FC Emmen
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Full name | Football Club Emmen | ||
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Founded | 21 August 1925 | ||
Ground | De Oude Meerdijk Emmen | ||
Capacity | 8,600 | ||
Manager | Dick Lukkien | ||
League | Eredivisie | ||
2019–20 | Eredivisie, 12th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, playing in the Eredivisie, the first tier of football in the Netherlands. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.
History
The amateur club Emmen was formed on 21 August 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.[1]
In 1985, Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. In 1988 the club was split into an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen ( Betaald Voetbal Organisatie, professional football organisation). In 2005, the professional club Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.
FC Emmen has reached the Eerste Divisie play-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to the Dutch Eredivisie for the first time in their history after beating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.[2]
They played their first Eredivisie match on 12 August 2018 against ADO, and won the match by 1–2. Glenn Bijl made the first goal for FC Emmen in the Eredivisie.[3]
Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–2020 season.
Stadium
FC Emmen's previous JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, now as de Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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1985–1988 | Yellow Bird | American Stores |
1988–1989 | Hummel | Haka Electronics |
1989–1991 | Zwiers | |
1991–1993 | Direktbouw Holland | |
1993–1995 | Meubelboulevard Emmen | |
1995–1997 | Gamma Emmen | |
1997–2001 | Ariston/Indesit | |
2001–2004 | Haka Electronics | |
2004–2006 | Henk ten Hoor | |
2006–2007 | KoelGroep Dorenbos | |
2007–2008 | Hof van Saksen | |
2008–2009 | Legea | |
2009–2012 | Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments | |
2011–2012 | Klupp/Legea | |
2012–2013 | Jako | Sunoil Biodiesel |
2013–2015 | Masita | |
2015–2016 | Robey | Q&S Garten Deco |
2016–2017 | Noordlease | |
2017–2018 | Beltona | |
2018–2019 | Hitachi Capital Mobility | |
2019-2020 | Hummel |
Results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/lic74b372woc8czcdsyld88dcjq58x2.png)
Players
Current squad
- As of 4 February 2021[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
- Promotion to Eredivisie: 1
- 2017–2018
- 1974–75
- 1974–75
- Best performance in the Dutch Cup: two times in the quarterfinals (KNVB Cup 1989-90 and KNVB Cup 1998-99).
Former technical directors
- Rob Groener
- Gerard Somer
References
- ^ "FC Emmen history" (in Dutch). FC Emmen.
- ^ "Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Emmen-doelpuntenmaker Bijl: 'In de bus kijken of ik al op Wikipedia sta'". NOS. 12 August 2018.
- ^ Van Dijk was fired on 17 February 2007 and replaced by former player Alfons Arts, who gave over the job on 7 March 2007 to Gerry Hamstra.
- ^ Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced by Thiemo Meertens. He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 to Paul Krabbe.
- ^ "FC Emmen - Squad 2019/2020" (in Dutch). Worldfootball. Retrieved 3 July 2019.