SV Nieuw Sloten

SV Nieuw Sloten
Full name Sportvereniging Nieuw Sloten
Founded 4 April 2004
Ground Sportpark Sloten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chairman Frans Mobron
League Vijfde Klasse Sunday (2012–13)
Website Club home page

SV Nieuw Sloten is a Dutch amateur football (soccer) club from the Nieuw Sloten neighborhood in Amsterdam founded in 2004. The club have a Sunday team competing in the Vijfde Klasse.[1]

History

Founded on 4 April 2004, SV Nieuw Sloten are most known for an incident in December 2012, where a linesman from the opposing SC Buitenboys B3 team from Almere, died after physical assault by the B1 youth players of Nieuw Sloten. Several players from the B1 squad assaulted linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen during the match. A couple of hours later he was then taken to the hospital not feeling well after the incident.[2] He was brought directly to the hospital by ambulance where he died due to his injuries.[3] Following this incident the KNVB cancelled all amateur matches for the 8th and 9 December. A moment of silence was kept during all professional football matches as well as at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.[4] SV Nieuw Sloten suspended all further activities for the remainder of the season following the incident.[5]

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Coordinates: 50°20′8″N 4°48′14″E / 50.33556°N 4.80389°E