FC Volendam

Football Club Volendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌvoːlə(n)ˈdɑm]) is a professional football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2025–26 season. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded as Victoria in 1920, changed its name to RKSV Volendam in 1923 and emerged as an exclusively professional club, FC Volendam, in 1977, following a split from its parent club. The team plays its home matches in the 6,984-capacity Kras Stadion, where it has been based since 1975. The club has a reputation as the heen-en-weer club ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of Dutch football. They have achieved eleven promotions to the Eredivisie; a record. The botter (a fishing boat - Volendam is a fishing village) with which the players are honored on the occasion of promotion is called the Heen en Weer and is number XI due to the most recent promotion in 2025. Volendam also reached two KNVB Cup finals: in 1957–58 and 1994–95. Both resulted in losses to Rotterdam-based clubs: Sparta and Feyenoord, respectively.