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| Full name | Katwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys | ||
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| Nickname | Blauw Witte Narren | ||
| Founded | 1 February 1920 | ||
| Ground | Nieuw Zuid,Katwijk aan Zee | ||
| Capacity | 8,500 | ||
| Chairman | Bart van Kruistum[1][2] | ||
| Manager | Adrie Poldervaart | ||
| League | Tweede Divisie | ||
| 2024–25 | Tweede Divisie, 1st of 18 (champions) | ||
Quick Boys (officiallyKatwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys) is a Dutchfootball club based inKatwijk aan Zee,South Holland. Founded on 1 February 1920, the club competes in theTweede Divisie, the third tier of theDutch football league system. Quick Boys are regarded as one of the most successful amateur sides in the Netherlands, having won numerous national amateur championships and long maintained a fierce local rivalry with neighboursKatwijk in the so-calledKatwijk derby.
The club joined the football competition in 1921–22, in theLeidsche Voetbal Bond (LVB), the football association forLeiden. The club played in the Sunday league but a ban on entry charges on Sunday caused financial troubles and Quick Boys moved to the new Saturday league.
Quick Boys have played at the highest amateur level since the founding of the club in 1920. The club won 9 titles in theEerste Klasse, and joined the new SaturdayHoofdklasse in 1996, winning a further four titles. Twenty seasons later it won promotion to theDerde Divisie (formerly Topklasse) for the first time by winning the fourth Hoofdklasse title. After three seasons in the Derde Divisie, Quick Boys promoted to the highest amateur division (Tweede Divisie) after beating OSS '20 and VVSB in the relegation play-offs.
The club reached thequarter-finals of the2007–08KNVB Cup.[3]
Former professional footballerDirk Kuyt started and ended his senior career with the team, playing in 1998 and 2018.[4]
In the2024–25 KNVB Cup, Quick Boys defeatedEredivisie sideAlmere City FC 3–0 in the first round, then defeatedFortuna Sittard 3–1 in the second round, before winning againstsc Heerenveen in the third round. In the quarter finales,AZ Alkmaar won.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The structure of the Hoofdklasse allows Quick Boys three title opportunities in one season: the regular division, the Saturday title and the national title. The overall Saturday title is contested between the champions of the three Saturday divisions, and the national title is contested between the Saturday champion and the Sunday champion. Since 2016, the Hoofdklasse has two divisions for both Saturday and Sunday.
