SC Veendam

Old club logo, under the denomination of BV Veendam

The club was founded on 4 September 1894, which makes it one of the oldest professional Dutch football clubs. The club's first name was Look-Out, which was changed to Prinses Juliana Veendam (Princess Juliana Veendam) in 1909, which soon became simply Veendam. Veendam became professional in 1954, when the Dutch professional league was introduced. The professional branch of the club left the club in 1974, to form Sportclub Veendam. The amateur branch became Veendam 1894. Sportclub Veendam would later become Betaald Voetbal Veendam, more commonly known as BV Veendam.

The club has spent the largest part of its professional existence (42 seasons) in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club has spent six seasons in the Second Division, and has played in the Eredivisie for two seasons: 1986–87 (17th) and 1988–89 (18th).

During the 2009–10 season, a number of financial issues emerged at Veendam, and on 28 April 2010 (only days after the end of the 2009–10 Eerste Divisie) the club was requested to be declared bankrupt due to excessive debts.[2] On 12 May 2010, BV Veendam was ultimately declared bankrupt, an event that threatened to put an end to the club's 115-year history.[3] However, the verdict was later overturned on appeal, after the club managed to collect enough money to pay off most of its debts before the deadline of 2 June.[4][5] In 2011, the club changed its name from BV Veendam to SC Veendam.[6] Veendam's main rival was FC Emmen from Emmen. Renewed funding problems made the club file for bankruptcy, which was declared on 25 March 2013.[1]

• Promoted to Eredivisie
  • Promotion: 1986, 1988
• Promoted to Eerste Divisie
  • Promotion: 1959, 1968

Season	League	Rank	Games	Points	GF	GA	Manager	Topscorer	Goals
1990–91	Eerste divisie	18	38	25	47	78	Thiemo Meertens	Lee Payne	10
1991–92	Eerste divisie	12	38	40	48	49	Theo Verlangen	Willem Brouwer	12
1992–93	Eerste divisie	16	34	22	32	60	Theo Verlangen	Willem Brouwer	9
1993–94	Eerste divisie	17	34	23	39	57	Henk Nienhuis	Willem Brouwer	11
1994–95	Eerste divisie	8	34	38	54	41	Jan Schulting	Joseph Oosting Bert Zuurman	11
1995–96	Eerste divisie	4	34	58	48	35	Jan Schulting	Lesmond Prinsen	6
1996–97	Eerste divisie	10	34	49	44	35	Jan Schulting	Henny Meijer	14
1997–98	Eerste divisie	12	34	45	51	55	Henk Bodewes	Bert Zuurman	16
1998–99	Eerste divisie	13	34	39	47	54	Henk Bodewes	Marnix Kolder Bob Mulder	8
1999-00	Eerste divisie	12	34	41	50	61	Azing Griever	Marnix Kolder	8
2000–01	Eerste divisie	14	34	39	54	69	Martin Koopman	Ivan Tsvetkov	18
2001–02	Eerste divisie	11	34	45	60	62	Martin Koopman	Ivan Tsvetkov	22
2002–03	Eerste divisie	17	34	32	37	66	Jan Korte	Rick Slor	4
2003–04	Eerste divisie	14	36	34	44	71	Jan Korte	Ronald Hamming	21
2004–05	Eerste divisie	11	36	45	47	56	Jan Korte	Ronald Hamming	16
2005–06	Eerste divisie	14	38	51	54	60	Joop Gall	Ronald Hamming	14
2006–07	Eerste divisie	8	38	55	57	50	Joop Gall	Marnix Kolder	15
2007–08	Eerste divisie	15	38	44[7]	57	67	Joop Gall	Mark Veldmate	11
2008–09	Eerste divisie	19	38	36[8]	46	67	Joop Gall	Michiel Hemmen	7
2009–10	Eerste divisie	9	36	52	57	48	Joop Gall	Michael de Leeuw	25
2010–11	Eerste divisie	4	34	53	54	44	Gert Heerkes	Michael de Leeuw	13
2011–12	Eerste divisie	16	34	22	42	67	Gert Heerkes	Anco Jansen	10

Below is a table with Veendam's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.