FC Emmen
Full name | Football Club Emmen | ||
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Founded | 21 August 1925 | ||
Ground | De Oude Meerdijk Emmen | ||
Capacity | 8,600 | ||
Chairman | Ronald Lubbers | ||
Manager | Robin Peter | ||
League | Eerste Divisie | ||
2023–24 | Eerste Divisie, 7th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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FC Emmenis a Dutch professionalfootballclub based inEmmen,Drenthe.They currently play in theEerste Divisie,the second tier ofDutch football,following relegation from theEredivisiein the2022–23season. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time. Home games are played atDe Oude Meerdijk.
History
[edit]The amateur clubEmmenwas 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 (BetaaldVoetbalOrganisatie,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 instancePSV,RBCorADO.
FC Emmen has reached theEerste Divisieplay-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to theDutch Eredivisiefor the first time in their history after beatingSparta Rotterdam3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.[2]
They played their firstEredivisiematch on 12 August 2018 atADO Den Haag,and won 2–1.Glenn Bijlscored the first goal for Emmen in the top flight.[3]Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–20 season.
Despite a very poor start to the2020–21 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-placedRKC 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 theEerste Divisiefollowing three seasons in the top tier.[6]However, they were promoted the first attempt the next year.[7]In the2022–23 season,they finished 16th, having to win the playoffs to avoid relegation again. This time, they became the first 16th-place team to reach the final under the new format, but they were relegated again after losing toAlmere Cityin the playoff final.[8]
Stadium
[edit]FC Emmen's previousJenS Vesting,more popularly known asDe Meerdijk,now asde Oude Meerdijkwas the scene of several matches of the2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Sponsors
[edit]Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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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
[edit]Coaching staff
[edit]Position | Staff |
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Manager | Dick Lukkien |
Assistant manager | Gerard Wiekens Bas Sibum |
First-team coach | Casper Goedkoop |
Team Manager | Harm Hensens |
Goalkeeper coach | Richard Moes |
Fitness coach | Peter Eppinga |
Video analyst | Matthias Maurer |
Materialman | Karel Hilbrands Dirk-Jan Stap |
Rehabilitation trainer/Caregiver | Jan Haak |
Club doctor | Hans de Vries Gerben Bulthuis Dick Grootoonk |
Physiotherapist | Richard Moes Ruben Zuidema |
Chief scout | Jan Korte Jurjan Mannes |
Scout | Jordy Fühler |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
[edit]- Eerste Divisie
- Winner:2021–22
- Sunday amateur football title
- Winner:1974–75
- Sunday Hoofdklasse C
- Winner:1974–75
Former technical directors
[edit]- Rob Groener
- Gerard Somer
References
[edit]- ^"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.Retrieved22 May2021.
- ^"FC Emmen vs NAC Breda – Eredivisie Qualification – Semi-Final stats, H2H, lineups".FotMob.Retrieved22 May2021.
- ^"Degradatie na strafschoppenserie – FC Emmen"(in Dutch).Retrieved22 May2021.
- ^"FC Emmen secures promotion to Eredivisie | NL Times".nltimes.nl.Retrieved23 September2023.
- ^admin (11 June 2023)."Almere City promoted as Emmen go down".Football Oranje.Retrieved23 September2023.
- ^Van Dijk was fired on 17 February 2007 and replaced by former playerAlfons Arts,who gave over the job on 7 March 2007 toGerry Hamstra.
- ^Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced byThiemo Meertens.He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 toPaul Krabbe.
- ^Grim was fired on 9 April 2024 and replaced byAlfons Arts.
- ^"FC Emmen – Squad 2019/2020"(in Dutch). Worldfootball.Retrieved3 July2019.
- ^"Selectie FC Emmen – FC Emmen"(in Dutch).Retrieved27 July2021.