VV Hoogeveen

Veldvoetbal Voetbalvereniging Hoogeveen is a football club from Hoogeveen, Netherlands. It plays in the 2017-2018 Hoofdklasse of the Royal Dutch Football Association. The club was founded on April 29, 1930 and has about 650 members. It plays home matches at Bentickspark. It host football for seniors, junior teams, futsal and women.
History.
After the founding of the Hoofdklasse in 1973 VV Hoogeveen soon joined. In 1975 the club promoted to what was then the highest amateur league. The biggest success of the club came in 1978, when the team became champion of the ‘Hoofdklasse B’ and ‘Dutch amateur champion’ of the Sunday ‘Hoofdklasse’. In subsequent years VV Hoogeveen managed to play many additional seasons in the ‘Hoofdklasse’. Especially the late 1980s were rather successful. To date VV Hoogeveen has played eighteen years of ‘Hoofdklasse’. 
In 2017 the male first squad was joined by goalkeeper Nick Borgman.
Accommodation.
Stadium.
VV Hoogeveen plays in a small stadium close to the town centre. The stadium has a capacity of about 6,000 spectators, of which 500 can sit and another 500 can stand underneath roofs. The accommodation encompasses two other fields and two youth pitches where other teams can play their matches.
Support.
Businessclub.
The "Businessclub Hoogeveen" was founded in 1993 to provide additional support to the football club, both at a recreational and competitive level. Also, it provides the opportunity for local and regional business to meet and liaise. It has over 130 members and is one of the biggest and most active business clubs in the north of the Netherlands.
Fans.
The fans have united themselves in the 'Supportersvereniging VV Hoogeveen', founded in 1949. Next to its support for VV Hoogeveen, it hosts a number of activities for its fans and helps in the organisation of events.
The club.
As of the season 2013/2014, the vv Hoogeveen has the following teams: