VVV-Venlo

VVV
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	Maurice Steijn
League	Eerste Divisie
2015–16	Eerste Divisie, 2nd
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌveːveːˈveː ˈvɛnloː], VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging [ˈvɛnloːzə ˈvudbɑl vəˈreːnəɣɪŋ]) is a football club from Venlo in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club plays its home games in the De Koel stadium.

History

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, by finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow. They also signed toddler 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] Honda was replaced by Gonzalo and the club signed Japanese player Maya Yoshida. The department of Keisuke Honda turned out to be a key point in the club's success. In the second half of the season the team was not able to win matches and nearly escaped from relegation. At the end of the season, key players Ruben Schaken and Adil Auassar both signed with Feyenoord on a free transfer. Gonzalo returned to his employer FC Groningen, Sandro Calabro signed with Swiss side St. Gallen. The club contracted Ruud Boymans and the Nigerian Ahmed Musa to strengthen the squad to be able to escaping from relegation. This succeeded, but it had been a harsh season in which Jan van Dijk was fired and former international Patrick Paauwe dissolved his contract after losing the competition from his competitors. Belgian manager Glen De Boeck was signed for the next season, but failed to improve the results. As a result of that, he resigned in December 2011. Ton Lokhoff was recruited as the new manager and succeeded to not relegate after the winning the post-season play-offs. However, the 2012–13 season turned out to be the club's final Eredivisie season in the Eredivisie for the time being, as it relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs against Go Ahead Eagles. The club finished fifth in its first Eerste Divisie season since its promotion in 2009.

Japanese Players

VVV-Venlo had been acquiring Japanese players such as Keisuke Honda, Maya Yoshida, Robert Cullen, Yuki Otsu since Keisuke Honda transferred from Nagoya Grampus in 2008. Sef Vergoossen, a legendary manager of the club and a Japanese agent, Tetsuro Kiyooka had become the bridge between the Japanese players and the club.^[2]

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'.

Results

Players

Current squad

As of 1 July 2016

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2016

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Maarten de Fockert (on loan from SC Heerenveen)
2	DF	NED	Moreno Rutten
3	DF	NED	Jerold Promes
4	DF	NED	Roel Janssen
6	MF	NED	Danny Post (Captain)
7	FW	NED	Vito van Crooy
8	MF	NED	Clint Leemans
9	FW	NED	Ralf Seuntjens
10	MF	NED	Johnatan Opoku
11	FW	NED	Leandro Resida
13	DF	GER	Nils Röseler
14	MF	NED	Tim Receveur
16	GK	NED	Delano van Crooy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	NED	Tristan Dekker
19	FW	NED	Torino Hunte
20	FW	NED	Joey Sleegers (on loan from N.E.C.)
22	GK	NED	Roy Oomen
23	MF	NED	Juul Respen
24	FW	NED	Lugman Bezzat
25	DF	TUR	Evren Korkmaz
26	FW	NED	Vincent Bogaerts
27	DF	NED	Reno Kochanowski
29	MF	NED	Roy Gielen
30	GK	NED	Sem Custers
31	MF	NED	Stijn Brinkman
32	FW	MNE	Jaško Džurlić

Retired numbers

28 — Beau Vilters, defender (2014–15) — posthumous honour.

Notable Players

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
2014–15 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2014–15	round of 16
2013–14 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2013–14	third round
2012–13 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promotion/relegation play-offs)	2012–13	second round
2011–12 Eredivisie	16th	– (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2011–12	second round
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	10th	–	1958–59	winners
1957–58 Eredivisie	7th	–	1957–58	? ^{[citation needed]}
1956–57 Eredivisie	7th	–	1956–57	? ^{[citation needed]}

Former managers

Ferdi Silz (1954–56)
Wilhelm Kment (1956–60)
Ferdi Silz (1961–63)
Josef Gesell (1964–65)
Bas Paauwe (1968–69)
Josef Gesell (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)
Jan Versleijen (1995–96)

Henk van Stee (1996–98)
Hennie Spijkerman (1998–99)
Jan Versleijen (2000–01)
Wim Dusseldorp (2002–04)
Adrie Koster (2004–05)
Herbert Neumann (2005–06)
André Wetzel (2006–08)
Jan van Dijk (2008–10)
Willy Boessen (a.i.) (2010–11)
Glen De Boeck (2011)
Willy Boessen (a.i.) (2011)
Ton Lokhoff (2011–13)
René Trost (2013–14)
Maurice Steijn (2014–)

References

^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13224130
^ Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014

External links

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

[2] Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014

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