FC Emmen

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Emmen
FC Emmen logo.svg
Full nameFootball Club Emmen
Founded21 August 1925; 96 years ago (1925-08-21)
GroundDe Oude Meerdijk
Emmen
Capacity8,600
ManagerDick Lukkien
LeagueEerste Divisie
2020–21Eredivisie, 16th of 18 (relegated via play-offs)
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Current season

FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2020–21 season. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time, but in 2021 they were relegated to the Eerste Divisie again. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.

History[]

The amateur club Emmen was formed on 21 August 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.[1]

In 1985, Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. In 1988 the club was split into an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen ( Betaald Voetbal Organisatie, professional football organisation). In 2005, the professional club Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.

FC Emmen has reached the Eerste Divisie play-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to the Dutch Eredivisie for the first time in their history after beating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.[2]

They played their first Eredivisie match on 12 August 2018 against ADO, and won the match by 1–2. Glenn Bijl made the first goal for FC Emmen in the Eredivisie.[3]

Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–2020 season.

Despite a very poor start to the 2020–21 season (six points in the first 22 matches), Emmen incredibly bounced back with an 8-match unbeaten run (five wins, three draws) from February to April, and ended the season with two wins to finish with 30 points.[4] However, they could not achieve automatic safety, as they had a worse goal differential than 15th-placed RKC Waalwijk. This meant that Emmen would have to win the playoffs to avoid relegation, but they lost on penalties following a 1-1 draw vs. NAC Breda.[5] As a result of this loss, FC Emmen were relegated to the Eerste Divisie following three seasons in the top tier.[6]

Stadium[]

FC Emmen's previous JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, now as de Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Panorama JenS Vesting in Emmen

Sponsors[]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1985–1988 Yellow Bird American Stores
1988–1989 Hummel Haka Electronics
1989–1991 Zwiers
1991–1993 Direktbouw Holland
1993–1995 Meubelboulevard Emmen
1995–1997 Gamma Emmen
1997–2001 Ariston/Indesit
2001–2004 Haka Electronics
2004–2006 Henk ten Hoor
2006–2007 KoelGroep Dorenbos
2007–2008 Hof van Saksen
2008–2009 Legea
2009–2012 Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments
2011–2012 Klupp/Legea
2012–2013 Jako Sunoil Biodiesel
2013–2015 Masita
2015–2016 Robey Q&S Garten Deco
2016–2017 Noordlease
2017–2018 Beltona
2018–2019 Hitachi Capital Mobility
2019-2020 Hummel
2020-2021 EasyToys

Results[]

EredivisieEerste Divisie
Season League Rank Games Points GF GA Manager Topscorer Goals
1985–86 Eerste divisie 18 36 24 30 54 Netherlands Netherlands
8
1986–87 Eerste divisie 16 36 26 41 59 Netherlands Netherlands
15
1987–88 Eerste divisie 18 36 22 29 59 Netherlands Netherlands
6
1988–89 Eerste divisie 18 36 20 39 91 Netherlands Netherlands Willem Brouwer
13
1989–90 Eerste divisie 6 36 38 53 47 Netherlands Netherlands Jan de Jonge
16
1990–91 Eerste divisie 12 38 36 54 67 Netherlands Netherlands Michel van Oostrum
24
1991–92 Eerste divisie 18 38 29 37 56 Netherlands Piet Buter Netherlands Jan de Jonge
13
1992–93 Eerste divisie 12 34 27 44 66 Netherlands René Notten Netherlands Jan de Jonge
14
1993–94 Eerste divisie 9 34 36 49 58 Netherlands René Notten Netherlands Jan de Jonge
14
1994–95 Eerste divisie 10 34 35 56 61 Netherlands Leen Looijen Finland Antti Sumiala
9
1995–96 Eerste divisie 2 34 67 71 39 Netherlands Azing Griever Netherlands Michel van Oostrum
26
1996–97 Eerste divisie 3 34 63 58 36 Netherlands Azing Griever Netherlands Michel van Oostrum
25
1997–98 Eerste divisie 3 34 61 64 45 Netherlands Azing Griever Netherlands Michel van Oostrum
18
1998–99 Eerste divisie 3 34 61 53 37 Netherlands Azing Griever Netherlands Michel van Oostrum
11
1999–00 Eerste divisie 5 34 58 53 45 Netherlands Jan de Jonge Netherlands Michel van Oostrum
Netherlands Peter Hofstede
13
2000–01 Eerste divisie 11 34 41 53 64 Netherlands Jan de Jonge Netherlands Peter Hofstede 14
2001–02 Eerste divisie 5 34 59 53 43 Netherlands Hennie Spijkerman Netherlands Paul Weerman 14
2002–03 Eerste divisie 2 34 75 66 33 Netherlands Hennie Spijkerman Netherlands Donny de Groot 30
2003–04 Eerste divisie 8 36 61 65 54 Netherlands Hennie Spijkerman Netherlands Dirk Jan Derksen 14
2004–05 Eerste divisie 18 36 30 38 71 Netherlands Jan Olde Riekerink Netherlands Niki Leferink 11
2005–06 Eerste divisie 6 38 60 68 56 Netherlands Jan van Dijk Indonesia Serginho van Dijk
Morocco Mourad Mghizrat
18
2006–07 Eerste divisie 11 38 48 59 65 Netherlands Jan van Dijk[7] Indonesia Serginho van Dijk 12
2007–08 Eerste divisie 9 38 53 61 74 Netherlands Denmark
Netherlands Roy Stroeve
12
2008–09 Eerste divisie 13 38 47 48 68 Netherlands [8] Netherlands Roy Stroeve 13
2009–10 Eerste divisie 15 36 48 51 79 Netherlands Harry Sinkgraven Netherlands Hans Denissen / Ruud ter Heide 12
2010–11 Eerste divisie 13 34 35 48 64 Netherlands Azing Griever / René Hake Netherlands Ruud ter Heide 15
2011–12 Eerste divisie 18 34 17 24 73 Netherlands René Hake Netherlands Ruud ter Heide 5
2012–13 Eerste divisie 12 30 32 38 52 Netherlands Joop Gall Netherlands Ruud ter Heide / Wout Weghorst 8
2013–14 Eerste divisie 12 38 51 64 68 Netherlands Joop Gall Netherlands Roland Bergkamp 14
2014–15 Eerste divisie 4 38 67 88 57 Netherlands Joop Gall Netherlands Cas Peters 23
2015–16 Eerste divisie 7 38 51 58 57 Netherlands Marcel Keizer / Gert Heerkes Aruba Erixon Danso 14
2016–17 Eerste divisie 9 38 55 50 40 Netherlands Dick Lukkien Netherlands Cas Peters 14
2017–18 Eerste divisie 7 38 58 58 50 Netherlands Dick Lukkien Netherlands Cas Peters 17
2018–19 Eredivisie 14 34 38 41 72 Netherlands Dick Lukkien Netherlands Anco Jansen 5
2019–20 Eredivisie 12 26 9 5 12 Netherlands Dick Lukkien Netherlands Michael de Leeuw 9
2020–21 Eredivisie 16 34 30 40 68 Netherlands Dick Lukkien Netherlands Michael de Leeuw 15

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 1 February 2022[9][10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Michael Brouwer (on loan from Heracles Almelo)
2 DF Netherlands NED Mitch Apau
3 DF Netherlands NED Jeff Hardeveld
4 DF Netherlands NED Jeroen Veldmate
5 DF Peru PER Miguel Araujo
6 DF Netherlands NED Leonel Miguel
7 FW Portugal POR Rui Mendes
8 MF France FRA Lucas Bernadou
10 MF Netherlands NED Peter van Ooijen
11 FW Finland FIN Jasin-Amin Assehnoun
13 DF Netherlands NED Keziah Veendorp
14 FW Netherlands NED Reda Kharchouch (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam)
16 GK Netherlands NED Kyan van Dorp
17 MF Germany GER Willem-Hendrik Hoffrogge
18 DF Netherlands NED Lorenzo Burnet
19 FW Netherlands NED Ben Scholte
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Netherlands NED Jari Vlak
21 FW Netherlands NED Luciano Carty
22 DF Netherlands NED Joël van Kaam (on loan from FC Groningen)
23 FW Netherlands NED Kian Slor (on loan from FC Groningen)
24 MF Curaçao CUW Lentini Caciano
26 GK Netherlands NED Indy Groothuizen
27 MF France FRA Azzeddine Toufiqui
28 MF Netherlands NED Teun Bijleveld
29 DF France FRA Arnaud Luzayadio
30 FW Netherlands NED Mart Lieder
33 DF Netherlands NED Peet Bijen
34 MF Netherlands NED Oussama El Azzouzi
44 DF Netherlands NED Julius Dirksen
77 FW Netherlands NED Ole Romeny
FW Turkey TUR Metehan Güçlü (on loan from Rennes)

Honours[]

2017–2018
  • Sunday amateur football title: 1
1974–75
  • Sunday Hoofdklasse C: 1
1974–75
  • Best performance in the Dutch Cup: two times in the quarterfinals (KNVB Cup 1989-90 and KNVB Cup 1998-99).

Former technical directors[]

  • Rob Groener
  • Gerard Somer

References[]

  1. ^ "FC Emmen history" (in Dutch). FC Emmen.
  2. ^ "Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Emmen-doelpuntenmaker Bijl: 'In de bus kijken of ik al op Wikipedia sta'". NOS. 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ "FC Emmen". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  5. ^ "FC Emmen vs NAC Breda - Eredivisie Qualification - Semi-Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  6. ^ "Degradatie na strafschoppenserie – FC Emmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  7. ^ Van Dijk was fired on 17 February 2007 and replaced by former player Alfons Arts, who gave over the job on 7 March 2007 to .
  8. ^ Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced by . He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 to .
  9. ^ "FC Emmen - Squad 2019/2020" (in Dutch). Worldfootball. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Selectie FC Emmen – FC Emmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-27.

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