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DVS '33 Ermelo (Door Vereniging Sterk, English: Strong Through Unity) is a Dutch amateur football club from Ermelo, founded 1 September 1933. The club currently competes in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of league football in the Netherlands. The club evolved out of the merger of two football clubs from Ermelo, namely Ajax Ermelo and EFC. It is the largest and most successful club from Ermelo. Some of the club's youth teams compete at the national level, for example against youth teams of Ajax and Vitesse Arnhem. In 2007 DVS '33 was one of three clubs to be nominated for the Amateur football club of the year. In 2015 DVS '33 were promoted to the Topklasse, the third tier of league football in the Netherlands. On 22 August 2015 they played their first match in Topklasse, a 3–3 draw against Excelsior Maassluis.