VVV-Venlo

VVV-Venlo
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Full name	Venlose Voetbal; Vereniging
Nickname(s)	The Good Old,; Venlose trots,; Pride of the South
Short name	V.V.V.
Founded	February 7, 1903; 121 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

VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌveɪ̯.veɪ̯.ˈveɪ̯ ˈvɛn.loʊ̯], VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging [ˈvɛn.ˌloʊ̯.zə ˈvut.bɑɫ və.ˈreɪ̯.nə.ɣɪŋ]) 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]

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'.

Current squad

As of 1 August 2011

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

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Dennis Gentenaar
2	DF	NED	Michael Timisela
3	DF	JPN	Maya Yoshida
4	DF	ITA	Andrea Mei (on loan from Internazionale)
5	DF	NED	Niels Fleuren
6	MF	BEL	Ken Leemans
7	FW	NED	Steven Berghuis (on loan from FC Twente)
8	MF	NED	Marcel Meeuwis (captain)
9	FW	NGA	Uche Nwofor
10	FW	JPN	Robert Cullen
11	MF	NED	Bryan Linssen
12	DF	NED	Ismo Vorstermans (on loan from FC Utrecht)
14	FW	NGA	Michael Uchebo
16	GK	NED	Wilko de Vogt


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

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]}

Notable players

Template:Famous players

Holland

Brazil

Vampeta

Japan

Keisuke Honda

Morocco

Nordin Amrabat

Nigeria

Tijani Babangida

United States

Earnie Stewart

Managers

Ferdi Silz (1954–56)
Wilhelm Kment (1956–60)
Ferdi Silz (1961–63)
Josef Gesell (1964–65, 1970–72)
Rob Baan (1972–78)
Hans Croon (1978–79)
Sef Vergoossen (1979)
Jan Morsing (1979–81)
Sef Vergoossen (1981–86)
Jan Reker (1986–88)

Sef Vergoossen (1989)
Frans Körver (1992–94)
Hennie Spijkerman (1999–00)
Adrie Koster (2004–05)
Herbert Neumann (2005–06)
André Wetzel (2006–08)
Jan van Dijk (2008–10)
Willy Boessen (2010–11)
Glen De Boeck (2011)
Ton Lokhoff (2012–)

References

^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13224130

External links

[1] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13224130

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