FC Amsterdam was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football club which was founded on June 20, 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

 football clubs Blauw Wit

Blauw Wit

Blauw-Wit is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam. The name refers to the colours of their uniform, blue and white.Blauw-Wit was founded in 1902, as a local club in the Kinkerbuurt. From 1928 it started to play its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The club entered professional...

 and DWS

Door Wilskracht Sterk

AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.-History:AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and...

. The club Volewijckers

Volewijckers

De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord.-History:...

 joined the side for the 1973-1974 season. After a successful start, in which the club made it to the quarter finals of the 1974-75 UEFA Cup defeating Italian

Italy

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 giants Inter Milan in the process, the club was relegated from the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 to the Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

 in 1978. This resulted in a massive reduction in spectator numbers for FC Amsterdam, with the club moving out of the Olympisch Stadion

Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam)

The Olympisch Stadion is a stadium built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600. Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937, the Amsterdam authorities decided to increase the capacity of the...

 in 1980. The side disbanded in 1982.

Notable players

• Jan Jongbloed
  Jan Jongbloed
  Jan Jongbloed was a football goalkeeper with the Netherlands national football team at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, wearing the number 8 jersey....
  
  
• Heini Otto
  Heini Otto
  Heini Otto is a retired football player from the Netherlands.-Early career:Otto worked for his father-in-law in the gold business, and then in a whisky distillery before becoming a professional footballer...
  
  
• Frits Flinkevleugel
• Nico Jansen
• Gerard van der Lem
  Gerard van der Lem
  Gerard van der Lem is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on August 12, 1973 against PSV Eindhoven...
  
  
• Geert Meijer
  Geert Meijer
  Geert Meijer is a Dutch football manager and former professional player who currently coaches amateur team VV Strijen.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Jan Fransz
• Frank Kramer
• Chris Dekker
  Chris Dekker
  Chris Dekker is a former football defender and midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for AZ Alkmaar, NEC Nijmegen, DWS and FC Amsterdam, before moving to Belgium to play for R. Charleroi S.C....
  
  
• Rob Bianchi
• Leen van der Merkt
• Tjeerd Koopman
• Leo de Leeuw
• Willy 'Stengel' van Bommel
• Ton Jung