# AFC DWS

Amsterdamsche Football Club Door Wilskracht Sterk (English: Amsterdam Football Club Strong Through Willpower), also referred to as AFC DWS, Door Wilskracht Sterk or simply DWS, is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam, currently competing in the Derde Klasse (English: Third Class), the sixth tier of amateur football in the Netherlands.

## History

AFC DWS was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jan van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and white striped shirt and white shorts. On 22 March 1909 the name was changed to DWS and the shirt colours became blue and black vertical stripes.
In 1954 the club entered professional football, playing its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. It merged in 1958 with BVC Amsterdam into DWS/A. That name was dropped again in 1962 and turned back into DWS. DWS became champions of the Eredivisie in 1964, the same year they were promoted from the Eerste Divisie, which is a feat that has never been repeated. DWS then reached the quarter-finals of the 1964–65 European Cup, in the next season. Their 1964 triumph is the most recent occasion of a club without a predominantly red and white home strip (unlike recent contenders Ajax, AZ, Feyenoord, PSV and Twente) winning the Eredivisie title, a drought of 60 years.
In 1972 the club merged with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam and Volewijckers to form FC Amsterdam. DWS continued as an amateur club, which still exists. They celebrated their 100-year Jubilee in 2007.

### Professional football results 1954 – 1972

| 10 B | 2 A | 15 A | 11 A | 15 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 14 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
| Eredivisie Eerste divisie Eerste Klasse 54/55-55/56 1954 – 1958: DWS 1958 – 1962: DWS/A 1962 – 1972: DWS ||||||||||||||||||

## DWS in Europe

| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score | UCP (1) |
| 1964/65 | International Football Cup | Group stage | Switzerland | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–2, 1–0 | 0.0 |
| 1964/65 | International Football Cup | Group stage | Germany | Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–0, 0–2 | 0.0 |
| 1964/65 | International Football Cup | Group stage | Belgium | FC Beringen | 5–0, 3–2 | 0.0 |
| 1964/65 | International Football Cup | First Round | | | never played (2) | 0.0 |
| 1964/65 | International Football Cup | Quarterfinals | Belgium | RFC de Liège | never played (3) | 0.0 |
| 1964/65 | European Cup | Qualification | Turkey | Fenerbahçe SK | 3–1, 1–0 | 10.0 |
| 1964/65 | European Cup | Round of 16 | Norway | SFK Lyn Oslo | 5–0, 3–1 | 10.0 |
| 1964/65 | European Cup | Quarterfinals | Hungary | Vasas ETO Győr | 1–1, 0–1 | 10.0 |
| 1966/67 | International Football Cup | Group stage | Italy | Atalanta Bergamo | 1–0, 1–0 | 0.0 |
| 1966/67 | International Football Cup | Group stage | Switzerland | FC Grenchen | 4–2, 5–3 | 0.0 |
| 1966/67 | International Football Cup | Group stage | France | RC Strasbourg | 4–1, 2–1 | 0.0 |
| 1966/67 | International Football Cup | Quarterfinals | Poland | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2–2, 0–3 | 0.0 |
| 1966/67 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Second round | England | Leeds United | 1–3, 1–5 | 0.0 |
| 1967/68 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Scotland | Dundee | 2–1, 0–3 | 2.0 |
| 1968/69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Belgium | Beerschot VAV | 1–1, 2–1 | 5.0 |
| 1968/69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Second round | England | Chelsea | 0–0, 0–0 (k) | 5.0 |
| 1968/69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Round of 16 | Scotland | Rangers | 0–2, 1–2 | 5.0 |
    (1) UCP = UEFA Co-efficiency points. Total number of points for UEFA Coefficient: 17.0
    (2) DWS skipped this round, since they were still active in the Europacup I
    (3) DWS are eliminated from the tournament since they are still active in the Europacup I

## Former players
### National team players

The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with AFC DWS:

#### Netherlands

* Joop Burgers (1960–1969)
* Bertus Caldenhove (1931–1940)
* Guus Dräger (1937–1941)
* Frits Flinkevleugel (1958–1972)
* Frans Geurtsen (1963–1971)
* Dick Hollander (1959–1968)
* Rinus Israël (1962–1966)
* Jan Jongbloed (1959–1972)
* Rob Rensenbrink (1965–1969)
* Daan Schrijvers (1963–1965)
* Piet Spel (1946–1956)
* Bram Wiertz (1937–1957)

#### Norway

* Finn Seemann (1968–1971)
* Years in brackets indicate careerspan with AFC DWS.

## Players in international tournaments

The following is a list of AFC DWS players who have competed in international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup. To this date no DWS players have participated in the UEFA European Championship, Africa Cup of Nations, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, AFC Asian Cup or the OFC Nations Cup while playing for AFC DWS.
| Cup | Players |
| 1938 FIFA World Cup | Bertus Caldenhove |

## Honours

* Eredivisie: 1
** 1963–64
* KNVB District Cup West I: 1
** 1983