Clubname: | AFC |
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Fullname: | Amsterdamsche Football Club |
Short Name: | AFC |
Ground: | Goed Genoeg, Amsterdam |
Capacity: | 8,000 |
Chairman: | Brian Speelman |
Manager: | Benno Nihom |
Website: | https://www.afc.nl/ |
Current: | 2023–24 Tweede Divisie |
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Amsterdamsche Football Club, commonly known as AFC is a football club based in Amsterdam. The team compete in the Tweede Divisie, the third level of the Dutch football league system.
AFC was founded in 1895 when a group of young Amsterdammers decided to create a football club. On 18 January 1895 the founding meeting took place in the basement of a house on the Koninginneweg where after a long discussion the name "Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC)" was chosen.[1] The meeting was held by six boys aged fifteen and sixteen. Four of them being Gerard Scheepens, Hein Brass, Frits Bernard and G.J. Bernard. These six boys were the progenitors of AFC.
AFC-1 were crowned champions 14 times; 1906, 1909, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1946, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2010, 2014 and 2019, while also having been relegated three times; 1921, 1922 and 1998. In 2010 it was the first club in the Netherlands to enter the newly formed 'Top Class'. Despite only having 15 members when founded, by the time of the club's 50th anniversary (1945) it had over 700. By AFC's 100-year existence (1995) it has more than 1,500 members and in summer 2016 the club, including non-playing donors, over 2,100 members. Due to the shortage of fields and accommodation, unfortunately, hundreds of aspiring members must be disappointed every season when they apply for membership.
In 2016 the first male squad lost 3–1 against Ajax U15.[2] On 6 July 2017 it was announced that the squad's match against De Dijk in a qualifying round for the Dutch national cup had been postponed until 20 August.[3]
As of 12 November 2020
AFC 1 | Years | |||
Fred Warburton | 1910 | - | 1911 | |
William Reynolds | 1911 | - | 1913 | |
H. G. du Puis and J. van de Panne | 1913 | - | 1914 | |
? | 1914 | - | 1917 | |
Edwin Dutton | 1917 | - | 1918 | |
? | 1918 | - | 1922 | |
Jack Burton | 1922 | |||
Josef Angermair | 1923 | - | 1924 | |
G. Bosch and Arie Metz | 1924 | - | 1925 | |
? | 1925 | - | 1926 | |
Triens | 1926 | - | 1927 | |
Jack Reynolds | 1927 | - | 1928 | |
Jo Broeksmit | 1928 | - | 1929 | |
Charles Aerts | 1929 | - | 1930 | |
Tom Bromilow | 1930 | - | 1932 | |
Peter Donaghy | 1932 | - | 1933 | |
F. Meier and Richelman | 1933 | - | 1934 | |
Dolf van Kol | 1934 | - | 1935 | |
Charles Lungen | 1935 | - | 1936 | |
Gerrits and Hazeweyer | 1936 | - | 1937 | |
Charles Lungen | 1937 | - | 1938 | |
James Donnelly | 1938 | - | 1940 | |
Jo Broeksmit | 1940 | - | 1941 | |
Karel Kaufman | 1941 | - | 1942 | |
Piet Huisken | 1942 | - | 1944 | |
James Donnelly | 1944 | - | 1945 | |
Jo Broeksmit | 1945 | - | 1946 | |
Piet Huisken and Peter Dougall | 1946 | - | 1947 | |
Cor Sluijk | 1947 | - | 1949 | |
Cor Steenman | 1949 | - | 1951 | |
Cor Sluijk | 1951 | - | 1955 | |
Wim Vaal | 1955 | - | 1956 | |
Chris Geluk and Dick Disselkoen | 1956 | - | 1958 | |
Van Dam | 1958 | - | 1960 | |
Gé van Dijk | 1961 | - | 1965 | |
Rinus Michels | 1965 | |||
Gé van Dijk | 1965 | - | 1970 | |
Wim Hoeben | 1970 | |||
Piet Ouderland | 1970 | - | 1976 | |
Gé van Dijk | 1976 | - | 1978 | |
Frans Kramer | 1978 | - | 1980 | |
Doby Peters | 1980 | - | 1988 | |
Hans Vlietman | 1988 | |||
Henny Kottmann | 1988 | - | 1989 | |
Pim van de Meent | 1989 | - | 1991 | |
Henny Schipper | 1991 | - | 1993 | |
Pim van de Meent | 1993 | - | 1994 | |
Henny Kottmann | 1994 | - | 1997 | |
Karel Bouwens | 1997 | |||
Pim van de Meent | 1997 | - | 1998 | |
Rob Bianchi | 1998 | - | 2000 | |
AFC 1 | Years | ||||
2000 | |||||
Ton du Chatinier | 2000 | - | 2003 | ||
Stanley Menzo | 2003 | - | 2005 | ||
John Kila | 2005 | - | 2006 | ||
2006 | |||||
Ton du Chatinier | 2006 | - | 2008 | ||
Cor ten Bosch | 2008 | - | 2013 | ||
Maarten Stekelenburg | 2013 | ||||
Willem Leushuis | 2013 | - | 2015 | ||
Stanley Menzo | 2015 | ||||
Bart Logchies | 2015 | - | 2016 | ||
Ton du Chatinier | 2016 | - | 2017 | ||
André Wetzel | 2017 | - | 2018 | ||
Ulrich Landvreugd | 2018 | - |