ADO Den Haag

ADO Den Haag

Full name	Haagsche Football Club Alles Door Oefening Den Haag
Short name	ADO Den Haag
Founded	February 1, 1905 (1905-02-01)
Ground	Kyocera Stadion (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Mark van der Kallen
Manager	Maurice Steijn
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 7th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Mural in the new ADO stadium

Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑ.ləs ˈdɔːr ˈu.fə.ˌnɪŋ dɛn ˈɦaːχ]), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag [ˈaː.doʊ̯ dɛn ˈɦaːχ], is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag [ɛf.ˈseɪ̯ dɛn ˈɦaːχ], with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. Despite being from one of the traditional three large Dutch cities, it has not been able to match AFC Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV in terms of success in the Eredivisie or in European competition. There is nonetheless a big rivalry with Ajax and Feyenoord. The words Alles Door Oefening translates into Everything Through Practice in Dutch.

History

ADO

The club was founded as ADO (Alles Door Oefening) in 1905, but from the outset, they found difficulty competing with other major Dutch teams. This was partly due to the popularity of cricket in the city.

ADO Den Haag won the Dutch national football title in 1942 and 1943 and the KNVB Cup in 1968 and 1975 (under the name FC Den Haag).

FC Den Haag

In 1971 the club merged with city rivals Holland Sport to form FC Den Haag. Their greatest European success was a quarter-final game against West Ham United for the European Cup Winners Cup in 1976. A 4–2 win in The Hague followed by a 3–1 defeat in London meant elimination. In the 1980s FC Den Haag was often associated with hooliganism and financial backfall. After another merger the club were renamed ADO Den Haag in 1996.

ADO Den Haag

After a long spell in the country's second tier of league football, ADO Den Haag played four seasons in the Eredivisie then were relegated again in the 2006–07 season. However, after finishing 6th in the 2007–08 season, they went on to win the play-offs, meaning promotion back to the Eredivisie for 2008–09. The club's new home is the 15,000 seater Kyocera Stadion; formerly known as the Den Haag Stadion. They used to play the home games at the Zuiderpark Stadion. Their home colors are yellow and green. They started the 2008–09 season with two wins, which put them on top of the Eredivisie for the first time in 32 years. In the season 2009–2010 the average attendance was 11,745 people.

The team had a great success in season 2010 - 2011. Beating rival AFC Ajax 2 times was one of the best results that year. ADO Den Haag ended 7th in the Eredivisie and won the play-offs (beating Roda JC and FC Groningen) which offered the last Dutch Europa League ticket. They won the first matches against FK Tauras (3-2 , 2-0) but lost the first away leg for the third qualifying round against AC Omonia Nicosia, by 3-0, at Nicosia.

ADO supporters have strong links with Welsh club Swansea City. Flags of the respective clubs are often flown at the matches of the other club, and both clubs regularly hold pre-season friendly matches. Legia Warszawa (Poland), Club Brugge (Belgium), and Juventus (Italy) also share strong supporter links with ADO Den Haag.

Honours

• Dutch national football title: 2

1942, 1943

• KNVB Cup: 2

1968, 1975

• KNVB Cup runner up: 6

1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1987

• Eerste Divisie: 3

1957, 1986, 2003

European record

UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Opponents	Home leg	Away leg	Aggregate
2011–12	Q2	Tauras	2–0	3–2	5–2
	Q3	Omonia	1-0	0-3	1-3

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Opponents	Home leg	Away leg	Aggregate
1968–69	1	Grazer AK	4–1	2–0	6–1
	2	1. FC Köln	0–1	0–3	0–4

Domestic Results

Below is a table with ADO Den Haag's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2010–11 Eredivisie	7th	Europa League (winning EL play-offs) (Q2)	2010–11	fourth round
2009–10 Eredivisie	15th	–	2009–10	second round
2008–09 Eredivisie	14th	–	2008–09	round of 16
2007–08 Eerste Divisie	6th	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	2007–08	third round
2006–07 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	2006–07	third round
2005–06 Eredivisie	15th	–	2005–06	third round
2004–05 Eredivisie	14th	–	2004–05	quarter final
2003–04 Eredivisie	15th	–	2003–04	second round
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2002–03	round of 16
2001–02 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	2001–02	second round
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	16th	–	2000–01	second round
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1999–2000	third round
1998–99 Eerste Divisie	10th	–	1998–99	second round
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	1997–98	second round
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	8th	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	1996–97	group stage
1995–96 Eerste Divisie	15th	–	1995–96	round of 16
1994–95 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	1994–95	round of 16
1993–94 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	1993–94	quarter final
1992–93 Eerste Divisie	8th	–	1992–93	third round
1991–92 Eredivisie	16th	Eerste Divisie (losing prom./relegation play-off)	1991–92	third round
1990–91 Eredivisie	14th	–	1990–91	round of 16
1989–90 Eredivisie	10th	–	1989–90	second round
1988–89 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (promotion)	1988–89	semi-final
1987–88 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1987–88	round of 16
1986–87 Eredivisie	14th	Cup Winners' Cup	1986–87	final
1985–86 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1985–86	semi-final
1984–85 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	1984–85	second round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1983–84	round of 16
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	6th	–	1982–83	round of 16
1981–82 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1981–82	second round
1980–81 Eredivisie	14th	–	1980–81	second round
1979–80 Eredivisie	10th	–	1979–80	quarter final
1978–79 Eredivisie	7th	–	1978–79	round of 16
1977–78 Eredivisie	12th	–	1977–78	second round
1976–77 Eredivisie	10th	–	1976–77	semi-final
1975–76 Eredivisie	6th	–	1975–76	round of 16
1974–75 Eredivisie	10th	Cup Winners' Cup	1974–75	winners
1973–74 Eredivisie	13th	–	1973–74	second round
1972–73 Eredivisie	5th	–	1972–73	quarter final
1971–72 Eredivisie	5th	Cup Winners' Cup	1971–72	final
1970–71 Eredivisie (as ADO... ...and Holland Sport)	3rd 15th	UEFA Cup –	1970–71	quarter final round of 16
1969–70 Eredivisie (as ADO... ...and Holland Sport)	6th 9th	–	1969–70	quarter final[citation needed] first round[citation needed]
1968–69 Eredivisie (as ADO... ...and Holland Sport)	6th 10th	–	1968–69	round of 16[citation needed] first round[citation needed]
1967–68 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1967–68 Eerste Divisie (as Holland Sport)	4th 1st	Cup Winners' Cup Eredivisie (promotion)	1967–68	winners group stage[citation needed]
1966–67 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1966–67 Eerste Divisie (as Holland Sport)	4th 3rd	–	1966–67	round of 16[citation needed] first round[citation needed]
1965–66 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1965–66 Eerste Divisie (as Holland Sport)	3rd 11th	–	1965–66	final group stage[citation needed]
1964–65 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1964–65 Eerste Divisie (as Holland Sport)	3rd 13th	–	1964–65	second round[citation needed] quarter final[citation needed]
1963–64 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1963–64 Eerste Divisie (as SHS)	10th 3rd	–	1963–64	final round of 16[citation needed]
1962–63 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1962–63 Eerste Divisie (as SHS)	10th 11th	–	1962–63	final third round[citation needed]
1961–62 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1961–62 Eerste Divisie (as SHS)	15th 7th (group B)	– – (after surviving promotion/relegation play-off)	1961–62	?[citation needed]
1960–61 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1960–61 Eerste Divisie (as SHS)	11th 14th (group B)	–	1960–61	?[citation needed]
1959–60 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1959–60 Eerste Divisie (as SHS)	12th 7th (group B)	–	not held	not held
1958–59 Eredivisie (as ADO... ...and SHS)	13th 18th	– Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1958–59	?[citation needed]
1957–58 Eredivisie (as ADO) 1957–58 Eerste Divisie (as SHS)	6th 1st (group B)	– Eredivisie (promotion)	1957–58	?[citation needed]
1956–57 Eerste Divisie (as ADO... ...and SHS)	1st 10th	Eredivisie (promotion) –	1956–57	?[citation needed]

Current squad

As of 4 January, 2012.

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Gino Coutinho (vice-captain) 2 DF Ahmed Ammi 3 DF Christian Kum (captain) 4 DF Kenneth Omeruo (on loan from Chelsea) 6 MF Ramon Leeuwin 7 FW John Verhoek (on loan from Stade Rennes) 8 MF Kevin Visser 9 FW Lex Immers (vice-captain) 10 MF Jens Toornstra 11 FW Euzebiusz Smolarek 12 MF Aleksandar Radosavljevič 13 DF Filip Lukšík 14 MF Tjaronn Chery 16 MF Paul Mulders

No. Position Player 17 FW Milan Lalkovič (on loan from Chelsea) 19 FW Ali Boussaboun 20 DF Christian Supusepa 22 GK Robert Zwinkels 24 GK Martijn de Zwart 25 FW Jaap van Duijn 26 FW Mike van Duinen 27 FW Stanley Elbers 28 MF Adil Tihouna 29 DF Tim de Rijk 33 DF Gábor Horváth 34 DF Chiró N'Toko 36 FW Charlton Vicento

On loan

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

No. Position Player DF Tom Beugelsdijk (to FC Dordrecht) MF Giorgio Achterberg (to FC Dordrecht) MF Roderick Gielisse (to FC Dordrecht) MF Serhat Köksal (to FC Dordrecht)

No. Position Player MF Donny van der Dussen (to FC Dordrecht) MF Wouter de Vogel (to FC Dordrecht) FW Marc Höcher (to Willem II) FW Kevin Tano (to FC Dordrecht)

Managers

• Franz Gutkas (1954–55)
• Rinus Loof (1955–62)
• Ernst Happel (1962–69)
• Vaclav Jezek (1969–72)
• Vujadin Boškov (1974–76)
• Anton Malatinský (1976–78)
• Piet de Visser (1978–80)
• Hans Kraay (1980–81)
• Cor van der Hart (1981–83)
• Rob Baan (1983–86)
• Pim van de Meent (1986–88)
• Co Adriaanse (1988–91)
• Nol de Ruiter (1992–94)

• Lex Schoenmaker (1994–95)
• Theo Verlangen (1995–96)
• Mark Wotte (1996–98)
• André Hoekstra (1998–99)
• Rinus Israel (2001–04)
• Frans Adelaar (2004–06)
• Lex Schoenmaker (2006–07)
• Wiljan Vloet (2007–08)
• André Wetzel (2008–09)
• Raymond Atteveld (2009–10)
• Maurice Steijn (2010)
• John van den Brom (2010–11)
• Maurice Steijn (2011–)

External links

• Official website of ADO Den Haag (Dutch)
• Groen Geel Hart (Dutch)
• ADOFans.nl (Dutch)
• ADO formations at football-lineups.com (English)
• northside fanside (Dutch)
• ADO for EXPATS | ADO Den Haag news, match reports, photo's and ticket info all in English for the Expat Community (English)