ADO '20

ADO '20
Full nameAanhouden Doet Overwinnen 1920
Nickname(s)De Superezels (The Superdonkeys)
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
GroundSportpark De Vlotter
Heemskerk, Netherlands
Capacity6,000[1]
ChairmanRené van der Wijst
ManagerRaymond Bronkhorst
LeagueTweede Divisie
2023–24Tweede Divisie, 12th of 18

Aanhouden Doet Overwinnen 1920, simply known as ADO '20, is a Dutch association football club from Heemskerk. They are currently playing in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. The club was founded on 15 May 1920 as Aanhouden Doet Overwinnen 1920. The home games are played at Sportpark de Vlotter.

In February 2007, ADO '20 entered into a partnership with AZ Alkmaar in the field of youth development, knowledge exchange and scouting. This partnership has enabled ADO '20 to improve its youth academy. The most renowned youth prospect of the ADO '20 academy has been Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, who also played professionally for AZ. His move to German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg in January 2016 meant, that ADO '20 received a development fee which was used for renovating the main stand on Sportpark de Vlotter, since named the "Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Stand".[2] In February 2018, ADO '20 entered into a partnership with Ajax.[3]

The main rival of ADO '20 is ODIN '59, who also come from Heemskerk.[4]

  1. ^ "AANHOUDEN DOET OVERWINNEN 1920" (in Dutch). Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Tribune van ADO'20 opgeknapt dankzij transfersom Jeffrey Gouweleeuw". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ "ADO '20 toegetreden tot de partnerclubs van Ajax". ado20.nl (in Dutch). ADO '20. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ Van Dalsem, Kees (25 January 2018). "Jeugdtrainers van ADO'20 en Odin'59 samen aanwezig bij workshop 'mindset'". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 February 2021.