Sportlust '46

Sportlust '46
Full name	Zaterdag Sportvereniging Sportlust '46
Founded	5 October 1946; 77 years ago
Ground	Sportpark Cromwijck, Woerden
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Jan van den Heuvel
Head coach	Jochem Twisker
League	Derde Divisie
2023–24	Derde Divisie B, 5th of 18
Website	Club website
	Home colours
	Home colours
	Current season

Zaterdag Sportvereniging Sportlust '46, more commonly known as ZSV Sportlust '46 or simply Sportlust '46 (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɔrtlʏst ˈzɛsənˌveːrtəx]), is a Dutch football club based in Woerden, Utrecht. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Dutch football. Formed on 5 October 1946, Sportlust has spent its entire existence in the amateur tiers, bouncing between the Vierde Klasse and the Derde Divisie – the ninth and the fourth tier, respectively.

The club plays their home games at Sportpark Cromwijck. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are red and white.

History

After decades in the lower tiers of amateur football, the Sportlust '46 first team made a leap in the Dutch football pyramid after the turn of the century, where they promoted to the Hoofdklasse for the first time in the 2011–12 season.

In 2019, Sportlust '46 won a championship in the Saturday Eerste Klasse,^[1] and promoted to the Hoofdklasse.^[2] In 2020, the club won promotion to the fourth-tier Derde Divisie, their second successive promotion, after leading their group at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] This was made possible due to the enlargement of the Derde Divisie to 36 teams.^[4]

In the 2021–22 Derde Divisie season, Sportlust '46 qualified for the promotion playoffs, but they were eliminated after a 4–1 second leg loss to Kozakken Boys in the first round.

Managers

Ruud Bos (1979–86)
Peter van Boeijen (1994–96)
Jan van den Heuvel (1998–2001)
Robbert de Ruiter (2001–03)
Wim Berckenkamp (2003–04)
Jan van den Heuvel (2004–07)
Koos van Zoest (2007–10)
Carl Flux (2010–11)
Cesco Agterberg (2011–12)
Richard Middelkoop (2012–15)
Dennis Sluijk (2015)
Wim van 't Westeinde (2016–18)
Patrick Loenen (2018–)

Current squad

As of 16 March 2024^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Romero Antonioli
2	DF	NED	Yuval Checkley
3	DF	NED	Youri Duisterhof
4	DF	NED	Dico Koppers
5	DF	NED	Martijn Jansen
6	DF	NED	Thomas Heideman
7	DF	NED	Kesly den Haag
8	FW	MAR	Soufiane Laghmouchi
9	FW	ARU	Terence Groothusen
10	MF	NED	Joost Screever
11	FW	NED	Remco de Weerd
12	DF	NED	Achraf Taleb


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	NED	Laurens van der Voort
16	MF	NED	Zakaria Issarti
17	MF	NED	Redouan Hazzat
18	FW	NED	Wessel Meiring
19	MF	NED	Marley Berkvens
20	MF	NED	Mark Pauls
21	FW	NED	Ahmed Al Mahdi
22	MF	NED	Mo Bendadi
23	DF	NED	Mitchell van der Veer
24	DF	NED	Sanny Monteiro
25	MF	NED	Wesley Muit
26	GK	NED	Rens Boer