Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second level of the Dutch football league system.
Under the leadership of Piet de Visser, the club was promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time in 1973.
In the 1990–91 season, the club, under the management of Simon Kistemaker (right), became undefeated champions of the Eerste Divisie.
Between 1995 and 2003, De Graafschap enjoyed its longest uninterrupted spell in the Eredivisie.
In 2015, Jan Vreman, affectionately known as "Mister De Graafschap," assumed the role as the club's manager.
Doetinchem is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek. The municipality had a population of 58,270 in 2021 and consists of an area of 79.66 km2 (30.76 sq mi) of which 0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi) is water. This makes Doetinchem the largest town in the Achterhoek.
Church in Doetinchem
Slangenburg Castle
Carel Hendrik Ver Huell
Sanne Keizer, 2007