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Quick Boys
Full nameKatwijkse Voetbal Vereniging
Quick Boys
Nickname(s)Blauw Witte Narren (Blue White Jesters)
Founded1 February 1920
GroundNieuw Zuid, Katwijk aan Zee
Capacity8,500
ChairmanBart van Kruistum[1][2]
ManagerThomas Duivenvoorden[3]
LeagueTweede Divisie
2023–24Tweede Divisie, 3rd of 18

Quick Boys (Katwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys) is an amateur football club from Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The club, established on 1 February 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselmeervogels.

History

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The club joined the football competition in 1921–22, in the Leidsche Voetbal Bond (LVB), the football association for Leiden. The club played in the Sunday league but a ban on entry charges on Sunday caused financial troubles and Quick Boys moved to the new Saturday league.

Quick Boys have played at the highest amateur level since the founding of the club in 1920. The club won 9 titles in the Eerste Klasse, and joined the new Saturday Hoofdklasse in 1996, winning a further four titles. Twenty seasons later it won promotion to the Derde Divisie (formerly Topklasse) for the first time by winning the fourth Hoofdklasse title. After three seasons in the Derde Divisie, Quick Boys promoted to the highest amateur division (Tweede Divisie) after beating OSS '20 and VVSB in the relegation play-offs.

The club reached the quarter-finals of the 2007–08 KNVB Cup.[4]

Former professional footballer Dirk Kuyt started and ended his senior career with the team, playing in 1998 and 2018.[5]

In the 2024–25 KNVB Cup, Quick Boys defeated Eredivisie side Almere City FC 3–0 in the first round, and then defeated another Eredivisie club, Fortuna Sittard 3–1 in the second round.

Current squad

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As of 16 January, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Paul van der Helm
2 DF Netherlands NED Chima Bosman
3 DF Netherlands NED Ivailo Staal
4 DF Netherlands NED Jan-Willem Kamp
6 MF Netherlands NED Leonard de Beste
7 MF Netherlands NED Nick Broekhuizen
8 MF Netherlands NED Jesse Reinders
10 FW Netherlands NED Levi van Duijn
11 FW Netherlands NED Ravelino Junte
12 DF Netherlands NED Toer Bouwman
14 DF Netherlands NED Neville Ogidi Nwankwo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Netherlands NED Nigel Ogidi Nwankwo
16 MF Netherlands NED Anwar Bensabouh
19 FW Netherlands NED Milan Zonneveld
21 FW Netherlands NED Lukas Hamann
22 GK Netherlands NED Bram Oskam
23 GK Netherlands NED Lars Jansen
24 DF Netherlands NED Jason Meerstadt
25 DF Netherlands NED Luka Prljic
27 FW Netherlands NED Patrick Brouwer
34 MF Netherlands NED Hadi Erol

Honours

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The structure of the Hoofdklasse allows Quick Boys three title opportunities in one season: the regular division, the Saturday title and the national title. The overall Saturday title is contested between the champions of the three Saturday divisions, and the national title is contested between the Saturday champion and the Sunday champion. Since 2016, the Hoofdklasse has two divisions for both Saturday and Sunday.

  • Division title of the highest amateur league: 11
    • 1945–46, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2002–03,[6] 2003–04[7]
  • Division title of the second highest amateur league: 2
    • 2010–11, 2015–16
  • National Saturday amateur football title: 9
    • 1945–46, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2003–04, 2015–16
  • National amateur football title: 2
    • 1991–92, 2003–04
  • KNVB Amateur Cup: 1
    • 1951–52

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Bart van Kruistum nieuwe voorzitter Quick Boys -". Voetbal in de Bollenstreek (in Dutch). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Bestuurssamenstelling". K.v.v. Quick Boys (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Wie is Thomas Duivenvoorden, de trainer die het bekersucces van Quick Boys leidt?". VoetbalNieuws (in Dutch). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Netherlands Cups 2007/08". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ James Kilpatrick (6 April 2018). "Dirk Kuyt will play for first club Quick Boys until end of season – then become Feyenoord's U19 coach". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Netherlands 2002/03 Third to Tenth Level (amateur football)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Netherlands 2003/04 Third to Tenth Level (amateur football)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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