VV Wageningen was founded in 1911 and a part of their club became professional in 1978. The club played several seasons at the 2nd level of Dutch football and managed to reach the Eredivisie twice (74/75 & 80/81) while they also made it 4 times to the semi finals of the Dutch cup, including a 1-6 win at PSV, which is still their biggest home defeat since 1977. In 1992 the club went bust after they failed to pay 500.000 Gulden to the tax authorities.