ZVL Leiden
Dutch swimming and water polo club
With almost 1800 members, ZVL-1886 is the largest swimming club in Leiden and the surrounding area. ZVL-1886 stands for Zwem Vereniging Leiden and 1886 refers to the year that the first swimming club was founded in Leiden. ZVL-1886 was created in May 2018 after a merger between De Zijl Zwemsport and LZ-1886. The crest colors are red and blue.
In 1886 Mr H.A. van Ingen Schenau took the initiative to hold competitions among the visitors of swimming facility 'Rhijnzigt', located on the Galgewater. The first swimming competitions took place at the beginning of July. These competitions led to the foundation of the first Leiden Swimming Club (LZC), which took place on July 24, 1886 and had approximately 100 members.
Over the years, various clubs were founded in Leiden. De Zijl in 1922, De Leidse Golfbrekers in 1946. The history of swimming and water polo in Leiden has various mergers, such as the one between these two clubs in 1971.
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