Gelderland Pre-Season Tournaments 1933-1954


This file provides an overview of five pre-season tournaments played in the province of Gelderland. It appears only one, that for the Zilveren Vos, was held on more than three occasions.

Zilveren Vos (Nijmegen) 1933-1949

Tournament organised by Quick. On two occasions (in 1935 and 1936) a club from Kleve, just across the border with Germany, entered.

Palmares

Year     Winners                            Runners-Up
1933     M.V.V.                         2-2 Go Ahead                       [aet, 3-2 pen]
1934     Go Ahead                       2-0 M.V.V.
1935     M.V.V.                         1-0 Go Ahead                       [aet]
1936     S.C.H.                         3-1 V.U.C.
1937     Xerxes                         3-2 Tubantia                       [aet]
1938     Tubantia                       4-2 Xerxes
1939       abandoned
1940-44    not held
1945     N.A.C.                         1-1 Tubantia                       [aet, 3-2 pen]
1946     Quick                          3-1 M.V.V.
1947     S.C.H.                         3-1 Sittard
1948     Sittard                            Achilles
1949     Quick                              S.C.H.

Number of Wins (11 (finished) editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets)

 2 [ 2] M.V.V. (Maastricht)
 2 [ 1] S.C.H. (Nijmegen)
 2      Quick (Nijmegen)

 1 [ 2] Go Ahead (Deventer)
 1 [ 2] Tubantia (Hengelo)
 1 [ 1] Sittard 
 1 [ 1] Xerxes (Rotterdam)
 1      N.A.C. (Breda)

   [ 1] Achilles (Assen)
   [ 1] V.U.C. (Den Haag)

NB: matches at Sportpark aan den Hazenkampschenweg;
    no record of tournament after 1949, possibly because Quick were relegated
      from the Eerste Klasse after the 1949/50 season.

1933

Participants (6):
Go Ahead            (Deventer)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
U.D.                (Deventer)
Unitas              (Gorinchem)
Wilhelmina          (Den Bosch)

Voorwedstrijd [Aug 27]
Quick 2             9-2 Wilhelmina 2        

Round 1 [Aug 27]
Unitas              4-1 Wilhelmina          
Quick               1-2 U.D.                
M.V.V.              bye Go Ahead            

NB: on the same day Wilhelmina played in the semifinals of the tournament
    for the Zilveren Wiel in Wageningen.

Semifinals [Sep 3]
Unitas              1-2 M.V.V.              
U.D.                2-3 Go Ahead            

Final [Sep 3]
M.V.V.              2-2 Go Ahead            [aet, 3-2 pen]

1934

Participants (6):
Go Ahead            (Deventer)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
N.E.C.              (Nijmegen)
N.O.A.D.            (Tilburg)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
U.D.                (Deventer)

Round 1 [Aug 26]
U.D.                5-4 N.O.A.D.            
Quick               1-4 N.E.C.              
M.V.V.              bye Go Ahead            

Friendly [Aug 26]
S.C.H.              2-2 B.V.V.              

Semifinals [Sep 2]
M.V.V.              3-0 U.D.                
N.E.C.              0-5 Go Ahead            

Final [Sep 2]
Go Ahead            2-0 M.V.V.              

1935

Participants (8):
VfB Cleve 03        (Kleve, Germany)
Go Ahead            (Deventer)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
N.E.C.              (Nijmegen)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
U.D.                (Deventer)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)

Round 1 [Aug 25]
U.D.                0-2 VfB Cleve 03        
S.C.H.              3-0 Vitesse             

Round 2 [Aug 25]
Quick               1-2 N.E.C.              
S.C.H.              4-1 VfB Cleve 03        
Go Ahead            bye M.V.V.              

Semifinals [Sep 1]
N.E.C.              2-3 M.V.V.              
S.C.H.              0-1 Go Ahead            

Verliezersronde [Sep 1]
Quick               7-0 U.D.                

Final [Sep 1]
M.V.V.              1-0 Go Ahead            [aet]

1936

Participants (8):
VfB Cleve 03        (Kleve, Germany)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
Roermond            (Roermond)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
U.D.                (Deventer)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
V.U.C.              (Den Haag)

Round 1 [Aug 30]
Vitesse             2-0 VfB Cleve 03        
S.C.H.              2-0 Roermond            

Round 2 [Aug 30]
Quick               8-0 U.D.                
S.C.H.              2-0 Vitesse             
M.V.V.              bye V.U.C.              

Semifinals [Sep 6]
Quick               1-2 S.C.H.              
M.V.V.              0-1 V.U.C.              

Final [Sep 6]
S.C.H.              3-1 V.U.C.              

1937

Participants (8):
A.G.O.V.V.          (Apeldoorn)
Hercules            (Utrecht)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
Xerxes              (Rotterdam)

Round 1 [Aug 29]
S.C.H.              1-3 Xerxes              
Vitesse             1-3 Tubantia            
Quick               3-1 Hercules            
A.G.O.V.V.          4-1 M.V.V.              

Semifinals [Sep 5]
Quick               4-5 Tubantia            [aet]
A.G.O.V.V.          1-4 Xerxes              

Tussenwedstrijd
Quick 2             0-2 Vitesse 2           

Final [Sep 5]
Xerxes              3-2 Tubantia            [aet]

1938

Participants (8):
Hercules            (Utrecht)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
Willem II           (Tilburg)
Xerxes              (Rotterdam)

Round 1 [Aug 28]
Vitesse             2-5 Tubantia            
S.C.H.              0-2 Xerxes              
M.V.V.              2-1 Willem II           
Quick               3-2 Hercules            

Semifinals [Sep 4]
Tubantia            1-1 M.V.V.              [aet, Tubantia on pen]
Quick               1-2 Xerxes              [aet]

Final [Sep 4]
Tubantia            4-2 Xerxes              

1939

Participants (8):
Achilles            (Assen)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
V.V.V.              (Venlo)
Xerxes              (Rotterdam)

Round 1 [Aug 27]
S.C.H.              0-1 Tubantia            
Xerxes              3-1 Vitesse             
M.V.V.              0-1 V.V.V.              
Quick               0-2 Achilles            

Semifinals [Sep 3]
Achilles             -  Tubantia            
V.V.V.               -  Xerxes              

NB: cancelled and tournament abandoned due to general mobilisation.

1945

Participants (4, of which 3 actually played):
H.B.S.              (Den Haag)              [failed to arrive]
N.A.C.              (Breda)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)

NB: as H.B.S. did not manage the trip to Nijmegen, the other three clubs played
    a single round robin; as hosts Quick lost the first two matches, the third
    and final match served as a final and penalties were taken to decide the
    winners as goal average was not used as a tie-breaker.

[Aug 26]
Quick               1-5 Tubantia            
Quick               1-3 N.A.C.              
N.A.C.              1-1 Tubantia            [3-2 pen]

Final Table:

 1.N.A.C.               2   1  1  0   4- 2   3  [3-2 pen]
 2.Tubantia             2   1  1  0   6- 2   3  [2-3 pen]
 3.Quick                2   0  0  2   2- 8   0

1946

Participants (8):
Achilles            (Assen)
Be Quick            (Zutphen)
D.F.C.              (Dordrecht)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
N.A.C.              (Breda)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)

Round 1 [Sep 1]
Be Quick            1-0 N.A.C.              
M.V.V.              3-0 D.F.C.              
Tubantia            1-0 Vitesse             
Quick               3-0 Achilles            

SF [Sep 8]
Be Quick            0-6 M.V.V.              
Quick               2-1 Tubantia            

Third Place Match [Sep 8]
Tubantia            1-2 Be Quick            

Final  [Sep 8]
Quick               3-1 M.V.V.              

1947

Participants (8):
Achilles            (Assen)
Be Quick            (Zutphen)
D.F.C.              (Dordrecht)
Juliana             (Spekholzerheide)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Sittard             (Sittard)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)

Round 1 [Aug 31]
Juliana             4-1 Achilles            
Quick               2-2 S.C.H.              [S.C.H. on pen]
D.F.C.              1-1 Tubantia            [Tubantia on pen]
Be Quick            0-3 Sittard             

Semifinals [Sep 7]
S.C.H.              3-2 Juliana             
Sittard             4-1 Tubantia            

Third Place Match [Sep 7]
Tubantia            1-5 Juliana             

Final [Sep 7]
S.C.H.              3-1 Sittard             

1948

Participants (6):
Achilles            (Assen)
Be Quick            (Zutphen)
Juliana             (Spekholzerheide)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Sittard             (Sittard)

Round 1 [Aug 29]
Juliana             3-3 Achilles            [Achilles on pen]
Quick               1-0 Be Quick            
S.C.H.              2-2 Sittard             [Sittard on pen]

NB: the three winners qualified for the final stage, played as a single round robin.

Final Stage [Sep 5]
Quick               1-3 Achilles            
Achilles            0-1 Sittard             
Quick               2-2 Sittard             

Final Table:

 1.Sittard              2   1  1  0   3- 2   3
 2.Achilles             2   1  0  1   3- 2   2
 3.Quick                2   0  1  1   3- 5   1

1949

Participants (8):
Achilles            (Assen)
Be Quick            (Zutphen)
Juliana             (Spekholzerheide)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Sittard             (Sittard)
Tubantia            (Hengelo)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)

Round 1 [Aug 28]
Achilles            0-2 Be Quick            
Juliana             0-0 Quick               [Quick on pen]
Tubantia            4-0 Vitesse             
S.C.H.              3-0 Sittard             

NB: as Be Quick withdrew from the final stage due to league obligations (they
    drew 2-2 away at P.E.C. on Sep 4), the other three clubs played a single
    round robin.

Final Stage [Sep 4]
S.C.H.              2-1 Tubantia            
Quick               3-1 S.C.H.              
Quick               1-0 Tubantia            

Final Table:

 1.Quick                2   2  0  0   4- 1   4
 2.S.C.H.               2   1  0  1   3- 4   2
 3.Tubantia             2   0  0  2   1- 3   0

Zilveren Wiel (Wageningen) 1933-1934

Organised by Wageningen. It is not clear whether the 1933 edition was the first or that of 1934 the last, but no other editions appear to have been documented in the contemporary press.

Palmares

Year     Winners                            Runners-Up
1933     O.D.S.                         3-1 Wageningen
1934     Wageningen                     1-0 Wilhelmina

Number of Wins (2 editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets)

 1 [ 1] Wageningen
 1      O.D.S. (Dordrecht)

   [ 1] Wilhelmina (Den Bosch)

1933

Participants (6):
Frisia              (Leeuwarden)
O.D.S.              (Dordrecht)
S.C.H.              (Nijmegen)
Sneek               (Sneek)
Wageningen          (Wageningen)
Wilhelmina          (Den Bosch)

Round 1 [Aug 20]
Wilhelmina          5-2 Frisia              
O.D.S.              5-2 S.C.H.              
Wageningen          bye Sneek               

Semifinals [Aug 27]
O.D.S.              5-2 Wilhelmina          
Wageningen         10-1 Sneek               

NB: on the same day Wilhelmina played in the first round of the tournament
    for the Zilveren Vos in Nijmegen, for which they had registered earlier
    but had not received confirmation of their entry, upon which they also
    signed up for this tournament – only to get a communication from Quick
    after all.

Final [Sep 3]
Wageningen          1-3 O.D.S.              

1934

Participants (6):
D.C.L.              (Rotterdam)
Frisia              (Leeuwarden)
O.D.S.              (Dordrecht)
Sneek               (Sneek)
Wageningen          (Wageningen)
Wilhelmina          (Den Bosch)

Round 1 [Aug 19]
Wilhelmina         10-0 Frisia              
Wageningen          3-2 D.C.L.              
O.D.S.              bye Sneek               

Semifinals [Aug 26]
Wageningen          bt  Sneek               
O.D.S.              0-5 Wilhelmina          

Final [Sep 9]
Wageningen          1-0 Wilhelmina          

Zilveren Steen (Arnhem) 1947-1951

Organised by Vitesse. Only the first edition was held as a pre-season tournament; in 1949 it was played around Easter and in 1951 at Whitsuntide.

Palmares

Year     Winners                            Runners-Up
1947     Schijndel                       2-0 Wageningen
1948       not held
1949     V.V.V.                         4-0 Vitesse
1950       not held (ground Vitesse not available)
1951     Hermes D.V.S.                  4-3 Be Quick

Number of Wins (3 editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets)

 1      Hermes D.V.S. (Schiedam)
 1      Schijndel
 1      V.V.V. (Venlo)

   [ 1] Be Quick (Groningen)
   [ 1] Vitesse (Arnhem)
   [ 1] Wageningen

1947

Participants (8):
Frisia              (Leeuwarden)
Helmondia           (Helmond)
H.S.C.              (Hoogezand)
Phenix              (Enschede)              [replaced West-Frisia (Enkhuizen)]
Rheden              (Rheden)
Schijndel            (Schijndel)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
Wageningen          (Wageningen)

Round 1 [Aug 31]
Phenix              0-1 Schijndel            
H.S.C.              2-0 Helmondia           
Vitesse             1-0 Frisia              
Wageningen          1-1 Rheden              [2-5 pen]

NB: Rheden withdrew because of league obligations (on Sep 7 they defeated
    Gelria (Velp) 2-1 at home); they were replaced by Wageningen.

Semifinals [Sep 7]
Vitesse             0-2 Schijndel            
H.S.C.              1-2 Wageningen          

Final [Sep 7]
Schijndel            2-0 Wageningen          

1949

Participants (8):
A.F.C.              (Amsterdam)
S.C. Enschede       (Enschede)
Frisia              (Leeuwarden)
Neptunus            (Rotterdam)
Quick               (Nijmegen)
Schijndel            (Schijndel)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
V.V.V.              (Venlo)

NB: played in the Easter week (the final was on Easter Monday).

Round 1 [Apr 10]
Quick               2-2 A.F.C.              [3-3, 3-3, 4-3 pen]
S.C. Enschede       4-1 Schijndel            
Vitesse             2-1 Frisia              
V.V.V.              2-1 Neptunus            

Semifinals [Apr 18]
Vitesse             3-0 Quick               
S.C. Enschede       0-0 V.V.V.              [4-4, 4-4, 3-4 pen]

Final [Apr 18]
Vitesse             0-4 V.V.V.              

1951

Participants (8):
A.F.C.              (Amsterdam)
Be Quick            (Groningen)
D.F.C.              (Dordrecht)
Hermes D.V.S.       (Schiedam)
Maurits             (Geleen)
M.V.V.              (Maastricht)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
De Volewijckers      (Amsterdam)

NB: played in the Whitsuntide week (the final was on Whitmonday);
    holders V.V.V. were not able to enter, so Vitesse played them
    in a friendly three weeks after the tournament.

Round 1 [May 6]
D.F.C.              0-2 De Volewijckers      
A.F.C.              2-7 M.V.V.              
Vitesse             0-1 Be Quick            
Hermes D.V.S.       3-1 Maurits             

Semifinals [May 14]
De Volewijckers      1-2 Be Quick            
M.V.V.              1-1 Hermes D.V.S.       [Hermes D.V.S. on pen]

Final [May 14]
Hermes D.V.S.       4-3 Be Quick            

Friendly [Jun 3]
Vitesse             2-3 V.V.V.              

Zilveren Hooiberg (Epe) 1950

Organised by Epe. It is not clear whether it was held more than once.

Palmares

Year     Winners                            Runners-Up
1950     Vitesse                        2-0 Blauw Wit

Number of Wins (1 edition; runners-up finishes between square brackets)

 1      Vitesse (Arnhem)

   [ 1] Blauw Wit (Amsterdam)

1950

Participants (4):
Blauw Wit           (Amsterdam)
Epe                 (Epe)
Vitesse             (Arnhem)
Z.A.C.              (Zwolle)

Semifinals [Aug 13]
Epe                 1-2 Vitesse             
Blauw Wit           3-1 Z.A.C.              

Third Place Match [Aug 13]
Epe                 1-1 Z.A.C.              [Epe on pen]

Final [Aug 13]
Blauw Wit           0-2 Vitesse             

Zilveren Sluis (Tiel) 1952-1954

Organised by Theole.

Palmares

Year     Winners                            Runners-Up
1952     B.V.V.                         2-1 Ajax
1953     D.O.S.                         1-1 B.V.V.                         [D.O.S. on pen]
1954     Theole                             De Valk

Number of Wins (3 editions; runners-up finishes between square brackets)

 1 [ 1] B.V.V. (Den Bosch)
 1      D.O.S. (Utrecht)
 1      Theole (Tiel)

   [ 1] Ajax (Amsterdam)
   [ 1] De Valk (Valkenswaard)

First edition on Ascension Day 1952 at the occasion of the opening of the
Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal, or more exactly the Prins Bernhardsluis, on May 21.

1952

Participants (4):
Ajax                (Amsterdam)
B.V.V.              (Den Bosch)
D.O.S.              (Utrecht)
Theole              (Tiel)

NB: originally D.W.S. (Amsterdam) and Feijenoord (Rotterdam) had been invited
    together with Ajax, but they were replaced by B.V.V. and D.O.S.

Semifinals [May 22]
D.O.S.              0-4 B.V.V.              
Theole              0-5 Ajax                

Third Place Match [May 22]
D.O.S.              5-1 Theole              

Final [May 22]
B.V.V.              2-1 Ajax                

1953

Participants (4):
Ajax                (Amsterdam)
B.V.V.              (Den Bosch)
D.O.S.              (Utrecht)
Theole              (Tiel)

Semifinals [Aug 9]
Theole              1-2 D.O.S.              
Ajax                0-2 B.V.V.              

Third Place Match [Aug 9]
Theole              2-0 Ajax                

Final [Aug 9]
B.V.V.              1-1 D.O.S.              [aet, D.O.S. on pen]

NB: in total 35 penalties (6 series of 3 each) were taken.

1954

Participants (3):
D.O.S.              (Utrecht)
Theole              (Tiel)
De Valk             (Valkenswaard)

NB: played as a single round robin.

[Aug 15]
Theole              1-1 De Valk             
D.O.S.              2-2 De Valk             
Theole              2-1 D.O.S.              

Final Table:

 1.Theole               2   1  1  0   3- 2   3
 2.De Valk              2   0  2  0   3- 3   2
 3.D.O.S.               2   0  1  1   3- 4   1


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel.rsssf@gmail.com)
Last updated: 14 Aug 2025

(C) Copyright Karel Stokkermans and RSSSF 2025
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.