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| Full name | Football Club Volendam | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Palingboeren Wijdbroeken Het Andere Oranje Het Nieuwe Oranje (The Other Oranje) | ||
| Founded | 1977 | ||
| Ground | Kras Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 6,984 | ||
| Chairman | Jan Smit | ||
| Manager | Rick Kruys | ||
| League | Eerste Divisie | ||
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie, 17th of 18 (relegated) | ||
| Website | https://fcvolendam.nl | ||
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Football Club Volendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌvoːlə(n)ˈdɑm]) is a professional football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football following relegation from the 2023–24 Eredivisie. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded as Victoria in 1920, changed its name to RKSV Volendam in 1923 and emerged as an exclusively professional club, FC Volendam, in 1977, following a split from its parent club. The team plays its home matches in the 6,984-capacity Kras Stadion, where it has been based since 1975.
The club has a reputation as the heen-en-weer club ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of Dutch football.[1] They have achieved ten promotions to the Eredivisie; a record.[2] Volendam also reached two KNVB Cup finals: in 1957–58 and 1994–95. Both resulted in losses to Rotterdam-based clubs: Sparta and Feyenoord, respectively.[3]
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- ^ "(VIDEO) Terugblik bekerfinale FC Volendam – Feyenoord 1995". FC Volendam. 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2020.