SV Nieuw Sloten
SV Nieuw Sloten is a Dutch amateur football (soccer) club from the Nieuw Sloten neighborhood in Amsterdam founded in 2004. The club have a Sunday team competing in the Vijfde Klasse.[1]
Full name | Sportvereniging Nieuw Sloten | |
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Founded | 4 April 2004 | |
Ground | Sportpark Sloten, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
Chairman | Frans Mobron | |
League | Vijfde Klasse Sunday (2012–13) | |
Website | Club website | |
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History
Founded on 4 April 2004, SV Nieuw Sloten is most known for an incident in December 2012 involving the death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen, a linesman from the opposing SC Buitenboys B3 team from Almere, as a result of physical assault by six B1 youth players of Nieuw Sloten and one of their fathers after the match. A couple of hours later, he was not feeling well and was taken to the hospital,[2] where he died due to his injuries.[3] Following the incident, the Royal Dutch Football Association cancelled all amateur matches for 8 and 9 December. A moment of silence was kept during all professional football matches as well as at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.[4] SV Nieuw Sloten suspended all further activities for the remainder of the season following the incident.[5] The players and the father were convicted of manslaughter,[6][7][8][9] and the disciplinary committee of the Royal Dutch Football Association banned five players from football for life, and suspended one player who showed obvious remorse for a period of 60 months.[10]
In February 2016, a referee had to be brought to safety after being attacked by players of Nieuw Sloten,[11] after which the club immediately suspended the team involved.[12]
References
- "SV Nieuw Sloten Zondag selectie". Dit is mijn team. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- Grensrechter in elkaar geslagen, De Telegraaf, 2 December 2012
- Grensrechter Almere overleden, De Telegraaf, 3 December 2012
- Duels afgelast vanwege dood grensrechter, De Telegraaf, 4 December 2012
- Voorlopig geen voetbal voor Nieuw Sloten, De Telegraaf, 3 December
- Majid Mohamed, "Richard Nieuwenhuizen death: Six teenagers and 50-year-old father convicted of manslaughter in shocking case of referee killed over a game of football: Death of official who was volunteering at his son's junior club match shocked the Netherlands", The Independent, 17 June 2013.
- "Seven men convicted following death of Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen - video", The Guardian, 18 June 2013.
- Agence France Presse, "Dutch teens jailed for beating linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen to death", news.com.au, 17 June 2013.
- Bianca Brasser, "Xandra Nieuwenhuizen: 'Het rouwproces kan nu beginnen': De rechtbank in Lelystad oordeelde gisteren dat zeven verdachten schuldig zijn aan de dood van grensrechter Richard Nieuwenhuizen uit Almere", Metro, 18 June 2013. (in Dutch)
- Graeme Kidd, "Linesman's beating death leads to lifetime football ban", NL Times, 26 October 2015.
- Zack Newmark, "Another football referee attacked by Amsterdam's Nieuw Sloten". NL Times, 1 February 2016.
- Jop van Kempen, "Steeds meer incidenten bij amateurvoetbal rond grote steden". Het Parool, 16 February 2016. (in Dutch)
External links
- SV Nieuw Sloten Official website