{{short description|Former association football club in Rotterdam, Netherlands}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = RKSV Leonidas | current = | image = RKSV_Leonidas_logo.png | image_size = 200px | fullname = Rooms-Katholieke Sport Vereniging Leonidas | nickname = | founded = {{start date and age|1909}} | dissolved = {{end date and age|2021}} | ground = Leonidas, Rotterdam | capacity = 1,000 | owner = | chairman = | manager = | league = Hoofdklasse Sunday B | season = 2020–21 | position = Hoofdklasse Sunday B, 16th of 16 (withdrew) | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = 0000FF | socks1 = 0000FF | website = }}
'''RKSV Leonidas''' was a football club from Rotterdam, Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indelingen Divisies en hoofdklassen bekend|date=28 June 2017|access-date=28 July 2017|author=Redactie|url=http://www.voetbalrotterdam.nl/2017/06/indelgen-divisies-en-hoofdklassen-bekend/|work=Voetbal Rotterdam|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728132007/http://www.voetbalrotterdam.nl/2017/06/indelgen-divisies-en-hoofdklassen-bekend/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== The club won the 2012 KNVB Amateur Cup. In 1999, Leonidas won the KNVB District Cup in the (now defunct) West IV District.
In August 2020, reports surfaced indicating the potential dissolution of the club, based on recommendations from board members Geert Hof and Bart Kreft, citing years of financial and organisational challenges.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rotterdamse voetbalvereniging Leonidas houdt op te bestaan |url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/198023/rotterdamse-voetbalvereniging-leonidas-houdt-op-te-bestaan |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=Rijnmond |date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429154624/https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/198023/rotterdamse-voetbalvereniging-leonidas-houdt-op-te-bestaan |archive-date=29 April 2023 |language=nl}}</ref> The club faced difficulties in mobilising volunteers, experienced a decline in financial resources, and accrued a debt of €100,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oevelen |first1=Wesley van |last2=Oosterom |first2=Eric |title=Voetbalclub Leonidas stopt na 110 jaar: 'Het was niet meer de vereniging van vroeger' |url=https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/voetbalclub-leonidas-stopt-na-110-jaar-het-was-niet-meer-de-vereniging-van-vroeger~a40d84bd/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=12 August 2020 |language=nl}}</ref> Discussions were held with SVV from Schiedam regarding a possible merger, which was ultimately rejected during a General Assembly of the Schiedam-based club. Consequently, a reboot was initiated, with several teams lower ranked teams of the Saturday department.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verspreek |first1=Paul |title=Column: Hoe prestatiedrang leidde tot de val van Leonidas |url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/198719/column-hoe-prestatiedrang-leidde-tot-de-val-van-leonidas |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=Rijnmond |date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429152931/https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/198719/column-hoe-prestatiedrang-leidde-tot-de-val-van-leonidas |archive-date=29 April 2023 |language=nl}}</ref> Subsequently, in April 2021, the youth department separated and rebranded as FC Banlieue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kruif |first1=Frank de |title=Conflict bij Leonidas geëscaleerd: jeugdafdeling van voetbalclub vraagt politieke steun |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/04/23/jeugdtak-leonidas-vraagt-politieke-steun-a4040768 |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=NRC |date=23 April 2021 |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Oevelen |first1=Wesley van |title=Bij deze nieuwe voetbalclub spelen de jeugdleden van Leonidas en de rappers van Broederliefde straks |url=https://www.ad.nl/regiosport-rotterdam/bij-deze-nieuwe-voetbalclub-spelen-de-jeugdleden-van-leonidas-en-de-rappers-van-broederliefde-straks~a1667b03/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=10 May 2021 |language=nl}}</ref>
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