PEC Zwolle (women)

{{short description|Dutch football (soccer club) based in Zwolle}}

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| fullname = Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle Vrouwen

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| founded = 10 March 2010

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| ground = Sportpark Ceintuurbaan

| capacity = 3,000

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| chrtitle = Chairman

| chairman = Adriaan Visser

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Olivier Amelink

| league = Eredivisie

| season = 2023–24

| position = 6th

| website = http://www.fczwolle.nl/

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PEC Zwolle Vrouwen{{cite web|title=Official Club site|url=http://www.fczwolle.nl//|publisher=FC Zwolle|accessdate=10 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503204921/http://fczwolle.nl/|archive-date=3 May 2015|url-status=dead}} is a Dutch women's football team from Zwolle. The team was founded in 2010,[http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5310&Itemid=1 Vrouwenvoetbal in Venlo en Zwolle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529024102/http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5310&Itemid=1 |date=2012-05-29 }}, website Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland (10 maart 2010) starting in the Eredivisie season 2010–11. For its first two seasons, the club worked together with Be Quick '28, another club in Zwolle. Currently they are working together with {{Interlanguage link|SV Zwolle|nl}}, which plays in the lower level Hoofdklasse.

PEC Zwolle was formerly known as FC Zwolle until 1 July 2012, when the KNVB approved the new name.{{cite web|title=KNVB stemt in met naamswijziging|url=http://www.fczwolle.nl/content/knvb-stemt-met-naamswijziging|publisher=FC Zwolle|accessdate=10 June 2012|language=Dutch|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607222512/http://www.fczwolle.nl/content/knvb-stemt-met-naamswijziging|archive-date=7 June 2012|url-status=dead}}

PEC Zwolle also played in the BeNe League during all three years the league operated.{{cite web|title=PEC Zwolle Vrouwen speelt volgend seizoen in de nieuw opgerichte BeNe League|url=http://www.fczwolle.nl/content/pec-zwolle-vrouwen-speelt-volgend-seizoen-de-nieuw-opgerichte-bene-league|publisher=FC Zwolle|accessdate=10 June 2012|language=Dutch|year=2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The club's highest finish was 4th in the 2017—18 season, when it was led by top scorer {{Interlanguage link|Babiche Roof}}.{{Cite web |title=Tables - Eredivisie Women - Netherlands - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway |url=https://int.women.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/vrouwen-eredivisie/20172018/championship-round/r41885/tables/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=int.women.soccerway.com}} Roof was named Player of the Year in 2018 by GOAL! Magazine.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-05 |title=Babiche Roof verkozen tot GOAL Eredivisie Speelster van het Jaar 2018 |url=https://peczwolle.nl/nieuws/babiche-roof-verkozen-tot-goal-eredivisie-speelster-van-het-jaar-2018 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=PEC Zwolle |language=nl}} In 2019, the club reached its only KNVB Women's Cup final, ultimately losing to AFC Ajax.