Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo

Full name	Heracles Almelo
Nickname(s)	Heraclieden
Founded	May 3, 1903 (1903-05-03)
Ground	Polman Stadion Almelo (Capacity: 8,500, new capacity will be 15,000)
Chairman	Jan Smit
Manager	Peter Bosz
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.

Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. One of the club's most famous players was South African Steve Mokone, nicknamed The Black Meteor, the first black football player in the Netherlands ever.

In the 2004/05 season, Heracles won the title in the Eerste Divisie, so that during the 2005/06 season, Heracles played in the Eredivisie, where they finished 13th. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 5,700 people. In the recent top flight seasons this has risen to just over 8,300 (close to the maximum capacity of 8,500).

Current squad

As of 1 August 2011

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 2 DF Tim Breukers 4 DF Antoine van der Linden (captain) 5 DF Mark Looms 8 MF Lerin Duarte 10 MF Marko Vejinović 11 FW Everton 12 FW Glynor Plet 14 MF Ben Rienstra 17 MF Kwame Quansah 18 FW Samuel Armenteros 19 FW Luis Pedro 20 MF Thomas Bruns

No. Position Player 21 FW Darl Douglas 22 GK Remko Pasveer 23 Willie Overtoom 24 DF Olivier ter Horst 25 GK Nick Hengelman 26 GK Dennis Telgenkamp 27 FW Daryl van Mieghem 28 DF Gaby Jallo 29 DF Jason Davidson 30 DF Leon van Dijk 31 FW Anmar Almubaraki 32 DF Mike te Wierik

Stadium

Heracles Almelo currently play at the Polman Stadion in Almelo. The Polman Stadion was built in 1999 with a capacity 6,900, this was expanded in 2005 to hold 8,500. The pitch at the Polman Stadion is artificial turf.

Currently there are advanced plans for the building of a new stadium for the club with a capacity of 15,000. The new stadium is predicted to be finished by mid-2013.

Domestic Results

Below is a table with Heracles Almelo'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	8th	- (losing EL play-offs)	2010-11	fourth round
2009–10 Eredivisie	6th	- (losing EL play-offs)	2009-10	round of 16
2008–09 Eredivisie	15th	-	2008-09	second round
2007–08 Eredivisie	14th	-	2007-08	semi-final
2006–07 Eredivisie	14th	-	2006-07	second round
2005–06 Eredivisie	13th	- (losing IC play-offs)	2005-06	DSQ
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2004-05	third round
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2003-04	quarter final
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2002-03	second round
2001–02 Eerste Divisie	8th	-	2001-02	second round
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	15th	-	2000-01	round of 16
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1999-2000	third round
1998–99 Eerste Divisie	17th	-	1998-99	second round
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	14th	-	1997-98	round of 16
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	13th	-	1996-97	round of 16
1995–96 Eerste Divisie	8th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1995-96	second round
1994–95 Eerste Divisie	6th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1994-95	quarter final
1993–94 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eerste Divisie	17th	-	1992-93	third round
1991–92 Eerste Divisie	6th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1991-92	second round
1990–91 Eerste Divisie	6th	-	1990-91	second round
1989–90 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1989-90	first round
1988–89 Eerste Divisie	12th	-	1988-89	first round
1987–88 Eerste Divisie	19th	-	1987-88	second round
1986–87 Eerste Divisie	15th	-	1986-87	second round
1985–86 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1985-86	second round
1984–85 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1984-85	first round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie	12th	-	1983-84	second round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	16th	-	1982-83	first round
1981–82 Eerste Divisie	16th	-	1981-82	quarter final
1980–81 Eerste Divisie	19th	-	1980-81	first round
1979–80 Eerste Divisie	10th	-	1979-80	first round
1978–79 Eerste Divisie	13th	-	1978-79	second round
1977–78 Eerste Divisie	10th	-	1977-78	second round
1976–77 Eerste Divisie	19th	-	1976-77	first round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie	15th	-	1975-76	second round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie	11th	-	1974-75	quarter final
1973–74 Eerste Divisie	10th	-	1973-74	second round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie	15th	-	1972-73	round of 16
1971–72 Eerste Divisie	14th	-	1971-72	first round
1970–71 Eerste Divisie	6th	-	1970-71	second round
1969–70 Eerste Divisie	10th	-	1969-70	first round[citation needed]
1968–69 Eerste Divisie	10th	-	1968-69	quarter final[citation needed]
1967–68 Eerste Divisie	11th	-	1967-68	group stage[citation needed]
1966–67 Eerste Divisie	6th	-	1966-67	quarter final[citation needed]
1965–66 Eredivisie	16th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1965-66	round of 16[citation needed]
1964–65 Eredivisie	9th	-	1964-65	second round[citation needed]
1963–64 Eredivisie	13th	-	1963-64	first round[citation needed]
1962–63 Eredivisie	14th	-	1962-63	third round[citation needed]
1961–62 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1961-62	?[citation needed]
1960–61 Eerste Divisie	3rd (group B)	-	1960-61	?[citation needed]
1959–60 Eerste Divisie	4th (group B)	-	not held	not held
1958–59 Eerste Divisie	7th (group B)	-	1958-59	?[citation needed]
1957–58 Tweede Divisie	1st (group B)	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1957-58	?[citation needed]
1956–57 Tweede Divisie	3rd (group A)	-	1956-57	?[citation needed]

Former managers

• Duggie Lochhead (1953-1956)
• Hennie Hollink (1976-79)
• Henk ten Cate (1990-92)
• Azing Griever (1992-95)
• Jan van Staa (1995-1996)
• Gerard Marsman (1996-1998)
• Theo Vonk (1998-1999)
• Fritz Korbach (1999-01)
• Gertjan Verbeek (2001-04), (2009-10)
• Ruud Brood (2006-07)
• Gert Heerkes (2008-09)
• Peter Bosz (2004-06), (2010-)

External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• Fansite HAFC.nl (Dutch)
• Tactical formations at football-lineups.com (English)