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| Full name | Sportvereniging Spakenburg | |
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| Nickname(s) | De Blauwen ("The Blues") | |
| Founded | 15 August 1931 | |
| Ground | Sportpark De Westmaat, Bunschoten | |
| Capacity | 8,500 | |
| Chairman | Marc Schoonebeek | |
| Manager | Chris de Graaf | |
| League | Tweede Divisie | |
| 2023–24 | Tweede Divisie, 1st of 18 (champions) | |
| Website | Club website | |
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Sportvereniging Spakenburg is a football club based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 15 August 1931, and is regarded as one of the most successful amateur clubs in the Netherlands, having won three championships of the top tier in amateur football.[1][2] In 2023 season, the club reached the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup by eliminating two Eredivisie clubs.
Spakenburg plays its home matches at Sportpark De Westmaat. Their colours are blue and white stripes. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Bunschoten-Spakenburg neighbours IJsselmeervogels.[3]
- ^ "Spakenburg zet de toon voor amateurclubs: "Dit gaat vaker gebeuren"". VoetbalPrimeur.nl (in Dutch). 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "SV Spakenburg gekroond tot Koning van de Amateurs". TOTO KNVB Beker (in Dutch). 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Barneveld, Jeroen van (4 April 2023). "Vis, brood en voetbal: welkom in het dorp van bekersensatie Spakenburg". NU.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 June 2024.