dws became champions of the eredivisie in 1964, the same year they were promoted from the eerste divisie, which is a feat that has never been repeated since from any team after being promoted to the eredivisie. dws then reached the quarter finals of the 1964–65 european cup, in the next season. their 1964 triumph is the most recent occasion of a club without a predominantly red and white home strip (unlike recent contenders ajax, az, feyenoord, psv and twente) winning the eredivisie title, a drought of 55 years.