Kozakken Boys
Kozakken Boys (Dutch pronunciation: [koːˈzɑkə(n) ˈbɔis]) is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football.
| Full name | Kozakken Boys | ||
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| Founded | 13 April 1932 | ||
| Ground | De Zwaaier, Werkendam | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Henk de Goeij | ||
| Manager | Rick Adjei | ||
| League | Tweede Divisie | ||
| 2022–23 | Tweede Divisie, 12th of 18 | ||
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Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys was named after the Don Cossack troops, who liberated Werkendam from French occupation in 1813. One of the most prominent amateur clubs in the Netherlands, the club experienced a surge towards the higher divisions of Dutch football in the 2010s, reaching promotion to the third-tier Tweede Divisie in 2016. Kozakken Boys have won the top amateur division for Saturday clubs six times: in 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 2015.
The club has played at its current home ground De Zwaaier since 2001. Before, Kozakken Boys played at the grounds Kozakkenstoep and, between 1959 and 2001, at De Vierlaan.