Go Ahead Eagles

Go Ahead Eagles

Full name	Go Ahead Eagles
Nickname(s)	The pride at the IJssel
Founded	December 2, 1902 (1902-12-02)
Ground	Adelaarshorst Deventer (capacity: 6,700)
Chairman	Edwin Mulder
Manager	Erik ten Hag
League	Eerste Divisie
2012–13	Eerste Divisie, 6th
Home colours Away colours

The Go Ahead Eagles (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈgoː ə.ˈɦɛt ˈigəls]) are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times (1917, 1922, 1930, 1933). They have produced a number of notable players over the recent years, such as Bart Verheul, Raimond van der Gouw, René Eijkelkamp, Marc Overmars, Paul Bosvelt, Jan Kromkamp, Victor Sikora, Bert van Marwijk and Demy de Zeeuw, whilst providing Henk Ten Cate and Leo Beenhakker with their first tastes of management.

History

The club was founded in 1902 under the name Be Quick, although the name was soon changed to Go Ahead at the request of the Dutch Football Association. The suffix Eagles was added in 1971, following a suggestion from the then coach, Barry Hughes. The eagle is the charge in the coat of arms of the city of Deventer.

Honours

• Eredivisie
  • Winner: 1917, 1922, 1930, 1933

• KNVB Cup
  • Runners-up: 1965

• Tweede Divisie
  • Winner: 1959

• Promoted to Eredivisie
  • Promotion: 1963, 1992

Current squad

As of 1 July 2012. For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2012

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 Nick Marsman (on loan from FC Twente) 2 DF Jan Kromkamp (captain) 3 DF Freek Heerkens 4 DF Jop van der Linden 5 DF Khalid Karami 6 MF Joran Pot 7 FW Jarchinio Antonia 8 MF Lion Kaak 9 FW Marnix Kolder 10 MF Quincy Promes (on loan from FC Twente) 11 FW Xander Houtkoop 12 MF Sjoerd Overgoor 13 DF Rico Wolven 14 FW Cas Peters (on loan from FC Twente)

No. Position Player 15 MF Ruud Wellenberg 16 GK Jasper Heusinkveld 17 DF Cendrino Misidjan 18 DF Michel Gerritsen Mulkes 19 FW Guyon Philips 20 DF Xandro Schenk (on loan from Ajax) 21 FW Teije ten Den 22 GK Patrick ter Mate 23 MF Deniz Türüç 24 MF Resit Schuurman 25 FW Omar Kavak 26 MF Kevin Spanjaard 29 DF Bart Vriends (on loan from FC Utrecht)

Results

Below is a table with Go Ahead Eagles' domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2011–12 Eerste Divisie	9th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2011–12	round of 16
2010–11 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2010–11	fourth round
2009–10 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2009–10	semi-final
2008–09 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	2008–09	second round
2007–08 Eerste Divisie	10th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2007–08	third round
2006–07 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2006–07	round of 16
2005–06 Eerste Divisie	18th	–	2005–06	third round
2004–05 Eerste Divisie	17th	–	2004–05	round of 16
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	2003–04	second round
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2002–03	second round
2001–02 Eerste Divisie	16th	–	2001–02	second round
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	6th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2000–01	second round
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie	14th	–	1999–2000	round of 16
1998–99 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1998–99	round of 16
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	1997–98	group stage
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	6th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1996–97	second round
1995–96 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1995–96	second round
1994–95 Eredivisie	17th	– (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	1994–95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	12th	–	1993–94	third round
1992–93 Eredivisie	15th	–	1992–93	third round
1991–92 Eerste Divisie	11th	Eredivisie (winning prom./releg. play-offs)	1991–92	second round
1990–91 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1990–91	second round
1989–90 Eerste Divisie	9th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1989–90	second round
1988–89 Eerste Divisie	10th	promotion competition: no promotion	1988–89	first round
1987–88 Eerste Divisie	12th	–	1987–88	first round
1986–87 Eredivisie	16th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1986–87	first round
1985–86 Eredivisie	10th	–	1985–86	first round
1984–85 Eredivisie	15th	–	1984–85	quarter final
1983–84 Eredivisie	11th	–	1983–84	second round
1982–83 Eredivisie	12th	–	1982–83	quarter final
1981–82 Eredivisie	10th	–	1981–82	second round
1980–81 Eredivisie	12th	–	1980–81	semi-final
1979–80 Eredivisie	12th	–	1979–80	round of 16
1978–79 Eredivisie	9th	–	1978–79	second round
1977–78 Eredivisie	16th	–	1977–78	round of 16
1976–77 Eredivisie	11th	–	1976–77	second round
1975–76 Eredivisie	13th	–	1975–76	round of 16
1974–75 Eredivisie	12th	–	1974–75	second round
1973–74 Eredivisie	10th	–	1973–74	second round
1972–73 Eredivisie	14th	–	1972–73	second round
1971–72 Eredivisie	9th	–	1971–72	round of 16
1970–71 Eredivisie	7th	–	1970–71	second round
1969–70 Eredivisie	7th	–	1969–70	round of 16[citation needed]
1968–69 Eredivisie	4th	–	1968–69	second round[citation needed]
1967–68 Eredivisie	3rd	–	1967–68	semi-final[citation needed]
1966–67 Eredivisie	5th	–	1966–67	semi-final[citation needed]
1965–66 Eredivisie	5th	–	1965–66	semi-final[citation needed]
1964–65 Eredivisie	11th	Cup Winners' Cup	1964–65	final
1963–64 Eredivisie	12th	–	1963–64	second round[citation needed]
1962–63 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (promotion)	1962–63	third round[citation needed]
1961–62 Eerste Divisie	4th (group A)	–	1961–62	?[citation needed]
1960–61 Eerste Divisie	15th (group B)	–	1960–61	?[citation needed]
1959–60 Eerste Divisie	10th (group B)	–	not held	not held
1958–59 Tweede Divisie	1st (group B)	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1958–59	?[citation needed]
1957–58 Tweede Divisie	3rd (group B)	–	1957–58	?[citation needed]
1956–57 Tweede Divisie	13th (group A)	–	1956–57	?[citation needed]

See also

• Eerste Divisie
• List of football clubs in the Netherlands

External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• Online fanzine (Dutch)
• Bozen van het Oosten (Dutch)