FC Eindhoven

FC Eindhoven
Full nameFootball Club Eindhoven
Nickname(s)Blauw-witten (Blue-Whites)
Founded16 November 1909; 114 years ago (1909-11-16)
GroundJan Louwers Stadion,
Eindhoven
Capacity4,600
ChairmanRonald Onink
ManagerWillem Weijs
LeagueEerste Divisie
2022–23Eerste Divisie, 8th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven.

FC Eindhoven play their home games at Jan Louwers Stadion, on the southern part of the city. The club's official colours are blue and white, hence their nickname "Blauw-Witten" (lit.'The Blue-Whites').

History

Historical chart of league performance

The club was founded on 16 November 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. A couple of gentleman had seen that clubs in the Randstad were growing and felt there was a need for a new team in Eindhoven too. It was decided to form a new club called E.V.V. short for Eindhovense Voetbal Vereniging. Club colours were blue and white, the blue stemming from the crest of the city Eindhoven at that time. E.V.V. started to play in the Brabantse Voetbalbond, a regional league, but after a couple of years joined the NVB, the National League. In 1921 E.V.V. fuses with Gestel (local team) and changes its name to E.V.V. Eindhoven. At the end of the 30s, Eindhoven had its first success winning as the Dutch Cup, the KNVB Beker (1937). In 1939, E.V.V. Eindhoven was the champion of the 1st Division Region South and played for the title of The Netherlands with teams like DWS, NEC, Ajax and Achilles 1894. They finish fourth.

In 1950, E.V.V. Eindhoven had their first Dutch international in Noud van Melis. Frans Tebak and Dick Snoek were to quickly follow in his footsteps. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league. After turning professional in 1954, the club played in the Eredivisie until 1957, when Eindhoven were relegated to the Eerste Divisie. In 1969, they were even relegated to the Tweede Divisie. Two years later, the club secured promotion back to the Eerste Divisie, and in 1975, Eindhoven were promoted to the Eredivisie. In 1977, Eindhoven were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie, where it has remained ever since. In 1997, E.V.V. Eindhoven moved from a professional club back to an amateur club. A new professional club SBV Eindhoven (Stichting Betaald Voetbal Eindhoven) was founded, and in 2002 changed its name to FC Eindhoven.

In the 2009–2010 season, FC Eindhoven qualified for playoffs to advance to the Eredivisie. Eindhoven advanced past the first round defeating AGOVV Apeldoorn 4–2 on goal aggregate. Eindhoven was pitted against possible relegation from Eredivisie club Willem II and were defeated on a 3–2 aggregate. In 2011/2012, FC Eindhoven finished third, despite Ernest Faber leaving the club to join Dick Advocaat at PSV as his assistant in March 2012.[1] The club lost 3–0 to Helmond Sport over two legs, 1–0 in the first and 2–0 in the second, in Round 2 of the promotion playoffs.

Erwin Koeman, the replacement of Ernest Faber, left in the summer of 2012 and was replaced by John Lammers. Under Lammers the 2012–13 season finished in a disappointing 16th spot, only above two sides whose points totals had been set at zero due to bankruptcy. The 2013–14 season was a big improvement with the club finishing sixth and qualifying for the promotion play-offs. There they encountered Sparta Rotterdam and lost to 3–1 on aggregate.

Rivalries

FC Eindhoven's former biggest rivalry is with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, against whom they contest the Lichtstad Derby ('City of Light Derby'). However, the clubs have not faced each other in league competition since the 1976–77 season. FC Eindhoven used to be a bigger club than PSV in the period between 1930 and 1955. PSV was a club for the workers of Phillips and seen as a club for the privileged while FC Eindhoven was seen as the people's club. In 2004, FC Eindhoven contracted a co-operation deal with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, meaning the possibility of swapping youth players between the two clubs.

Nowadays, Helmond Sport are seen as the biggest rivals. The clubs are about 15 km apart and have been playing in the same league for years.

Honours

Results

Eerste Divisie

Below is a table with FC Eindhoven's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Current squad

As of 16 January 2024[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Curaçao CUW Justin Ogenia
3 DF Togo TOG Mawouna Amevor (captain)
4 DF Netherlands NED Maarten Peijnenburg
5 MF Belgium BEL Maarten Swerts
6 MF Netherlands NED Dyon Dorenbosch
7 DF Netherlands NED Jasper Dahlhaus
8 MF Netherlands NED Sven van Doorm
9 FW Denmark DEN August Priske (on loan from Midtjylland)
10 MF Azerbaijan AZE Ozan Kökçü
11 FW Netherlands NED Joey Sleegers
12 GK Netherlands NED Jort Borgmans
14 FW Belgium BEL Pjotr Kestens
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Netherlands NED Luuk Wouters (on loan from RKC Waalwijk)
18 DF Netherlands NED Farouq Limouri
19 FW Netherlands NED David Garden
22 FW Netherlands NED Evan Rottier
23 MF Netherlands NED Sven Simons
26 GK Belgium BEL Jorn Brondeel
32 DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Rêgo
33 DF Netherlands NED Collin Seedorf
99 MF Belgium BEL Tibo Persyn
MF Netherlands NED Achraf El Bouchataoui
FW Netherlands NED Mart Lieder

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands NED Mitchel van Rosmalen (at Blauw Geel '38 until 30 June 2024)

Former players

Club officials

As of 1 July 2021
Position Staff
Chairman Netherlands Ronald Onink
Chief Executive Officer Belgium Günther Peeters
Technical director Netherlands Marc Scheepers
Team Manager Netherlands Tom van der Leegte
Netherlands Paul Schreuder
Manager Netherlands Rob Penders
Assistant manager Netherlands Pascal Maas
First-team coach Netherlands Paul Beekmans
First-team goalkeeping coach Netherlands Hans Segers
Data Analyst Netherlands Mike van Dijk
Scout Netherlands Jacques de Wit
Club doctor Netherlands Frank Hagenaars
Physiotherapist Netherlands Thomas Hooyberghs
Netherlands Sander Hutjens
Netherlands Malon Visser
Materialhandler Netherlands Lydia van den Heuvel
Netherlands Werner Rossous

Former managers

References

  1. ^ "Clubs akkoord over directe overgang Faber naar PSV" [Clubs agree about immediate move of Faber to PSV] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ^ "1E ELFTAL". fc-eindhoven.nl. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Hoe ik als clubloze keeper de transfermarkt afzoek". vice.com.
  4. ^ http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010618375%3Ampeg21%3Ap019%3Aa0258[dead link]

External links

  • (in Dutch) Official website
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