AFC DWS
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| Full name | Door Wilskracht Sterk | |
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| Founded | 11 October 1907 (as Fortuna) | |
| Ground | Spieringhorn, Amsterdam | |
| League | Saturday Derde Klasse B (West 1) (2024–25) | |
| Website | www | |
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Amsterdamsche Football Club Door Wilskracht Sterk (lit. 'Amsterdam Football Club Strong Through Willpower'), also referred to as AFC DWS, Door Wilskracht Sterk or simply DWS, is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam, currently competing in the Derde Klasse (lit. 'Third Class'), the sixth tier of amateur football in the Netherlands.[1]
History
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AFC DWS was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jan van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules.[2] The team played in a blue and white striped shirt and white shorts. On 22 March 1909 the name was changed to DWS and the shirt colours became blue and black vertical stripes.[3]
In 1954, the club entered professional football, playing its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. It merged in 1958 with BVC Amsterdam into DWS/A. That name was dropped again in 1962 and turned back into DWS. DWS became champions of the Eredivisie in 1964, the same year they were promoted from the Eerste Divisie, which is a feat that has never been repeated.[4][5] DWS then reached the quarter-finals of the 1964–65 European Cup, in the next season. Their 1964 triumph is the most recent occasion of a club without a predominantly red and white home strip winning the Eredivisie title, a drought of 60 years.[citation needed]
In 1972, the club merged with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam and Volewijckers to form FC Amsterdam. DWS continued as an amateur club. They celebrated their 100th anniversary in 2007.[6]
Professional football results (1954–1972)
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DWS in Europe
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score | UCP (1) |
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| 1964–65 | International Football Cup | Group stage |  Switzerland |
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–2, 1–0 | 0.0 |
 Germany |
Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–0, 0–2 | ||||
 Belgium |
FC Beringen | 5–0, 3–2 | ||||
| First Round | never played (2) | |||||
| Quarterfinals | Belgium |
RFC de Liège | never played (3) | |||
| 1964–65 | European Cup | Qualification |  Turkey |
Fenerbahçe SK | 3–1, 1–0 | 10.0 |
| Round of 16 |  Norway |
SFK Lyn Oslo | 5–0, 3–1 | |||
| Quarterfinals |  Hungary |
Vasas ETO Győr | 1–1, 0–1 | |||
| 1966–67 | International Football Cup | Group stage |  Italy |
Atalanta Bergamo | 1–0, 1–0 | 0.0 |
| Switzerland |
FC Grenchen | 4–2, 5–3 | ||||
 France |
RC Strasbourg | 4–1, 2–1 | ||||
| Quarterfinals |  Poland |
Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2–2, 0–3 | |||
| 1966–67 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Second round |  England |
Leeds United | 1–3, 1–5 | 0.0 |
| 1967–68 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round |  Scotland |
Dundee | 2–1, 0–3 | 2.0 |
| 1968–69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Belgium |
Beerschot VAV | 1–1, 2–1 | 5.0 |
| Second round | England |
Chelsea | 0–0, 0–0 (c) | |||
| Round of 16 | Scotland |
Rangers | 0–2, 1–2 | |||
- (1) UCP = UEFA Co-efficiency points. Total number of points for UEFA Coefficient: 17.0
- (2) DWS skipped this round, since they were still active in the Europacup I
- (3) DWS are eliminated from the tournament since they are still active in the Europacup I
Former players
[edit]National team players
[edit]The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with AFC DWS:
- Netherlands
Joop Burgers (1960–1969)- Bertus Caldenhove (1931–1940)
- Guus Dräger (1937–1941)
- Frits Flinkevleugel (1958–1972)
- Frans Geurtsen (1963–1971)
- Dick Hollander (1959–1968)
- Rinus Israël (1962–1966)
- Jan Jongbloed (1959–1972)
- Rob Rensenbrink (1965–1969)
- Daan Schrijvers (1963–1965)
- Piet Spel (1946–1956)
- Bram Wiertz (1937–1957)
- Norway
- Finn Seemann (1968–1971)
- Years in brackets indicate careerspan with AFC DWS.
Players in international tournaments
[edit]The following is a list of AFC DWS players who have competed in international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup. To this date no DWS players have participated in the UEFA European Championship, Africa Cup of Nations, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, AFC Asian Cup or the OFC Nations Cup while playing for AFC DWS.
| Cup | Players |
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| 1938 FIFA World Cup | Bertus Caldenhove |
References
[edit]- ↑ "AFC DWS Profile". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ↑ "Historie". AFC DWS (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 March 2010.
- ↑ "DWS AFC (Door Wilskracht Sterk) Profile". Hollandse Velden (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ↑ Reilly, Patrick (21 September 2010). "Top 10 Promoted Teams Who Stunned Their Top League". Goal. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (17 June 2018). "English Energy and Nordic Nonsense". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "Voetbalclub AFC DWS uit Amsterdam, Noord-Holland". Vierde Helft (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
External links
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- Official website (in Dutch)
