VVV-Venlo

VVV-Venlo
Full name	Venlose Voetbal; Vereniging Venlo
Nickname(s)	The Good Old,; Venlose trots,; Pride of the South
Short name	V.V.V.
Founded	February 7, 1903; 108 years ago
Ground	De Koel; Venlo; (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	Hai Berden
Manager	Ton Lokhoff
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 17th
Home colours	Away colours

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VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveː ˈveː ˈveː ˈvɛn.lo]) (Venlose Voetbal Vereniging Venlo [Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛn.loːzə ˈvut.bɑl vər.ˈeːnə.ɣɪŋ ˈvɛn.lo]]) is a football club from Venlo in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eredivisie. The club plays its home games in the De Koel stadium, known as Seacon Stadion – De Koel - for sponsorship reasons.

VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk in the promotion/relegation play-offs of the season 2006-2007. After one season in the Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. After a single season, VVV-Venlo won the Eerste Divisie 2008-09 title and returned to the Eredivisie.

In the 2009-2010 season the team booked its best league result since 1988, finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow for a club-record transfer fee of around €9 million.

They made headlines in April 2011 by signing 1 year old boy, Baerke van der Meij, on a symbolic 10-year contract, after a video featuring him scoring a hat trick into a toy box went viral.^[1]

[edit] Stadium

VVV Venlo currently play at De Koel in Venlo. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1972. It is named after its main sponsor, hence its current name 'Seacon Stadion De Koel'.

[edit] 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
1	GK	Dennis Gentenaar
2	DF	Michael Timisela
3	DF	Maya Yoshida
4	DF	Andrea Mei (on loan from Internazionale)
5	DF	Niels Fleuren
6	MF	Ken Leemans
7	FW	Steven Berghuis (on loan from FC Twente)
8	MF	Marcel Meeuwis (captain)
9	FW	Uche Nwofor
10	FW	Robert Cullen
11	MF	Bryan Linssen
12	DF	Ismo Vorstermans (on loan from FC Utrecht)
14	FW	Michael Uchebo
16	GK	Wilko de Vogt

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Quin Kruijsen
18	MF	Barry Maguire
19	DF	Ferry de Regt
20	DF	Jeffrey Leiwakabessy
21	FW	Soufiane Dadda
22	GK	Robin Udegbe
23	MF	Danny Holla (on loan from FC Groningen)
25	MF	Rick Verbeek
26	MF	Rogier Molhoek
27	FW	Anil Gülner
28	DF	Mike van den Ban
29	FW	Abdelaziz Khalouta
30	FW	Yanic Wildschut
31	DF	Alex Emenike
50		Baerke van der Meij

[edit] Domestic Results

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