SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch

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club from the city of

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

, the top tier of

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, after winning the

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title. The home ground of the club is the 10,000-capacity

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. The club usually plays in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The origin of the club's emblem is the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Frisian noble family.

History

Founded in 1964, Cambuur has played a total of seven seasons in the top-flight

. In the 1980s and 1990s, the club was a regular contender in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and gained promotion to the Eredivisie, but was relegated two seasons later in

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. In 1998, the club was promoted again to the Eredivisie, but again was relegated after just two years in the top-flight in

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. Troubled times followed which brought the "folk club" close to bankruptcy in 2005. The rebuilding started in 2006 and since 2010, the club has been in a relatively stable financial condition. In 2009, the club almost won the playoff against Eredivisie side

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...

, only losing on penalties. In 2010, the club came in second, again just narrowly missing promotion. Cambuur welcomed during these play-offs more than 40,000 spectators in just two weeks. Another estimated 7,000 fans watched the final play-off match against Roda on a large screen in the city centre of the city of Leeuwarden. More than 1.4 million people watched the final play-off match on television, which appeared to be another record for a play-off promotion match in the Netherlands. In total, more than 4.5 million people watched the play-off matches between Cambuur,

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

and Roda JC on television that year. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie championship in the 2012–13 season, awarding the club promotion to the Eredivisie for the 2013–14 season. On 1 May 2016, Cambuur were relegated to the Eerste Divisie after losing 6–2 away to PSV. Cambuur were denied promotion to the

2020–21 Eredivisie The 2020–21 Eredivisie was the 65th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 16 May 2021. On 2 February 2021, the KNVB announced that effective immediately clubs would be ...

as a result of the

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, despite being in first place of the

2019–20 Eerste Divisie The 2019–20 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-fourth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2019 with the first matches of the season and was scheduled t ...

Supporters

Cambuur has a group of

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, known as the M.I.-Side, who stand on the north and south stands at the Cambuur Stadion. The name derives from the street names in which the stands are built: ''M'' stands for Marathonstraat and ''I'' for Insulindestraat. Most of the hardcore fans of Cambuur are sitting close to the stand of the away fans on the northern side of the stadium. They are among the most notorious in the Netherlands. In the 2009–10 season, the average attendance was 8,600 fans per game, and more than 6,500 season tickets were sold. That was a new record for Cambuur, as these numbers were achieved while the club was in the second division but even higher than when it played in the Eredivisie. In the 2009–10 season, the club sold out six regular season matches with 10,000 fans per game, another milestone for the Leeuwarden-based club. Never before in the second division it had sold out that many regular season matches.

Current squad

Honours

*Winners: 1991–92, 2012–13,

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*Runners-up: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2009–10

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

*Winners: 1956–57, 1964–65

Recent history

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" Below is a table with Cambuur's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Club staff

Managers

* Jan Bens (1 July 1964 – 30 June 1966) *

Piet de Wolf Piet de Wolf (1921–14 November 2013) was a Dutch football player, trainer and coach, who played as a goalkeeper. Death Piet de Wolf died on 14 November 2013, aged 91, in his hometown of Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the ...

(1966–68) * Jan Bens (1 July 1968 – 30 June 1970) * Arie Otten (1 July 1970 – 30 June 1972) *

Leo Beenhakker Leo Beenhakker CM (; born 2 August 1942) is a Dutch international football coach. He has had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level. He led both Ajax and Feyenoord to Dutch championships and also had domestic s ...

(1972–75) *

Nol de Ruiter Nol de Ruiter (born 6 April 1940) is a Dutch football coach and former player. Career Playing career Born in Utrecht, De Ruiter played football for local sides DOS, Velox and USV Elinkwijk. The three clubs merged in 1970 to form the professi ...

(1 July 1976 – 30 June 1980) * Henk de Jonge (1980–83) * Theo Verlangen (1983–85) * Simon Kistemaker (1 July 1985 – 30 June 1986) *

Fritz Korbach Fritz Korbach (18 July 1945 – 14 August 2011) was a German professional football player and manager. He was particularly well known in the Netherlands, where he served eleven different teams, including FC Wageningen, FC Zwolle, FC Volendam, ...

(1 July 1986 – 30 June 1988) * Sándor Popovics (1 June 1988 – 30 June 1990) *

Rob Baan Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943) is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the Indian national team by the AIFF. He was the Technical Director of All India Football Federation. Biography Baan was born in Rotterda ...

(1 July 1990 – 30 June 1992) *

Theo de Jong Theodorus Jacob de Jong (born 11 August 1947) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current coach of Nigerian Premier League club Ikorodu United F.C. During his career, he played for NEC Nijmegen and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He earned 15 ...

(1 July 1992 – 30 September 1993) *

(30 September 1993 – 31 January 1995) *

Han Berger Johan Antonius "Han" Berger (born 17 June 1950) is a Dutch association football coach and former player. Managerial career FC Utrecht Berger is the youngest head coach ever in the history of professional football in the Netherlands. After suffer ...

(1 July 1995 – 30 June 1998) *

Gert Kruys Gert Kruys (born 8 May 1961 in Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of IJsselmeervogels. Career Kruys played his entire career for FC Utrecht (1978–1988), except for one short spell at RKC Waal ...

(1 July 1998 – 18 May 2002) *

Henny Lee Henny is a Scandinavian and Dutch male and female first name, nickname and surname. It may refer to: Female given name * Henny Backus (1911–2004), Broadway showgirl in the 1930s * Henny Lindorff Buckhøj (1902–1979), Danish film actress * H ...

''(interim)'' (19 May 2002 – 30 June 2002) *

Rob McDonald Robert Roderick McDonald (born 22 January 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker or midfielder for Hull City, SC Cambuur, FC Wageningen, Willem II Tilburg, FC Groningen, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Clube de Por ...

(1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003) * Dick de Boer (1 July 2003 – 31 December 2004) * Jan Schulting (31 December 2004 – 30 June 2005) * Roy Wesseling (1 July 2005 – 19 February 2007) *

Gerrie Schouwenaar Gerrie may refer to: * Gerrie (given name), a unisex given name * Syd Gerrie (born 1927), Scottish footballer See also * Garrie (disambiguation) * Gerri (disambiguation) * Gerry (disambiguation) Gerry is both a surname and a given name. Gerry ...

(2007) *

Jurrie Koolhof Jurjen Jacob (Jurrie) Koolhof (10 January 1960 – 28 January 2019) was a Dutch international football striker and manager. As a player, Koolhof had a long and productive career, with 190 league goals. He played for a number of clubs in the Net ...

(1 July 2007 – 14 September 2008) *

Stanley Menzo Stanley Purl Menzo (born 15 October 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and worked as a manager of Ajax Cape Town in the South African Premier Soccer League. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super L ...

(20 September 2008 – 27 October 2010) * Alfons Arts (27 October 2010 – 22 March 2013) *

Henk de Jong Henk de Jong (born 27 August 1964, in Drachten) is a Dutch football manager, who most recently managed Dutch Eredivisie side SC Cambuur. Managerial career After several years of being manager in amateur football and assistant manager in profes ...

''(interim)'' (22 March 2013 – 30 June 2013) *

Dwight Lodeweges Dwight Lodeweges (born 26 October 1957) is a Canadian–born Dutch football coach and former professional player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of the Netherlands national team. In 2020 - after Ronald Koeman left to join FC Ba ...

(1 July 2013 – 1 April 2014) *

(2 April 2014 – 9 February 2016) *

Marcel Keizer Marcel Keizer (born 15 January 1969) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is the manager of Emirati club Al Jazira. His playing career as a midfielder began at Ajax and was mainly spent at Cambuur, and he had brief spells managing bo ...

(15 February 2016 – 30 June 2016)Cambuur strikt Keizer als hoofdtrainer
– AD *

Rob Maas Rob Maas (born 17 December 1969) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Playing career Maas was born in Eindhoven and made his debut in professional football in the 1989–90 Eerste Divisie season when playing for FC Eindhoven. He th ...

(30 June 2016 – 15 October 2016) * Sipke Hulshoff (15 October 2016 – 17 June 2017) *

Marinus Dijkhuizen Marinus Dijkhuizen (born 4 January 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who manages Excelsior. As a player, he had notable spells in his native Netherlands with Excelsior, SC Cambuur and TOP Oss. He retired in 2009 a ...

(1 July 2017 – 28 November 2017) * Sipke Hulshoff (28 November 2017– 31 January 2018) *

René Hake René Hake (born 18 December 1971) is a Dutch football coach. He is currently the head coach of Go Ahead Eagles Managerial statistics References External linksRené Hakeat Footballdatabase 1971 births Living people Dutch footbal ...

(31 January 2018 – 30 June 2019) *

(1 July 2019 – 20 October 2022) * Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto ''(interim)'' (20 October 2022 – 14 November 2022) *

Sjors Ultee Sjors Ultee (born 23 May 1987) is a Dutch football manager, who is the current manager of the Eredivisie club SC Cambuur. Managerial career Ultee was briefly an amateur footballer, but at a young age was planning on becoming a sports doctor or ...

(14 November 2022 – )

Notable former players

The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed represented their countries while playing for SC Cambuur. ;Indonesia *

Stefano Lilipaly Stefano Jantje Lilipaly (born 10 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger and forward for Liga 1 club Borneo and the Indonesia national team. Club career Lilipaly played for Dutch amateur side RKSV DCG for three yea ...

;Lithuania *

Vytautas Andriuškevičius Vytautas Andriuškevičius (born 8 October 1990), commonly known as Vytas, is a retired Lithuanian footballer who played as a left back. He is now an assistant coach for the Portland Thorns FC of the American National Women's Soccer League (N ...

;Cameroon *

Marc Mboua Marc Mboua (born 26 February 1987) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Mboua, like so many other children, started to learn football on the streets of his home city, Cameroonian capital Yaoundé. In 1 ...

;Democratic Republic of Congo *

Jody Lukoki Jody Lukoki (15 November 1992 – 9 May 2022) was a Congolese-Dutch professional footballer who played as a winger for various clubs and the DR Congo national team. Lukoki progressed through the famed Ajax youth academy, making his professio ...

;Iran *

Reza Ghoochannejhad Reza Ghoochannejhad Nournia ( fa, رضا قوچان‌نژاد نورنیا; born 20 September 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also known as Gucci in Belgium and Netherlands. Having played for the Nether ...

;Morocco * Adnane Tighadouini ;Netherlands *

Bert Konterman Bert Konterman (, born 14 January 1971) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Born in Rouveen, Konterman's career began with the local amateur club ''SC Rouveen'', then went on to play for clubs in ...

Michael Mols Michael Alexander Mols (born 17 December 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Amsterdam to Indo (Eurasian) parents, Mols, a product of local AFC Ajax's youth system, never appeared officia ...

* Jaap Stam ;Netherlands Antilles *

Robin Nelisse Robin Nelisse (born 25 January 1978) is an Aruban former professional footballer who played as a forward. He gained two caps for the former Netherlands Antilles national football team, Netherlands Antillean national team. Career Nelisse started ...

;Nigeria *

Bartholomew Ogbeche Bartholomew Owogbalor Ogbeche (born 1 October 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Hyderabad. He is the all-time top scorer in Indian Super League history. He played his club football i ...

;Ukraine *

Yevhen Levchenko Yevhen Viktorovych Levchenko, also known as Evgeniy Levchenko ( uk, Євген Вікторович Левченко; born 2 January 1978 in Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Ukrainian-Dutch footballer. The main participa ...

;United States *

Gregg Berhalter Gregg Matthew Berhalter (, ; born August 1, 1973) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is also the current head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Berhalter previously coached Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soc ...

;Yugoslavia *

Milko Đurovski Milko Djurovski ( mk, Милко Ѓуровски, translit=Milko Gjurovski, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Milko Đurovski, Милко Ђуровски; born 26 January 1963) is a Macedonian former professional footballer and manager. He was re ...

;Slovakia * Albert Rusnák ;Philippines * Paul Mulders ;Republic of Ireland * Jack Byrne

References

External links

Official website

Cambuur Leeuwarden
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