Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional
football club from the city of
Deventer. They 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
Dutch football
Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club. Over the next 30 years, football gained ...
, having achieved promotion from the second tier
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 t ...
in the 2020-21 season. The club's home stadium since 1920 is
De Adelaarshorst
De Adelaarshorst ( nl, ' The Eagle's Nest' or 'the Eyrie' , ) is a multi-use stadium in Deventer, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Go Ahead Eagles. The stadium is able to hold 10,400 people ...
. The club have won the national championship on four occasions, in 1917, 1922, 1930 and 1933.
They have produced numerous notable players including
Raimond van der Gouw
Raimundus Johannes Hendrikus van der Gouw (, born 24 March 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
After a successful career with Vitesse in his native Netherlands, and well into his 30s, he moved to Manche ...
,
René Eijkelkamp,
Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer and director of football at Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp FC. He was previously director of football at Ajax. During his football career, he played as a win ...
,
Paul Bosvelt
Paul Bosvelt (, born 26 March 1970) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is technical director of Go Ahead Eagles.
As a player he midfielder he notably played in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Feyenoord and in the ...
,
Jan Kromkamp
Jan Kromkamp (born 17 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He currently manages CSV Apeldoorn.
Kromkamp played a total of 201 games in the Eredivisie and scored eight goals in nine seasons, playing ...
,
Victor Sikora
Victor Tadeusz Sikora (born 11 April 1978) is a Dutch retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Sikora began his career at the Go Ahead Eagles youth academy and worked his way into the first team, debuting as a 16-year-old. H ...
,
Bert van Marwijk
Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other club ...
and
Demy de Zeeuw
Demy Patrick René de Zeeuw (born 26 May 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He previously played for AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles, AZ and AFC Ajax. While at AZ he was a key player in the squad that w ...
while providing
Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. ...
,
Erik ten Hag
Erik ten Hag (, born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Ten Hag played as a centre-back in the Dutch league for 13 ye ...
and
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 ...
with their first tastes of management.
History
Early successes
The club was founded in 1902 as Be Quick by the Hollander brothers. The name was soon changed to Go Ahead at the request of the
Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and wom ...
in 1905.
Go Ahead started in the second-tier
Tweede Klasse
The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday.
Each division consists of 14 t ...
. In 1911, the club reached promotion to the Eastern
Eerste Klasse
The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...
. In 1916, Go Ahead became champions of the Eastern Eerste Klasse for the first time, after which they faced off for the national championship in a competition with the other regional champions. In this championship playoffs for the national championship, however, the southern champions from
Willem II proved too strong. A
year later, however, Go Ahead took their first league title, a feat repeated in 1922, 1930 and 1933.
In the period between the First and Second World War, Go Ahead was by far the most successful team in the Eastern league. The club won the regional championship fifteen times during that period, and even won the title eight times in a row from 1916 to 1923.
The last pre-war Eastern Championship was won in 1937. After that, the club fell on tough times. In 1941, Go Ahead suffered relegation to the Tweede Klasse. The following year, they promoted again. In
1948, the club became champion of the Eastern First Division for the sixteenth and final time. In the playoffs for the national championship with the other regional champions, Go Ahead finished third behind eventual champions,
BVV Den Bosch, and
Heerenveen
Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...
.
Professionalism and Europe
The introduction of professionalism in 1954 was initially unsuccessful for Go Ahead. In 1956, the club finished second to last in the Tweede Divisie. In 1959, promotion to 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 t ...
was secured. On 7 October 1962, Go Ahead recorded their biggest win in club history. In Deventer the final score was 11–1 against
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 ...
. Promotion to the top-tier
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 ...
followed in 1963. In the twenty-four years that followed, the club continuously played at the highest level. Especially in the second half of the sixties, Go Ahead did well in the Eredivisie. For example, from 1966 to 1969, the club finished in the top five four times in a row, with the 1967–68 season as high point when Go Ahead finished third behind
Ajax
Ajax may refer to:
Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
and
Feijenoord.
Go Ahead also had successes in the
KNVB Cup in that period. The club reached the semi-finals four times in a row from 1965 to 1968. Those of 1966, 1967 and 1968 were lost, but in 1965, Go Ahead reached the final. This was lost 1–0 to Feijenoord, but because Feijenoord was also national champion, Go Ahead qualified for European football. In the first round, Scottish side
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
, who would eventually go on to win the
European Cup a season later, was drawn. Go Ahead lost the two legs, 0–1 and 6–0.
On 1 July 1971, the suffix "Eagles" was added, following a suggestion from then head coach
Barry Hughes
Barry Hughes (31 December 1937 – 2 June 2019) was a Welsh professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands. He played as a defender.
Early and personal life
Hughes was born in Caernarfon. He attended Glyndwr Se ...
, as the professional department of Go Ahead separated from the parent club. The eagle is the charge in the coat of arms of the city of Deventer. The club had a strong start with their new name. Go Ahead Eagles were famously the only side to defeat
Ajax
Ajax may refer to:
Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
in any competition during the
1971–72 season when they won 3–2 at
De Adelaarshorst
De Adelaarshorst ( nl, ' The Eagle's Nest' or 'the Eyrie' , ) is a multi-use stadium in Deventer, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Go Ahead Eagles. The stadium is able to hold 10,400 people ...
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 ...
.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Go Ahead Eagles was a stable Eredivisie club. Relegation followed in 1987. A short Eredivisie period followed from 1992 to 1996, but afterwards the club played in the second-tier
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 t ...
.
Partly due to the constant postponement of the construction of a new stadium, major financial concerns arose. Thanks to the help of investors, the club managed to survive in November 2003. In exchange for that help, the investors acquired 80% of the club's shares. The club is thus privately owned. The determining factor was former chairman Hans de Vroome, who owned approximately 50% of the shares.
In May 2019, Alex Kroes took over 80% of the shares of Go Ahead Eagles, becoming the new owner.
Recent seasons
After almost two decades in the Eerste Divisie, Go Ahead won promotion to the
2013–14 Eredivisie at the end of the 2012–13 season, winning the promotion play-offs. The club remained in the top division for the 2014–15 season, finishing 13th.
Go Ahead Eagles would compete in Europe in the
2015–16 UEFA Europa League due to the Netherlands' first place in
UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking was used by UEFA from 1995 to the 2015–16 season to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since that time it has granted a monetary prize to winning associations.
Qualific ...
. National Fair Play winner
Twente
Twente ( nl, Twente , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Ge ...
withdrew due to financial difficulties, making the place for Go Ahead Eagles. However, they also suffered relegation after losing 2–0 on aggregate to
De Graafschap in the May 2015 promotion/relegation play-offs. In July 2015, they were beaten 2–5 on aggregate by Hungarian side
Ferencváros
Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary.
Name
The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.
History
The development of Fe ...
in the
first Europa League qualifying round with the home leg played in Emmen due to the Adelaarshorst being renovated, and the away leg without spectators because the Hungarians were serving a ban by
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
.
The club bounced back to the Eredivisie on the first attempt in May 2016 after beating De Graafschap 5–2 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-offs, but were relegated again at the end of the 2016–17 season.
In May 2021, Go Ahead finished second 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 t ...
, earning promotion back to the Eredivisie after four seasons in the second tier.
Honours
*
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 ...
:: Winner:
1916–17,
1921–22,
1929–30,
1932–33
*
KNVB Cup
:: Runners-up: 1964–65
*
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 ...
:: Winner:
1958–59
* Promoted to
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 ...
:: Promotion:
1962–63,
1991–92,
2012–13
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
,
2015–16,
2020–21
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Domestic results
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Below is a table with Go Ahead Eagles' domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.
European record
;Notes
*Goals by Go Ahead Eagles are listed first.
*1R: First round
*GS: Group stage
Rivalries
Go Ahead Eagles' biggest rivals are
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 ...
. Both clubs are located at the river
IJssel
The IJssel (; nds-nl, Iessel(t) ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour. ...
, hence the name IJssel-derby. Further teams who share a rivalry with Go Ahead Eagles include
FC Twente
Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...
,
Vitesse and
De Graafschap.
Current squad
Former players
*
Stephan Andersen
*
Kari Arkivuo
*
Peter Arntz
Peter Arntz (born 5 February 1953 in Leuth, Gelderland) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Arntz came through the famous Go Ahead Eagles youth system and made his debut for their senior team in February 1971 a ...
*
Kresten Bjerre
Kresten Bjerre (22 February 1946 – 19 February 2014) was a Danish footballer, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the United States, and European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek.
Nicknamed "Generalen" (the General),Kurt S ...
*
Sonny Bosz
*
Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. ...
*
Wiel Coerver
Wiel Coerver (; 3 December 1924 – 22 April 2011) was a Dutch football manager and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.
Playing career
Coerver played five years for local side Rapid JC, with whom he won ...
*
René Eijkelkamp
*
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 ...
*
La'Vere Corbin-Ong
La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong (born 22 April 1991) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Malaysia Super League side Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team.
Early life
He was born in London, England, where ...
*
Leo Halle
Leonard Herman Gerrit Halle (26 January 1906 – 15 June 1992) was a Dutch football goalkeeper who played for Netherlands in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.Cees van Kooten
Cees van Kooten (; 20 August 1948 – 24 August 2015) was a Dutch former international football striker. After his career he became a football manager, he retired after a heart attack. He died of cancer in 2015.
With 79 goals in six seasons he ...
*
Jan Kromkamp
Jan Kromkamp (born 17 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He currently manages CSV Apeldoorn.
Kromkamp played a total of 201 games in the Eredivisie and scored eight goals in nine seasons, playing ...
*
Bert van Marwijk
Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other club ...
*
Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer and director of football at Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp FC. He was previously director of football at Ajax. During his football career, he played as a win ...
*
Quincy Promes
Quincy Anton Promes (born 4 January 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow. He used to represent the Netherlands national team at the international ...
*
Dick Schneider
*
Viktor Sikora
*
Uğur Yıldırım
*
Hamid Zarbaf
*
Demy de Zeeuw
Demy Patrick René de Zeeuw (born 26 May 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He previously played for AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles, AZ and AFC Ajax. While at AZ he was a key player in the squad that w ...
Coaching Staff
Coaching history
*
Fred Fitton
Frederick Fitton (12 January 1905 – 6 January 1965) was an English professional association footballer who played as a centre forward for a number of teams in the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professi ...
(1946–1948)
*
Stephan Nagy (1948–50)
*
Franz Köhler (1954–56)
*
Gilbert Richmond
Gilbert Richmond (2 April 1909 – 14 March 1968) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He played in the Football League with Nelson and Burnley.
Richmond was manager of Swedish club IS Halmia
IS Halmia is a foot ...
(1957–62)
*
František Fadrhonc
František Fadrhonc (18 December 1914 – 9 October 1981) was a Czech football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic. He coached many teams in Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. After winning the Dutch cham ...
(July 1, 1962 – June 30, 1970)
*
Barry Hughes
Barry Hughes (31 December 1937 – 2 June 2019) was a Welsh professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands. He played as a defender.
Early and personal life
Hughes was born in Caernarfon. He attended Glyndwr Se ...
(July 1, 1970 – June 30, 1973)
*
Jan Notermans Willem II may refer to:
People
*William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
*William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands
Other uses
*Willem II (football club)
Wille ...
(1973–75)
*
Henk van Brussel (1975)
*
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 ...
(1975–76)
*
Henk van Brussel ''(interim)'' (1976)
*
Wiel Coerver
Wiel Coerver (; 3 December 1924 – 22 April 2011) was a Dutch football manager and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.
Playing career
Coerver played five years for local side Rapid JC, with whom he won ...
(July 1, 1976 – June 30, 1977)
*
Henk van Brussel ''(interim)'' (1978)
*
Joop Brand
Joop Brand (born 11 June 1936) is a retired association football player and manager from the Netherlands.
Playing career
He played for Xerxes, DFC, HVC and Heracles Almelo.
Managerial career
He coached DWS, HFC Haarlem, AZ, Go Ahead Eag ...
(July 1, 1978 – Feb 17, 1980)
*
Spitz Kohn
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Club career
Kohn played as a striker, and spent most of his career plying his trade ...
(July 1, 1980 – June 30, 1981)
* Bob Maaskant (1981–83)
*
Henk Wullems
Henk Wullems (21 January 1936 – 15 August 2020) was a Dutch association football manager.
In the early sixties he was a defender playing for Kooger Football Club ( nl) and Racing Club Heemstede. Wullems was the manager of, among others, the er ...
(July 1, 1983 – June 30, 1986)
* Nico van Zoghel (July 1, 1985 – June 30, 1988)
*
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, ...
(July 1, 1988 – June 30, 1990)
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Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. ...
(Feb 22, 1990 – June 30, 1990)
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Jan Versleijen
Johannes Martinus Maria Versleijen (born 29 December 1955), better known as Jan Versleijen, is a Dutch professional association football coach who last managed South African PSL side Ajax Cape Town.
Career
Born in Venlo, Versleijen has managed a ...
(July 1, 1990 – June 30, 1993)
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Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. ...
(July 1, 1993 – Jan 27, 1995)
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Ab Fafié (Jan 27, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
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Leo van Veen
Leo van Veen (; born 6 June 1946) is a Dutch former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward or Defender (association football), defender. During his career he played for FC Utrecht, Los Angeles A ...
(July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1997)
* Jan van Staa (July 1, 1997 – June 30, 2002)
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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 ...
(2001–02)
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Robert Maaskant
Robert Patrick Maaskant (; born 10 January 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Maaskant played for Go Ahead Eagles, Emmen, Motherwell, Zwolle and Excelsior.
Managerial ...
(July 1, 2002 – Feb 2, 2003)
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Raymond Libregts (Jan 15, 2003 – June 30, 2005)
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Mike Snoei
Mike Snoei (born 4 December 1963) is a former Dutch football player and manager. He is currently in charge of Eerste Divisie side Telstar. During his playing days, Snoei played for Excelsior and Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie and Eerste Di ...
(July 1, 2005 – March 4, 2008)
* Gerard Somer ''(interim)'' (March 4, 2008 – March 7, 2008)
* Andries Ulderink (March 7, 2008 – June 30, 2011)
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Joop Gall
Joop Gall (born 25 December 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Playing career
Born in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Gall spent his entire career playing with three teams, all from the North of the Netherlands: BV Veendam, FC G ...
(July 1, 2011 – March 24, 2012)
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Michel Boerebach ''(int.)'' (March 24, 2012 – March 31, 2012)
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Jimmy Calderwood
James Calderwood (born 28 February 1955) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Calderwood played for Birmingham City and Dutch clubs Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II Tilburg, Roda JC and Heracles Almelo. After retiring as a player, Cal ...
(March 30, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
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Erik ten Hag
Erik ten Hag (, born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Ten Hag played as a centre-back in the Dutch league for 13 ye ...
(July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
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Foeke Booy
Foeke Booy (born 25 April 1962) is a Dutch football manager, executive, and former player. He serves as the technical manager of Cambuur.
Club career
Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After hometown club Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Gra ...
(July 1, 2013 – March 22, 2015)
* Dennis Demmers (March 22, 2015 – Feb 1, 2016)
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Harry Decheiver ''(interim)'' (2016)
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Hans de Koning
Hans de Koning (; born 5 April 1960) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. De Koning played as a goalkeeper.
Playing career
De Koning played for AZ'67 for ten years, before moving to Twente, where he became known as "''Hansj ...
(Feb 20, 2016 – Mar 22, 2017)
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Robert Maaskant
Robert Patrick Maaskant (; born 10 January 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager, who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Maaskant played for Go Ahead Eagles, Emmen, Motherwell, Zwolle and Excelsior.
Managerial ...
(Mar 25, 2017 – Jun 30, 2017)
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Leon Vlemmings
Leon Vlemmings (born 3 April 1970 in Gemert
Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.
Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel.
The spoken lan ...
(Jul 1, 2017 – Dec 3, 2017)
* Jan van Staa (Dec 5, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018)
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John Stegeman (Jul 1, 2018 – May 29, 2019)
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Jack de Gier
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Jack de Gier (; born 6 August 1968) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of FC Den Bosch.
He was nicknamed ''Il Butre'' (The Vulture), after legendary Spain striker E ...
(May, 2019 – Jun 30, 2020)
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Kees van Wonderen
Cornelis "Kees" Hendricus van Wonderen (; born 4 January 1969) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Eredivisie club Heerenveen. During his playing career, he was mostly utilised as a centre ...
(Jul 1, 2020 – ''present'')
See also
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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 t ...
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List of football clubs in the Netherlands
The Dutch Football League is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond).The most successful teams are Ajax (35), PSV (23) and Feyenoord (15). Important teams of the past are HVV (10 titles), Sp ...
References
External links
Official websiteClub profile at Weltfussballarchiv
Online fanzineBozen van het Oosten
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Association football clubs established in 1902
1902 establishments in the Netherlands
Football clubs in the Netherlands
Football clubs in Deventer