SV Nieuw Sloten

History

Founded on 4 April 2004, SV Nieuw Sloten are 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, where he died due to his injuries. 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. SV Nieuw Sloten suspended all further activities for the remainder of the season following the incident. The players and the father were convicted of manslaughter, 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.

In February 2016, a referee had to be brought to safety after being attacked by players of Nieuw Sloten, after which the club immediately suspended the team involved.