Valken '68 is a Dutch football club from Valkenburg, South Holland.[1] It was founded in 1968 and plays its home games at Sportpark 't Duyfrak.[1] The colors of Valken '68 are red-yellow, which are the colors of Valkenburg. The first squad plays in the Eerste Klasse Saturday since 2020. With 600 active members, Valken '68 is the smallest of the Katwijk municipality's five football clubs after Quick Boys, Rijnsburgse Boys, VV Katwijk and FC Rijnvogels.
| Founded | 1968 | |
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| Ground | Sportpark 't Duyfrak | |
| Manager | Alan Campfens | |
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History
editAfter the discontinuation of Valken Boys in the 1950s, a new football club for the village of Valkenburg was founded in 1968. It played for a while at the KRV grounds in Katwijk aan den Rijn, then a football field on the Zonneveldslaan in Valkenburg became the ground of Valken '68. Sportpark 't Duyfrak was opened in 1974.
Until 1996, the first squad played in the Vierde Klasse or outside the main KNVB league system. Since 1996 it hovers between the Derde, Tweede and Eerste Klasse. Since 2012 only between the Tweede and Eerste.
The football club has a covered grandstand from 2005, while the first two synthetic turf pitches were installed three years later. A third synthetic turf pitch was realized in 2015.
In 2018, Valken '68 was crushed 7–0 by SV Honselersdijk in the Tweede Klasse playoffs for promoting to the Eerste Klasse.[2] Valken '68 promoted in 2020 without playoffs, as the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands was already ongoing.
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References
edit- ^ a b c Hoogendam, Ron (16 February 2020). "Valken '68 blijft verbazen en klopt concurrent DSO". Leidsch Dagblad.
Valken '68 blijft in de tweede klasse verbazen. De ploeg van trainer Alan Campfens greep in een, vooral na rust, uiterst vermakelijk gevecht tegen directe concurrent DSO een verdiende 2-1 overwinning.
- ^ Bos, Hans (9 June 2018). "Ontketend Honselersdijk op de drempel van de eerste klasse". Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
SV Honselersdijk heeft Valken '68 vernederd in de tweede ronde van de nacompetitie. De Westlanders, die strijden om promotie naar de eerste klasse, wonnen met 7-0. Tom van Veen was met vier treffers de gevierde man.
- ^ "Oud-prof Selmo Kurbegović heeft dubbelrol bij Valken'68". VoetbalJournaal. 26 February 2019.
Houdt dit in dat de mensen in Valkenburg en omstreken er rekening mee moeten houden dat je er na dit seizoen mee stopt? 'Ik denk het wel. Ik heb het hartstikke naar m'n zin bij Valken'68 hoor, een hele leuke club. Maar ik wil me meer gaan focussen op het geven van trainingen.'