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MVV Maastricht
Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Because their crest is based on the city's coat of arms, an armed angel holding a red shield with a white star, they are nicknamed ''de Sterrendragers'' ("Wearers of Stars") and, in local dialect, ''Us MVV'ke'' ("our little MVV", ). The club's name was formerly Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging until 2011, when it was officially changed to include the city name after "MVV." History The early years (1902–1946) In 1902, in an establishment on the famous Vrijthof square, plans were made to found a Maastricht football team. It started with the name MVC (Maastricht Football Club), but they changed its name often during their first years. It was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Geusselt
Stadion de Geusselt () is a multi-use stadium in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and is the home stadium of MVV Maastricht. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people and was built in 1961. The pitch is artificial turf. History The first game played at the stadium was a 2-0 win for MVV Maastricht over Willem II (football club), Willem II in 1961. It was renovated in 1987. See also * List of football stadiums in the Netherlands * Lists of stadiums References MVV Maastricht Football venues in the Netherlands Sports venues in Limburg (Netherlands) Buildings and structures in Maastricht {{Netherlands-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its canals of Amsterdam, large number of canals, now a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. Originally a small fishing village in the 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam was the leading centre for finance and trade, as well as a hub of secular art production. In the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Meer Stadium
De Meer Stadion () is the former stadium of Dutch record football champions Ajax. It was opened in 1934 as a result of the club's former stadium ( Het Houten Stadion) being too small. Upon completion, it could hold 22,000 spectators, but accommodating up to 29,500 at its maximum. At time of the closure in 1996 it could hold 19,500 spectators. Over time, as Ajax's popularity and success grew, the De Meer proved to be too small. From 1930 onward, Ajax played their big (European) games at the Olympic Stadium. The larger venue also hosted Ajax's midweek night games, since the De Meer Stadion lacked floodlights until the mid-seventies. The Netherlands national football team played five international matches at the stadium, winning all of them. The first match, on 22 August 1973, was a qualifying match for the 1974 FIFA World Cup against Iceland (5-0). The last international match, played on 25 March 1992, was a friendly against Yugoslavia (2-0). Ajax left the De Meer after the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter-city Rail
Inter-city rail services are Express train, express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than Commuter rail, commuter or Regional rail, regional trains. They include rail services that are neither short-distance commuter rail trains within one city area nor slow regional rail trains stopping at all stations and covering local journeys only. An inter-city train is typically an express train with limited stops and comfortable carriages to serve long-distance travel. Inter-city rail sometimes provides international services. This is most prevalent in Europe because of the proximity of its 50 countries to a 10,180,000-square-kilometre (3,930,000-square-mile) area. Eurostar and EuroCity are examples. In many European countries, the word InterCity or Inter-City is an official brand name for a network of regular-interval and relatively long-distance train services that meet certain criteria of speed and comfort. That use of the term appeared in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Derksen
Johannes Gerrit "Johan" Derksen (born 31 January 1949) is a Dutch sports journalist and former football player. He played professional football between 1966 and 1978 for six clubs: Go Ahead Eagles, Cambuur, Veendam, HFC Haarlem, SV Meppen and MVV Maastricht. During and after his footballing career, he became a sports journalist, specialising in football. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Voetbal International'', the Netherlands' most prominent football magazine, from 2000 until his retirement in 2013. Derksen was while working at Voetbal International and after his retirement a television football pundit on RTL7's ''Voetbal International'' and ''Veronica Inside'' on Veronica TV. His current TV talkshow is ''Vandaag Inside'' on SBS6. Early life Derksen was born as an only child in Heteren, Gelderland into a Protestant family. He described his father as being a very strict policeman, both professionally and at home. Derksen stated that his father wanted him to become a professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the Ajax the Great, legendary Greek hero) is List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 36 and 20 KNVB Cups. It has continuously played in the since the league's inception in 1956, and along with and , it is one of the country's "Big Three (Netherlands), big three" clubs. Ajax was one of the most successful clubs in the world in the 20th century. According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, Ajax was the seventh-most successful European club of the 20th century and ''The World's Club Team of the Year'' in 1992. According to German magazine ''Kicker (sports magazine), Kicker'', Ajax was the second-most successful Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Brokamp
Willy Brokamp (born 25 February 1946) is a former football player for MVV Maastricht in the 1960s and 1970s who recruited him from RKVV Chèvremont (in the community of Kerkrade). His nickname was "The blond arrow". He ranked highly in the ''Footballer of the Year'' classification for several times. In 1973, he shared the first place on the list of top scorers with 18 goals together with Cas Janssens. Club career In 1974, he transferred to AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, where he himself had two very good seasons (1974/75, 1975/76). International career He also played six games for the Dutch national team and scored six goals. Personal life Brokamp was not only a footballer. During his football career he started his own bar. For many years he was manager of the bar "Aux Pays-Bas" next to the Vrijthof and several other establishments in Maastricht. He currently lives in Kanne, Belgium near Maastricht. Since 1999, he also owns a bar there, named ''In Kanne en Kruike''. Honours MVV * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VV Chevremont
Voetbalvereniging Chevremont is a football club based in Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands. The team plays in the Eerste Klasse, the sixth tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ... in the 2016–17 Hoofdklasse season. The club plays its home games at Sportpark Kaffeberg, Chevremont, a former town which has merged with Kerkrade. In the 1950–51 and 1951–52 seasons, Chevremont competed at the top level of Dutch football. References External links Official site Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Kerkrade Association football clubs established in 1910 1910 establishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boschpoort
Boschpoort (, ) is a neighbourhood of Maastricht in the Dutch province of Limburg. The suburb is situated in the North Western area of the town, on the West bank of the river Meuse. The ''Dörp'' (; "village") as it is colloquially known is home to approximately 1500 people. History The neighbourhood took its name from the old ''Boschpoort'' (English: ''Den Bosch Gate''), one of the seven former city gates of Maastricht. The Boschpoort gate and the outlying defense works were demolished in the 1860s when Maastricht ceased to be a fortress town. The Boschpoort neighbourhood was built slightly North of the old city gate in the early twentieth century. It was largely a working class neighbourhood, being close to the ''Sphinx'' potteries, the paper factory and other industries around the ''Bassin'' inner harbour and the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. After the Second World War some new areas were added. Recent history Populationwise, the area has been in decline for several decades. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Bergholtz
Gerard "Pummy" Bergholtz (born 29 August 1939 in Maastricht) is a retired association football player and manager from the Netherlands. Playing career Club He played for Rapid, Kimbria Maastricht, MVV and Feijenoord, before moving abroad to play in Belgium for Anderlecht (where he played alongside fellow Dutch international Jan Mulder), Royal Racing White, RWDM and Mons. International Bergholtz made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1961 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Hungary an earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1967 European Championship qualification match, also against Hungary. - Voetbalstats Managerial career After retiring as a player, he coached Belgian clubs |
Giel Haenen
Giel Haenen (2 June 1934 – 30 September 2024) was a Dutch footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... who played as a defender. He made one appearance for the Netherlands national team in 1964. Haenen died on 30 September 2024, at the age of 90. References External links * 1934 births 2024 deaths Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Eredivisie players MVV Maastricht players Roda JC Kerkrade players 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
