Velocitas 1897 is an association football club from Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1897, it won the 1933–34 KNVB Cup.[1] Velo, as the club is nicknamed, played professional football from 1955 to 1960.
From 1926 until 1935, with the exception of 1931–32, Velocitas won the regional Eerste Klasse championships every single season. In 1934, Velocitas won the KNVB Cup after beating Feyenoord 3–2 after extra time.[2][3]
In 1952, after a long and impressive run in Eerste Klasse, Velocitas relegated to the Tweede Klasse. In 1954 and 1955, it won Tweede Klasse championships. In 1955 Veloictas promoted to the Eerste Klasse, exactly when it turned professional. Finishing 12th, the next season it continued to the professional second tier Tweede Divisie.
In 1960, Velocitas relegated to Eerste Klasse that was back to amateur football since 1956. Velocitas immediately won two section championships yet would not return to play professional football. In 1974–75, Veolocitas played one year in the Hoofdklasse.
In 1982, a women's team was started that immediately won championships in the Derde Klasse and in the Tweede Klasse. This squad eventually made it to the national Hoofdklasse and Eredivisie. In 1994, a men's Saturday team was added, playing its first season in a regional derde klasse.
In 2001 the women's team and most of its players were sold to Oranje Nassau Groningen. In 2017 the Sunday team was discontinued.
In 2018 and 2019, the Saturday first squad won section championships in the Vijfde Klasse and Vierde Klasse, respectively. In 2022, the Saturday men's first squad won a Derde Klasse championship and promoted to the Tweede Klasse. In 2023, it won a Tweede Klasse championship and promoted to the Eerste Klasse.[4]
1914–15 Koninklijke HFC (3/3)
1915–16 Quick Den Haag (4/4)
1916–17 Ajax (1/19)
1917–18 RHC (1/2)
1918–19 not played
1919–20 CVV
1920–21 Schoten
1921–22 not played
1922–23 not played
1923–24 not played
1924–25 ZFC
1925–26 LONGA
1926–27 VUC Den Haag
1927–28 RHC (2/2)
1928–29 not played
1929–30 Feyenoord (1/13)
1930–31 not played
1931–32 DFC (2/2)
1932–33 not played
1933–34 Velocitas 1897
1934–35 Feyenoord (2/13)
1935–36 Roermond
1936–37 EVV
1937–38 VSV
1938–39 FC Wageningen (1/2)
1939–40 not played
1940–41 not played
1941–42 not played
1942–43 Ajax (2/19)
1943–44 Willem II (1/2)
1944–45 not played
1945–46 not played
1946–47 not played
1947–48 FC Wageningen (2/2)
1948–49 Quick 1888
1949–50 PSV (1/11)
1950–51 not played
1951–52 not played
1952–53 not played
1953–54 not played
1954–55 not played
1955–56 not played
1956–57 Fortuna '54 (1/2)
1957–58 Sparta (1/3)
1958–59 VVV
1959–60 not played
