Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
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| Full name | FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam |
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| Nickname(s) | de Zebra's |
| Founded | May 10, 1902 |
| Ground | Sportpark Sloten |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Bernard Frank |
| Manager | Ron van Niekerk |
| League | Sunday Derde Klasse C |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam (English: Blue-White) is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam. The name refers to the colours of their uniform, blue and white.
Founded on 10 May 1902 as a local club in the Kinkerbuurt area of Amsterdam. From 1928 it started to play its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The club entered professional football in the Netherlands in 1954. In 1972 the club merged with Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam. Blauw-Wit continued as an amateur club, that still exists today. Originally named VICTORIA! the club merged with another neighborhood club Holland from which point the combined clubs took on the name Blauw-Wit and were permitted into the Derde Klasse by the NVB.
From 1914 until 1928 Blauw-Wit played in the Old Stadion, before moving to the Olympic Stadium. The club championed the Eerste Klasse KNVB West I seven times (then the highest class in Dutch football). The club joined the professional football league Eredivisie from its inception in 1954. The club then merged with Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam.
The remaining amateur club fused once more in 2002, this time with Osdorp-Sport to form asv Blauw-Wit Osdorp and then in 2003 with KBV, Neerlandia/SLTO and Sparta Amsterdam back to FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.
De Stadsderby (English: "City derby") was a local football rivalry between both Amsterdam clubs Ajax and Blauw-Wit, both teams shared the Olympic Stadium for home games from 1928 until 1972. In total the two sides have competed in a total of 52 matches in Cup and league play, not counting friendly encounters between the two sides. Of those meets, Ajax have won 23 matches and Blauw-Wit have won 16. The remaining 13 matches ended in a draw. The goal difference between the two clubs is 83–66 in favor of Ajax. The first competition match between the two clubs was 1914/15 season. The last competitive encounter between the sides was in the 1963/64 season. The 7"-inch vinyl single "De Voetbalmatch" of Dutch cabaret artist Louis Davids, released in 1929 on His Master's Voice is a song recounting an encounter of Blauw-Wit against Ajax.
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