Amsterdam derby
| Other names | Amsterdam derby |
|---|---|
| Locale | Amsterdam |
| Teams |
AFC Ajax Blauw-WIt DWS JOS Watergraafsmeer Swift De Volewijckers VVA/Spartaan Zeeburgia |
| Latest meeting | 19 March 1978 Eredivisie Ajax – FC Amsterdam (5-1) 24 September 2014 KNVB Cup JOS Watergraafsmeer – Ajax (0-9) |
| Statistics | |
| Largest victory | 27 March 1960 Eredivisie Ajax – Blauw-WIt (8-1) 24 September 2014 KNVB Cup JOS Watergraafsmeer – Ajax (0-9) |
Amsterdam Derby (Stadsderby) refers to matches played between professional and amateur football clubs of Amsterdam. Such clubs include AFC, Ajax, Blauw-Wit, DWS, JOS Watergraafsmeer, Swift, De Volewijckers, VVA and Zeeburgia. An Amsterdam Derby can be an individual match or an ongoing rivalry between clubs, players and fans.
A Stadsderby can involve any of the fifty-eight registered football clubs of Amsterdam. However, historically, the most significant are games which were played between AFC Ajax, AFC DWS, FC Blauw-Wit and AVV De Volewijckers, the four most successful of Amsterdam's football clubs. Variations have occurred, for example, after Blauw-Wit, DWS, and De Volewijckers merged to form FC Amsterdam in 1972 and FC Amsterdam dissolved in 1982. For over 30 years (1978-2012), Ajax was the only professional club in the city. The other clubs only met at the youth level. In the 2012–13 season, Amsterdamsche FC was promoted to the Topklasse
There are four main football clubs based in Amsterdam: Ajax, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, DWS and De Volewijckers. Other teams, such as Amsterdamsche FC, JOS, Swift, VVA/Spartaan or Zeeburgia have also competed in the top league at times. Many of these clubs emerged from the Amsterdamsche Voetbal Bond (AVB), founded in 1894. Currently Ajax, Amsterdamsche FC and FC Chabab are the only three professional football clubs in Amsterdam, with Ajax competing in the Eredivisie, and Amsterdamsche FC and FC Chabab competing in the Topklasse. Swift and Zeeburgia compete in the Eerste Klasse, JOS Watergraafsmeer and VVA/Spartaan play in the Derde Klasse, Blauw-Wit and DWS compete in the Vierde Klasse. De Volewijckers competed in the Vijfde Klasse until 2013, when the club merged with DWV to form DVC Buiksloot.
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