FC Utrecht

FC Utrecht
Full name	Football Club Utrecht
Founded	July 1, 1970; 41 years ago
Ground	Stadion Galgenwaard; Utrecht; (Capacity: 24,426)
Chairman	Wilco van Schaik
Manager	Jan Wouters
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours	Away colours

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FC Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛfˈseː ˈytrɛxt]) is a Dutch football club founded on 1 July 1970 and based in the city of Utrecht. The club's colours are red and white.

[edit] History

FC Utrecht came into being in 1970 as a merger of three clubs from the city of Utrecht: DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox.

It never featured in the UEFA Cup after 1991 and had to wait for a further ten years to play European football again.

DOS won the national championship in 1958. FC Utrecht has won the KNVB Cup three times: 1985, 2003 and 2004. In 2004 FC Utrecht won the Johan Cruijff Shield. FC Utrecht was the first club outside the traditional top three Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV to win this Trophy. FC Utrecht is also the only club outside the traditional top three that has never been relegated from the Dutch Eredivisie.

[edit] Stadium

FC Utrecht's stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard having been previously first named Galgenwaard and later Nieuw Galgenwaard with a current capacity of 24,426 spectators. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 19,600 people. In the season 2006/07 the average attendance rose to 20,004.

[edit] Management

Jan Wouters is the current manager of the team with Rob Alflen as his assistant. Foeke Booy, the previous manager who led the team to two cup titles and a Johan Cruijff Shield, is now the technical director.

[edit] Business

On 2 April 2008 it was announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, has taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. This makes Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors.

The board of FC Utrecht has further announced that, because of the money they got for this take over, there will be more room for youth facilities and scouting. The board wants FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie by 2013.

[edit] Honours

Eredivisie
- Winner: 1957-58 (as DOS)

KNVB Cup
- Winners: 1985, 2003, 2004
- Runners-up: 1982, 2002

Johan Cruijff-schaal
- Winners: 2004
- Runners-up: 2003

[edit] European Cups history

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
European Cup (as DOS)	2	0	0	2	4	6
UEFA Cup/Europa League	36	13	7	16	47	47
Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	3	5

[edit] Domestic Results

Below is a table with FC Utrecht's 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	9th	-	2010-11	semi-final
2009–10 Eredivisie	7th	Europa League (after winning EL play-offs) (Q2)	2009-10	second round
2008–09 Eredivisie	9th	- (after losing EL play-offs)	2008-09	second round
2007–08 Eredivisie	10th	- (after losing UC play-offs)	2007-08	second round
2006–07 Eredivisie	9th	Intertoto Cup (after losing UC play-offs final)	2006-07	quarter final
2005–06 Eredivisie	6th	- (after losing UC play-offs)	2005-06	third round
2004–05 Eredivisie	11th	-	2004-05	round of 16
2003–04 Eredivisie	11th	UEFA Cup	2003-04	winners
2002–03 Eredivisie	8th	UEFA Cup	2002-03	winners
2001–02 Eredivisie	7th	UEFA Cup	2001-02	final
2000–01 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	2000-01	round of 16
1999–2000 Eredivisie	10th	-	1999-2000	quarter final
1998–99 Eredivisie	12th	-	1998-99	round of 16
1997–98 Eredivisie	10th	-	1997-98	group stage
1996–97 Eredivisie	12th	-	1996-97	group stage
1995–96 Eredivisie	15th	-	1995-96	second round
1994–95 Eredivisie	12th	-	1994-95	semi-final
1993–94 Eredivisie	15th	-	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eredivisie	8th	-	1992-93	round of 16
1991–92 Eredivisie	11th	-	1991-92	quarter final
1990–91 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1990-91	round of 16
1989–90 Eredivisie	14th	-	1989-90	second round
1988–89 Eredivisie	13th	-	1988-89	round of 16
1987–88 Eredivisie	10th	-	1987-88	first round
1986–87 Eredivisie	6th	UEFA Cup (after winning UC play-offs)	1986-87	round of 16
1985–86 Eredivisie	12th	-	1985-86	second round
1984–85 Eredivisie	10th	Cup Winners' Cup	1984-85	winners
1983–84 Eredivisie	8th	-	1983-84	second round
1982–83 Eredivisie	10th	-	1982-83	second round
1981–82 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	1981-82	final
1980–81 Eredivisie	3rd	UEFA Cup	1980-81	round of 16
1979–80 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	1979-80	round of 16
1978–79 Eredivisie	13th	-	1978-79	round of 16
1977–78 Eredivisie	8th	-	1977-78	round of 16
1976–77 Eredivisie	6th	-	1976-77	round of 16
1975–76 Eredivisie	14th	-	1975-76	second round
1974–75 Eredivisie	15th	-	1974-75	round of 16
1973–74 Eredivisie	9th	-	1973-74	semi-final
1972–73 Eredivisie	8th	-	1972-73	second round
1971–72 Eredivisie	6th	-	1971-72	first round
1970–71 Eredivisie	9th	-	1970-71	second round
1969–70 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1969–70 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk) 1969–70 Tweede Divisie (as Velox)	6th 4th 3rd	-	1969-70	second round^{[citation needed]} quarter final^{[citation needed]} second round^{[citation needed]}
1968–69 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1968–69 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk) 1968–69 Tweede Divisie (as Velox)	17th 12th 10th	- (after surviving promotion/relegation play-off) - -	1968-69	first round^{[citation needed]} second round^{[citation needed]} first round^{[citation needed]}
1967–68 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1967–68 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox)	16th 8th 19th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1967-68	group stage^{[citation needed]} quarter final^{[citation needed]} second round^{[citation needed]}
1966–67 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1966–67 Eerste Divisie (as Velox)	15th 17th 16th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Eerste Divisie (relegation) -	1966-67	first round^{[citation needed]} second round^{[citation needed]} DNC^{[citation needed]}
1965–66 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1965–66 Eerste Divisie (as Velox)	12th 14th 5th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - -	1965-66	second round^{[citation needed]} group stage^{[citation needed]} group stage^{[citation needed]}
1964–65 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1964–65 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox)	12th 2nd 4th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Eredivisie (promotion) -	1964-65	first round^{[citation needed]} second round^{[citation needed]} round of 16^{[citation needed]}
1963–64 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1963–64 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox)	9th 7th 5th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - -	1963-64	first round^{[citation needed]} first round^{[citation needed]} round of 16^{[citation needed]}
1962–63 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1962–63 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox)	7th 10th 5th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - -	1962-63	third round^{[citation needed]} third round^{[citation needed]} second round^{[citation needed]}
1961–62 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1961–62 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk) 1961–62 Tweede Divisie (as Velox)	10th 3rd (group B) 1st	- - Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1961-62	?^{[citation needed]}
1960–61 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1960–61 Tweede Divisie (as Velox)	5th 16th 8th	- Eerste Divisie (relegation) -	1960-61	?^{[citation needed]}
1959–60 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1959–60 Tweede Divisie (as Velox)	4th 15th 4th (group B)	- - (after surviving promotion/relegation play-off) -	not held	not held
1958–59 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk)	4th 12th	-	1958-59	?^{[citation needed]}
1957–58 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk)	1st 16th	European Cup -	1957-58	?^{[citation needed]}
1956–57 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk)	10th 16th	-	1956-57	?^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Current squad

As of 8 August 2011.^[1]

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	Rob van Dijk
2	DF	Daan Bovenberg
3	DF	Mihai Neşu
5	DF	Michael Zullo
6	MF	Johan Mårtensson
7	FW	Édouard Duplan
8	FW	Jacob Mulenga
9	FW	Frank Demouge
10	FW	Tommy Oar
11	FW	Alexander Gerndt
12	FW	Leon de Kogel
13	GK	Erik Cummins
14	DF	Mark van der Maarel
15	MF	Nana Asare (vice-captain)
16	GK	Roberto Junior Fernández

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Alje Schut (captain)
18	MF	Yoshiaki Takagi
19	MF	Adam Sarota
21	MF	Rodney Sneijder (on loan from Ajax)
22	FW	Cedric van der Gun
23	DF	Marcus Nilsson
26	DF	Kai Heerings
28	DF	Dave Bulthuis
29	DF	Jan Wuytens (vice-captain)
31	MF	Stefano Lilipaly
33	MF	Anouar Kali
35	DF	Gévero Markiet
38	DF	Mike van der Hoorn
41	FW	Enzio Boldewijn