FC Emmen

Emmen
Full name	Football Club Emmen
Founded	21 August 1925; 96 years ago
Ground	De Oude Meerdijk; Emmen
Capacity	8,600
Manager	Dick Lukkien
League	Eerste Divisie
2020–21	Eredivisie, 16th of 18 (relegated via play-offs)
Website	Club website
Home colours	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.

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	Hof van Saksen
2009–2012	Legea	Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments
2011–2012	Klupp/Legea	Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments
2012–2013	Jako	Sunoil Biodiesel
2013–2015	Masita	Sunoil Biodiesel
2015–2016	Robey	Q&S Garten Deco
2016–2017	Robey	Noordlease
2017–2018	Beltona	Noordlease
2018–2019	Beltona	Hitachi Capital Mobility
2019-2020	Hummel	Hitachi Capital Mobility
2020-2021		EasyToys

Results[]

Season	League	Rank	Games	Points	GF	GA	Manager	Topscorer	Goals
1985–86	Eerste divisie	18	36	24	30	54			8
1986–87	Eerste divisie	16	36	26	41	59			15
1987–88	Eerste divisie	18	36	22	29	59			6
1988–89	Eerste divisie	18	36	20	39	91		Willem Brouwer	13
1989–90	Eerste divisie	6	36	38	53	47		Jan de Jonge	16
1990–91	Eerste divisie	12	38	36	54	67		Michel van Oostrum	24
1991–92	Eerste divisie	18	38	29	37	56	Piet Buter	Jan de Jonge	13
1992–93	Eerste divisie	12	34	27	44	66	René Notten	Jan de Jonge	14
1993–94	Eerste divisie	9	34	36	49	58	René Notten	Jan de Jonge	14
1994–95	Eerste divisie	10	34	35	56	61	Leen Looijen	Antti Sumiala	9
1995–96	Eerste divisie	2	34	67	71	39	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	26
1996–97	Eerste divisie	3	34	63	58	36	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	25
1997–98	Eerste divisie	3	34	61	64	45	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	18
1998–99	Eerste divisie	3	34	61	53	37	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	11
1999–00	Eerste divisie	5	34	58	53	45	Jan de Jonge	Michel van Oostrum Peter Hofstede	13
2000–01	Eerste divisie	11	34	41	53	64	Jan de Jonge	Peter Hofstede	14
2001–02	Eerste divisie	5	34	59	53	43	Hennie Spijkerman	Paul Weerman	14
2002–03	Eerste divisie	2	34	75	66	33	Hennie Spijkerman	Donny de Groot	30
2003–04	Eerste divisie	8	36	61	65	54	Hennie Spijkerman	Dirk Jan Derksen	14
2004–05	Eerste divisie	18	36	30	38	71	Jan Olde Riekerink	Niki Leferink	11
2005–06	Eerste divisie	6	38	60	68	56	Jan van Dijk	Serginho van Dijk Mourad Mghizrat	18
2006–07	Eerste divisie	11	38	48	59	65	Jan van Dijk^[7]	Serginho van Dijk	12
2007–08	Eerste divisie	9	38	53	61	74		Roy Stroeve	12
2008–09	Eerste divisie	13	38	47	48	68	^[8]	Roy Stroeve	13
2009–10	Eerste divisie	15	36	48	51	79	Harry Sinkgraven	Hans Denissen / Ruud ter Heide	12
2010–11	Eerste divisie	13	34	35	48	64	Azing Griever / René Hake	Ruud ter Heide	15
2011–12	Eerste divisie	18	34	17	24	73	René Hake	Ruud ter Heide	5
2012–13	Eerste divisie	12	30	32	38	52	Joop Gall	Ruud ter Heide / Wout Weghorst	8
2013–14	Eerste divisie	12	38	51	64	68	Joop Gall	Roland Bergkamp	14
2014–15	Eerste divisie	4	38	67	88	57	Joop Gall	Cas Peters	23
2015–16	Eerste divisie	7	38	51	58	57	Marcel Keizer / Gert Heerkes	Erixon Danso	14
2016–17	Eerste divisie	9	38	55	50	40	Dick Lukkien	Cas Peters	14
2017–18	Eerste divisie	7	38	58	58	50	Dick Lukkien	Cas Peters	17
2018–19	Eredivisie	14	34	38	41	72	Dick Lukkien	Anco Jansen	5
2019–20	Eredivisie	12	26	9	5	12	Dick Lukkien	Michael de Leeuw	9
2020–21	Eredivisie	16	34	30	40	68	Dick Lukkien	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	NED	Michael Brouwer (on loan from Heracles Almelo)
2	DF	NED	Mitch Apau
3	DF	NED	Jeff Hardeveld
4	DF	NED	Jeroen Veldmate
5	DF	PER	Miguel Araujo
6	DF	NED	Leonel Miguel
7	FW	POR	Rui Mendes
8	MF	FRA	Lucas Bernadou
10	MF	NED	Peter van Ooijen
11	FW	FIN	Jasin-Amin Assehnoun
13	DF	NED	Keziah Veendorp
14	FW	NED	Reda Kharchouch (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam)
16	GK	NED	Kyan van Dorp
17	MF	GER	Willem-Hendrik Hoffrogge
18	DF	NED	Lorenzo Burnet
19	FW	NED	Ben Scholte


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	NED	Jari Vlak
21	FW	NED	Luciano Carty
22	DF	NED	Joël van Kaam (on loan from FC Groningen)
23	FW	NED	Kian Slor (on loan from FC Groningen)
24	MF	CUW	Lentini Caciano
26	GK	NED	Indy Groothuizen
27	MF	FRA	Azzeddine Toufiqui
28	MF	NED	Teun Bijleveld
29	DF	FRA	Arnaud Luzayadio
30	FW	NED	Mart Lieder
33	DF	NED	Peet Bijen
34	MF	NED	Oussama El Azzouzi
44	DF	NED	Julius Dirksen
77	FW	NED	Ole Romeny
—	FW	TUR	Metehan Güçlü (on loan from Rennes)

Honours[]

Promotion to Eredivisie: 1

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[]

^ "FC Emmen history" (in Dutch). FC Emmen.
^ "Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
^ "Emmen-doelpuntenmaker Bijl: 'In de bus kijken of ik al op Wikipedia sta'". NOS. 12 August 2018.
^ "FC Emmen". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ "FC Emmen vs NAC Breda - Eredivisie Qualification - Semi-Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ "Degradatie na strafschoppenserie – FC Emmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ 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 .
^ Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced by . He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 to .
^ "FC Emmen - Squad 2019/2020" (in Dutch). Worldfootball. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ "Selectie FC Emmen – FC Emmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-27.

External links[]

[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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v t FC Emmen
Information	Club Players Managers
Stadia	De Oude Meerdijk
Seasons	2019–20 2020–21

v t Eredivisie
2021–22 clubs	Ajax AZ Cambuur Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo N.E.C. PEC Zwolle PSV Twente RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam Utrecht Vitesse Willem II
Stadiums	Abe Lenstra Stadion De Adelaarshorst AFAS Stadion Cambuur Stadion Erve Asito Euroborg Fortuna Sittard Stadion Galgenwaard GelreDome De Goffert De Grolsch Veste IJsseldeltastadion Johan Cruyff Arena Het Kasteel Koning Willem II Stadion De Kuip Mandemakers Stadion Philips Stadion
Former clubs	ADO Den Haag Alkmaar '54 FC Amsterdam Blauw-Wit Den Bosch Dordrecht DOS DS '79 DWS FC Eindhoven Elinkwijk Emmen SC Enschede Fortuna '54 Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV NAC Breda NOAD RBC Roda JC SVV Telstar Veendam Volendam De Volewijckers VVV-Venlo Wageningen XerxesDZB
Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Hat-tricks Derbies Eredivisie Live
Awards	Footballer of the Year Rinus Michels Award
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