AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk (Strong Through Willpower) is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.

History

AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen 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

Amsterdam

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. DWS became champions of the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 in 1964, reaching the quarter finals of the 1964–65 European Cup, in the next season. In 1972 the club merged with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam and Volewijckers

Volewijckers

De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord.-History:...

 to form FC Amsterdam

FC Amsterdam

FC Amsterdam was a Dutch football club which was founded on June 20, 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw Wit and DWS. The club Volewijckers joined the side for the 1973-1974 season...

. DWS continued as an amateur club, which still exists today. They celebrated their 100 year Jubilee in 2007.

Famous players

• Evander Sno
  Evander Sno
  Evander Sno is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. He has also featured for the Dutch under-21 and under-23 international teams. Sno typically plays in a defensive midfield role, but was utilised in nine different field positions...
  
  
• Kwamé Cruden
  Kwamé Cruden
  Kwamé Cruden is a Dutch footballer.His clubs have included DWV, JOS, DWS, Sparta Rotterdam and Derry City FC of the League of Ireland.-External links:**...
  
  
• Jan Jongbloed
  Jan Jongbloed
  Jan Jongbloed was a football goalkeeper with the Netherlands national football team at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, wearing the number 8 jersey....
  
  
• Rinus Israël
  Rinus Israël
  Marinus David Israël is a former Dutch football player, manager and currently scout....
  
  
• Frank Rijkaard
  Frank Rijkaard
  Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch football manager of Dutch and Surinamese descent and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Dutch national side,...
  
  
• Ruud Gullit
  Ruud Gullit
  OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...
  
  
• John Metgod
  John Metgod
  Johannes Antonius Bernardus Metgod is a retired Dutch footballer, who is a first-team coach at Derby County.-Club career:...
  
  
• Rob Rensenbrink
• Diego Biseswar
  Diego Biseswar
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• Leroy George
  Leroy George
  Leroy Martin Giovanni George is a Dutch footballer of Surinamese descent, who currently plays as a forward for Dutch Eredivisie club N.E.C....