Hendrik (Sportsclub Coalmine Hendrik). On 14 July 1936, during a general assembly, the name was changed to Limburgia. Their sports terrain consisted of four football fields, the biggest of which had a covered stand. The stadium could fit 14.000 people.

Between 1925 and 1939 Limburgia played in the second (regional) division. After the 1939-1940 they were promoted to the first (regional) division only to be relegated after one season. In the 1943-1944 season they promoted again to the first (regional) division and stayed there. Finally in 1945-1946 Limburgia won the first (regional) division and were allowed to compete for the Dutch championship. Unfortunately they finished sixth and thus last. The 1949-50 season proved to be the most successful. After winning the regional first division, they were again allowed to compete in for the national championship. The championship was to be decided between Limburgia and Blauw Wit. On the last match day Limburgia was leading by one point, and thus a win would secure their first ever national championship. Their final game was played on 24 June 1950 against Ajax in the Olympic Stadium in 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...

. Limburgia won this game with 6-0 and thus secured the Dutch national championship.
The final results of the 1949-50 season:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	SV Limburgia	10	7	1	2	39	18	+21	15
2.	Blauw Wit Blauw Wit Blauw-Wit is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam. 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. From 1928 it started to play its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The club entered professional...	10	6	2	2	36	23	+13	14
3.	Maurits	10	4	2	4	16	22	-6	10
4.	Ajax	10	4	0	6	21	22	-1	8
5.	Heerenveen	10	3	2	5	22	34	-12	8
6.	Enschedese Boys	10	2	1	7	10	25	-15	5

After the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands, Limburgia's fame declined. In 1963 they relegated to the Tweede Divisie

Tweede Divisie

The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...

(3rd division). In 1971 they were relegated to the amateurs and finally in 1998 Limburgia merged with RKBSV to form BSV Limburgia. They still play in the amateur leagues.