AVV RAP

AVV RAP
Full nameAmsterdamsche Voetbalvereeniging RUN, Amstels, Progress[1]
Nickname(s)RAP
Founded1887
Dissolved1914

AVV RAP, in the long form Amsterdamsche Voetbalvereeniging RUN, Amstels, Progress, was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, playing in the Netherlands Football League Championship. The club existed from 1887 to 1914 and was the first cup champion of the Netherlands in the 1898–99 season.[2] The club is most famous for being the winners of the first edition of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz in 1900, one of the world's first international footballing competitions, in which it played and defeated the reigning champions of Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands on three successive days.[3]

  1. ^ Lijst der Statuten van Vereenigingen. 1910. p. 11.
  2. ^ "History of Dutch Football". Dutch-football.com. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz". RSSSF. 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.