VV De Valk
{{short description|Dutch football club}}
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|chairman = Corné Maas
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Voetbalvereniging De Valk is an association football club from Valkenswaard, Netherlands. De Valk plays in the 2017-18 Sunday Eerste Klasse (5th tier).
History
The club was founded on the day princess Juliana was born. The name of the club was Juliana. The name was changed to De Valk in 1912.
De Valk played professional football from 1955 until 1961. The club played its first year in the newly established Eerste Klasse, which name was later changed to Eerste Divisie. De Valk finished ninth in their first season of professional football and were relegated to the newly established Tweede Divisie. De Valk finished in last place in the 1960–61 Tweede Divisie and returned to amateur football.{{cite web |url=http://www.vvdevalk.nl/historie.php |title=Historie |publisher=vvdevalk.nl |language=nl |access-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624191547/http://www.vvdevalk.nl/historie.php |archive-date=24 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }} In 1963, De Valk became Dutch champion in Sunday amateur football.
In the 2012–13 season it won a championship of the Eerste Klasse and promoted to the Hoofdklasse.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/eerste-klasse/20122013/zondag-c/r18931/|title=Overzicht – Eerste Klasse|publisher=soccerway.com|language=nl|access-date=21 June 2013}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.vvdevalk.nl/ Official site]
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Category:Football clubs in the Netherlands
Category:1909 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Association football clubs established in 1909
Category:Football clubs in North Brabant
Category:Sport in Valkenswaard
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