After decades in the lower tiers of amateur football, the Sportlust '46 first team made a leap in the Dutch football pyramid after the turn of the century, where they promoted to the
Hoofdklasse for the first time in the 2011–12 season. In 2019, Sportlust '46 won a championship in the Saturday
Eerste Klasse, and promoted to the
Hoofdklasse. In 2020, the club won promotion to the fourth-tier
Derde Divisie, their second successive promotion, after leading their group at the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic. This was made possible due to the enlargement of the Derde Divisie to 36 teams. In the
2021–22 Derde Divisie season, Sportlust '46 qualified for the promotion playoffs, but they were eliminated after a 4–1 second leg loss to
Kozakken Boys in the first round.
Managers •
Ruud Bos (1979–1986) •
Peter van Boeijen (1994–1996) •
Jan van den Heuvel (1998–2001) •
Robbert de Ruiter (2001–1903) •
Wim Berckenkamp (2003–1904) •
Jan van den Heuvel (2004–2007) •
Koos van Zoest (2007–2010) •
Carl Flux (2010–2011) •
Cesco Agterberg (2011–2012) • Richard Middelkoop (2012–2015) •
Dennis Sluijk (2015-2016) •
Wim van 't Westeinde (2016–2018) •
Patrick Loenen (2018–2022) •
Jochem Twisler (2022-2024) •
Willem Romp (2024–) ==Current squad==