professional football section of Blauw-Wit merged with the Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam in 1972. Along with the shabby remnants of the BVC Amsterdam, which had already been merged with the paid section of DWS and in 1974 with the paid section of the Volewijckers. FC Amsterdam was dissolved in 1982. Famous professional players of Blauw-Wit were Barry Hughes, Herman Rijkaard, Regillio Vrede, Wietze Couperus, Martin Koeman, Bennie Müller. The introduction of professional football, and the founding of the BVC Amsterdam, put an end to a glorious history of three former top football clubs from Amsterdam. Ajax are the only club to survive the transition into paid football, with the fewest players leaving the club to join BVC Amsterdam, which was in part because the Ajax-players were already paid compensation from the club, even before the introduction of paid football in the Netherlands. Professional football results 1954 – 1972 Amateur team section (1965–2015) The amateur team of the club is still active, and after several mergers have reclaimed the name FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. In the 1965/66 season the team started over in the Vierde Klasse of amateur football in the Netherlands. Winning championships in 1968/69, 1969/70, 1973/74 and 1976/77 resulted in the club reaching the highest level of amateur level within short time, competing in the Hoofdklasse. In the 1979/80 season Blauw-Wit were relegated to the Eerste Klasse once more. However winning the 1981/82 title brought the team back into the Hoofdklasse the next year. They were then relegated once more in the 1984/85 season to the Eerste Klasse, championing in it once more in 1986/87. The team relegated once more in 1990/91, and in 2003/04 were then promoted back to the Hoofdklasse. It has however relegated thrice since and in 2014–15 last played in the Derde Klasse. Final results by competition Blauw-Wit in Europe Former managers Steve Bloomer (1918–1923) Jack Reynolds (1925–1928) Josef Uridil (1933–1934) Herbert Bellamy (1938–1939) Istvan Janovitz (1951–1953) Ron Dellow (1954–1956) Cor Sluyk (1956–1960) Franz Fuchs (1960–1961) Jack Mansell (1961–1962) Keith Spurgeon (1962–1963) Franz Fuchs (1963–1964) Wim Vaal (1964) Keith Spurgeon (1964–1966) Janny van der Veen (1966–1968) Henk Wullems (1968–1971) Janny van der Veen (1971–1972) Ulrich Landvreugd (2012) References External links Defunct football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Amsterdam Association football clubs established in 1902 Association football clubs disestablished in 2015 1902 establishments in the Netherlands 2015 disestablishments in the Netherlands