The most famous football name from the Veenkoloniën is undoubtedly BV Veendam. The internet still offers a lot of information about this ‘cult club’, for example this site about the history of professional football. The club was founded in 1894 under the name Look-Out. After several mergers, VV Veendam was founded in 1919. The club uniform became a yellow shirt, black pants, yellow socks. The club first played in the first division North. Football association KNVB started a professional competition in 1954 and Veendam also joined.

