[1] Several of the top Dutch women footballers, including Lieke Martens, Vivianne Miedema, and Sherida Spitse, have played for the club.

The club won the first-ever Eredivisie match, spoiling FC Twente's debut at the Arke Stadion, 3–2.

[3] In April 2011, the club announced the women's team would disband at the end of the season,[4] but it subsequently cancelled the decision.

In the 2012–13 season, sc Heerenveen moved in the newly formed BeNe League.

In 2017 and 2018, the club again reached the semifinals of the KNVB Women's Cup, losing to PSV in 2017 and AFC Ajax in 2018.