FC Twente (women)

FC Twente

Nickname(s)	The Tukkers The girls of Twente Strong women
Founded	21 January 2007
Ground	De Grolsch Veste
Capacity	30,014
Chairman	Mary Kok-Willemsen
Head coach	Arjan Veurink
League	Eredivisie
2014–15	2nd (best Dutch team at BeNe League)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The women's football section of FC Twente was founded in 2007. It has won both the Vrouwen Eredivisie in 2011 and its successor the BeNe League in 2013.

History

FC Twente played its first match 29 August 2007 in the newly founded Eredivisie's inaugural game, losing 2–3 against SC Heerenveen. It was also the first match of the Eredivisie in its inaugural season. The team ended in the bottom half of the table in its first three seasons, finishing 5th of 6 in 2008, 5th of 7 in 2009 and 4th of 6 in 2010. However, it won the national cup in 2008, beating FC Utrecht 3–1 in the final.

In the 2010–11 season Twente clinched its first championship on the last matchday with a 4–1 win over Willem II, ending AZ Alkmaar's three-year hegemony. Along with the title the team qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League, where it was defeated by Russian champion WFC Rossiyanka in the first round, and the new BeNe Super Cup, which they lost 1–4 against Belgian champion Standard Liège. In the last edition of the Eredivisie, which was merged in 2012 into the BeNe League, Twente couldn't defend the title, ending 14 points behind ADO Den Haag in the 2nd position.

Twente won its second championship in its BeNe League debut, snatching the lead from Standard Liège with a last matchday 3–1 win. The Tukkers narrowly missed a double, losing the national cup's final on penalties against ADO Den Haag.

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  First match in the Eredivisie
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  2011 Eredivisie Champions Ceremony
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  Twente players holding the 2011 Eredivisie trophy

Results Eredivisie / BeNe League

5	5	4	1	2	1	1	2
08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
Women's Eredivisie BeNe League

Season	Division	Position	W - D - L = Pts	GF - GA	Top scorer	KNVB Beker
2007-08	Eredivisie	05 / 06	07 - 03 - 10 = 24	27 - 36	Smit (10)	Champion
2008-09	Eredivisie	05 / 07	10 - 03 - 11 = 33	28 - 30	Pieëte (11)
2009-10	Eredivisie	04 / 06	05 - 10 - 05 = 25	29 - 32	de Kort (6)	Semifinals
2010-11	Eredivisie	01 / 08	13 - 05 - 03 = 44	39 - 20	Pieëte (10)	Quarterfinals
2011-12	Eredivisie	02 / 07	10 - 03 - 05 = 33	31 - 22	Heuver (6)	Semifinals
2012-13	BeNe League	01 / 16	21 - 04 - 03 = 67	70 - 22	Spitse (16)	Finalist
2013-14	BeNe League	01 / 14	21 - 02 - 03 = 65	104 - 20	E. Jansen (24)	Semifinals
2014-15	BeNe League	02 / 13	20 - 02 - 02 = 62	71 - 16	E. Jansen, Dekker (14)	Champion

European history

All results (home and away) list Twente's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2011–12	Champions League	Round of 32	0–2, 0–1	Rossiyanka
2013–14	Champions League	Qualifying round	6–0	Birkirkara
			4–0	Osijek
			0–2	Glasgow City
		Round of 32	0–4, 0–6	Lyon
2014–15	Champions League	Round of 32	1–2, 0–1	Paris Saint-Germain
2015–16	Champions League	Qualifying round	2–0	Ferencvárosi
			10–0	Jeunesse Junglinster
			7–0	ASA Tel Aviv
		Round of 32	1–1 (H), 2–2 (A)	Bayern Munich
		Round of 16	0–1, 0–1	Barcelona

Honours

National

• Dutch League champion
  • Winners (4): 2011 2013, 2014, 2015 (as best Dutch team of BeNe League)
• BeNe League
  • Winners (2): 2013, 2014
• KNVB Women's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008
• BeNe Super Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2011

Current squad

PSG-Twente, 2014-15 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As of 3 August 2015.

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	Marieke Ubachs
2	DF	NED	Maud Roetgering
3	DF	NED	Danique Kerkdijk
4	DF	NED	Stefanie van der Gragt
5	DF	NED	Siri Worm
6	MF	NED	Marthe Munsterman
7	FW	NED	Shanice van de Sanden
8	DF	SVN	Kristina Erman
9	FW	NED	Anouk Dekker

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	NED	Maayke Heuver
11	FW	NED	Renate Jansen
12	FW	NED	Tashira Renfurm
14	MF	NED	Jill Roord
15	MF	NED	Laika Boerrigter
16	GK	NED	Jade Adan
17	FW	NED	Ellen Jansen
18	MF	NED	Zoï van de Ven
19	FW	NED	Cheyenne van den Goorbergh

Former internationals

• Netherlands: Marloes de Boer, Marije Brummel, Marlous Pieëte, Mirte Roelvink, Sylvia Smit, Sherida Spitse, Sari van Veenendaal
• Belgium: Lorca van de Putte

Former famous players

• USA: Ashley Nick

Head coaches

• Mary Kok-Willemsen (2007–11)
• John van Miert (2011–2012)
• Arjan Veurink (2012-)