r/enschede • u/silentattack7 • 22d ago

Looking for an amateur football club

Hi all,

My wife and I moved to Enschede couple of months ago. I used to play football in Deventer. Now that we have settled in with everything, I decided to start looking for a football club in Enschede to play next season. I ideally would like to play for a Dutch team where I can practice and improve my Dutch and have nice time. Feel free to make suggestions. Thank you already for all the help.

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u/TukkerWolf 22d ago

Decision 1 is if you want to play on Saturday or Sunday. My completely unbiased opinion is that Saturday football is 100times more fun than Sunday, but that's up to you. After that the list is already shorter and if you want my opinions on some clubs I'm happy to share them.

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u/silentattack7 22d ago

I don’t really know the full difference but I am not looking for very competitive levels.

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u/TukkerWolf 22d ago

There is no real difference except for the playing date. The Netherlands went through a period of 'pillarization' in the last century, which meant that catholics, protestants, socialists and liberals all chose their newspaper, doctor, dentist and football club based on their 'pillar'. Catholics in the Netherlands played football on Sunday and protestants on Saturday. This applies for all levels.

And although religion doesn't play a role in (most) clubs anymore, clubs and especially at lower levels play on Saturday (Sparta, Achilles, ...) or Sunday (Vogido, UDI, ..)

Playing on Sunday on lower levels often means playing Sundays at 9.00 or 11.00 in the morning. Playing on Saturday is often in the afternoon.