DSV Concordia

DSV Concordia
Full nameDelftse Sport Vereniging Concordia
Nickname(s)De Club van Jan Thomée (The club of Jan Thomée)
FoundedOctober 15, 1885; 139 years ago (1885-10-15)
GroundSportpark Brasserskade
Delft
Websitehttp://www.concordiadelft.nl/

DSV Concordia is a multi sport club in Delft that has been operating since 1885 and introduced Jan Thomée to the world when he became the leading football goal scorer for the Netherlands and played in the 1908 Summer Olympics as part of the Dutch team that took the Football Bronze.[1][2][3]

Current sports

Cricket, Football, Golf and Tennis are the four official sports played in the club.[4]

Notable players

The following player was called up to represent his national team in international football and received caps during his tenure with Concordia:

Trivia

  • The club "yell" is intricately connected to one of the most famous Concordians who was a chairman of the club for 18 years.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Jan Thomée bio and stats at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  2. ^ "Jan Thomée biography at Voetballegends.nl". Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  3. ^ "Jan Thomée stats and bio at rsssf.org". Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ^ "Listing at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB)". Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  5. ^ "Historie of Concordia". Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-08-15.

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