WV-HEDW, in the long form Wilhelmina Vooruit Hortus Eendracht Doet Winnen, is a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club plays at Sportpark Middenmeer and has the most adult members and teams among Dutch football clubs.[1]
History
The predecessors of the club, Wilhelmina Vooruit and HEDW, were badly hit in The Holocaust, when 236 of their Jewish members were murdered.[2]
Since 1996, the Saturday first squad hovers between Derde and Eerste Klasse. WV-HEDW was promoted in 2018 in the Eerste Klasse, through playoffs. In 2022 it was promoted to the Vierde Divisie, after an Eerste Klasse championship.
^"WV-HEDW Nederlands grootste seniorenclub". AT5. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2021. Voetbalvereniging WV-HEDW is de grootste seniorenclub van Nederland. Geen enkele amateurvereniging heeft meer volwassen leden dan de club uit de Watergraafsmeer.