SV Saestum

SV Saestum
Full name	Sport Vereniging Saestum
Founded	6 January 1926
Ground	Sportpark Saestum
League	Hoofdklasse (II)
2009-10	2nd
	Home colours
	Home colours

SV Saestum is a sports club from Zeist, Netherlands.

It is most known for its successful women's football team.^{[citation needed]}

History

The club was founded on 6 January 1926. The women's football section opened in 1981. Since the founding of the Hoofdklasse, Saestum plays in the league, which was the highest national league in the Netherlands until the creation of the Eredivisie in 2007. In 1996 the team won its first national championship, the first one of five championships in a row. Three more titles followed in 2002, 2005 and 2006.

The club first qualified for the UEFA Women's Cup in 2002-03, they won 2 out of 3 matches in the first qualifying round.^[1] In the 2005-06 edition they became the first Dutch team to move on to the second qualifying round, where they met the eventual finalist 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and semi-finalist Montpelier HSC winning only 3 points. The next season they again reached the second qualifying round and only lost by goal difference to Potsdam after 2 wins and one draw. It was enough to qualify for the quarter finals, which they lost heavily to eventual losing finalist Umeå.

SV Saestum has the highest attendance in the Hoofdklasse.^{[citation needed]}

Former players

Anouk Hoogendijk
Katoucha Patra^[2]

Honours

National

Hoofdklasse
- Winners (9): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
Dutch Cup
- Winners (4): 1997, 1998, 2004, 2009
Dutch Cup
- Winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2006

UEFA Women's Cup

Season	Stage	Opponent	Result
2002–03^[3]	2nd qualifying round	Trondheims-Ørn	0–2
		Regal Bucharest	2–0
		P.A.O.K.	8–1
2005–06^[4]	1st qualifying round	Athletic Bibao	1–1
		Rapid Wezemaal	2–1
		Glasgow City Ladies	7–0
	2nd qualifying round	Montpellier	2–1
		Turbine Potsdam	0–2
		SV Neulengbach	4–3
2006–07^[5]	1st qualifying round	Maksimir	7–0
		Dundalk	6–1
		Cardiff City Ladies F.C.	2–0
	2nd qualifying round	Sparta Prague	3–1
		Turbine Potsdam	2–2
		Rapid Wezemaal	2–0	home	away
	Quarter-finals	Umeå	3–11	1–6	2–5