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Association football club in Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Football club

VV Zwaluwen

Full name Voetbalvereniging Zwaluwen
Founded 5 September 1935; 89 years ago (1935-09-05)
Ground Zwaluwen, Vlaardingen
Chairman Lex Boers
Manager Luigi Bruins
League Vierde Divisie
2022–23 Saturday Vierde Divisie A, 10th of 16
Website http://www.vvzwaluwen.nl/
Home colours Away colours

Voetbalvereniging Zwaluwen Vlaardingen is a football club from Vlaardingen, Netherlands.

The club was founded in 1935. The first squad promoted to the Derde Klasse in 1946. Since, Zwaluwen has been hovering between de Derde, Tweede, and Eerste Klasse. Zwaluwen won the national KNVB Amateur Cup in 1951.[1]

In 2010, the first squad promoted to the Hoofdklasse, later renamed Vierde Divisie.[2] In the 2021–22 season, Zwaluwen qualified for the promotion playoffs, where it lost 6–2 on aggregate to RKAV Volendam in the first round.

  1. ^ "Zwaluwen werd op keurige wijze de winnaar van de KNVB-beker" (in Dutch). Trouw. p. 43). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ^ Redactie (28 June 2017). "Indelingen Divisies en hoofdklassen bekend". Voetbal Rotterdam. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Trouw / De Rotterdammer | 27 mei 1955 | pagina 1".