SC Veendam

1894–1960

The club was founded on 4 September 1894 as Look-Out by Be Quick 1887 youth player Bruins Oving, who was lodging in Veendam, Carel Herman Steenhuisen and other young players from the town. Their first pitch was opposite coaching inn ’t Vosje at De Langeleegte. In 1905, the club and another Veendam-based team, Vitesse, merged; the name Look-Out was retained. After Princess Juliana was born in 1909, the name Look-Out was changed to P.J. Veendam, although the club removed the abbreviation “P.J.” the following year. Veendam were one of the founder members of the regional first-tier Eerste Klasse Noord in 1916, but finished seventh and last in the inaugural season. In 1919, Veendam merged with Jupiter, a club from a working-class background; the name Veendam was retained. After several mid-table finishes, the team finished runners-up in 1929–30 and 1930–31, before winning their first and only Eerste Klasse Noord title in 1931–32. Veendam qualified for the national championship play-offs. They played Ajax, Feijenoord, SC Enschede and PSV, but won only one game (away at PSV) and finished in bottom place. As a result of the club's successful spell, Veendam winger Jaap Woltjes was called up by the Dutch national team for a friendly against English side Nottingham Forest in 1936; Woltjes came on as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat. Although Veendam recorded a second-place finish in the 1935–36 Eerste Klasse Noord, they began to slide down the league table, and were…

Eerste Divisie (Tier 2)

Promotion: 1985–86, 1987–88 Tweede Divisie (Tier 3)

Promotion: 1958–59, 1967–68 Eerste Klasse Noord

Champions: 1931–32 Source: