RKSV HBC (short for Rooms-Katholieke Sport Vereniging Heemstede-Berkenrode Combinatie), often also abbreviated as SV HBC or just HBC, is a Dutch football club from Heemstede. The club was founded in 1902 and plays its home matches at the HBC Sportpark.[1]
| Full name | Rooms-Katholieke Sport Vereniging Heemstede-Berkenrode Combinatie | |
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| Founded | 1902 | |
| Stadium | HBC Sportpark | |
| Chairman | Piet Soomer | |
| League | Derde Divisie | |
| Website | https://svhbc.nl/ | |
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History
edit20th century: Foundations and transitions
editHBC was founded in 29 October 1902 as the Voetbalvereniging Heemstede. In 1917, it merged with Voetbalvereniging Berkenrode culminating in the Roman Catholic Heemstede-Berkenrode Combinatie. HBC joined the national league system in the Derde Klasse, possibly on the license of Berkenrode. After three years, in 1920, it moved back to the sectarian Roman Catholic DHVB leagues.[2] From 1932 DHC played in IVCB West, into which DHVB had eveolved. In 1935, won HBC won the championship of IVCB West and ended third nationally at the IVCB.[3]
In 1940 the sectarian leagues were eliminated and HBC started playing in the Tweede Klasse, then the second tier of the German-occupied Netherlands. In the final year of WWII there was no competition and in 1947 HBC relegated to the Derde Klasse from the 11th place. It immediately won its first championship in the national leagues, yet no promotion followed. In 1955 HBC returned to the Derde Klasse through a playoff, from a runner-up position. In 1982, HBC won its second KNVB section championship, this time securing promotion to the Tweede Klasse. In 1993, it relegated to the Derde Klasse, again from 11th place. Only three years later, in 1996, HBC ended 11th in the Derde Klasse and relegated to the Vierde. Not for long as it immediately bounced back with a section championship in 1997.
Throughout the years other HBC sports branches and eventually sport clubs were established, among which gymnastics, handball, indoors football, table tennis, tennis (founded 1953), and volleyball. The different branches are managed through a federation of clubs. The rugby club merged on 1 April 1980 with Kinheim from Haarlem to form the Rugby Football Club Haarlem in Haarlem.[4] From 1992 until 2022, HBC also operated a Saturday first squad in the KNVB leagues. This squad usually made played it in the Vierde Klasse, where it won one championship in 2009. Within these years, Saturday first squad had brief stints also out of league or inactive (1997–1999), in the Vijfde Klasse (1999–2001), and in the Derde Klasse (2009–2010).
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21st century: Surge to the Derde Divisie
editIn 2011, HBC hit rock bottom when the first squad relegated (once more from place 11) to the Vierde Klasse, this time for seven years. Huge investments in youth soccer followed. Since 2015 all youth trainers of HBC are KNVB qualified.[5] Collaborations with the youth academies of AZ Alkmaar (boys) and SC Telstar (girls) were put in place.[5] Half the players of HBC played in youth teams.[5] The investments on youth soccer would soon pay off big league.
HBC's chain of promotions started with a Vierde Klasse section championship in 2018.[6] Next year it won a Derde Klasse championship and in 2022 in the Tweede Klasse. In 2023 it already won an Eerste Klasse championship. HBC won promotion to the fifth-tier Vierde Divisie in 2023, and in its first season at that level, it qualified for the promotion playoffs by winning the first period.[7] After defeating VV Scherpenzeel in the semifinals, HBC beat JOS Watergraafsmeer 4–1 on aggregate, earning a second consecutive promotion to the Derde Divisie.[8] The promotion was HBC's fifth consecutive.[9][10][11]
Associated people
edit- Serge van den Ban – goalkeeper coach (2019–202?)
- Ed Engelkes – assistant manager and youth coach (1980s)
- John Goossens – HBC youth player (1997–1999) who turned professional, then returned to HBC in 2022[12]
References
edit- ^ "HBC klopt HFC in oefenwedstrijd". Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant (in Dutch). 24 August 1962. p. 3 – via Krantenviewer Noord-Hollands Archief.
- ^ "Sport- en wedstrijden". Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant (in Dutch). Haarlem. 9 January 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Het vijfde Zilveren Bal Tournooi der R.K.S.V. Kimbria". Limburgsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen. 3 August 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via Delpher.
H.B.C. Heemstede, kampioen 1934–1935 le klas I.V.C.B. West. No. 3 in het landskampioenschap I.V.C.B.
- ^ "Sportclub met ballen naar Rugby Football Club Haarlem". RTV NH (in Dutch). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "'Alle jeugdtrainers hebben nu een KNVB-opleiding op zak'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Er is niets meer aan te doen, HBC is kampioen". Haarlems Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 May 2018.
- ^ Vliet, Marcel van (2023-11-14). "Periodetitels in Vierde Divisie voor HBC, ASWH, V.V. Goes en Excelsior'31". Topamateurvoetbal.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "HBC grijpt ticket voor Derde Divisie". Voetbal in Haarlem (in Dutch). 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ "HBC promoveert weer, in zes seizoenen van derde klasse naar derde divisie". Haarlems Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 June 2024.
Voor de vijfde keer in zeven jaar zet HBC een stap vooruit in het amateurvoetbal. Zaterdagmiddag werd de return tegen JOS/Watergraafsmeer gewonnen met 0-2 en dat was na de 2-1 winst van woensdag ruim voldoende voor promotie naar de derde divisie.
- ^ "Na zeven vette jaren volgen zeven magere? Bij HBC wordt niet aan doemdenken gedaan". Haarlems Dagblad (in Dutch). 4 August 2024.
- ^ Van Westerloo, Eric (11 June 2024). "HBC flikt het weer: voor de vijfde keer op rij promotie". Heemsteder (in Dutch). IJmuiden: De Heemsteder Uitgevers.
HBC leeft al jaren in een sprookjeswereld. Het eerste elftal maakt al vijf jaar lang ieder jaar een stap hoger op de ladder der amateurs. Na vier kampioenschappen en afgelopen zaterdag na de 2-0 winst op JOS Watergraafsmeer werd de vijfde promotie een feit.
- ^ "Oud-prof John Goossens sluit aan bij tweedeklasser HBC". Haarlems Dagblad (in Dutch). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
HBC heeft zich per direct versterkt met oud-prof John Goossens. Hij trained al enkel weken mee.