Amsterdamsche FC

Amsterdamsche Football Club, known as AFC, is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football in the Netherlands.

AFC
Full nameAmsterdamsche Football Club
Founded18 January 1895 (1895-01-18)
GroundGoed Genoeg, Amsterdam
Capacity8,000
ChairmanMachiel van der Woude
ManagerUlrich Landvreugd
LeagueTweede Divisie
WebsiteClub website

History

The first squad of Amsterdamsche FC, 1949
Amsterdamsche FC flag

19th century: Foundation

AFC was founded in 1895 when a group of young Amsterdammers decided to create a football club. On 18 January 1895 the founding meeting took place in the basement of a house on the Koninginneweg where after a long discussion the name "Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC)" was chosen.[1] The meeting was held by six boys aged fifteen and sixteen. Four of them being Gerard Scheepens, Hein Brass, Frits Bernard and G.J. Bernard. These six boys were the progenitors of AFC.[2]

20th century: Championships galore

AFC-1 were crowned champions 14 times; 1906, 1909, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1946, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2010, 2014 and 2019, while also having been relegated three times; 1921, 1922 and 1998. In 2010 it was the first club in the Netherlands to enter the newly formed 'Top Class'. Despite only having 15 members when founded, by the time of the club's 50th anniversary (1945) it had over 700. By AFC's 100-year existence (1995) it has more than 1,500 members and in summer 2016 the club, including non-playing donors, over 2,100 members. Due to the shortage of fields and accommodation, unfortunately, hundreds of aspiring members must be disappointed every season when they apply for membership.[1]

21st century: Tweede Divisie and Eerste Klasse

In 2016 the first male squad lost 3–1 against Ajax U15.[3] On 6 July 2017 it was announced that the squad's match against De Dijk in a qualifying round for the Dutch national cup had been postponed until 20 August.[4]

Current squad

As of 12 November 2020 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Patrick Zonneveld
4 DF Netherlands NED Dalian Maatsen
5 DF Netherlands NED Cody Claver
6 MF Netherlands NED Kenny Teijsse
7 FW Netherlands NED Matthijs Jesse
8 MF Netherlands NED Milan Hoek (captain)
9 FW Curaçao CUW Raily Ignacio
10 FW Netherlands NED Yordi Teijsse
11 FW Netherlands NED Melvin Grootfaam
14 DF Netherlands NED Gévero Markiet
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Netherlands NED Robbert Schilder
17 MF Curaçao CUW Djuric Ascencion
18 DF Netherlands NED Tim Linthorst
19 DF Netherlands NED Derre Kwee
20 MF Netherlands NED Oussama Siali
21 MF Morocco MAR Fouad Belarbi
22 MF Netherlands NED Joel Tillema
23 GK Netherlands NED Jort Berghuis
24 GK Netherlands NED Dion Thomas
25 DF Netherlands NED Guus van Weerdenburg

Associated people

References

  1. "AFC – Korte geschiedenis". afc.nl. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. De oprichting en de stamvaders van de "Amsterdamsche Football Club" (PDF)
  3. "Americans Overseas: Uncle Sam's Soccer Ambassadors – beIN SPORTS".
  4. "Bekerduel AFC – De Dijk verschoven naar 20 augustus". Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Het duel tussen AFC en De Dijk in de tweede ronde van het kwalificatietoernooi van de KNVB Beker is verplaatst van woensdag 23 naar zondag 20 augustus.

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