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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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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 run as the Mokum side 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

More than the rugby.

AAC youth players lined up by the pitch
AAC supporters cheer from the stand with club balloons at the women’s Ereklasse final
AAC members shaking hands at the club
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
7
Youth groups from age 6
’72
First Amsterdam Sevens
AAC sevens action
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, back again 6 & 7 June 2026.

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What's next

Coming up.

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.

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.

Sydney de Weijer in Netherlands kit
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.

Fay Bushnell, AAC women's portrait
Netherlands · Development

Fay Bushnell

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

Morgane ter Cock in Netherlands kit
Netherlands · Squad pool

Morgane ter Cock

From the 2024–25 title-winning side.

Maya Sangala in Netherlands kit
Netherlands · Squad pool

Maya Sangala

From the 2024–25 title-winning side.

Merel de Groot in Netherlands kit
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 youth players celebrate
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

How to join.

Training is Tuesday and Thursday at Sportpark De Eendracht. Turn up, or message ahead. Experience isn't required.

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

Two Chefs Brewing
Top Sport
Gouden Florijn
Scimitar
Verdee Infra
De Bakkerswinkel
Qantis
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