Amsterdamse Atletiek Club · Rugby

Amsterdam's Rugby Club Since 1930.

Men's 1st XV in the Ereklasse. Women's 1st XV: eight-time national champions. 2nd XV: four promotions in four seasons.

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Club news.

Men, women and youth

Teams at AAC

AAC scrum-half feeds the ball as the pack drives forward

Three senior XVs

Men

1st XV · Ereklasse (top division)

1st XV: Ereklasse, the Dutch top division. 2nd XV: Eersteklasse, one tier below. 3rd XV: flexible senior rugby with RCA.

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Eight national titles

Women

One XV · 8× Champions

AAC's women's XV plays in the Dames Ereklasse. The side has won eight national titles and finished as 2025–26 runners-up.

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Seven age groups

Youth

From age 6 · Guppen–Colts

Seven age groups take children from their first training session through to Colts. New players are welcome from age six.

Youth rugby →

Founded 1930 · 96th yearMen's & Women's 1st XV in the EreklasseTraining Tue & Thu 19:30New members welcome from age 6Amsterdam's oldest rugby club500 members · 15+ nationalitiesFounded 1930 · 96th yearMen's & Women's 1st XV in the EreklasseTraining Tue & Thu 19:30New members welcome from age 6Amsterdam's oldest rugby club500 members · 15+ nationalities

About

The oldest rugby club in Amsterdam, and one of the oldest in the Netherlands.

A 1931 team photograph of the AAC rugby side: players in hooped jerseys with club officials, posed together with a match ball marked 1931. — The AAC side in 1931 — the oldest known photograph of the club.

Founded in 1930, AAC was one of the very first clubs to carry organised rugby in the Netherlands. Eleven men's national titles and eight women's followed across nine decades.

Today the club fields three men's XVs — the 3rd entered jointly with Rugby Club Amsterdam — a women's XV and a full youth section: around 500 members of 15-plus nationalities. The men's 1st XV play in the Ereklasse, the Dutch top division, and in May 2026 they secured a second season in the top flight, year one of a new project. Pre-season opens in July under new Head Coach Daniel Geurs.

AAC partners with Topsport Amsterdam to support elite players, and shares its home with the Netherlands national XV at the National Rugby Centre on Sportpark De Eendracht.

Club life

Life at AAC.

AAC supporters cheer from the stand with club balloons at the women’s Ereklasse final

AAC players gather for a photo after beating Utrecht USRS — Photo: Kevin Scott

AAC mark the women’s first team in the clubhouse

AAC celebrate the Ereklasse title at the clubhouse party

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96.

Years since 1930

~500

Members, 15+ nationalities

19×

National titles11 Men | 8 Women

3+1

Senior XVs, men & women

Youth groups from age 6

’72

First Amsterdam Sevens

Photo · Kevin Scott

Since

1972

Amsterdam Sevens.

AAC founded the Amsterdam Sevens in 1972. From twelve teams in year one to one of the largest sevens tournaments in Europe — the 2026 edition ran 6 & 7 June.

Amsterdam Sevens details →

What's next

Coming up.

Late July

Senior · Pre-season

Pre-season returns

Men's and women's senior training picks up at De Eendracht under new head coach Daniel Geurs. New players welcome.

See how to join → 22–23.08.26

Event · Coaches

Int'l Coaching Summit

therugbysite.com's flagship summit returns to the NRCA. Open to all coaches.

See summit programme →

This week at the club Full agenda →

Nothing on at the club in the next seven days. The season has wrapped up; new-season fixtures land in late summer.

Our home ground

Sportpark De Eendracht.

AAC plays at the NRCA Stadium on De Eendracht in Amsterdam-West — a 5,000-capacity ground opened in 1997, shared with the Netherlands national XV.

Directions and facilities →

Two AAC clubmen shaking hands at Sportpark De Eendracht

The staff

26/27 Staff.

Pre-season opens in July at De Eendracht under new Head Coach Daniel Geurs, working with Director of Rugby Gary Jefferies and the wider coaching team across the men's, women's and youth sides.

Coaches and club contacts →

96th year

Founded 1930.

Amsterdam's first rugby club. 22 October 1930 is the founding date recorded in the Rugby Nederland registry. Nearly a century on, AAC is still the oldest club in the city.

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11×

Men's national titles

First in 1932 · most recent 2008

8×

Women's national titles

Most recent · 2024–25

In the Oranje

AAC in the national setup.

Netherlands · Tighthead prop

Sydney de Weijer

Named in the Rugby Europe Championship 2025 Team of the Tournament; tried in the 2026 opener v Portugal. AAC's WXV 3 representative in Dubai, 2024.

Netherlands · Development

Fay Bushnell

Scored in the 2024–25 Dames Ereklasse final aged 15.

Netherlands · Squad pool

Morgane ter Cock

From the 2024–25 title-winning side.

Netherlands · Squad pool

Maya Sangala

From the 2024–25 title-winning side.

Netherlands · Squad pool

Merel de Groot

From the 2024–25 title-winning side.

Gallery

The club in photos.

AAC woman breaks the Utrecht URC line — Photo: Kevin Scott

AAC ball-carrier breaks clear against Amsterdam RC — Photo: Kevin Scott

AAC sevens player carries the ball past an Aachen RC tackler — Photo: Kevin Scott

AAC supporters celebrate in the stand with blue smoke at the women’s Ereklasse final

AAC squad celebrates the win over Utrecht USRS — Photo: Kevin Scott

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AAC Rugby players celebrating a try together on the pitch at Sportpark De Eendracht

Membership

Start playing at AAC.

Senior training is Tuesday and Thursday at Sportpark De Eendracht. First-time players can email the club before their first session.

When: Tue + Thu · 19:30
Where: Sportpark De Eendracht · Amsterdam-West

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Club partners

Our partners.

AAC is a member-run amateur club. Kit, balls, training equipment, the junior section and match-day hospitality are kept running by local sponsors, most of them friends of the club.