The club was founded on 25 February 1913 – by the teetotalers singing club – as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːpəlˌdoːr(ə)nsə ɣəˈɦeːl ˈɔntɦʌu̯dərsˌfudbɑlvəˌreːnəɣɪŋ ˈsteːts ˈfoːrˌʋaːrts], after having experienced firsthand the drinking abuse after sports matches on Sundays.

The name was changed to AGOVV, or Apeldoornse Geheel Onthouders Voetbalvereniging, which means Apeldoorn football club for teetotalers.

AGOVV became Alleen Gezamenlijk Oefenen Voert Verder Dutch pronunciation: [ɑˈleːŋ ɣəˈzaːmə(n)lək ˈufənə(ɱ) ˈvurt ˈfɛrdər][note 1] (Only Practising Together Brings Us Further)..

[1] AGOVV achieved its best results in the 1941–42 and 1948–49 seasons, where they won the title in the Eerste Klasse East division and in the First Class Championship (today known as the Eredivisie), finished in third place.

[2] The most famous players from the period of professional football were goalkeeper Joop Niezen, who later became editor-in-chief of Voetbal International, and centre-forward Sietze de Vries.

Incidentally, a uniform strategy for achieving this only started in earnest in the mid-eighties, when a policy plan was presented that initially had to ensure AGOVV's return to the top of amateur football.

[7] This eventually yielded results: in the late nineties, the club returned to the upper echelon of amateurism and focused on professional football.

[2] In the 2001–02 season, AGOVV became champion in the Hoofdklasse C under the leadership of manager Peter Bosz and later also won the general amateur championship of the Netherlands.

[11] After two seasons with average success and without having made it to promotion play-offs, management sought a new approach and Koolhof's contract was not extended.

The season was completed by the two assistant coaches Roberto Klomp and Marco Heering without success: AGOVV finished last in the league table.

A 6th-place finish in the 2009–10 season was the best result since AGOVV's return to professional football, when the club would play one last time in the promotion play-offs.

[14] AGOVV had only missed the bottom spot in the league because FC Emmen had been deducted six points due to financial irregularities.

Another option was the buyback by the municipality of Apeldoorn of the existing site that had been sold to AGOVV in 1999, after which the football club would become solely a tenant.

The professional club AGOVV was officially declared bankrupt on 11 January 2013, when it was announced on behalf of its board that the bankruptcy was resigned, and the team was pulled from the league.

[27] The renovation of the wooden stand on the Sportpark Berg & Bos was completed and was reopened on 20 August 2016 by alderman Detlev Cziesso.