TOS-Actief is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football club based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, North-Holland. TOS was founded in 1912 and merged with Actief (which was founded in 1920) in 1939, it now has over 500 members. Marciano Vink

Marciano Vink

Marciano Carlos Alberto Vink is a former Dutch football player. Throughout his career he played primarily as a right defensive midfielder and as a right cenral defender. He most notably played for Ajax and PSV in the Eredivisie and Genoa in the Serie A...

 was a member of TOS-Actief.

TOS

TOS (Ter Overwinning Streven) was founded on the 10th of October in the basement of a store on the Langeleidsedwarsstraat, by a few guys from across Amsterdam. They arranged a pitch but it was hard to reach in the suburbs of Amsterdam. TOS could only use this pitch in the weekends so every Friday they had to redraw the lines with lime on their bare hands and had to bring the goalposts. After some years TOS got a pitch on the Middenweg 89 and joined the Amsterdamse Voetbalbond. TOS played in the Tweede divisie

Tweede Divisie

The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...

 and won the championship in 1920, because TOS won the championship a lot of the players transferred to bigger clubs.

Actief

Actief (Active) was founded on the 6th of September 1920 by some boys from the Von Zesenstraat. Mr. Dogger, now honorary member of TOS-actief, was prepared to do most of the jobs needed to run the club (e.g. Chairman and paymaster). Actief found a pitch on a sand terrain in the Indische Buurt, and joined the Dutch Christian Football Association. After one season Actief joined the Amsterdamse Volks Voetbalbond with two squads, and in 1923 Actief joined Amsterdamse Voetbalbond with three professional squads. In 1938 Actief won the championship, and almost the entire squad and even players from lower squads left Actief.

TOS-Actief

Because TOS and Actief had harsh time with decreasing members, they decided to merge in 1939 to the club TOS-Actief (Ter Overwinning Streven Actief). In World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 the Germans took the terrain, after WWII the area was a big mess all remaining members of TOS-actief helped moving all the debris from the pitch and built a wooden pavilion, in 1963 they rebuilt it to a stone pavilion. In 1976 Amsterdam wanted to build a highway over the TOS-Actief area, TOS-Actief had to move to Sportpark De Toekomst. TOS-Actief played football there for 20 years. In 1996 Amsterdam and Ajax planned to build the Amsterdam Arena

Amsterdam ArenA

Amsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events...

 and Ajax wanted to house its Jong Ajax on Sportpark De Toekomst so TOS-Actief had to move again. TOS-Actief moved to Radioweg 63 on sportpark Middenmeer where TOS-Actief now has 4 pitches.