FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam () was a Dutch football club from Amsterdam. The name referred to the colours of their uniform, blue and white.
History
Founded on 10 May 1902 as a local club in the Kinkerbuurt area of Amsterdam, from 1928 it started to play its home matches in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The club entered professional football in the Netherlands in 1954. In 1972 the club merged with Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam. Blauw-Wit continued as an amateur club, that still exists today. Originally named VICTORIA! the club merged with another neighborhood club Holland from which point the combined clubs took on the name Blauw-Wit and were permitted into the Derde Klasse by the NVB.
From 1914 until 1928 Blauw-Wit played in the Old Stadion, before moving to the Olympic Stadium. The club championed the Eerste Klasse KNVB West I seven times (then the highest class in Dutch football). The club joined the professional football league Eredivisie from its inception in 1954. The club merged with Volewijckers and DWS to form FC Amsterdam in 1972.
The remaining amateur club fused once more in 2002, this time with Osdorp-Sport to form asv Blauw-Wit Osdorp and then in 2003 with KBV, Neerlandia/SLTO and Sparta Amsterdam back to FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. In 2015 Blauw-Wit merged with another Amsterdam club VV De Beursbengels to form Blauw-Wit Beursbengels, ending a storied club's era.
Stadsderby against Ajax
De Stadsderby (English: "City derby") was a local football rivalry between both Amsterdam clubs Ajax and Blauw-Wit, both teams shared the Olympic Stadium for home games from 1928 until 1972. In total the two sides have competed in a total of 52 matches in Cup and league play, not counting friendly encounters between the two sides. Of those meets, Ajax have won 23 matches and Blauw-Wit have won 16. The remaining 13 matches ended in a draw. The goal difference between the two clubs is 83–66 in favor of Ajax. The first competition match between the two clubs was 1914/15 season. The last competitive encounter between the sides was in the 1963/64 season. The 7"-inch single "De Voetbalmatch" of Dutch cabaret artist Louis Davids, released in 1929 on His Master's Voice is a song recounting an encounter of Blauw-Wit against Ajax.
Supporters
In the early years many supporters decked out in the team colors and with cars painted in the blue and white zebra colors would accompany the players to the away games against the other five district champions in the Championship, which was not ordinary at that time. In 1950 against Ajax (Rinus Michels), Enschedese Boys, Heerenveen (Abe Lenstra), Limburgia and Maurits. During these matches the supporters of Blauw-Wit could be heard loud and clear singing (Ons ideaal, dat is Blauwwit, de Club waar pit in zit, de Club van het Stadion, kwam, zag en overwon, invariably ended with the yell alabimba, alabimba, blauwwit, blauwwit, blauwwit!!) ().
National team players
The following players have played for the Netherlands national football team while playing for Blauw-Wit: 1 Co Bergman 8x (31-10-1937; 28-11-1937; 31-3-1940; 10-3-1946; 27-11-1946; 7-4-1947; 4-5-1947; 26-5-1947) 2 Cor Wilders 8x (31-1-1937; 4-4-1937; 2-5-1937; 23-4-1939; 7-5-1939; 17-3-1940; 21-4-1940; 10-3-1946) 3 Hermanus van Diermen 5x (5-4-1920; 13-5-1920; 16-5-1920; 15-5-1921; 12-6-1921) 4 Eb van der Kluft 4x (12-6-1921; 2-4-1923; 29-4-1923; 10-5-1923) 5 Frans Hombörg 2x (9-6-1929; 12-6-1929) 6 Ko Stijger 2x (17-3-1940; 10-3-1946) 7 Feike Lietzen 1x (26-3-1922) 8 Ferry Mesman 1x (15-10-1950) 9 Herman van Raalte 1x (21-11-1948) 10 Jan Schindeler 1x (19-4-1925) 11 Kees Slot 1x (31-3-1940)
Below is a unique national team selection with 3 Blauwwitters, amongst them the team captain, plus 1 on the bench. The Dutch won the match 6–2 against Luxembourg on 10 March 1946. Luxembourg – Netherlands: 2 – 6 Manager: Karel Kaufman Players: Piet Kraak, Cor Wilders (captain), Henk van der Linden, Jan van Buijtenen, Henk Pellikaan, Ko Stijger, Jan Holleman, Faas Wilkes, Abe Lenstra, Kees Rijvers, Co Bergman. Players on the bench: Herman van Raalte, Jan Potharst, A.W.H. van der Veen, Anton van der Vegt The Dutch goals were scored by Faas Wilkes 4x, Kees Rijvers 1x, Co Bergman 1x.