| Full name | Voetbalvereniging Hoogeveen | |
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| Founded | 1930-04-29 | |
| Ground | Sportpark Bentinckspark, Hoogeveen (Capacity: 8,000) |
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| Chairman | Henri Zwiers | |
| League | Hoofdklasse | |
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The vv Hoogeveen is a football club from the town of Hoogeveen (about 45.000 inhabitants) and plays in the fourth highest league of the Netherlands, the 2010-2011 in de Hoofdklasse van de KNVB. It was founded on April 29, 1930 and has about 650 members. It plays its home matches on the Bentickspark ground in the town of Hoogeveen. It host football for seniors, junior teams, futsal and women.[1]
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After the founding of the ‘Hoofdklasse’ in 1973 vv Hoogeveen soon joined. In 1975 the club promoted to the highest amateur league. The biggest success of the club came in 1978, when the team became champion of the ‘Hoofdklasse B’ and next to that also became ‘Dutch amateur champion’ of the Sunday ‘Hoofdklasse’. In the following years vv Hoogeveen managed to play many years more in the ‘Hoofdklasse’, where especially the late 1980s where rather successful. Un until now vv Hoogeveen has played eighteen years of ‘Hoofdklasse’.
vv Hoogeveen plays in a small stadium close to the town centre. The stadium has a capacity of about 8.000 spectators, of which 500 can sit and another 2.000 can stand underneath roofs. The accommodation furthermore encompasses four other fields where other teams can play their matches. vv Hoogeveen has a good tradition when it comes to spectators, of which especially the fanatic supporters of the ‘K-side’ are always present.
The accommodation of the VV Hoogeveen is currently (2008–2012) being renovated. It will host 9,5 pitches which will be shared with neighbouring club HZVV. This will include a new stadium for the VV Hoogeveen.
The Businessclub Hoogeveen was founded in 1993 to give more support to the football club, both at a recreational and competetve level. Also, it provides the opportunity for local and regional business to meet and liase. It has over 150 members and is one of the biggest and most active businessclubs in the North of the Netherlands.[3]
The fans have united themselves in the 'Supportersvereniging vv Hoogeveen', which was founded in 1949. It is both the oldest and with over 400 members the biggest in the province of Drenthe. Apart from their support to the vv Hoogeveen, it hosts a number of activities for its fans and helps in the organisation of events.
As of the season 2008/2009, the vv Hoogeveen has the following teams:
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