Amsterdamsche FC
Introduction '''Amsterdamsche Football Club''', known as '''AFC''', is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football in the Netherlands.
History The first squad of Amsterdamsche FC, 1949Amsterdamsche FC flag=== 19th century: Foundation ===AFC was founded in 1895 when a group of young Amsterdammers decided to create a football club. On 18 January 1895 the founding meeting took place in the basement of a house on the Koninginneweg where after a long discussion the name "Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC)" was chosen. The meeting was held by six boys aged fifteen and sixteen. Four of them being Gerard Scheepens, Hein Brass, Frits Bernard and G.J. Bernard. These six boys were the progenitors of AFC.=== 20th century: Championships galore ===AFC-1 were crowned champions 14 times; 1906, 1909, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1946, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2010, 2014 and 2019, while also having been relegated three times; 1921, 1922 and 1998.In 2010 it was the first club in the Netherlands to enter the newly formed 'Top Class'. Despite only having 15 members when founded, by the time of the club's 50th anniversary (1945) it had over 700.By AFC's 100-year existence (1995) it has more than 1,500 members and in summer 2016 the club, including non-playing donors, over 2,100 members. Due to the shortage of fields and accommodation, unfortunately, hundreds of aspiring members must be disappointed every season when they apply for membership.=== 21st century: Tweede Divisie and Eerste Klasse ===In 2016 the first male squad lost 3–1 against Ajax U15.On 6 July 2017 it was announced that the squad's match against De Dijk in a qualifying round for the Dutch national cup had been postponed until 20 August.
Current squad ''As of 12 November 2020''
Associated people === Chief coaches – 20th century ==='''AFC 1''''''Years'''* Fred Warburton1910 -1911* William Reynolds1911 -1913* H. G. du Puis and  J. van de Panne1913 -1914*?1914 -1917* Edwin Dutton1917 -1918*?1918 -1922* Jack Burton1922* Josef Angermair1923 -1924*G. Bosch and Arie Metz1924 -1925*?1925 -1926*Triens1926 -1927* Jack Reynolds1927 -1928* Jo Broeksmit1928 -1929* Charles Aerts1929 -1930* Tom Bromilow1930 -1932* Peter Donaghy1932 -1933*F. Meier and Richelman1933 -1934* Dolf van Kol1934 -1935* Charles Lungen1935 -1936* Gerrits and Hazeweyer1936 -1937* Charles Lungen1937 -1938* James Donnelly1938 -1940* Jo Broeksmit1940 -1941* Karel Kaufman1941 -1942* Piet Huisken1942 -1944* James Donnelly1944 -1945* Jo Broeksmit1945 -1946* Piet Huisken and  Peter Dougall1946 -1947* Cor Sluijk1947 -1949* Cor Steenman1949 -1951* Cor Sluijk1951 -1955* Wim Vaal1955 -1956* Chris Geluk and  Dick Disselkoen1956 -1958* Van Dam1958 -1960* Gé van Dijk1961 -1965* Rinus Michels1965* Gé van Dijk1965 -1970* Wim Hoeben1970* Piet Ouderland1970 -1976* Gé van Dijk1976 -1978* Frans Kramer1978 -1980* Doby Peters1980 -1988* Hans Vlietman1988* Henny Kottmann1988 -1989* Pim  van de Meent1989 -1991* Henny Schipper1991 -1993* Pim  van de Meent1993 -1994* Henny Kottmann1994 -1997* Karel Bouwens1997* Pim  van de Meent1997 -1998* Rob Bianchi1998 -2000=== Chief coaches – 21st century ==='''AFC 1''''''Years'''* Pim  van de Meent  2000* Ton du Chatinier2000 -2003* Stanley Menzo2003 -2005* John Kila2005 -2006* Pim  van de Meent  2006*Ton du Chatinier2006 -2008* Cor ten Bosch2008 -2013* Maarten Stekelenburg2013* Willem Leushuis2013 -2015* Stanley Menzo2015* Bart Logchies2015 -2016* Ton du Chatinier2016 -2017* André Wetzel2017 -2018* Ulrich Landvreugd2018 -Gé van Dijk (1961–1965 and 1965–1970) has served longest as coach of the first squad=== Notable players ===* Daley Blind* Brian Brobbey* Carel Eiting* Donald Feldmann* Wim Feldmann* Maxim Gullit* Edwin Gyasi* Ridgeciano Haps* Mickey van der Hart* Thom Haye* Raily Ignacio* Florian Jozefzoon* Justin Kluivert* Thomas Lam* Derrick Luckassen* Daryl van Mieghem* Marcel Peeper* Kenneth Pérez* Immanuel Pherai* Daniël de Ridder* Philippe Sandler
References
External links * Official site