VVV-Venlo (women)

VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo emblem
Full nameVenlose Voetbal Vereniging
Founded10 March 2010
Dissolved11 June 2012
GroundDe Koel
Capacity8,000
ChairmanHai Berden
Head coachRick de Rooij
LeagueEredivisie
2011–125th

VVV-Venlo[1] was a Dutch women's football from Venlo. The team was founded in 2010[2] and started playing in the Vrouwen Eredivisie in the 2010–11 season. The club worked together with SV Venray, which at the time played in the Hoofdklasse.[3] In 2011, VVV announced a partnership with German club FCR 2001 Duisburg.[4]

The club's first goal was scored by future Dutch national player Lieke Martens, who led the team in goals in its inaugural season. In its second and final season, the club reached the final of the KNVB Women's Cup, where it lost to ADO Den Haag.[5]

VVV-Venlo ended its women's team in June 2012, after finishing its second season. On its website, the club cited the formation of new women's clubs by PSV Eindhoven and AFC Ajax as a main reason for ending its club. It said PSV's club, in particular, jeopardized VVV because many of VVV's players would want to play for PSV, which had ambitious plans for its women's club.[6]

  1. ^ "Official website". VVV-Venlo Women. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  2. ^ Vrouwenvoetbal in Venlo en Zwolle Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, website Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland (10 maart 2010)
  3. ^ Satellietclub Vrouwenvoetbal Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, VVV-Venlo (27 mei 2010)
  4. ^ Samenwerkingsovereenkomst FCR 2001 Duisburg, VVV-Venlo (18 oktober 2011)
  5. ^ https://int.women.soccerway.com/matches/2012/05/27/netherlands/knvb-beker-vrouwen/ado-den-haag/vvv-venlo/1278437/
  6. ^ "VVV-Venlo eredivisie vrouwen naar Eindhoven" (in Dutch). VVV-Venlo. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.