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The soccerclub Feyenoord was founded on 17 may 1978 as separation of SC Feyenoord, that started as Wilhelmina on 19 juli 1908. A pub in Rotterdam at the corner of the Damstraat and the Persoonshaven, called 'De Keijser', was the cradle of the club that brought the Netherlands 61 years later the first European Cup of Champions. Most players of this new soccer club came from the in 1907 abolished club FFC. The precursor of Feyenoord, Wilhelmina, played in red shirts with blue sleeves and white shorts. The first years, Wilhelmina was not associated with the union, and so they only played friendly games. The first game in the Rotterdam-Delfshaven, Wilhelmina won with 2-1 form Be Quick form the Bospolder.

Before the club got the name Feyenoord, the club had some other different names. Because of lack of players, new players were recruited form the soccerclub Volharding in 1909. A week later the club decided to chance the name to HFC (Hillesluise Football Club). The club played at the Afrikaanderplein in 'de Put'. This same year, HFC joined the Rotterdam soccer union (RVB). Because of the famous HFC form Haarlem, the name HFC was not approved and the club was called, on proposal of player Jan van Ouwerkerk, RVV Celeritas. The club played in horizontally striped yellow-black shirts with white shorts. Celeritas started in the 2nd class RVB and promoted after one season to the fist Class. In 1912 Celeritas became champion, and promoted to the Dutch Soccer Union (NVB).

Again the name had to be chanced because there played a Celeritas in The Hague. After voting, the club was registered as Feijenoord in Rotterdam with as playing ground the Afrikaanderplein. For the first time, Feyenoord played in the well known red-white shirt with a black short. After fusions with Crescendo (1913) and DCS (1916), the name Feijenoord stayed. In 1917 Feyenoord promoted to the 1st Class B and the club moved form the Rijnhavenkwartier to the Kromme Zandweg. The new playing ground was opened on 26 august 1917 with a game against Be Quick form Zutphen. Feyenoord lost this game with 3-2. In 1921, Feyenoord promoted to the highest class. That year, Feyenoord ended on the second place after Blaue Wit.

In 1924, Feyenoord became Dutch Champion for the fist time. The Dutch Cup was obtained for the first time in 1930, with a 2-1 victory on Ajax in Amsterdam. Feyenoord stayed as a great club, and the staus was especially improved by building a magnificent stadium in 1935. De Kuip was opened on 27 march 1937 with a game aginst the belgium club Beerschot. This game, that Feyenoord won with 5-2, was visited by 63.500 supporters. Between 1941 and 1961, Feyenoord knew scarce years. The club builded a good team under supervision of chaiman Kieboom, that reached teh semi-final of the European Cup 1 in 1963. On 6 may 1970, Feyenoord won the European Cup 1 as first dutch soccer club by defeating the Scottisch club Celtic with 2-1 in the final. Because of this, Feyenoord played against the Argentinian club Estudiantes for the World Cup. The first game on 26 august 1970 in Buenos Aires ended in a 2-2 draw. Subsequently, Feyenoord won the World Cup at home by defeating Estudiantes with 1-0 in De Kuip. In 1974, Feyenoord won the UEFA Cup tournament by defeating the English Club Tottenham Hotspur with 2-0 after a 2-2 draw in London. Since 1960, Feyenoord cannot be thought away in Dutch Soccer. Together with Ajax and PSV, Feyenoord determines the top of the dutch league and plays in European Matches. In 2002, Feyenoord won again the UEFA cup in de Kuip; this time Borussia Dortmund was defeated in the final. A list of the results of Feyenoord can be found here.